Arts + Culture

Local author Joyce Grant, who is an expert in misinformation, algorithms, and journalism for young people, helps kids – and adults – broaden their sources of online information in Burst Your Bubble!: Outsmart the Algorithms and See What You’re Missing.   You don’t need us to tell you it…

Hamilton’s unwashed rock band, born of a cult favourite animated comedy, is back with a new EP and a tour featuring a hometown stop. Hamilton’s filthiest, funniest, and most fearlessly unwashed rock band is back. Born from the cult animated comedy Sons of Butcher that aired on Teletoon…

The literary festival offers five days of readings, panels, workshops, and social events that celebrate writers of all kinds and the readers who read them. For 22 years, the Hamilton-born gritLIT has celebrated established writers, helped new ones develop, and given readers a front-row seat to well over…

The incite Foundation for the Arts supports the work of The Westdale. The incite Foundation for the Arts has contributed more than $9 million to 50 Hamilton-area organizations, through grants from $2,500 to $300,000, since it was founded in 2011. It is the legacy of the late…

Brodie Schwendiman, operator of the late and beloved Casbah, is back booking music in a new downtown venue called Ridiculous, and other live-music locations in the region. 2025 was a rollercoaster ride of a year for Brodie Schwendiman. The music club operator and booker has played a crucial…

Dylan Hudecki is a Canadian indie-rock vet having played in many different bands, including By Divine Right, Cowlick, Slow Beach and The Dill. He’s a proud Hamiltonian who covers local album releases for HAMILTON CITY Magazine. TV FREAKS  – Blue Genie (garage, punk rock) Devotion, distortion, and the…