A roundup of upcoming events in the Greater Victoria area, including Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria, the North Saanich Flavour Trails Festival, and CatVideoFest 2023.
Experience world-class cycling at Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria Riders of all ages and abilities can experience world-class cycling, with a choice of eight different distances, at Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria, Saturday.
Riders will cycle on some car-free roads, traffic-controlled intersections, with a choice of eight different distances: 160 kilometres, 140 km, 100 km, 60 km, 45 km, 30 km, 15 km and the Capital Bikes Kids Ride, for children two to 12 years old. “I’m excited to be back in Victoria for Tour de Victoria weekend,” said Hesjedal. “Watching the event continue to grow after 12 years, with the hundreds of volunteers who come out to put on this amazing event, makes me proud to call Victoria home.”
The annual festival, sponsored by the Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable, the District of North Saanich and Destination Greater Victoria, celebrates local farmers, fishers, food producers, chefs, vintners, brewers, cider makers and distillers in the municipality. Visitors can stop by at the Sandown Centre for Regenerative Agriculture for the Flavour Trails Community Celebration. The event includes a night market on Saturday and day market on Sunday, with zucchini races, a farm market, vendors farm demos and lawn games on both days.
Capital Bike has also compiled two routes for people to cycle the Flavour Trail, with both a northern and southern loop, 13.8 kilometres and 11.4 kilometres respectively. The routes are available at capitalbike.ca/FlavourTrails.
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