Reviews of Victoria Event Centre (Night Club)

n marie

Fun place to see a show! Table seating and COVID safety plan in effect. Table bar service was attentive and well staffed. Good experience going out in COVID times!

Carolyn Vasiliauskas

Dark/Dingy! Fun entertainment. Lacking New Years Excitement!

Vanessa Dias

Needs refreshing

Don McCaskill

Excellent facility, great venue for atomic vaudeville.

Gunther Bornfels

Great place

Khan Omi

For a large event like comic con, it was way too hard to navigate. I liked the Crystal Garden way better.

Yasha Thenor-Louis

I went to a wine festival here once. I've never been so hung over...

Nabil Bennett

FUN. Beautiful space

C Dezzy

A great community feel nice staffing a little rough in a nice way

Orillia Gail

The place is looking good.. The workgroups are doing amazing work... Now the elevator ????❤️????

Pablo Silva

(Translated) You have to visit! (Original) Muss man besuchen!

andrew alan Grant

There's an ATM inside the building. If you don't want to pay any ATM fees, bring cash for the tickets.

Glen Manders

Caught some burlesque, always a good time, I havent had the pleasure of seeing much else through VEC, but I have yet to he let down...

Kat Palmateer

It used to be a great place to go watch Vaudeville but since the wine prices more than doubled ($40 bucks a bottle) the crowds seemed to have dwindled. Tired of being gouged when trying to support local performing artists!

Alex Carroll

Great venue -a must if you like live theatre and music. Many fringe type shows. Has a guitar shaped bar and nice stage with plenty of good seating.

Mariam O.

We had such an amazing experience and the comedy show here last weekend. Thank you to all the staff for such an great and organized event. Looking forward to more of these in the future.

Kel Videll

Great atmosphere. Serve alcohol.

Joseph Hoh

Great local and inclusive shows put on here. Reasonably priced drinks and a fun intimate venue. For those who are lazy or unable to make the massive flight of stairs the broken elevator is not exactly ideal

David Brown

Great shows. Seating not ideal for theatre type shows.

Jen Reiher

Beers are expensive, selection is limited.

Antaya Schneider

Fun multipurpose space with bar and dancefloor. Lots of great events.

Emily Salmon

Alternative entertainment happens here. Great eclectic venue

William McClary

We learned about the Tuesday Speakeasy Night at VEC on Google, and it was great! Check it out!

Tim Jensen

CoZy intimate space with a bar!! So you know this place is awesome!! It was my first time there and I am certain it will not be my last! Awesome bartenders and looks like they have great events!! You should come!

Erica Fritch

It's like a community dance hall mated with a old-school bar; this love child is a curious place for filming local t.v. shows, activist presentations, live music dancing, etc. I'm at a loss how to explain the place except that if there's an event there, go. You won't regret it if only to catch a real throwback vibe.

Julien Dickie (Mountainbike Hunter)

This is hands down the best place in Victoria if only I remembered the bartender ( Keith)? Thanks for another awesome night lots of ????

Mehdi Naimi

Needs a little TLC but this venue is very cool.

Robert Mitchell

Recently discovered this place, they do a great oat milk latte. Can't wait to hopefully enjoy it post covid :)

Rob Hehr

Awesome place for special events! Love the huge affordable pints of cider on tap (sometimes too much).

Noah S

They host a wide variety of shows here. It's a cool spot and a nice alternative to the more traditional bars and pubs downtown.

Daniel Andrews

Amazing, romantic, inspired!!

Chris Ziehr

Good for events

MM McKewun

Very hospitable event space with reasonable rates and nice furniture and gear.

Chris Eland

Only nonprofit bar in town! Could use some acoustic panels for unplugged performances

Gail

Girls don't like the toilets they scared

Rachel Francois

Nice space, always seems a little crowded at the events I seem to go to.

Kent MacWilliam

Clean building nice open space very reasonable rates as well

Dave Davies

I love this place to work during the day. Nice people working there. I love my chai latte and the avocado toasts. I can't wait they open again after the covid restrictions

Stella M

Always quality events and good community.

Nodo

Great space hosts are amazing people

Brian Koval

Happy parties!

Brandon Brown

Great venue for shows.

Ophi Del

Great atmosphere and the Blue Grass show was AWESOME

Niloofar Gharavi

It had a decent atmosphere but it smelled horrible and no AC so it began to smell worse as the place crowded

Kiki Au

Great atmosphere, nice stage great acoustics but this is not a place for anyone with mobility problems. Big flight of stairs. At least they are wide enough for others to pass you while you are working your way up.

Coralie Theoret

Standard event space. Good staff. Guitar shaped bar.

Rachel Capon

Solid place to attend live events

Lesley Davies

Great space for local shows and performances with a big dance floor

Daniel AJ Sokolov

Great place

Keith Sonic

Lots of stairs up to the event stage

brayand rodriguez mora

Burlesque bingo

Rory L Keewatin R (Rory)

Not super accessible, but a fun space!

Mathieu Laframboise

Great event space

Neil Campbell

Went for the 80s night, had a great time!

Marc deMontigny

Best place to be on a Sunday night.

Jordan Price

The bar is a giant guitar. Once you see it you can't unsee it

ryan

Great older venue,stairs on elevator unless you get someone to take you up freight elv. Aquward.

Carmen Craig

Pretty great location. Not much to complain about

robert beam

This place is a dive and has the worse bar on the planet. They have only one selection of beer and they can not make the simplest of cocktails.

Romina Miranda

Plenty of stairs to get in

Jarren Butterworth

The vec has 27 or so steep stairs and no working elevator. Not an accessible venue.

Jean-Paul Thuot

I love going to the events held at the VEC! I always do my best to make the time and support local shows and dances. Affordable covers and I love the energy and atmosphere. A tidbit small for the venue so make sure to show up early for whatever event you plan to show up for!

Nicolette Gunn

Every staff member was awesome! Covid sucks but these folks were amazing at making this event feel "normal". Thank you Florence and Paul and door guy! Had such a blast while being safe!

Winter Claire

Decent venue, interesting layout of the room. Sound quality was alright, bar selection was alright, nice space for hanging out in.

John Mears

Nice cozy location. Well setup and convenient for a variety of events

J. Lg

saw agalloch here a couple years ago. sound was great and local craft beers were available reasonably priced.

Jessica Klose

The VEC is up a long flight of stairs and although they have an elevator, they continually say their is no money to fix it. So instead, folks continually organize events here that create a massive barrier to tons of folks with disabilities. …

Julia R.

While the VEC shrouds itself in 5 star ratings from CIS HET WHITE ABLE BODIED FOLKS its organizers and venues only use " anti ableist " and other buzz words as falsities. They only care about your money.

Hamed Nazeri

Fun, inclusive venue with a variety of events!!

Ross MacIntyre

Great spot!

Mathieu Poirier

Nice little local events center with a great walkable location! Covers are typically cash-only but the bar has Square so takes card.

Brennen McNamara

It was a lot of fun with a great band

Brian Blunt

There always seems to be something cool going on here.

L Wiltsie

This is five star on everything I can't say a bad thing about it and absolutely fabulous entertainment great everything..,. go for yourself and see????

Jack Y

Great space, great staff, I’m sure any event here would be fun but definitely keep an eye out for events Friends Victoria is hosting here. There 80’s night was unreal.

Douglas Chen

My review is only based on the events I've attended. Mainly 80s and 90s parties because they host some good ones. …

Hailey O'Neill

Small enough to create intimacy and big enough to accommodate a good size group. Good location, stairs that make it inaccessible for some, but add to the experience and charm of the place of you can climb them.

Angel C. Walker

An interesting little venue. Can get extremely hot in the summer and the bathroom situation isn't ideal.

Zombie Gambino

Great venue, very helpful staff.

carmen campbell

Great staff, easy layout, fun location

Ron Fitzgerald

This is a fantastically intimate venue that provides a cozy atmosphere. I was in attendance for Confabulation, an amazing and entertaining night of personal stories and select individuals. Although the venue was packed it was reasonably …

G L

Good place to hang out. They have an array of different guest to entertain you on different nights. Cool alternative place and shows.

Scott Smith

Attended for a burlesque night. I like the relaxed vibe here. There is usually a bar running for most events.

Jenn Sheffield

Dark and gloomy. Weird long stairway at the front which reminds you of every single horror movie you watched.

luther robinson

This is my favorite go-dancing place in Victoria. Different dance parties sometimes hold here on Friday or Saturday nights. You don't have to pay the cover if you don't have money. This makes everyone feels welcoming, and melts my heart a …

Kate White

Great space for any live event - cozy and comfortable, with great staff. The acoustics are excellent. Check out the guitar shaped bar, it's a thing of beauty!

Marcela Rodríguez

Space is neat, but not clearly accessible, both inside, and to get in in the first place. …

Supa mic

80's night was fantastic - kinda bummed about their latest version of the Purple Rain cocktail. For that price, bring back the Empress Gin!

Mark Warns

There are great events here - I enjoy the ambiance

Steven Clouston

Love this space; staff are friendly and helpful and recent changes are rad!

Olivia McLellan

I love this place, amazing staff, awesome events. They are always improving. Including upgrades to their elevator. I recommend stopping in for a show.. you wont regret it

Steven Kelly

Nice funky place for fun and juicy events.

Erich Purkiss

Venue for music? Amazing. Cocktails? Borderline undrinkable with how overpowering they are- I could overpour myself for a lot cheaper at home. Serving staff? Stunning, except management should know better than to throw a new girl to the wolves on a weekend.

Lily Gyorfi

This place is the most unique cafe I've ever been to and the most peaceful. A upstairs cafe with lots of space and a calm atmosphere. Also serving great quality coffee, it's hard to imagine a cafe like this could exist but it is my new favorite spot.