Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival

Start: Monday, March 31, 2025 9:00AM
End: Monday, May 12, 2025 10:00PM

For six weeks from April to May, over five thousand Victoria-area performers and students of music, dance and dramatic arts are on stages throughout the city receiving adjudications from renowned experts in the arts. Our eleven Highlights Concerts showcase the amazing talent with trophies and awards totaling $30,000. These include the Rose Bowl (Classical Voice), the City of Victoria Medallion Tray (Piano), and the $5,000 Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship, the largest of its type in Canada. The Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival Association is a volunteer-based non-profit organization that has been operating for nearly 100 years. We are dedicated to working with performing arts educators to develop artistic skills and a love of the performing arts for all ages and skill levels. Highlights Concerts in 2025 are as follows, venues vary: Saturday, April 12 - Strings - 6:30pm | Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Buildin, UVIC Wednesday, April 23 - Intermediate & Senior Piano - 7pm | Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, UVIC Wednesday, April 23 - Choral - 7pm | First Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Road Thursday, April 24 - Studio Dance - 7pm | Dave Dunnet Community Theatre, 2121 Cadboro Bay Road Friday, April 25 - Brass, Guitar, and Woodwinds - 7pm | Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, UVIC Thursday, May 1 - Speech - 7pm | Knox Presbyterian Church, 2964 Richmond Rd Friday, May 2 - Junior Piano & Composition - 6:30pm | Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, UVIC Thursday, May 8 - Ethnic Dance & Fiddle - 7pm | Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, UVIC Friday, May 9 - Voice - 7pm | Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, UVIC Monday, May 12 - School Dance - 7pm | Farquhar Auditorium, Jamie Cassels Centre, UVIC Roberto & Mary Wood Scholarship Concert: May 10, 2025 - 7pm | Phillip T. Young Recital hall