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Arts + Culture

Lots of Canada, Hamilton, even a Heated Rivalry actor, in Aquarius’ next season

By Meredith MacLeod
The 2026-2027 lineup will feature Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Roald Dahl’s Matilda, The Musical, and three new Canadian plays, two featuring Hamilton playwrights. Four female directors. Three new Canadian plays. Two Hamilton playwrights. Two blockbuster British musicals. One national bestselling novel. One actor from smash hit…
Arts + Culture

Frost Bites: Telling stories that ‘need to be told’

By Stephen Near
The two weekend festival kicks off with Land, Place, Home, community-based storytelling based on the experiences of newcomers. There will also be family and community events at Bernie Morelli Recreation Centre. Frost Bites continues next weekend with innovative and intimate performances in nooks and crannies of The Staircase.
Arts + Culture

JUNOS in Hamilton: ‘Lightning in a bottle’

By Meredith MacLeod
Hamilton will take centre stage when it hosts the JUNO Awards for the seventh time from March 26 to 29. It’s a chance to show off this city of music and momentum, and to build a legacy to carry that forward. When the JUNO Awards arrive in…
Arts + Culture

Agatha Christie classic rolling into Theatre Aquarius

By Meredith MacLeod
Murder on the Orient Express combines mystery, glamour and opulence, along with timely themes of humanity and evil. The play is fun and larger than life, says star Daniel Kash. When Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express rolls into Hamilton, it will bring a classic murder…
Arts + Culture

Your complete guide to JUNOS 2026

By HCM
Hamilton will roll out the red carpet to the best and brightest in Canada’s music scene when the 55th annual JUNO Awards arrive March 26-29. Hamilton will be the epicentre of the Canadian music universe when the 55th annual JUNO Awards takes over the city March 26-29.
City Life

Hounds of Hamilton

By HCM
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…
Arts + Culture

Punching In: Exhibit showcases the work of Hamilton music

By Meredith MacLeod
City Life

CITY VIEW: Immersed in Inspiration

By Stephen Near
Food + Drink

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

By Suzanne Zandbergen
Arts + Culture

48 HOURS IN HAMILTON: A music lover’s curated weekend

By Dylan Hudecki

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City Life

Squeeze-ing in pickleball

By Suzanne Zandbergen
New club in Burlington is helping to satisfy the demand for a wildly popular sport. Pickleball has been exploding in growth across Canada, and is nearing 1.5 million players, according to Pickleball Canada. Women, in particular, have been flocking to the sport, with a recent increase of 50…
Arts + Culture

A Fresh (Up) approach to R&B in Hamilton

By Sarah Jessica Rintjema
Sonic Unyon’s showcases have expanded to include hip hop, soul, electronic and roots performers. The dream is to eventually blossom into a full-fledged summer festival. Hamilton has a longstanding reputation as a punk and metal city, with a hardcore scene that has been supported for decades by…
City Life

Embracing the water

By Paul Shaker
The CN rail yard on the west harbour has to move in order to realize Hamilton’s full potential as a true waterfront city.  Hamilton is a city on water. The harbour has been a source of commerce and recreation for the entire life of the community, and…
Made in Hamilton

Sharing the LRT goldmine

By Eugene Ellmen
Pilot project aims to provide an alternative future for Hamilton’s transit corridor, one that includes affordable housing alongside upscale high-rises. A land speculation bonanza is underway along Hamilton’s King and Main streets triggered chiefly by the largest infrastructure project in the city’s history, the $3.4-billion light rail transit…
Arts + Culture

Diana Panton is constant reinvention

By Kerry Doole
Hamilton jazz vocalist celebrates 20 years of recording with soft winds and roses, her 11th full-length record, in which she tackles many contemporary favourites. Juno-winning Hamilton jazz vocalist Diana Panton has just celebrated a milestone 20th anniversary of becoming a recording artist in fitting style. She recently…
Arts + Culture

Emma Donoghue’s The Paris Express tracks fateful journey

By Meredith MacLeod
Acclaimed writer will visit Hamilton to talk about her new work of historical fiction at a pre-festival gritLIT event at the Playhouse Cinema on April 9. Acclaimed author Emma Donoghue loves the time immediately after releasing a new book, when she tours to give readings and speak at…
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 March. Launched Aquanova Brewing Co. (67 Frid St., Hamilton) After building its brand at various local restaurants, Aquanova is now bringing its high-quality, uniquely crafted beers in a newly opened unique, pet-friendly space…
City Life

Looking to the past helps us eat local in the present

By Jason Allen
There are plenty of reasons to think about the food we eat and where it comes from – environmental, nutritional and now political. How our country’s Indigenous people and settlers fed themselves provides a blueprint for today. Almost 20 years ago, the book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle was…
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