Since 1922, the city has been a powerhouse of music radio and is home to the oldest English language commercial radio station in Canada. Before Spotify and iTunes, before MP3s and wi-fi, CDs and cassettes, certainly before television, there was radio. Many people today have vivid memories of…

Incite Foundation for the Arts supports the contributions of Factory Media Centre and the Burlington New Millennium Orchestra. The Incite Foundation for the Arts has contributed more than $6 million to 30 Hamilton-area organizations in grants from $2,500 to $150,000 since it was founded in 2011. It is…

Hamilton's iconic three-day free summer music weekend at Gage Park attracted big crowds and great talent to its 47th festival. Check out these photos by Gary Green and Brent Perniac. Hamilton-based guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer Chris Chambers entertained at Festival of Friends.Jon Goold of Hamilton's The…

The Townhall Social Eatery serves up a top-tier variety of offerings under one cool roof on Concession Street. Kara Liersch is no stranger to the hustle of the restaurant business. As one third of Social Event Group, the Hamilton restaurant collective responsible for some of the coolest food…

Since 2015, Hamilton’s music community has gathered on summer evenings for fun and bragging rights on the baseball field. Nicholas Daleo loves playing music and playing baseball. For years, the idea of a baseball league for the city’s music community was batted around. But nothing ever came together.

Exhibit at Art Gallery of Hamilton explores Indigenous beading as a medium of knowledge transfer and an act of resistance. If you haven’t yet taken in Radical Stitch at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, you have only a few weeks left to see a groundbreaking exhibition that invites…

Come hungry and ready for fun in the sun or in the dark at Lucky Lion Night Market this weekend. More than 100 Asian-inspired food items, a DJ and bar, lion dancing, claw machines, merchants, workshops and crafts are all coming to Hamilton this weekend.  Since 2019, Hamilton’s…

Weekend-long mural painting event in August celebrates hip hop culture and street culture and leaves a colourful legacy across the city. Hamilton has long been a city of stories, but thanks to local artist Leon Robinson these stories are more plentiful, more varied, and certainly more colourful.