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Winterfest is heating up Hamilton with a stacked lineup of events

Who says all of the best festivals in Hamilton have to happen in the summer months?

Winterfest is returning from February 1st to 17th, 2025 with a dizzying array of sights to see and things to do, from art installations to live theatre to social events and other unique activations that are well worth venturing out into the cold for.

Presented by Cobalt Connects and the City of Hamilton, Winterfest is bigger than ever for 2025 with over 50 special events all throughout the city, from family fun to adult-focused experiences.

The big centrepiece is the Winterfest POP: an interactive pop culture-themed exhibition with games, playful experiments, and displays taking place inside an alien spacecraft that has crash landed in Jackson Square.

POP visitors can play mini putt, skeeball, pinball, and video games in this galactic experience while enjoying a star-gazing galaxy lounge, riding the E.T. Experience and Luke Skywalker landspeeder rides, viewing exhibits of real masks from Star Wars and Star Trek, and grabbing a drink from the QWERTY Space Bar. There are even POP After Dark nights for the 19+ crowd with dance parties, drag shows, astrology nights, and other unmissable events.

Another major fixture is the Family Day Extravaganza on February 17th from 10 am to 5 pm at the Winterfest Hub on the roof of Jackson Square. The day features lots of free family activities like art-making stations, live music and performers on the OLG Stage, a Jackson Square scavenger hunt, a massive interactive space creature named Oona the Octonaut, and free hot chocolate and treats in the Rexall food tent.

That’s not all! A wide variety of associated community events run the gamut from theatre to music to movies to sports to art exhibitions and beyond taking place in venues all over Hamilton. There’s even a Hamilton Fashion Week event on February 15th from 6 pm to 11 pm in a cool space in Jackson Square, showing off the latest and greatest in local fashion.

It’s no stretch to say that Hamilton Winterfest has something for everyone, so brave the winter chill and explore everything this year’s event has to offer! 

See a full schedule and more at hamiltonwinterfest.ca

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