We are an event venue in Victoria BC!

About Us & the Venue

Gigi’s Cafe is a locally owned, family-run business that also aims to be an event venue in Victoria BC! We are community-minded and love to support local people and businesses–including by hosting events that spotlight local musicians, authors & more.

We are licensed, carrying local beers and cider, and have a small capacity of 25 (including employees).

Daytime Events

Currently we host live musicians on Sundays from 2 to 4pm. Solo performers and bands are welcome!

We are open to all genres that can be played at a reasonable volume level, so our regular operations can continue (don’t worry–we refrain from using the espresso grinder until each song is over!)

We provide the sound equipment and advertising on our social media, and the musician can collect tips from the audience and sell merchandise.

Vancouver Island-based musicians are welcome to contact us by email and include the following information:

• What your performing experience is (no need to have had your own private show before–performing in open mics or at “variety show” type gigs can be sufficient)

• A video of you performing in public

• A link to any social media you use for your music (not required but helpful!)

• A little blurb about your music (the type of thing you’d read on an Upcoming Events page like ours :))

• Any Sundays you are available for in the next two months (at least 2 weeks away from the date of the email)

• Any questions you have for us

We also are interested in hosting other events that are suitable for a daytime coffee shop environment–poetry and writer’s open mics, author readings, etc.

We can work with you if you think your idea for a daytime event could work for us–send us an email at gigiscafeyyj@gmail.com

After Hours Events

As we are a daytime operation closing at 4 or 4:30 each day, we don’t have a built-in audience for evening events! With this in mind, we currently charge fees to rent out our space after we are closed. The fees are flexible in that they will be reduced or waived depending on our food & drink sales during the event. We are a community-minded business–which essentially means this: we love our community and we want to be able to make ends meet so we can stick around!

If you have an idea for our event venue in Victoria BC–whether it’s live music or a trivia night or something else entirely–please get in touch with us at gigiscafeyyj@gmail.com and ask to see our Event Info & Fees sheet.

Please note that we’re mostly reserving night time events for acts and event types that we’re confident will be a success for everyone, as hosting evening events does stretch our small team of staff and owners a little thin!

We provide branded advertising for events (we’ll make the poster and post content on our social media) and a staff member will be available to be of assistance before, during, and after the event.