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SUMMARY:Drag Bingo
DESCRIPTION:Come win fun prizes! \nFirst ball called at 8pm
URL:https://events.downtownvictoria.ca/event/drag-bingo/2026-01-07/
LOCATION:The Vicious Poodle\, 726 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1N1
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Food & Drink,Games
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SUMMARY:Drag Bingo
DESCRIPTION:Come win fun prizes! \nFirst ball called at 8pm
URL:https://events.downtownvictoria.ca/event/drag-bingo/2026-01-14/
LOCATION:The Vicious Poodle\, 726 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1N1
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Food & Drink,Games
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SUMMARY:Garden City Improv with Claire Pollock\, Kevin Matviw and Andrew Gardner
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss out on this evening or pro-level improv! \nJoin Claire Pollock (Improv Centre\, Vancouver)\, Andrew Gardner (Theatresports\, Montreal Sketch Fest) and Kevin Matviw (The Second City) for an evening of the best improv comedy in Victoria BC! \nGarden City Improv with Claire Pollock\, Andrew Gardner & Kevin Matviw\nDATE: Friday January 16th\nDOORS: 8:15PM\nSHOW: 8:30PM\nLOCATION: Theatre SKAM – 849 Fort Street
URL:https://events.downtownvictoria.ca/event/garden-city-improv-with-claire-pollock-kevin-matviw-and-andrew-gardner/
LOCATION:Theatre SKAM\, 849 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1H6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Garden City Improv Presents: Harold Night - Longform Improv Comedy
DESCRIPTION:The Harold is improv’s high wire act — watch it performed by some of Victoria’s funniest improvisers at Garden City Improv! \nEnjoy an evening of long-form improv comedy\, with hilarious characters and interwoven stories\, all inspired by a single audience suggestion! \nTickets will go fast for this event – get yours today! \nHarold Night: Longform Improv Comedy\nDATE: Saturday January 17\nDOORS: 8:15 PM\nSHOW: 8:30 PM – no late entries\nLOCATION: Theatre SKAM – 849 Fort St.\nVictoria BC
URL:https://events.downtownvictoria.ca/event/garden-city-improv-presents-harold-night-longform-improv-comedy-5/
LOCATION:Theatre SKAM\, 849 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1H6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:Queer Open Stage
DESCRIPTION:Are you an 2SLGBTQIA+ performer? ✨✨\nDo you need a safer space to showcase your\ntalent\, find community\, and network\nwith other queer artists?\nBring your performance to our…\n~~~?️‍?QUEER OPEN STAGE!!! ?️‍?~~~\nMusic\, drag\, poetry\, dance\, comedy\, or magic\, ???\nif you can do it in 10 minutes or less – we want to see it!\nEach month there will be a featured performer:\nJanuary’s featured performer will be singer-songwriter Elbow Kiss!\n~About Elbow Kiss~\nElbow Kiss is an experimental folk project by Em Boreen (they/them)\, based in lekwungen territory (Victoria BC Canada). Elbow Kiss humbly draws inspiration from classic country and folk\, as well as modern folk\, indie and pop. Em plucks guitar\, harp\, and heart strings\, gently dredging up deep seeds of queer yearning\, nostalgia\, heartbreak. Love songs to ghosts. They also appear on vocals in local dream punk band\, Ghost Darling.\n~Preview Elbow Kiss~\nhttps://elbowkiss.bandcamp.com/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/elbow.kiss\nbio.site/elbowkiss. \n⌚Show up at 6:30 pm to sign up\, or e-mail for early sign-up.\nLight snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided! Yum ?\n(please review accessibility info for theDock below\, regardless of your needs)\nThis event is presented by the Victoria Downtown Residents Association (https://www.victoriadra.ca/)\, and is hosted by Sara Rose Hébert (they/them).\n? NOTE: Allies are welcome as audience members but performance spots are reserved for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks.\nWe also need VOLUNTEERS! Just a bit of set up\, door\, and tear down. The more hands we have\, the lighter the workload for all of us! You can find more details by following the sign-up link below.\nHere’s a link to sign up:\nhttps://victoriadra.getcommunal.com/volunteer…/1310\nThis is a free event\, however\, we will be collecting donations to purchase items for the Lekwungen Community Toolshed\, so bring cash if you are able:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/CommunityToolShed/\nAccessibility details:\n-? Bus tickets available for those facing financial barriers to attending\n-?️Sensory corner (with fidgets\, and colouring supplies)\n-?Ear plugs available\n-?Elevator to 3rd floor\, even floor throughout 3rd floor\, no stairs\n-?Bathrooms gender friendly (single stalls)\n-?Reduced-scent space\n– Event space is carpeted\n-⛔No peanuts\n– Masks recommended (provided at door if forgotten)\nFor more accessibility and parking info\, email us at queeropenstagevic@gmail.com\nAbout your host:\nSara Rose (they/them) is a local queer\, neurodivergent singer-songwriter and vocal coach who is passionate about community and increasing accessibility.? ❤
URL:https://events.downtownvictoria.ca/event/queer-open-stage/
LOCATION:The Dock Victoria – Coworking Centre for Social Impact\, 722 Cormorant Street\, Suite 300\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 3G9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Art,Comedy,Community Event,Live Performance,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Drag Bingo
DESCRIPTION:Come win fun prizes! \nFirst ball called at 8pm
URL:https://events.downtownvictoria.ca/event/drag-bingo/2026-01-21/
LOCATION:The Vicious Poodle\, 726 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1N1
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Food & Drink,Games
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SUMMARY:Garden City Improv Presents: Dungeons Yes\, And Dragons
DESCRIPTION:Garden City Improv proudly presents Dungeons Yes And Dragons\, a one-of-a-kind improv comedy experience inspired by the world’s greatest roleplaying game — Dungeons & Dragons. \nJoin us for an evening of improv comedy\, epic storytelling and outrageous characters beloved by D&D fans! \nDungeons Yes And Dragons\nSaturday\, January 24th\nDOORS: 8:15pm\nSHOW: 8:30pm\nLOCATION: Theatre SKAM – 849 Fort St.
URL:https://events.downtownvictoria.ca/event/garden-city-improv-presents-dungeons-yes-and-dragons-3/
LOCATION:Theatre SKAM\, 849 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1H6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Theatre
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SUMMARY:The Strange Hour: A Brunch Variety Show
DESCRIPTION:The Strange Hour is BACK for its second season with more strangeness than ever! \nThe Strange Hour is Victoria’s ONLY 19+ brunch variety show featuring presenters and performers across genres. Think wrestlers\, chefs\, drag\, beer experts\, burlesque\, people making music with bugs…anything and everything happens at The Strange Hour. \nOur January 25th show is going to be a humdinger of an event\, featuring… \n– Seán – a 10-minute consideration of life\, death\, & afterlives in the digital age.\n– Rebound Dance Collective – dance + science.\n– Phoenix HellFire – Burlesque celebrating the chaos and ecstasy within us all.\n– Sustainable Fox – Sustainability\, saving the world one plastic ramekin at a time. \nPLUS VENDORS!!!\n– Pizza for Breakfast Designs – Jewelry\n– Iris Moore – Painting / Sketches \nWhere?: Theatre SKAM Satellite Studio (849 Fort Street)\nWhen?: Sunday\, January 25th – Doors 10AM – Show 11AM-1PM (W/ short intermission)\nCost?: $25 regular\, $35 pay-it-forward\, $15 accessible (if price is a barrier\, please reach out!) \nAlso\, featuring The Strange Table: run by Victoria Supply\, a new Strange Hour feature / place to make new friends\, craft\, or learn a new skill. Each Strange Hour will feature a new activity / skill building session. \nDrinks by Driftwood available for purchase\, as well as baked goods and onigiris by Good Filling Sankaku. Come early\, make some crafts\, and eat some brunch\, while hanging out in the newly redesigned Strange Lounge. \nOn the Lands and Waterways of the Songhees and Xwsepsum Peoples. Wheelchair accessible. Relaxed performance (house will never fully go dark\, unlimited in/out\, whatever your body needs!). \nHosted by Victoria’s one and only\, Keith Sonic and the greatest lil’ theatre companies\, Theatre SKAM and Spec Theatre.
URL:https://events.downtownvictoria.ca/event/the-strange-hour-a-brunch-variety-show-3/
LOCATION:SKAM Satellite Studio\, 849 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Community Event,Cultural Event,Live Performance,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Drag Bingo
DESCRIPTION:Come win fun prizes! \nFirst ball called at 8pm
URL:https://events.downtownvictoria.ca/event/drag-bingo/2026-01-28/
LOCATION:The Vicious Poodle\, 726 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1N1
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Food & Drink,Games
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SUMMARY:Canadian Steam: A Music & Comedy Show with Mildly Sexy Lumberjacks
DESCRIPTION:The cast of Canadian Steam has rocked stages at Just for Laughs\, picked up Canadian Comedy Awards\, and performed with Second City -appearing on CBC’s The Debaters\, Netflix\, and Amazon Prime. Now they’re bringing you a comedy show that’s 100% Canadian and 1000% ridiculous! \nCanadian Steam: They’re Polite\, But Not Tonight.\nIt’s Whose Line Is It Anyway? meets Magic Mike Great White North Style! \nThis flannel-fueled night of music and comedy features:\nHilarious improvised songs\nDangerously enthusiastic dance numbers\nExciting audience interaction and crowdwork\nThe perfect amount of jaw-dropping “eh”-rotica!\nAnd plenty of Cheeky Canadian charm \nFrom the creators at The Comedy Department – winners of the 2024 & 2025 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award\, this laugh-out-loud sexy spectacle has been delighting audiences everywhere. Check out these rave reviews! .\n5-STAR REVIEWS! \nThese flannel-clad heartthrobs have been officially dispatched by the Ministry of Sexy™ (yes\, that’s totally a thing) to prove that Canada isn’t just nice – it’s devastatingly funny. BUT here’s the twist: YOU decide if they’ve earned the Official Stamp of Sexy at the end of the night. Your cheers\, your laughter\, your votes hold the power. \nIf not? They’ll be politely asked to hang up their plaid and retreat quietly to their log cabins in shame. Armed with maple syrup\, silky-funny serenades\, some of the most averagely sexy bods this side of the Rockies\, these lumberjacks are on a government-sanctioned mission to bring the funny and the heat -one Timbit-loving town at a time. \nSo whether you’re out with your crew\, celebrating something big\, or just craving a night of maple-drenched mayhem -Canadian Steam is the comedy experience you didn’t even know was included in your healthcare. \nGrab your tickets now -before the Ministry pulls the plug on their sexy mission. Find out more!\nWEBSITE
URL:https://events.downtownvictoria.ca/event/canadian-steam-a-music-comedy-show-with-mildly-sexy-lumberjacks/
LOCATION:McPherson Playhouse\, 3 Centennial Square\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1P5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Live Performance
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SUMMARY:Garden City Improv Presents: Improv Against Humanity (19+)
DESCRIPTION:Victoria’s most scandalously popular improv show is at Encore by Paparazzi (1415 Broad St.) on January 31! \nAn enormous hit in Toronto and Vancouver\, Improv Against Humanity is based on the game Cards Against Humanity. This 19+ show will feature selected audience members playing the game\, with improvisers performing scenes based on their horrible\, hilarious card combinations! Get your tickets now! \nImprov Against Humanity was created by Daniel Chai and The Fictionals Comedy Co. of Vancouver\, BC! GCI’s productions of IAH are performed with their permission. \nImprov Against Humanity\nDATE: Saturday January 31st\nDOORS: 7:30PM\nSHOW: 8:00PM\nLOCATION: Encore by Paparazzi – 1415 Broad Street\nNOTES: This is a 19+ event. No minors.
URL:https://events.downtownvictoria.ca/event/garden-city-improv-presents-improv-against-humanity-19-4/
LOCATION:Encore by Paparazzi\, 1415 Broad Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W 2B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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