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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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Arts + Culture

Turn up the music

By Jeffrey Martin
Music education can enhance brain function and development, and as neuroscience research shows, has a long list of positive benefits for young people. Yet, music (and the arts) has been relegated to the back of the line of what is and is not important to teach today. Human…
Made in Hamilton

150 years of the HSR

By HCM
Hamilton’s transit agency began to roll in 1874 with six streetcars, 22 horses and three-quarter miles of track. It now oversees a fleet of 308 buses carrying an average of 55,000 people each day. It’s pretty incredible to reflect that as we undertake to build an electrified light-rail…
Food + Drink

Eat your veggies!

By Heather Peter
It’s clear that vegetarian and vegan eating is on the rise, with a growing number of committed plant-based eaters and more people looking to eat plant-based more often.  Whether you’re a long-term plant-based eater, just “getting your feet wet” with vegetarian options, or looking to try something new,…
Arts + Culture

Yes, we think you can dance

By Stephen Near
At the award-winning Not Just Another Dance Studio, learning the steps is just one part of the success story. A steady stream of parents file through the entrance of a building on Upper James. They’re trying to catch up to their kids, who are all dressed in a…
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 June. Launched & opening soon Best of Bengal (215 King St. E., Hamilton) Serving South Asian cuisine including Bengali, Indian, Chinese Hakka and more, with a daily all you can eat buffet starting…
Arts + Culture

HAMILTON READS

By Jessica Rose
Let’s talk about sex, baby, and also long hikes in the woods, a town that’s lost its way and the unthinkable things that untether a grieving woman. Check out these works by local authors. What better way is there to spend the extra daylight hours of late spring…
City Life

From YHM to Where? St. John’s, Nfld.

By Sherri Telenko
Experience Hamilton to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Canada Day kicks off summer on Canada’s far east coast. Where can you fly to from the Hamilton airport? One answer is St. John’s, Nfld. Welcome to another in HAMILTON CITY Magazine’s series highlighting destinations…
City Life

How Hamilton city council produced a rare political friendship

By HCM
Different parties and different views on issues haven’t stopped Terry Cooke and Dave Christopherson from being BFFs, writes friend and journalist Steve Paikin. Four decades ago, they were two newbies on Hamilton city council and couldn’t have been more unalike. Terry Cooke was a 25-year-old red-Tory university graduate…
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