For years, Oak Bay's summer read as a scatter of one-off events. This year it has quietly consolidated. Between July 1 and early September, there is a piano within a short walk of five different beaches and village pockets, a market that closes the Avenue every second Wednesday, a free concert at Willows most other Thursdays, and two anchor Saturdays sitting on top of it all. If you live here, the practical question is no longer "what's on this weekend." It is which of the standing dates you build the week around.
The spine of the season
The reason this summer feels different is that the standing programs overlap for the first time in a while. The Oak Bay Night Market runs 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month, with
