Are you visiting Vancouver Island this holiday season? From extravagant lights displays and hand-made artisan goods to delicious festive treats and captivating shows, our vacation rental management company have put together some of the best Vancouver Island holiday activities and events happening around Victoria to Nanaimo.
The holiday season kicks off with the Festival of Trees happening at the Bay Center in Victoria, BC. Stroll through over 70 one-of-a-kind festively decorated trees in support of BC Children’s Hospital. This year’s display is raising funds for diabetes – BC Children’s Hospital is on the cusp of a cure! Your generous support will help ensure that the 2,500 children in BC living with diabetes experience better health outcomes, which have the power to impact their entire lives.
One of the most popular holiday events in Victoria, The Magic of Christmas at the Butchart Gardens features a spectacular display of lights, including scenes depicting The Twelve Days of Christmas, traditional carollers and a festive brass band, and hot chocolate and gingerbread by the fire.
The 44th Annual TubaChristmas returns to Market Square in downtown Victoria. Enjoy the euphonious tones of massed, low-brass instruments when more than 100 tuba and euphonium players from across the region unite for one of Victoria’s favourite holiday traditions.
Do you have your shopping list ready? One of Victoria’s oldest and best-loved Winter Craft Fairs returns for the 41st year. From candles to pet accessories, explore and shop an amazing variety of affordable handmade and homemade products from Vancouver Island and Gulf Island artisans.
All aboard! Ride the Christmas Express as it travels through thousands of twinkling lights that adorn the 100-acre enchanted woods of the BC Forest Discovery Centre. Enjoy activities like holiday crafts, fire pits, indoor entertainment, a miniature Christmas Village, and concession goodies.
Taking on Dicken’s host of characters, a small ensemble of actors embraces simple theatrical magic and storytelling imagination in this holiday classic. Built from the five staves of the original story, this adaptation centres on the joy of connecting and Scrooge moving from self-imposed isolation to community and good cheer.
Fun for the whole family, check out wares from local handcrafted artisans and authors, along with a concession, food, toy drive, and kid craft area.
Join the Young Professionals of Nanaimo for a fun night celebrating the Holidays! This year’s theme is Silver Bells.
Now in its 14th season, the Yellowpoint Christmas Spectacular is a celebration of music, dance, lights and decorations. This year’s singing and dancing extravaganza includes musical medley’s of songs by Queen, Stevie Wonder and Simon & Garfunkle, a musical tribute to the 80’s movie Flashdance, Gabriel’s Oboe on Violin, a fiddle Jam, songs from Dr Seuss’ The Grinch for the kids, Bing Crosby’s class White Christmas as well as other classical hits and Christmas favorites.
Celebrate the holidays with Tenor Ken Lavigne’s Snowballs & Mistletoe. Ken will lift your spirits and take you down memory lane with his favourite Christmas songs and stories of the holiday season, both past and present. This concert is sure to fill hearts with holiday joy!
Praised by the CBC as “Pure magic” and the Globe and Mail as “Powerful, surprising and moving,” acclaimed theatrical imagineers the WONDERHEADS present their delightfully captivating reimagining of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, with giant masks, whimsical puppets, and wondrous theatrical invention.
Presented by Little Qualicum Cheeseworks, bundle up and take a wagon ride to the farm from Morningstar Golf Course and enjoy a range of kid’s activities, live music, photo booth, hot chocolate, an on-site poutine truck, games, farm animals, and much more.
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