Comedy, global travel, romance and theatrical bingo are all on the North Olympic Peninsula’s entertainment itinerary this weekend. And it seems festival season has begun: Port Townsend is the setting for the Victorian Heritage Festival today through Sunday.
Here are the basics on activities happening at venues across Clallam and Jefferson counties.
• The Port Townsend Victorian Heritage Festival unfolds all weekend all over the city.
To find out about the Rothschild House garden party, Hidden History walking tours, Uptown walking tours, presentations on Victorian-era life and free “Where’s Israel Katz?” activity, see https://porttownsendvictorianfestival.org/.
Information and tickets are also available at the Cotton Building, 607 Water St., where the festival headquarters are open from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. today, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, and 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
• The Peninsula Singers present “How Can I Keep from Singing?,” a trio of performances at the Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.
Music of Handel, Mozart, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others will flow in the open rehearsal tonight at 7 p.m. and in the concerts both Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Director Jerome Wright, violist Tyrone Beatty, pianist Mark Johnson and 20 singers will appear, along with the new Encore ensemble.
No tickets are needed; donations are welcome and audience members are asked to wear masks.
• “Bingo! The Winning Musical,” a comic play about love, friendship and bingo games, has its final three performances this weekend at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.
Curtain time on the main stage is 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
To purchase tickets — $24 general, $15 students — see olympictheatrearts.org or phone 360-683-7326.
• The PT Kokonuts play out at Port Townsend Vineyards, 2640 W. Sims Way, Port Townsend, this Saturday afternoon.
The funky dub and electro-reggae band will stir things up from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Live music at Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum, comes from the Jive 5 band featuring Janna Marit and Ginny Porter on Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Then comes the folk duo Fellow Pynins playing the cidery from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
• Women & Film, the springtime cinema festival, is underway, online and set to wrap this Sunday.
Viewers can choose to stream a dozen full-length movies and two shorts programs by and about women, from “Golden Age Karate,” about a martial arts teacher who works with grandmothers in a nursing home, to “Exposure,” the story of a group of women skiing to the North Pole.
The selections, nearly all of which come with interviews with the filmmakers, are presented by the Port Townsend Film Festival, so the website for tickets is PTfilmfest.com.
• “Around the World in Less than 80 Days” is Key City Public Theatre’s adventure unfolding now at the Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St., Port Townsend.
The play, adapted by Seattle’s David Natale and inspired by the Jules Verne novel, stars Maggie Jo Bulkley, Brendan Chambers, Christa Holbrook, Tomoki Sage, Maude Eisele and Consuelo Aduviso, all in multiple roles.
For tickets and showtimes through May 8, visit keycitypublictheatre.org or phone the box office at 360-385-5278.
• The Sequim Community Orchestra presents its 10th anniversary concert at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., Sequim.
SCO concerts are free, while this year the audience size is limited and signups are needed.
To register for Saturday’s event, see the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce website, www.sequimchamber.com, and go to the Events Calendar.
For information or help with registration, email director@sequimchamber.com or phone 360-683-6197.
• Lost in the Shuffle, the blues band featuring Glen Hellman, Gerry Sherman and Ralph Baker, plays this Saturday at Discovery Bay Brewing, 948 N. Park Ave., Port Townsend.
Music lovers are invited to the gig, which has no cover charge, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• The Backwoods Hucksters bring three-part harmonies and mountain blues to Sirens Pub, 823 Water St., Port Townsend, on Saturday night.
Resonator guitarist Cort Armstrong, harmonica man Sean Divine and the band start up at 8 p.m.
• Stand-up comedy and classical music are the unusual pairing as Bridge and Wolak take the stage at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place, Port Ludlow, at 7 p.m. Saturday.
This duo entertains with classical, jazz and folk music on piano, clarinet and accordion.
For this Port Ludlow Performing Arts show, new local residents are invited to take advantage of a buy-one, get-one free ticket offer.
For information, see www.PortLudlowPerforming Arts.com; admission is $30, and tickets will be sold at the door if the show hasn’t sold out.
Patrons are asked to wear masks and show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test within the past 72 hours.
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Jefferson County Senior Reporter Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-417-3509 or durbanidelapaz @peninsuladailynews.com.
