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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…
Arts + Culture

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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Opening doors: Celebrating city’s music, heritage

By Meredith MacLeod
Doors Open Hamilton – May 4 and 5 – will feature a music theme and 49 sites and four walking tours across the city. Forty-nine sites will throw open their doors for a weekend in May to celebrate Hamilton’s architectural and musical past and present.
Food + Drink

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

By HCM
Here's a list of what has come, gone and changed in Hamilton and Burlington in early 2024. Launched & opening soon 400 Brant (Brant Street, Burlington). Soft opened in January in the historic building that once housed Queen’s Head Pub. Casual upscale dining with…
Arts + Culture

Restless creation

By Stephanie Vegh
Shelley Niro produces art through painting, photography, beadwork and filmmaking and her retrospective exhibition ‘500 Year Itch’ at the Art Gallery of Hamilton pays homage to her prolific work and its hope for the future. Huddled in a coffee shop on the first properly cold day of winter,…
City Life

Farm City

By Jason Allen
McQuesten Urban Farm is nestled in a east-end neighbourhood and grows healthy, affordable and culturally diverse food for its neighbours, while providing classes in cooking, canning and fermenting. If you’re headed for a drive in the east end near Parkdale Avenue, you can reasonably expect to see the…
Food + Drink

Beauty in the bake

By Heather Peter
Hamilton and Burlington are spoiled for good bakeries and these are just a few offering up sweet and savoury specialties. Whether you’re searching for a buttery French-style baked good to enjoy on your own, a double-decker themed cake for an anniversary or special occasion, or perhaps, some…
City Life

Testing the EV open road

By Ryan McGreal
The death of Ryan McGreal’s mother in California provided the circumstances to try driving an electric vehicle on a 8,400-km round trip through challenging conditions. My mother died last December in California where she had been living. In mid-January I learned that the cost to transport her…
Food + Drink

Hamilton’s culinary time machine

By Joyce Leung
Taking in the service, ambience and food at the city’s many historic restaurants allows diners to step back in time. In the vibrant city of Hamilton, some culinary journeys are not just a delightful experience; they are a step back in time through the doors of classic restaurants…
Arts + Culture

A musical vision

By Jamie Tennant
The Music Hall project at the New Vision United Church has a $1.3-million plan to bring a modern 1,000-seat live music venue to the historic downtown place of worship. Hamilton does not have a proper “mid-sized” 1,000-seat music venue.  That means there’s a rung missing from the music…
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