The Vibe Hamilton - Nov 21st - 27th
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🔨 Things to do in Hamilton - November 21st - 27th
Hello Neighbours!
A warm welcome to all the new subscribers this week for the fourth issue of The Vibe Hamilton. Thank you to everyone who is passing this to friends - it’s great to be a neighbour in the know!
Did you try any of the events last week?
It wasn’t included in last week’s newsletter because it had sold out, but we had a fun evening dancing to the Toronto All-Star Big Band at the Victory Dance at The Canadian Warplane Museum. Check out a couple of videos from the evening on our Instagram page below.
Let us know if you went VIBing and share some pics so we can feature them.
🤩 Wow! What a great City, there are over 100 events to check out this week;
Start your week tonight (Thursday) by learning about 40 Bruce Trail hikes from author Nicola Ross at the Waterdown Public Library.
Over the weekend you can go back to your childhood with ’60s and ’70s retro cartoons at The Westdale. Then enjoy a conversation with well-known Canadian actors Colm Feore and Robyn Stevan at Beth Synagogue discussing Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
Or join ‘Wednesday’s Pizza Bus Tour’ to check out some of the city’s food hot spots.
In between, take in some live music, test your knowledge at a trivia night, laugh at a comedy act and of course get in the festive spirit at the Holiday and Christmas events that are now in full swing.
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Table of Contents
📆 THE WEEK AHEAD
Thursday - November 21st
🎂 39th Anniversary - Living Rock - 6 pm - $20
🎬️ Unimaginable - National Housing Day + panel discussion - The Playhouse - 6.45 pm - $20
🎨 Datenight Painting for 2 - Cotton Factory - 7 pm - $145
❓️ Trivia Night - The Thirsty Cactus - 8 pm - No cover
🎬️ The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man - Q&A w/director - The Playhouse - 9 pm - $15
Friday November 22nd
🪴 Relax & Unwind - ‘Cing a Sept’ - Better Than Bouquets - 5 pm - $10
🧘 Nourish the Artist Within - Cotton Factory - 6.30 pm - $15-25
🎵 Jacob Moon - The Westdale - 8 pm - From $35
🤣 Eric Johnston - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm - $20
🎵 The 80’s Club - First Ontario Concert Hall - 8 pm - from $65
🤣 Jeff Leeson - The Unscripted Tour - Zoetic Theatre - 8 pm - $37
Saturday November 23rd
💄 WorkWeekend 2024 - Drag Make Up - Hamilton Artists - 1 pm - $20
📺️ Retro Cartoons from the 60s & 70s - The Westdale - 1 pm - From $8
💪 CPA Bodybuilding Championships - First Ontario Studio - 3 pm - $35
🍽️ Starry Night - St Josephs Gala Dinner - Carmens Banquet Hall - 5 pm - $70
🏴 Pipe Band Society - Scottish Rite - 5.30 pm - $50
🍽️ Afro Canadian Caribbean Assoc. - 45th Anniversary - Convention Centre - 5.30 pm - $150
🎵 Early Morning Rain: The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot - McIntyre Performing Arts Centre - 7.30 pm - From $40
👼 Bach Elgar Choir - Alexanders Feast - Central Presbyterian Church - 7.30 pm - From $20
🤠 Scotty McCreery - Frist Ontario Concert Hall - 8 pm - $60
🤣 Eric Johnston - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm - $20
🎙️ Alan Cross - The Bridgeworks - 8 pm - $30
🕯️ Tribute to Queen - Candlelight Concert - The Westdale - 9.15 pm - From $31
Sunday November 24th
🎤 Come and Take Choice: The Merchant of Venice, Timeless or Troubling? w/ Colm Feore & Robyn Stevan- Beth Synagogue - contact Joanne for details - 2 pm - From $15
🤣 Pete Van Dyk - Comedy Fundraiser for Dog Guides - Tracies - 2 pm - $20
🎤 Women and the real cost of people pleasing - Painted Brick Wellness - 6.30 pm - Donation
Monday November 25th
📼 Basement Tapes and Board Games - Collective Arts - 6 pm - No cover
🎬️ Noir-vember: Bound - The Westdale - 7 pm - From $8
🛍️ Barton Village BIA - AGM & Fundraiser - 7 pm - $25
🤣 Comedy at the Barbers with Gerry Hall + more - Hendrys - 8 pm - Free - please register, limited space.
🎵 Marianas Trench - First Ontario Concert Hall - 8 pm - $123
❓️ Trivia Night - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm - No cover
Tuesday November 26th
🖼️ Dementia Friendly Days - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 11 am-2 pm
🎨 Collage Night - Collective Arts - 6 pm - No cover
Wednesday November 27th
🧒 Goodnight Moon & The Runaway Bunny - McIntyre Performing Arts Centre - 10 am - $12
🍕 Hamilton Pizza Tour 2 - Bus - 12 noon - $73
🎵 Music Bingo - Collective Arts - 7 pm - No cover
❓️ Trivia Night - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 7 pm - No cover
🏳️🌈 Open Stage Night - The Well - 9 pm
🍔 Novemburger - Various restaurants - this month is the annual charity burger festival that takes place each November in the Greater Hamilton and Halton regions. Nov 1st - 30th - Vote for your favourite on their site.
Which one was yours?
💪 GETTING ACTIVE
Learn about your City, and be active at the same time
🚲️ Cycle Hamilton 2024 AGM - 4 Group Rides - HamOnt to Collective Arts Brewery and back - Nov 21st - 6 - 9 pm - Free - Please Register
📗 40 Days & 40 Hikes: Author Talk - Waterdown Library - Nov 21st - 6.30 pm
🪩 Hip Hop HIIT Dance and Yoga - Tim Hortons Field - Nov 21st - 7 pm - $25
🐴 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
📡 ON OUR RADAR
Some events coming up, 2 weeks to a few months out, that you might be interested in;
🤣 Sean Collins Live - Playhouse Cinema - Nov 29th - From $35
🎭️ Munsch at Play - Zoetic Theatre - Nov 29th - Dec 2nd - From $10
🐶 Plant and Pet Lovers Market - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Nov 30th 11 am - 5 pm $6
🎸 Dwayne Gretzky - The Music Hall - Dec 6th - 8 pm - $35
🩰 The Nutcracker - First Ontario Concert Hall - Dec 7th - From $43
🎶 Voices of Hope Concert - First Unitarian Church - Dec 7th - $25
🎙️ Juno & Jayne Talking with Simoni Lawrence - Crown & Press - Dec 7th - $20 - donated to Food4Kids
📚️ Hamilton Literary Awards - Central Public Library - Dec 12th
🎸 The Hip Experience - Gasworks - Dec 14th - 7 pm - $35
🧗 Hamilton Adventure Expo - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Jan 25th - 10 am
🤣 Jeremy Hotz - Tres Miserables - The Music Hall - Feb 13th - 8 pm - From $50
📷️ LOCAL LENS
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🎄🎅 CHRISTMAS FUN AND HOLIDAY MARKETS 🛍️ ⛄️
Thursday November 21st
Friday November 22nd
📷️ Pet Pics with Santa - Clifford Brewing - 4 -8 pm , and Nov 23rd - 5-9 pm - $25 for Ladybird Animal Sanctuary
🍃 Winter Greens Arrangement Workshops - Tessi & Co - 21st - 24th - 5 pm - $35
🎄 Tree Lighting - Hess Village - 6 pm
🖼️ Pop Up Art & Charity Event - Opening Night - Social Space Event - 6 pm RSVP - Also Open House - 23rd & 24th 10 am - 4 pm
🎭️ A Christmas Carol - Waterdown Village Theatre - 7.30 pm - Runs to Dec 8th
🎬️ Holiday B Movie for Charity - Staircase Theatre - 7.30 pm - By donation
Saturday November 23rd
🎅 Mistletoe Bazaar - Melrose Church - 9 am
⛄️ Christmas Bazaar - St Marias Church - 9 am
🎁 Christmas Gift Basket & Family Fun Day - The King’s Way Outreach Centre - 10 am
✂️ Holiday Crafting Party - Kirkendall NA - Blessings Christian Church - 10 am - Donation
👗 Happy Holiday Market - Vintage Clothing - The Cotton Factory - 11 am - 4 pm - Free
✋ Handmade Hamilton Holiday Market - Theatre Aquarius - & 24th - 11 am - 4 pm - $2
❄️ Hess Village Winter Market - and 24th, and Nov 30th & Dec 1st - 11 am - 7 pm - Free
🛍️ Holiday Cheers - Mom Market - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 11 am
🚂 CP Holiday Train, Gage Park - 7.30 - 9 pm - Food & Cash Donations to Hamilton Food Bank
🎄 Artisan BAZaar Market - Ancaster Fairgrounds - and 24th - 10 am to 4 pm - $7
Sunday November 24th
🍽️ Mother Daughter Christmas Luncheon - McMaster Childrens Hospital Fundraiser - Liuna Station - 11.30 am - From $45
⛓️ Punk Rock Fleas Artists Alley Holiday Edition - The Casbah - 2 pm
🏰 Victorian Christmas - Dundurn Castle - Nov 24th - Jan 5th - $9.50 - $15.50
⚔️ Winter Past Times - Battlefield Museum - Nov 24th - Jan 5th - $9.50 - $15.50
🎼 A Swingin’ Christmas - Toronto All-Star Big Band - The Westdale - 2 pm - $45
Rest of the week…
🧸 Toy Mountain - Lime Ridge Mall - Until the 28th - drop off your new unwrapped toys, gift cards, and monetary donations!
🪀 Toy Drive - CHCH - Various locations - until Dec 20th
Christmas Coming up…
🎄 Winterdown Lights - Memorial Hall Waterdown - Nov 29th - 4 - 8 pm
🎅 Stuffed! - Collective Arts - Nov 29th - 5-9 pm, Nov 30th 10 am - 5 pm - From $5
🎄 Tree Lighting - Dundas - Nov 29th - 6.30 pm
🧑🌾 Farm Holiday Market - Manor Run Organic Farm - Nov 30th - 10 am
🎄 Christmas Craft Fair - St Elizabeths Village - Nov 29th & 30th - 10 am - 3 pm
🧒 Christmas Bazaar - Mountain Kidz Club - Nov 30th - 11 am - 2.30 pm
🛍️ Mom Market Hamilton - Eastgate Square - Nov 30th and Dec 1st
🎼 Holiday Spectacular - McIntyre Performing Arts Centre - Nov 30th 1.30 pm - from $20
🎅 Flamborough Santa Claus Parade - Memorial Park, Waterdown - Nov 30th - 6.30 pm
❄️ Winter Wander - Westdale Village - Nov 29th - Dec 1st
🎄 A Christmas for the Ages - Whitehern - Nov 30th - Jan 5th - $9.50 - $15.50
🤶 Dundurn Castle Evening Tour - Nov 30th - 7 pm
🎄 Tree Lighting and Christmas Bazaar - Binbrook - Dec 1st from 1 pm
🇺🇦 Ukrainian Christmas Tour - Dundurn Castle - Dec 1st - 7 pm
🎭️ A Christmas Story - Theatre Aquarius - Dec 4th - 21st - From $28.25
🎄 A Village Christmas - Ancaster Old Town Hall - Dec 5th - 6 pm
❄️ Winter Wonders - Royal Botanical Gardens - Dec 5th to Jan 5th Thurs thru Sun) - From $10
🛍️ Mom Market Hamilton - Crown & Press - 6th & 7th
🎄 Tree Lighting - Gore Park - Dec 6th - 5 pm
☃️ Kringle in the Creek - Downtown Stoney Creek - Dec 6th, 13th & 20th - 4-8 pm
🥓 Breakfast with Santa - St Andrews United Church - Dec 7th -9-11 am - Children $5, Adults $7
🎄 Juried Artisan Christmas Showcase - St James Church - 11 am
❄️ Holiday Cheer - Ottawa Street - Dec 7th - From 11 am
🏡 Dundas Holiday House Tour - Dec 7th - 12 noon - $40
🎅 Stoney Creek Santa Claus Parade - Dec 7th - 2 pm
🏃♀️ Santa Shuffle 5k Fun Run and Elf Walk - Dec 7th - $45
🎅 Breakfast with Santa - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Dec 7th - 10 am - 12 noon - $25 children, $15 adults
✋ Craftadian Holiday Handmade Market - McMaster Innovation Centre - Dec 7th & 8th - 10 am - 4 pm
🎄 Holiday Market - Fairweather Brewing - Dec 7th & 8th
👌 American Sign Language Dundurn Castle Evening Tour - Dec 12th - 7 pm
🧵 Christmas Craft Show - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Dec 14th 10 am - 3 pm - $6
🎅 Santa Claus Parade - Binbrook - Dec 14th - 2 pm
🏃 Santa Run - Hamilton - Dec 15th
🤣 O Christmas Tea - Theatre Aquarius - Dec 28th - 3 pm & 7.30 pm - From $35
🎸 LIVE MUSIC
Thursday - November 21st
Heart Attack Kids wDearly Beloved - Mills Hardware - 8 pm - $15
Music to Our Beers - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 6.30 pm - No cover
Zoobombs 30th Anniversary and Greatest Hits LP Release - The Casbah - 8 pm - $20
Open Mic - Coach and Lantern - 8.30 pm
Friday November 22nd
Frank & Dean Dinner Show - The Innsville - 6 pm - $95
Piano Bar - Collective Arts - 7 pm - No cover
Zachary Lucky - Album Release - Boxcar Sound Recording Studio - 7.30 pm - $20
Captain WildChild w/Strawberry Cough, Silkhound - Vertagogo - 8 pm - $20
CARYS X Featurette w/Rise Carmine - Mills Hardware - 8 pm - $16
Descendants of Dunn Do the 80’s & 90’s - Stonewalls - 8.30 pm - $10
Dianne Ryder Band - Pub Fiction - 8.30 pm - No cover
Ian Blurtons Future Now w/Golden Shitters & Tumble - The Casbah - 8.30 pm - $15
The Regulars - The Corktown - Main Stage - 9 pm
The Poobs - The Corktown - Upstairs - 9 pm
Skillibeng - Zen Lounge - 9 pm - $50
Mother Cover - B-Side Social - 10 pm
Detour - The Powerhouse - 10 pm
Saturday November 23rd
Friends in the Hammer - Variety Open Stage- The Casbah - 3 pm
Junia T. w/Beatchild + knowuh + cLint! + Rootz Messiah - Mills Hardware - 8 pm - $10
Steve Marriner & Local Electric Band - Stonewalls - 8 pm - $25
Audioworks - Brown Barrel - 8 pm
Bent City Rockers - Pub Fiction - 8.30 pm - No cover
Monterey Jack - Thirsty Cactus - 8.30 pm
The Killjoys - The Corktown - Main Stage - 9 pm
Spectra - The Corktown - - Upstairs - 9 pm
Mary Simon - The Capitol - 9 pm
Punkland Forever - Pub 36 - 10 pm - $7
Fools Paradise - B-Side Social - 10 pm
Sunday November 24th
The Defamed w/Los Bozos, The Essential Letdowns - Vertagogo - 1 pm - $10
Sarah Burton Band - Clifford Brewing - 2 pm - $10 or PWYC
Ian Andrews & The Big Bad Blues - Stonewalls - 3 pm - $25
Monday November 25th
Hamilton Music Networking Night - Mills Hardware - 6 pm - Free with registration
The RePeatles - Beatles, Burgers and Beer - The Innsville - 6 pm
Judie and The Noteworthies - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 6.30 pm - No cover
Tuesday November 26th
Open Mic w/Chris Clause - Thirsty Cactus - 7.30 pm
Wednesday November 27th
Sounds Gay! - The Casbah - 7 pm - No Cover
Adam O - Thirsty Cactus - 7.30 pm
🫶 FROM THE ‘HOOD
Saturday, November 23, the 1000-foot CP Holiday Train visits Hamilton with its brightly decorated rail cars. The train will be to the south side of Gage Park, along Lawrence Road at approx. 7:30 pm.
There will be a family-friendly concert with performances by American Authors & KT Tunstall from 8 pm.
The Holiday Train program launched in 1999 and since then has raised $24.3 million and collected approximately 5.3 million pounds of food for community food banks in Canada and the U.S.
Hamilton Food Share will be collecting cash and donations of non-perishable food items. Please be generous.
Read and watch more about the CPKC Holiday Train here.
🎭️ THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES
A Christmas Carol - Waterdown Village Theatre - 7.30 pm - Runs to Dec 8th
🖼️ CURRENT EXHIBITIONS - Art & More
Celebrating 150 Years of HSR - Tourism Centre, James St North - 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
Objects of Care - Centre [3] - Aram Siu Wai Collier, Jenny Kim, Provocations by Sean Lee and Yvonne Felix - Curated by Serena Zena to Nov 22nd
Crossing Borders: Coins From Around the World - McMaster Museum of Art - to Nov 30th
The Clichettes: Lips, Wigs, and Politics - McMaster Museum of Art - to Nov 22nd
Corine Duchesne - CoWork Gallery - Cotton Factory - to January 15th
The Fairest Order in the World: Sameer Farooq - McMaster Museum of Art - to Feb 28th, 2025
Foreign Dreams: Simranpreet Kaur Anand, Conner Singh VanderBeek - Workers Arts & Heritage - to Dec 14th
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