- Michael Kras
- 14 Aug 2020
A drive-thru event replacing Winona Peach Festival is happening amid COVID-19
Amid the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, pretty much every major in-person event in the Hamilton area has been cancelled for 2020. However, as was seen when Burlington’s annual Ribfest piv...
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- 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...
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- Michael Kras
- 21 Jul 2020
Hamilton Fringe Festival’s reimagined ‘What the Fest’ kicks off today
Typically, around this time each year, multiple venues in Hamilton’s downtown core and beyond are taken over by an 11-day extravaganza of live theatre, sketch comedy, music, magic, dance, and more. ...
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- Michael Kras
- 08 Jul 2020
Hamilton’s Santa Claus Parade has been cancelled for 2020
This one hurts. Hamilton’s Santa Claus Parade, an enduring and endearing local tradition to ring in the holiday season each year, has been proactively cancelled due to concerns surrounding the COVID...
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- Michael Kras
- 02 Jul 2020
Festival of Friends has been cancelled
Not that it will come to a surprise to, well, anyone, but the 2020 Festival of Friends in Hamilton’s Gage Park has officially been cancelled amid COVID-19. In a year where literally every large in-p...
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- Craig Clark
- 24 Jun 2020
Pride Hamilton filed a $600k claim against the Hamilton Police Service and the city
Hamilton Pride posted a statement that says the organization responsible for Pride festivities in the city filed an application against the Hamilton Police Service and City of Hamilton with the Human ...
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- Michael Kras
- 24 Jun 2020
Burlington’s Ribfest will be a drive-thru event this year
It’s safe to say that 2020 is basically a write-off for large public events. Major local festivals, like Supercrawl, Collective Arts Fest, and Because Beer have all been heartbreakingly, albeit unde...
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- 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...
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- Craig Clark
- 16 Jun 2020
City of Burlington is hosting a virtual Canada Day celebration
Burlington will be hosting its first ever virtual Canada Day celebration with special musicals guests and even a digital fireworks show. The celebration will be hosted by former TV presenter for Much ...
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- Michael Kras
- 14 Jan 2020
Pearl Jam is coming to Hamilton
Music fans are going to lose their minds: one of the world’s most famous rock bands is making a stop in Hamilton on their next tour. Pearl Jam, the acclaimed American rock band that originally forme...
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