For the out-of-towners.......2012 is the 150th anniversary of Victoria so there are all sorts of events going on. The evening of August 5 (first night of Kilt Kamp) is Symphony Splash (http://www.victoriasymphony.ca/splash/).

The Splash is a huge outdoor orchestral concert conducted at the Inner Harbour, always ending with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, complete with bells, cannons, and fireworks.