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National Fiddling Day – Highland Games!
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National Fiddling Day – Highland Games!

Saturday, May 18, 2024      11:00-12:00 Topaz Park, Victoria Join us for the National Fiddling Day Jam at the Victoria Highland Games & Celtic Festival on Saturday, May 18, 2024. The Jam will be from 11:00 – 12:00. Fiddlers and others wishing to participate in the jam can sign up by e-mailing Tony at alambert@pacificcoast.net before…

Spring Jamboree – Fiddle & Guitar Workshops!
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Spring Jamboree – Fiddle & Guitar Workshops!

APRIL 26 – 28, 2024 in Prince George, BC The BC Old Time Fiddlers’ Association invites you to take part in our annual Spring Fiddle Jamboree, a fantastic musical experience you won’t want to miss! Four award-winning instructors – Metis Master-Fiddler Alex Kusturok, Kelowna Singer-Songwriter-Fiddler Chloe Davidson, and Tiller’s Folly/Whisky Minstrels musicians Nolan Murray and Bruce Coughlan will…

Nanaimo Fiddle Camp – August 6 – 9, 2024
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Nanaimo Fiddle Camp – August 6 – 9, 2024

Spruston Road Bible Camp, 1070 Limberlost Road, Nanaimo Great instructors: Gabriel Dubreuil, Jennie Bice, JJ Guy, Gordon Stobbe, Geoff Horrocks. Fiddle, guitar, ukulele and mandolin! This year it’s at a new location and self-contained camping is allowed! Makes for a much more social experience!  Check the poster for more details; register: https://nanaimofiddlesociety.square.site/fiddle-camp

VFS March 2024 Jam
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VFS March 2024 Jam

Join us for a lively, upbeat, musical night with the amazing & energetic Louise Deschamps leading us! It’s going to be fun! When: Friday, March 1, 2024 Fiddle Jam – see amended Tune List Where: Wheeley Hall in the Esquimalt United Church Building (500 Admirals Road).  Enter off Lyall Street.  7:00 – 9:00 pm; Doors…

Victoria Fiddle Society logo floats over top of a get together with music.
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Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival

The 2024 GVPA Festival is here once again! For six weeks from April to May, over nine thousand Victoria-area performers and students of music, dance and dramatic arts are on stages throughout the city receiving adjudications from renowned experts in the arts. Performances in Brass, Classical Guitar, Choral, Composition, Dance (School and Studio), Ethnic Dance,…

VFS February 2024 JAM

VFS February 2024 JAM

Join us for our February Jam with well-known Fiddler extraordinaire Calvin Cairns leading us in some tunes. When: Friday, February 2, 2024 Where: Wheeley Hall in the Esquimalt United Church Building (500 Admirals Road).  Enter off Lyall Street.  7:00 – 9:00 pm; Doors open at 6:45 We will have a short break, any concession snacks…