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What: Victoria Conservatory of Music: Summer Academy Concert Series. When/where: June 29 to Aug. 3, various times, Phillip T. Young Recital Hall and Alix Goolden Hall. Tickets: Free to $25. Details: vcm.bc.

The longest days of the year are the perfect time to visit Butchart Gardens, and on Saturdays until Aug. 31, you might be tempted to stay after the sun sets for the weekly fireworks show.

IN CONCERT What: Laketown Shakedown featuring Snoop Dogg, Incubus, Smash Mouth, Sublime with Rome, Jesse Roper and more Where: Laketown Ranch Music and Recreation Park, 8811-2 Youbou Rd.

IN CONCERT What: Laketown Shakedown featuring Snoop Dogg, Incubus, Smash Mouth, Sublime with Rome, Jesse Roper and more Where: Laketown Ranch Music and Recreation Park, 8811-2 Youbou Rd.

What: Corey Hart with Glass Tiger Where: Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, 1925 Blanshard St.

FILM What: Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up Where: Cinecenta, University of Victoria, Student Union Bldg., 3800 Finnerty Rd. When: June 26 and 27, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets: $5.75 for students, seniors and children; $7.

In putting together an exhibit featuring artworks by women, the first challenge for curators was finding pieces amid Legacy Art Gallery’s male-dominated collection.

Joseph Egoyan was a fiercely independent painter and person, an attitude he carried with him until his death. Passionate was a word his two children, filmmaker Atom Egoyan and pianist Eve Egoyan, use to describe their father. Unbridled is another.

IN CONCERT What: Alejandro Escovedo Where: Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Sq. When: Saturday, June 22, 7 p.m. Tickets: $35 from eventbrite.

IN CONCERT What: Quinn Bachand’s Brishen with special guest Gwen Cresens Where: First Church of Christ, Scientist (1205 Pandora Ave.) When: Friday, June 21, 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6:45) Tickets: $25 at Lyle’s Place (770 Yates St.