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MUSIC What: Sooke Music and Art Festival Where: Sooke Legion (6726 Eustace Rd.) and John Phillips Memorial Park (2201 Otter Point Rd.

MUSIC What: Hannah Epperson Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St. When: Saturday, Sept. 18, 8 p.m. (doors at 7) Tickets: $20 from victoriaeventcentre.ca Hannah Epperson travels relatively light these days.

What: David Vest Album Release Party Where: Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St. When: Saturday, Sept. 18, 7 p.m. (doors at 5:30) Tickets: $25 from hermannsjazz.

The 91Ô­´´ Press TORONTO — Sooke-based author Darrel J. McLeod is one of five nominees for this year’s Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, a $60,000 honour recognizing a work of non-fiction by a 91Ô­´´ writer.

The husband-and-wife team of Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk is taking the stage together for a series of tour dates in Canada, including a Nov. 18 stop at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney.

The Victoria Symphony has announced it will return to live performances for its upcoming 2020-2021 season, starting next weekend with the long-awaited return of music director Christian Kluxen.

Eight finalists for two Victoria Book Prizes have been announced, with nominees competing for individual prizes of $5,000 from the City of Victoria.

ON STAGE What: The Shadow in the Water Where: Metro Theatre, 1411 Quadra St. When: Through Sept. 12 Tickets: intrepidtheatre.com The Shadow in the Water is advertised as a tale of love, loss, and sharks.

BLUES What: Esquimalt Ribfest Where: Bullen Park, 527 Fraser St. When: Sept.

A quartet of hosts, including University of Victoria grad Marion Newman, has been hired to lead opera programming on CBC Music following the departure of longtime host, Ben Heppner.