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Paul McCartney to open TD Coliseum

By HCM
The legendary performer will be the first concert at Hamilton’s renovated downtown arena on Nov. 21. The legendary Paul McCartney will be the opening act at Hamilton’s TD Coliseum on Nov. 21. He will make a stop in the city as part of his Got Back Tour, which…
Arts + Culture

Vive la Hamilton: A new era for the HPO

By Jamie Tennant
At 29, Paris-born James Kahane is the 10th music director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. He wants you to know that he finds Hamilton artistically inspiring and that classical musicians party more than you might think. James Kahane grew up in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Arts + Culture

Hamilton Fringe preview: 55 plays and 350 performances

By Allison M. Jones
Become an indie theatre buff and an arts benefactor in your own backyard from July 16 to 27. Calling itself “the city's biggest, boldest 12-day arts festival,” the 2025 Hamilton Fringe Festival will run from July 16 to 27 and feature 55 plays in a schedule of more…
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Music of the summer

By HCM
Check out our photo gallery from the Sound of Music in Burlington, It's Your Festival, and the Brott Music Festival in Hamilton. Our music issue – Summer 2025 – is almost out! Photos by Bob Hatcher Click on any image for a full-sized slideshow Burlington's…
City Life

BRUCE TRAIL: A walk in the wilderness

By Meredith MacLeod
The dream for the Bruce Trail along the Niagara Escarpment was born in Hamilton and almost 60 years after it was officially formed, the Dundas-based Bruce Trail Conservancy is ramping up its ambition to own the entire 900-kilometre route and a corridor of nature around it. “Nature is…
Food + Drink

ON THE MENU: WHAT’S OPENED AND CLOSED ON THE LOCAL RESTAURANT SCENE

By Suzanne Zandbergen
Here's a list of what has come, gone and changed in Hamilton and Burlington in June. Launched Alei Kitchen (1400 Plains Rd. E., Burlington)Taste the fire-kissed flavours of Miao culture with a modern twist at this newly opened Chinese eatery on Plains Road at Brant. Make sure to…
Arts + Culture

THE PLAYLIST

By Dylan Hudecki
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. Drew Smith – Leaf by Leaf After more than a…
City Life

Downtown arena will be TD Coliseum

By Meredith MacLeod
Oak View Group announced a multi-year naming rights deal Wednesday, while also revealing that an AHL hockey team will be part of the tenant mix beginning in September 2026. Hamilton’s coliseum is back. Just minutes after the official announcement on Wednesday morning that the city’s downtown arena will…
Made in Hamilton

Peter Lazar: The accidental tech entrepreneur

By Vanessa Green
The silent partner in Maipai jumped in when the Barton Street pizza joint had to pivot to takeout in the pandemic. The result, a platform called Pavement, is now providing a buy Canadian solution to ordering in. Buy Canadian has never felt more urgent.  Many of us are…
City Life

YHM to Where?

By Sherri Telenko
Where you can fly from Hamilton is always changing. Porter is now flying to four Canadian cities and the airport has just unveiled its renovations. Looking to travel more within Canada this year? Who isn’t? That just got a little easier for Hamilton residents, and fans of the…
City Life

Hounds of Hamilton

By Meredith MacLeod
We need a big dose of dogs these days so HAMILTON CITY Magazine is launching a new feature to celebrate the city's canines. Send in your dogs! Is there any better escape from the relentless news cycle, doom scrolling and polarizing politics, and any simpler…
City Life

CITY VIEW: From box office to boss

By Meredith MacLeod
Food + Drink

Power Pizza is doing things differently

By Suzanne Zandbergen
City Life

FOR THE LOVE OF HAMILTON

By Meredith MacLeod
City Life

The Canada Truck is a national tribute

By Meredith MacLeod

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A cheeky pop quiz with Fringe performers Big Chick Energy Sketch

By Janice Thiessen
Toronto-based quintet troupe close out three shows with performance July 27 at The Staircase Studio Theatre. While warming up before their debut at Hamilton’s 20th Fringe Festival with My Best Friend’s Sketch Show, performers Alicia Carrick, Jo Anne Tacorda, Sam Sexton, Julia Jones and Emily Decloux, of…
Arts + Culture

Meet Fringe creator Kitoko Mai

By Sarah Jessica Rintjema
Along with Femmepire co-creator Claud Spadafora, Mai explores concepts of Black excellence in Messy: A Chaotic Black Femme Rage Musical. It’s the early days of Hamilton’s 2024 Fringe Festival, where local theatre artists and storytellers from across the Steel City and around the world…
Arts + Culture

It’s 20 years for the Hamilton Fringe Festival

By Allison M. Jones
The city’s annual unjuried theatre event, running July 17 to 28, attracts works from around the world and close to 20,000 attendees. The Hamilton Fringe Festival will celebrate its 20th birthday with an extended party running July 17 to 28 that will feature nearly 50 shows across all…
City Life

100 years of the Royal Canadian Air Force

By HCM
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Lancaster bomber will tour the country to commemorate the anniversary. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum recently hosted a celebration to commemorate 100 years of the Royal Canadian Air Force.   “It gives us a chance to showcase the air force personnel and their accomplishments;…
Arts + Culture

Supercrawl: ‘The Holy Grail of gigs’

By Meredith MacLeod
The 16th edition of the music and arts festival will bring more than 30 artists to James Street North, including plenty with deep connections to Hamilton. It’s no exaggeration to say that Supercrawl has become synonymous with this city.  The September weekend of music and art has brought…
City Life

Will Jones is sailing to the Olympics again

By Meredith MacLeod
A member of the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club and a Burlington resident, Jones will compete in Paris in the 49er class. It’s his second Olympic berth but his first true Games experience. UPDATE: Will Jones and sailing partner Justin Barnes came 17th in the 49er class at the…
City Life

FOR THE LOVE OF HAMILTON

By Meredith MacLeod
For the Love of Hamilton: This regular feature highlights people from all walks of life who have embraced Hamilton as their new home. DANIEL CLARK was born in Toronto and raised in Orangeville. The eldest of two boys, Daniel enjoyed his adolescence on a hobby…
City Life

Life in the City

By HCM
PHOTOS BY BRENT PERNIAC, DONNA WAXMAN AND GARY GREEN Dave Rave at the Teenage Head 50th anniversary homecoming party, Carmen's, April 6.Drummer Gene Champagne at the Teenage Head 50th anniversary homecoming party, Carmen's, April 6.Steve Mahon and Dave…
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