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THINGS TO DO IN HAMILTON, BURLINGTON
We are spoiled for things to see and do in #HamOnt and #BurlOn. HAMILTON CITY Magazine helps you keep up with it all. Think of us as your plugged-in friend who knows all the cool stuff happening around town! Get out and enjoy – and tell them HCM sent you!
Hounds of Hamilton
We need a big dose of dogs these days so HAMILTON CITY Magazine's new feature celebrates the city's canines. Send in your dogs (and cats)! Escape the relentless news cycle, doom scrolling and polarizing politics, and find joy and laughter in pets. Hounds of Hamilton…
OPINION: Election 2026 is the time to build
The last municipal election saw just over 35 per cent of eligible Hamiltonians vote. We must do better this time because this city needs to deliver on its potential. October 2026 will define Hamilton’s next chapter. We are entering a municipal election that will shape how our…
incite: Delivering on a mission
Since the incite Foundation for the Arts was formed in 2011, it has donated $11 million to local arts organizations. On its 15th anniversary, the incite Foundation for the Arts is reaffirming its mission to revolutionize support for the arts in the greater Hamilton community. incite strives to…
Caroline Wiles: Just being herself
The Ancaster singer-songwriter has just released her sixth album, Just Be You, but don’t ask her what genre it is. HINT: It’s a bit of everything. Just Be You, the sixth album by Ancaster-based folk-pop singer-songwriter Caroline Wiles, was released on April 24, and it is another…
THE PLAYLIST
Born Ruffians – Beauty’s Pride For a band that once felt like it might combust from sheer nervous energy and mileage logged, Born Ruffians have aged in a surprisingly graceful, and still charmingly unpredictable way. Beauty’s Pride finds the long-running Toronto/Hamilton group loosening their grip on that early, jittery urgency…
PRIDE: Kenadie, how do you shake off judgment?
Welcome to the first monthly column from Hamilton drag queen Kenadie St. James! Read on for the best bad advice you’ve ever had! Hamilton, your problems are officially about to get WORSE. 💋 Local drag legend Kenadie St. James is serving up catastrophically bad life advice in her…
PRIDE: Queer and crafting in Hamilton
QUARTZ: Queer Art Hang at the Art Gallery of Hamilton and Queer Craft Club at Hamilton Craft Studios offers an oulet for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to gather and create. If you are queer and into crafting, you have two options to let your creative flag fly and…
Leaven House has risen in Waterdown Village
Samantha Gardner moved from Toronto and took the chance to fulfil a dream of opening a bakery. It has become a local favourite since launching in January. Leaven House opened in January this year, and immediately became a local favourite. Owner Samantha Gardner says it has been a…
Two interesting plays coming to local stages
We asked the creator of For What We Labour about setting a farce in Ancient Greece and staging it in a Hamilton home, and we talked to the artistic director of the Hamilton Theatre Project about the darkly comic and provocative Within the Glass. For What We Labour:…
