The Vibe Hamilton - Dec 12th - 18th
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🔨 Things to do in Hamilton - Dec 12th - 18th
Hello Neighbours!
Did you Vibe any of the events last week?
We went to the tree lighting in Gore Park and enjoyed some frozen maple syrup lollipops and then took in what might be our last visit to The Casbah before it closes to hear Fry Truck at their fundraiser for Hamilton Out of the Cold in memory of Ella Medakovic.
The cooler temperatures are likely here to stay. The good news is several outdoor winter events are starting - check the Getting Active section for updates on ice skating, snowshoeing, even disc golf and more!
Then there are bike rides, a screech owl outing and lots of Christmas lights and neighbourhood advent walks. And there is always Art Crawl, including live music at Architect and Ringside.
If the outdoor cold is not your cup of tea, other great things are happening. Like the Hamilton Literary Awards tonight (Thursday), Santa Survivor at The Staircase, or if you are feeling crafty Paint Your Own Denim at Vertagogo. Scan another event-packed issue and decide what you will be Vibeing this week.
Thank you for reading and sharing.
~ Paul - ❤️
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📆 THE WEEK AHEAD
Thursday - December 12th
👕 Clothing Swap - Green Ventures - 3 pm - Free
🍺 Throwback Thursday - Collective Arts - 4 pm
🩸 Murder Mystery Dinner - The Innsville - 6.30 pm - $77.50
📚️ Hamilton Literary Awards - Central Public Library - 7 pm - $10
🌈 Uncloseted Comedy - The Staircase Theatre - 7 pm - Sliding Scale Ticket Pricing from $10
🖼️ Directors Perspective Panel - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 7 pm - From $10
🌕️ Full Moon Circle - Tessi & Co - 7 pm - $45
❓️ Trivia Night - Glendale Pub - 7.30 pm
❓️ Friends Trivia - The Pheasant Plucker - 8 pm
❓️ Trivia Night - The Thirsty Cactus - 8 pm - No cover
Friday December 13th
🫂 Indigenous Community Gathering - Discovery Centre - 12 noon
🚲️ Yuletide Ride - Dundas Christmas Lights Bike Ride - 6 pm - Food donation
🦉 Evening Screech Owl Outing - Hamilton Naturalists - 6.30 pm
🚶♀️ Art Crawl - James St North - Free
🤣 The One-Liner Contest IV - Centre for Talking Arts - 7 pm - $10
🤣 Alex Wood - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm - $20
Saturday December 14th
🫂 Indigenous Community Gathering - Discovery Centre - 12 noon
🎨 HHH Guided Painting Session - End of Year Party - Never Board Games Lounge - 12.30 pm - $25
🩸 Murder Mystery Show - The Innsville - 6.30 pm - $77.50
🤼 Bad Vibrations - Pro Wrestling - Germania Club - 7 pm - $10
👻 Dundas Ghost Walk - Dundas - 7.15 pm - $15
🤣 Santa Survivor - Improv Comedy - The Staircase - 7 pm Family Version & 9 pm Adult Version - $15
🤣 Alex Wood - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm - $20
Sunday December 15th
💃 Ecstatic Dance - Wake Up and Dance - Studio G - 9 am - $20
🏃 Santa Run - Pier 8 Hamilton - 9.30 am
🚗 Toys and Collectibles - Ancaster Fairgrounds - 9.30 am - Sliding Scale $
🎨 Family Fun Day - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 1 pm - $5
🧘♀️ Women’s Winter Solstice Circle - Dundas Yoga - 1 pm - $55
🎬️ It’s a Wonderful Life - The Playhouse - 2 pm - Free with donation to Hamilton Food Share
📖 Book Launch & Reading - Stephen B. Pearl - Synonym Cafe - 4 pm
⏺️ Sgt. Hammers Vinyl Apprec. Club - Winter Vibes - The Staircase - 6 pm - $6
Monday December 16th
📼 Basement Tapes and Board Games - Collective Arts - 6 pm - No cover
🎤 Improv Drop In - The Staircase - 7 pm - $10
🪶 Bird Study Group: 2023 Hamilton Study Area Big Year - Hamilton Naturalists - First Unitarian Church - 7.30 pm
❓️ Trivia Night - The Pheasant Plucker - 8 pm - Free
❓️ Trivia Night - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm - No cover
🤣 One Joke Minimum - The Staircase - 9.15 pm - $5
Tuesday December 17th
🖼️ Dementia Friendly Day - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 11 am - Free
🎨 Collage Night - Collective Arts - 6 pm - No cover
🩸 Murder Mystery Show - The Innsville - 6.30 pm - $77.50
🎙️ What She Said: Conversations About Equality - Elizabeth Renzetti - The Westdale - 7 pm - From $30
Wednesday December 18th
🎨 Youth Arts Collective Meet Up - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 6.30 pm - Free
🎬️ Sewing & Show II - Electric Boogaloo - The Staircase - 7 pm - $10
👖 Paint Your Own Denim - Vertagogo - 7 pm - From $17
❓️ Trivia Night - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 7 pm - No cover
🎵 Music Bingo - Collective Arts - 7 pm - No cover
🎤 Wednesday Scenes - The Staircase - 7 pm - $10
❓️ Trivia Night - Boiler & Whistle - 7.30 pm
🤣 Amateur Night - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm - $5
💪 GETTING ACTIVE
Learn about your City, and be active at the same time
⛸️ Outdoor Ice Skating - Various Locations - From Dec 13th - Free
⛳️ Winter Golf - Chedoke’s Martin Golf Course - Daily - $25
🪩 Disc Golf - King’s Forest Golf Course - Daily - From $7
❄️ Snowshoe Trail - King’s Forest Golf Course - Daily - Free
🛷 Tobogganing - Various Locations - Free
💕 City Love - Date Night Scavenger Hunt - Hamilton - Various Dec Dates - Anytime - $20 Donation
⚽️ 7v7 Pick Up Indoor Soccer - United Soccer Centre Stoney Creek - Every Tues at 10.30 pm
🚲️ Yuletide Ride - Dundas Christmas Lights Bike Ride - Dec 13th - 6 pm - Food donation
🦉 Evening Screech Owl Outing - Hamilton Naturalists - Dec 13th - 6.30 pm
🏃 Santa Run - Pier 8, Hamilton - Dec 15th - 9.30 am
🚲️ Holiday Advent Window Group Ride - Gage Park - Dec 18th - 6 pm
🐴 Open Rides - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Mon, Wed & Thur - 6 pm - $20
🚶 Gessoo: Blue Water Gold Audio Walking Tour - Pier 8 - Anytime - Free
🔍️ Scavenger Hunt - Lower City - Anytime - From $18
🪶 2024 Hamilton Christmas Bird Count - Hamilton Naturalists - Dec 26th - 8 am
🔨 READERS VIBEING
From readers Bob & Di: “Based on this week’s Vibe, we ended up at Fairweather Brewing for the perogy pop-up!”
Hit reply and let us know what you’ve been up to—don’t forget to include your photos!
Bob enjoying a pint and perogy
📡 ON OUR RADAR
Some events coming up, 2 weeks to a few months out, that you might be interested in;
🤣 Derailed Comedy Act and Open Mic - Hamilton Prop House - Dec 20th - 7 pm - $25
🌕️ Winter Solstice Festival - Corktown Park - Dec 21st - 6 pm - Free
🍭 Winter Break Activity Centre: Sweetland - Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology - Dec 21st - 24th, 27th-31st, Jan 2nd-5th
🎤 Hamilton 7: That Thing I Bring to the Party - The Mule Spinner - Dec 22nd - 7.30 pm - $15
⛏️ Winter Break: Dig It! - Archeology 101 & Felt Art - Children’s Museum, Fieldcote - Dec 24, 27,29,31 & Jan 2-4th
👰 Wedding Show - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Jan 11th - 11 am - Free
♠️ Night at the Amino Casino - Carmens Banquet Hall - Jan 23rd - 7 pm - $40
🧗 Hamilton Adventure Expo - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Jan 25th - 10 am
☕️ Just Java - Bridgeworks - Jan 26th - 10 am - From $20
👰 Wedding Expo - Michaelangelos Banquet Hall - Jan 26th - 11 am - Free
🍺 In the Dead of Winter Beer Dinner & Celebration 2025 - Merit Brewing - Jan 26th - 6 pm - $99
😵💫 Hyprov: Improv Under Hypnosis - McIntyre Centre for Performing Arts - Feb 5th - From $50
🤣 Comedy Caravan Tour - First Ontario Centre - Feb 7th - 8 pm - $30
🤣 Jeremy Hotz - Tres Miserables - The Music Hall - Feb 13th - 8 pm - From $50
👗 Hamilton Fashion Week - Stelco Tower - Feb 15th - From $25
🎄🎅 CHRISTMAS FUN AND HOLIDAY MARKETS 🛍️ ⛄️
Thursday December 12th
Friday December 13th
☃️ Kringle in the Creek - Downtown Stoney Creek - 4-8 pm
🎄 Community Winter Market - Churchill Park Clubhouse - 5.30 pm
🎤 Presence: A Christmas Concert - Dave Siverns w/Kenzie Cline - The Gasworks - 7 pm - $25
🕯️ Candlelight Christmas Tour - Whitehern - 7-9 pm - $25
🎸 Holiday Originals: The Webers and Red Hill Valleys - The Westdale - 8 pm - From $29.75
🎼 Handels Messiah - Hamilton Philharmonic - St Catherine of Siena - 7.30 pm and 15th - 3 pm - From $25
Saturday December 14th
🎄 Handmade Market - St Andrews Church - 10 am
🎅 Lunch With Santa - Laidlaw Memorial United Church - 11 am - From $4
🥞 Mountain Kidz Klub Pancake Brunch with the Elves & Gift Shopping - Eastmount Centre - 12 noon
🎅 Holiday Open House & Market - The Cotton Factory - 12 noon
🍃 Wreath Making Workshop - Hamilton Farmers Market - 1 pm - $120
🍽️ Christmas Dinner - CV Ministries - 1 pm - Free
🎶 No Coal in Your Stocking - Laidlaw Memorial United Church - 2 pm - PWYC
🍪 Charity Cookie Decorating Competition - Odds Bar - 2 pm - $20
🎅 Santa Claus Parade - Binbrook - 2 pm
🧵 Christmas Craft Show - Ancaster Fairgrounds - 10 am - 3 pm - $6
🎅 Santa Survivor - Improv Comedy - The Staircase - 7 pm Family Friendly - $15
🎼 Home for the Holidays - Hamilton Philharmonic & Hamilton Children’s Choir - First Ontario Concert Hall - 7.30 pm - From $23.50
👼 Gloria - Choral Evening & Holiday Market - St Pauls, Dundas - 7.30 pm - $30
🎶 Cool Yule - The Theatre Ancaster Chorus - 7.30 pm - From $15
🎅 Santa Survivor - Improv Comedy - The Staircase - 9 pm Adult Version - $15
Sunday December 15th
🏃 Santa Run - 1k, 5k & 10k - Pier 8 Hamilton - 9.30 am
🎅 Christmas Wonderland, Good Shepherd - Hamilton Convention Centre by Carmens - 11 am - Free
🎅 Holiday Open House & Market - The Cotton Factory - 12 noon
🎄 Christmas Craft Workshop - Erskine Presbyterian Church - 12 noon - Free
🎁 Mountain Kidz Klub Christmas Gift Party - Eastmount Centre - 12.30 pm
🏴 Christmas Chorus - Burlington Welsh Male Chorus - Shaw & Ed Brewing - 1.30 pm - No Cover
🎶 Musik Christmas Party - Blossom Musik Studio - 2 pm - $30
🎭️ A Very Merry Red Tree Christmas #3 - Hamilton Theatre - 3 pm - $20
🎶 Cool Yule - The Theatre Ancaster Chorus - 2 pm - From $15
🎺 Deck the Halls - Hamilton Concert Band - St Andrews Church - 7 pm - $15
Also going on……
🚲️ Holiday Advent Window Group Ride - Gage Park - Dec 18th - 6 pm
🏮Christmas Land Charity Lights Display - 5.30-9.30 pm - to Dec 31st
🗓️ Strathcona Neighbourhood Living Advent Calendar - Map - Dec 1st - 24th - Various Days Pantry Collection
🏮Christmas Light Displays in Hamilton & Burlington - Interactive Map
🎭️ The Synch: Christmas Musical Parody - Melrose Church - to Dec 15th - $30
🗓️ Westdale Living Advent Calendar - to Dec 15th
🎠 Christmas Carousel - Gore Park - Until Dec 20th - Free
🐴 Carriage Rides - Downtown Dundas - Sat & Sun - to Dec 22nd - Free
🚂 RBG Express - Royal Botanical Gardens, Hendrie Park - until Jan 5th - $10 per car
❄️ Winter Wonders - Royal Botanical Gardens - to Jan 5th (Thurs thru Sun) - From $10
☃️ Kringle in the Creek - Downtown Stoney Creek - Dec 20th - 4-8 pm
🧸 Toy Mountain - Lime Ridge Mall - until Dec 24th - drop off your new unwrapped toys, gift cards, and monetary donations!
🪀 Toy Drive - CHCH - Various locations - until Dec 20th
🏰 Victorian Christmas - Dundurn Castle - until Jan 5th - From $9.50
⚔️ Winter Past Times - Battlefield Museum - until Jan 5th - From $9.50
🎄 A Christmas for the Ages - Whitehern - until Jan 5th - $9.50 - $15.50
🚂 Botanical Train Display - Royal Botanical Gardens - until Jan 5th - From $11.50
🖌️ Winter Solstice Open Studio - Red Tree Artists Collective - until Dec 21st - M-F 1-5 pm - Free
Christmas Coming up…
❓️ Jose Trivia - A Feliz Navidad Especial - Collective Arts - Dec 19th - 7 pm - $7
🕯️ Candlelight Christmas Tour - Whitehern - Dec 20th - 7-9 pm - $25
🪄 12 Tricks of Magic Christmas Show - The Westdale - Dec 20th - 7 pm - $30
🎸 Guitar Magic Christmas Concert - Rock on Locke, St Johns - Dec 20th - 7.30 pm - $35
🎭️ Super Sketchy Collective Comedy Christmas Show - Centre for Talking Arts - Dec 20th - 7 pm - $20
❄️ Ornament Craft - Hamilton Farmers Market - Dec 21st - 10 am - 2 pm - Free
🎅 Christmas Party - Hamilton Prop House - Dec 21st - 7 pm - From $25
🎄Christmas Fest Market - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Dec 22nd - 10.30 am - 4.30 pm
👻 Ghosts of Christmas Future - Seance & Mentalism Show - George St - Dec 27th - 9 pm - $25
🤣 O Christmas Tea - Theatre Aquarius - Dec 28th - 3 pm & 7.30 pm - From $35
🫶 FROM THE ‘HOOD
Click the flyer link for all the details on this event for Food Not Bombs Hamilton hosted by Monday Press and Merit Brewing.
🎸 LIVE MUSIC
Thursday - December 12th
Music to Our Beers - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 6.30 pm - No cover
Alone Kitty / Clarkson Go / Scarlett Fever - Vertagogo - 7.30 pm
St Jimmys Army - Green Day Cover Band - Stonewalls - 8 pm - $10
Friday December 13th
Mortuary Slab / Built on Blood / Enemy Within - Vertagogo - 7 pm
The Mysticats - Eucharist Church - 7.30 pm - $25
UK Calling - Bridgeworks - 8 pm - $20
The Rebellers - Pub Fiction - 8.30 pm
Brad Soucie - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
DJ Dave Tyson - Ringside - 9 pm
Lucas Stagg - Capitol Bar - 9 pm
The Music Factory - Powerhouse - 10 pm
Empty Hours - B Side Social - 10 pm
Saturday December 14th
Dave Rave -Blues & Roots Matinee Sessions - Coach & Lantern (Upper Coach) - 1 pm - $9
Big Band Jazz - Corktown Pub - 2 pm
Maldita / Desiccate / Decade / Indignation - Vertagogo - 2.30 pm
Lindy Vopnfjord - The Casbah - Lounge - 3 pm
Famous & Betty Rockabilly Blues - The Casbah - Lounge - 6 pm
The Hip Experience - Gasworks - 7 pm - $35
CATL w/Jesse James Medicine Show and SnowHeel Slim - Clifford Brewing - 7 pm - $15
The Traveling Milburys - The Westdale - 7.30 pm - $58
38 and Change - Brown Barrell - 7.30 pm
Electric Cactus / Suede Brain / Cannabus / Pale Horses - Vertagogo - 8 pm
Texas Kings w/Ferral Minks & Mister Rabbit - Mills Hardware - 8 pm - $25
Shari & Jonny - Thirsty Cactus - 8.30 pm
Pulse X - Stonewalls - 8.30 pm - $10
The McFlys Back to the 80’s - Pub Fiction - 8.30 pm - $10
The Weight - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
Jack Sith - Cat & Fiddle - 9 pm
Mark Thackway - Capitol Bar - 9 pm
Twist of Fate - Powerhouse - 10 pm
Sunday December 15th
Lily Sazz & Don Oakie - Highland Hill Faith Community - 2 pm - $25
Noise Pollution Rock School Charity Christmas Party - Vertagogo - 2.30 pm
Hellbent Rockers - Xmas Toy Drive for City Kidz - Stonewalls - 3 pm - $10
Mary Simon - Cat & Fiddle - 3 pm
Covid Elvis - Tracies Place - 4 pm
Werk Holiday Party - Townhall - 6.30 pm - $65
Brother Leeds / Jesse James Medicine Show / Stay Gold - Vertagogo - 7 pm
Monday December 16th
Tuesday December 17th
Wednesday December 18th
Motown - Carmens - 5.30 pm - $100
Chris Chambers - Thirsty Cactus - 7.30 pm
🎭️ THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES
The Synch: Christmas Musical Parody - Melrose Church - Runs to Dec 15th - $30
A Christmas Story - Theatre Aquarius - Runs to Dec 21st - From $28.25
🖼️ CURRENT EXHIBITIONS - Art & More
Foreign Dreams: Simranpreet Kaur Anand, Conner Singh VanderBeek - Workers Arts & Heritage - to Dec 14th
Celebrating 150 Years of HSR - Tourism Centre, James St North - to Dec 21st
In Each Moment - Earls Court Gallery - to Dec 21st
Touched by Devi: Radha S. Menon - Art Gallery of Hamilton - to Jan 5th
Soul Power: Jan Wade - Art Gallery of Hamilton - - to Jan 5th
Directors Collect: 110 Years - Art Gallery of Hamilton - to Jan 5th
Corine Duchesne - CoWork Gallery - Cotton Factory - to Jan 15th
Heart of the Forest - Dundas Valley School of Art - to Jan 19th
The Fairest Order in the World: Sameer Farooq - McMaster Museum of Art - to Feb 28th, 2025
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