Entertainment

Craig Clark
26 Aug 2020

Supercrawl announces outdoor concert series on top of Hamilton parkade

Hamilton’s art and indie music festival Supercrawl announced they will be hosting five concerts over three days in September on top of the York Boulevard parking garage. Mayor Fred Eisenberger...

Craig Clark
20 Aug 2020

Arkells just dropped a new album with reimagined versions of their best songs

Hamilton rock band Arkells released their latest project Campfire Chords on Thursday. The new project has almost 20 reimagined songs that were recorded over the last few months. Each song, taken fro...

Michael Kras
17 Aug 2020

Someone used Simpsons characters to represent Hamilton neighbourhoods with hilarious accuracy

Have you ever wondered what characters from The Simpsons best represent the various neighbourhoods and well-known subsections of Hamilton? I mean, chances are you haven’t; but nonetheless, someone h...

Michael Kras
13 Aug 2020

Netflix series The Umbrella Academy goes behind-the-scenes on filming in Hamilton

With Hamilton becoming an increasingly hotter locale for on-location film & television shoots, it’s no surprise that some pretty high profile projects have been filmed on our streets and in our ...

Michael Kras
12 Aug 2020

Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra announces exciting new 2020-21 season

Local music fans, prepare your ears: the renowned Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO) is making its return to bring you their inspiring, soul-stirring orchestral music in an innovative 2020-2021 sea...

Michael Kras
17 Jul 2020

Hamilton selects $500 million plan for downtown entertainment facilities

In what Mayor Fred Eisenberger has called a “historic” decision, the City of Hamilton has officially selected Hamilton Urban Precinct Entertainment Group L.P.’s development plan to revitalize th...

Michael Kras
26 Jun 2020

Hamilton Fringe Festival goes digital amid COVID-19

Proving that artists are some of the most resilient and adaptive people out there, one of Hamilton’s biggest arts festivals has completely reinvented itself to fit in with the current realities of t...

Michael Kras
23 Jun 2020

This new project is paying Hamilton’s BIPOC artists to make new art

Are you a Hamilton-based BIPOC artist who wants to get paid to create something this summer? Well, a new local initiative – the first of its kind in the city – is planning to help you do just that...

Craig Clark
22 Jun 2020

Petition for the government to support Canadian music venues reaches 15,000 signatures

The Canadian Independent Venue Coalition started a website that shows how people can take action to support their local music venues amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the lockdown, Ca...

Michael Kras
05 Jun 2020

Hamilton’s Starlite Drive-In is officially reopening

As some of Ontario’s COVID-19 restrictions begin to relax, the province’s drive-in movie theatres have been given the go-ahead to reopen for public access; including, of course, Hamilton’s o...