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Live Music Events on Vancouver Island and adjacent B.C. Islands (Mostly) …

Jan. 17
Live Music Events (Mostly) for FRIDAY Jan 17
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Randy Lockhart | Noon–1 pm
The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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FOM Haywires | 1:30–3:30 pm
The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Live Music Open Mic | 3–6 pm
Legion Branch 191, 9775 Chemainus Road, Chemainus
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FOM Minds At Work | 3:30–5:30 pm
The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Morien Jones | 6–10 pm
The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria
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Open Mic Fridays | 7–9 pm
Serious Coffee, #101, 2401G Millstream Road, Victoria
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The Bill Johnson Quartet | 7–10 pm
The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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The Sutcliffes | 7–9 pm
Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria
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Dripping Fins ♦ Oakes ♦ Adam Barter | 7–10:30 pm
The Lucky Bar, 517 Yates Street, Victoria
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Victoria Guitar Society Benefit Concert | 7–8:30 pm
St. Philip Anglican Church, 2928 Eastdowne Road, Victoria
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Last Night in Vegas | 7–10 pm
ANAF Unit 302, 9831 Fourth Street, Sidney
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3rd Fridays South Cowichan Music Jam | 7–11 pm
Malahat Legion 134, 1625 Shawnigan-Mill Bay Road, Shawnigan Lake
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NFC: Open Mic ♦ Otter’s Holt | 7–9:45 pm
 Nanaimo Folk Connection Coffee House,
Hope Lutheran Church, 2174 Departure Bay Road, Nanaimo
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Ride On: an AC/DC Tribute | 7–9:30 pm
The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
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Country Open Mic | 7 pm
CHRCO Coombs Rodeo Grounds, 2601 Alberni Highway, Coombs
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Tom Morrissey with Ian Todd | 7:30 pm
The Loghouse Pub, 2323 Millstream Avenue, Langford
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Madison Violet | 7:30–10 pm
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria
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Pozitive Rebellion | 7:30 pm
The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan
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Dance with The Amigos | 7:30 pm
 Rotary Hall at the Florence Filberg Centre,
411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay
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Dominic Miller | 7:30–9:30 pm
The Sid Williams Theatre, 442 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay
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Eagle Eyes | 7:30–9:30 pm
The Tidemark Theatre, 1220 Shoppers Row, Campbell River
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Rock or Bust - ACDC Tribute | 7:30 pm
The Gate House Theatre, 1705 Campbell Way, Port McNeill
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Christine Tassan et les Imposteures | 8 pm
The Mel Lehan Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver
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Best Laid Plans | 8:30 pm
Moby’s Pub, 124A Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
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The Rebels North | 9 pm–12:30 am
The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria
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Strangers | 9 pm–12:30 am
The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria
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Whiskey Business | 9 pm–2 am
The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria
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Julius Sumner Miller ♦ A Total Disappointment ♦ The Poor Choices | 9 pm
The Terminal Bar, 63 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
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DJs Manic Focus ♦ Mt. Doyle ♦ BB Stepz | 9:30 pm
The Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates Street, Victoria
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OK Charlie | 10 pm
Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria
Jan. 18
Live Music Events (Mostly) for SATURDAY Jan 18
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Wassailing Celebration with Morris dancers | 10 am
Banfield Park, 452 Craigflower Road, Victoria
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Harry Warner | 1–3 pm
The Waterfront Country Café, 149 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island
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Alan Rinehart | 1–3 pm
The Nanaimo Conservatory of Music, 375 Selby Street, Nanaimo
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A closed Trad Irish Session | 2–4:30 pm
The Crooked Goose Smoke House, 4136 Wilkinson Road, Victoria
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Landlubber Open Mic | 2–6 pm
The Landlubber Pub, 2220 Bowen Road, Unit 10, Nanaimo
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Victoria Baroque | 2:30–4:30 pm
ArtSpring Theatre, 100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island
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Saturday Country Jam | 3–6 pm
Legion Branch 172, #102-622 Admirals Road, Esquimalt
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Island Song Winter Choir | 3 pm
The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney
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Tom Morrissey | 3–6 pm
The Wheatsheaf Pub, 1866 Cedar Road, Nanaimo
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Beethoven·Ives·Bach·Mendelssohn | 5 pm
The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo
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The Connor Stewart Quintet | 5:30–7:30 pm
The Lighthouse Bistro & Pub, 40 Anchor Way, Nanaimo
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Winter RockFest with
 Bad Medicine ♦ Barracuda ♦ Rock or Bust ♦ Eagle Eyes | 5:30 pm
The KCC Concert Hall, 4090 Hollywood Street, Port Alberni
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Scott McGill | 6–10 pm
The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria
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Dagger ♦ Heliophage ♦ Conjure Hand | 6–11 pm
Wheelies Motorcycles & Pub, 2620 Rock Bay Avenue, Victoria
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Alternating Saturdays Youth Jam Night | 6–9 pm
The Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, Pender Island
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Open Mic Saturdays | 6–9 pm
The Gabriola Golf Club, 825 South Road, Gabriola Island
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Benjamin Bagby & Sequentia | 6:30–9 pm
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 924 Douglas Street, Victoria
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The FBI Saturday Jam | 6:30–9:30 pm
The Fanny Bay Inn, 7480 Island Highway South, Fanny Bay
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Jazz Jam with the Miles Fuller Quintet | 6:45–9 pm
Caffè Fantastico, 965 Kings Road, Victoria
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Thorns & Roses | 7–10 pm
The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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David Vest’s Red Hot Band | 7–9 pm
Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria
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Fiddelium | 7–9:30 pm
The Shaw Auditorium, 101 Gordon Street, Nanaimo
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The Renovation Blues Trio | 7–10 pm
The Rocking Horse Pub, 2038 Rocking Horse Place, Nanoose Bay
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Café Olé | 7–9 pm
The McMillan Arts Centre, 133 McMillan Street, Parksville
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Tyger Jackson with Good Enough Dave | 7 pm
Studio Live, 2679 Beaufort Avenue, Cumberland
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The Optimists | 7–10 pm
The Beaufort Ave Pub, 1825 Comox Avenue, Comox
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West My Friend | 7:30–10 pm
Merlin’s Sun Home Theatre, 1983 Fairfield Road, Victoria
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Christine Tassan & Les Imposteures | 7:30–10 pm
Upstairs Lounge, Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee Street, Victoria
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Jared Popma & Friends | 7:30 pm
The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan
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Beethoven·Ives·Bach·Mendelssohn | 7:30 pm
The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo
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The Shenanigans Band | 8–11 pm
Legion Branch 292, 411 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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Bobby Dazzler ♦ Victoria’s Other Secret | 8–11:45 pm
The Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates Street, Victoria
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The Roses | cancelled
The Paul Phillips Hall, 1923 Fernwood Road, Victoria
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Woodland | 8 pm
Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
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Ride On | 8 pm
The Cobblestone Pub, 3566 Holland Avenue, Cobble Hill
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Madison Violet | 8 pm
The Errington Hall, 1390 Errington Road, Errington
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3rd Saturdays Open Mic | 8–11 pm
Legion Branch 28, 2770 Dunsmuir Avenue, Courtenay
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Strangers | 9 pm–12:30 am
The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria
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The Pickups | 9 pm–12:30 am
The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria
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Kevin Shiu ♦ Christoph Maitland | 9 pm–2 am
The Lucky Bar, 517 Yates Street, Victoria
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The Tumblin’ Dice | 9 pm–2 am
The Duke Saloon, 502 Discovery Street, Victoria
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Ageless ♦ Yours Truly ♦ Jex Opolis | 9 pm
The Downbeat Event Centre, 1325 Government Street, Victoria
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Julius Sumner Miller ♦
 ♦ A Total Disappointment ♦ The Poor Choices | 9 pm
The Phoenix Bar & Grill, 3952 Quadra Street, Victoria
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Open Mic Saturdays | 9 pm–midnight
The Rack Saanich, 1550 Cedar Hill X Road, Victoria
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Oktiv6 ♦ Funkyard | 9 pm
The Church Street Taphouse, 215 Church Street, Comox
Jan. 19
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Slow Coast Open Acoustic Jamm | 1 pm
Slow Coast Coffee, 5827C Schooner Way at Medicine Beach, Pender Island
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Sundays Open Mic | 2–5 pm
Salt Spring Brewing, 270 Furness Road, Salt Spring Island
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Victoria Baroque - Phantasm | 2 pm
 The Killy Theatre at Brentwood College School,
2735 Mount Baker Road, Mill Bay
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The Medford Singers | 2 pm
Duncan United Church, 246 Ingram Street, Duncan
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Country Jam | 2–6 pm
The Eagle Hall, 2965 Boys Road, Duncan
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The Benson Brass Collective | 2–5 pm
Christ Church Gabriola, 2600 South Road, Gabriola Island
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Beethoven·Ives·Bach·Mendelssohn | 2–3:15 pm
The Sid Williams Theatre, 442 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay
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Weekly Acoustic Jam | 2–6 pm
Legion Branch 137, 301 11th Avenue, Campbell River
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Open Jam with Rainshadow Al | 3–7 pm
The Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Road East, Victoria
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Sunday Blues Jam hosted by the Deb Rhymer Band | 3–7:30 pm
Wicket Hall, 919 Douglas Street, Victoria
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Jazz & Blues Jam with the Frank Allen 4 | 3–6 pm
Legion Branch 92, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island
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3rd Sundays South Cowichan Acoustic Jam | 3–7 pm
The Stu Armour Hall, 1438 Fisher Road, Cobble Hill
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The Gary Preston Duo | 3 pm
The Duncan Showroom, 133 Station Street, Duncan
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Sunday Blues Jam | 3–7 pm
The Queen’s Pub, 34 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
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FOM Guitar | 4–5:30 pm
The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Sundays Open Mic & Jam with Tina Mae Charlton & Woodstick | 4–7 pm
The Jingle Pot Pub, 2211 Jingle Pot Road, Nanaimo
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Sundays Jam | 4–7 pm
Roy’s Towne Pub, 4000 South Island Highway, Royston
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Sundays Jam | 4–7 pm
The Ridge Roadhouse, 397 Donner Court, Gold River
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Doug Towle | 6–10 pm
The Q Bar at the Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street, Victoria
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FOM Open Mic | 6–8 pm
The Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, 2328 Trent Street, Victoria
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Sunday Open Mic | 7–10 pm
The Tug Eatery, #100-407 Swift Street, Victoria
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The Busheikin/Villette Quintet | 7–9 pm
Hermann’s Jazz & Blues Club, 753 View Street, Victoria
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Dominic Miller | 7 pm
The McPherson Playhouse, 3 Centennial Square, Victoria
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Sunday Night Kitchen Party Jam | 7–11 pm
Christie’s Carriage House Pub, 1739 Fort Street, Victoria
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☆ Open Stage ♦ Invisible Hands | 7:30–10 pm ☆
The Folk at Norway House, 1110 Hillside Avenue, Victoria
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Bad Medicine | 7:30 pm
The Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney
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Eagle Eyes | 7:30–9:30 pm
The Port Theatre, 125 Front Street, Nanaimo
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The Avram Devon Mccagherty Trio | 8–10 pm
Pagliacci’s Restaurant, 1011 Broad Street, Victoria
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Jackson Hollow ♦ Allen Dobb | 8 pm
The Mel Lehan Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver
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David Bradford | 8:30–11:30 pm
The Bard & Banker Bar and Grill, 1022 Government Street, Victoria
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Sugar | 9 pm–12:30 am
The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government Street, Victoria
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The Peachy Sundays | 10 pm
Darcy’s Downtown Pub, 1127 Wharf Street, Victoria
Also see our complete list of VFMS Live Music Events, Mostly, on Vancouver Island · January 2025 webpage
. . . which gets updated as I receive the information . . .
AND We post Facebook Live Music Events to our VFMS Facebook page
on the date of the event (facebook.com/VictoriaFolkMusic/) !

Ukulele Fingerboard, Standard C Tuning: notes of the C major scale:

C major scale—no sharps or flats.

four strings, 18 frets. Note: image is 144 pixels per inch, so you can zoom in on it…

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