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Cast Your Vote in the 2018 Municipal Election
Ready or not, election day in Victoria is here. Voters across Greater Victoria have begun to line up to cast their ballots in the 2018 municipal election.
- When: Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Where: In your municipality. View our list of locations here
Victoria Royals vs Kelowna Rockets
The Victoria Royals look to have a bounce back game after losing to Kelowna Rockets 8-2 Friday night.
- When: Saturday-Pucks drops at 7:05 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.
- Where: Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre – 1925 Blanshard Street
Monsters House – Fear on the Pier
It’s all anyone’s been talking about. A haunted house exploding with monsters and loaded with fright. Two-for-one admission is October 15th!
- When: Open every day from October 12th – October 31st.
- Open 6:30 p.m. -11 p.m. Sun to Thurs.
- Open 6 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Fri & Sat
- Where: Ogden Point, 203 Dallas Road
Ross Bay Cemetery Tours
Options! A Psychic Tour awaits, where clairvoyant medium Dawn Kirkham leads a walk through the cemetery and shares information on the spirits that inhabit it. A Murder Most Foul explores old graves and the grisly tales found in old newspapers and the BC Coroner’s records. The Annual Ghost Tour will explore ghost stories linked to people buried at Ross Bay Cemetery.
- When: Click here for detailed scheduling options.l
- Oct 21: Psychic Tour
- Where: Ross Bay Cemetery
4th annual Victoria’s Oktoberfest: Stein & Dine
It’s time to dig out your Lederhosen! What to expect? Lots of laughs! live entertainment, games, accordion player, Oktoberfest dancers, lederhosen contest, beard and braid contest, beer pong, giant Roast jenga, prize wheel & more.
- When: Saturday October 20th, 2018 @ 7 p.m.
- Where: Victoria Public Market – 1701 Douglas Street
Fun for the whole family. Entertainment including face painting, hay-rides, train rides, corn maze, petting farm, haunted house & plenty more activities for the children to enjoy. Don’t forget to check out the Cow Train.
- Where: Galey’s Farm, 4150 Blenkinsop Rd
- When: Every weekend until October 28th from 10 am to 4 pm.
- Cost: $12 per adult $8 per child for one Train Ride ticket or one Corn Maze ticket. With your purchase of first ticket, second ticket at $5 (+taxes). Family Combo Pass (2 adults, 2 children) for $48 includes Corn Maze and Train Ride. Petting Farm is complimentary only with the purchase of first ticket or separately $2 per person.
Pendray’s Corn Maze
Vancouver Island’s biggest corn maze features 14-acres of corn and 10 acres of maze trails – Pendray Farms is the place to be! The average time to get through the maze is 2 hours, although some have made it in 45 minutes. The 2018 corn maze has a small maze, a walking trail, and a large maze. The small maze (~2 km) can be completed in 30 minutes to an hour. The “Walking Trail” (~1.1 km) goes around the maze, but is not connected to the maze. These sections are ideal for children and grown ups who prefer a shorter exploration of the corn maze.
- When:
- Fridays: 5pm – 8pm
- Saturdays: 10am -8pm
- Sundays 10 am – 8 pm
- Where: 9537 West Saanich
- Cost: Adults 13+ $10, Kids 5-12 $5, Kids under 5 are free.
Halloween Express at Heritage Acres
VIME is hosting their annual Halloween event. There will fun things for kids to do from spooky Games, face painting, pumpkin carving, scavenger hunts, and of course, TRAIN rides! Cost is $10 per car load.
- When:
- Sat October 20th – 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Sun October 21st – 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Where: Heritage Acres, 7321 Lochside Drive, Saanichton
Paranormal Investigation at Point Ellice Garden
Join the Beyond Belief Paranormal Team on October 20th or October 26th as they investigate the paranormal occurrences that staff, volunteers, and visitors have experienced at Point Ellice House.
Reports of activity in and around the 1861 home include full body apparitions, voices, footsteps, and lights turning on by themselves. Some people feel ghostly presences in the rooms of the house and visitor centre. Access is being given to the team and those that are brave enough to join them! Over the course of the evening you will have the opportunity to participate in seances, vigils, EVP sessions, glass moving, and table tipping as well as use some of the ghost hunting equipment the team will be bringing.
- Where: Point Ellice House and Gardens, 2616 Pleasant St.
- When: October 20th
Ghost Bus Tours
Now in their 25th year, Ghost Bus Tours take you past some of Victoria’s most haunted places in the comfort of a charter coach. Tours last 2 hours and make 2 stops for onsite ghost hunting and stories, including the Victoria Golf Course for the story of the famous “golf course ghost.” A secret starting location in Oak Bay is revealed when the transaction is complete. Ghost Bust Tours are conducted by John Adams as a fundraiser for the Old Cemeteries Society.
- When: Saturday October 20 Reservations required! Tickets here.
- Where: Oak Bay Marina, 1327 Beach Drive
Victoria’s Ultimate Hobby & Toy Fair
Vancouver Island’s premier toy & hobby show! Twice a Year! Spring and Fall! Over 200 vendors with items for sale including action figures, vintage toys, models, trains, comics, Barbie, dolls, bears, LEGO, video games, Star Wars, GI Joe, Transformers, diecast cars, Hot Wheels, vinyl records and more! You never know what you might find! Perfect for families and collectors.
- When:
- Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Where: 3100 Tillicum Rd
Visit over 31 haunted locations around Victoria
Victoria is the most haunted city in British Columbia, if not all of Canada. Almost every building in the downtown core has a ghost story. Some say it’s a result of our Wild West beginnings during the Gold Rush, when the streets were full of fortune hunters, pleasure houses, saloons, public hangings, opium dens and vice was around every corner. The mystery around Haunted Victoria remains. So, Victoria Buzz has compiled some of the most famous and active locations of paranormal activity in the city.
- When: Whenever you want
- Where: All around town
