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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…
Plenty of highlights for Wreckless Harbour
Hamilton folk and bluegrass quartet will play the Mariposa Folk Festival and will release their first vinyl record this summer. We caught up with Wreckless Harbour to chat about their debut at the Mariposa Folk Festival, the state of folk music in troubled times, and their long-awaited vinyl…
The brothers, The Beans
Gabriel Marcelo and Paulo Leon are building on the music scene in Hamilton through their music, their venue, and their record label. Chilean-Canadian brothers Gabriel Marcelo and Paulo Leon are building on Hamilton’s music scene on multiple fronts. They are lifelong Hamiltonians, and frontmen of three-piece rock…
HAMILTON READS
In Honest Motherhood: On Losing My Mind and Finding Myself, Hamilton writer Libby Ward has delivered an unflinching and disarmingly funny memoir about the exhaustion that comes from pursuing perfection as a parent. Honest Motherhood: On Losing My Mind and Finding Myself wasn’t supposed to be a memoir.
New Indigenous media studio launches Festival of Stories
Indian & Cowboy Creative Media will preview five new original podcast series this weekend with live tapings in front of 50 audience members. Indian & Cowboy Creative Media, a new Indigenous-owned storytelling studio based in Hamilton, is honouring National Indigenous History Month this June with the inaugural Festival…
REVIEW: A Grand Night for Singing delivers nostalgia, refreshing take on musical classics
The Players’ Guild of Hamilton’s revue brings the best of Rodgers and Hammerstein from The King And I, South Pacific, Allegro, Me And Juliet, Cinderella, Carousel and Oklahoma. Now in the middle of its run, The Players’ Guild of Hamilton’s production of A Grand Night for Singing is…
Silverstein never stands still
Twenty-six years,13 albums, and a million records sold later, and the Burlington-born hardcore/punk band continues to defy the odds. Silverstein began making music during a fertile period in heavy guitar rock. The turn of the millennium saw guitar rock genres splinter into even more subgenres as bands borrowed…
Here&Now Dance Festival returns with ‘bold tenacity’
Indie company Aeris Körper's festival takes to the stage this weekend for a third year, showcasing local and regional dancers. The warm weather is finally here to stay, and with it comes a hot and happening Hamilton dance festival to kick off the summer. Produced by Aeris Körper,…
Delicious and Indigenous
There are a growing number of notable food options in Six Nations, along with a beloved Indigenous-owned diner in Hamilton. Six Nations & Beyond Just south of the city, not far from the edges of Hamilton, is the community of Six Nations. With a whole variety of…
