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Seven Sundays in Gage Park Gage Park 1000 Main Street East I was pleased to hear that the team behind Supercrawl started up Seven Sundays – seven summer concerts at Gage Park running from July 7th to August 25th (the last one being a bonus week with special guests!) I unfortunately missed Week One with … Read more
Southern Souls Mulberry Street Coffee House 193 James Street North Having a video filmed by Southern Souls has become a rite of passage for any Hamilton musician and beyond. The website began in the summer of 2009 and the amount of material founder Mitch Fillion and the team have produced is incredible. I’ve been a … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl Time sure flies when you’re having fun! It seems like I was just excitedly sharing my findings at June’s Art Crawl, and here we are again. We lucked out with another sunny day and this Art Crawl seemed even bigger than the last. Once again, I Heart Hamilton co-presented the … Read more
This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North It was a lovely night on the eve of Art Crawl. James North was calm in preparation for the following night, but what better way to get a pre-party going than a dance party at This Ain’t Hollywood with Kid Years, New Hands, Donna Lovejoy, and Javelin! Before … Read more
Homegrown Hamilton 27 King William Street Toronto band The Box Tiger were due for a Hamilton show and I was pleased to hear they chose Homegrown this time around. When the band asked me to team up with them to present the show, I didn’t miss a beat in rounding up the dynamic duo of … Read more
Dishcrawl Hamilton McMaster Alumni This post was also written for the McMaster Alumni Blog. I was happy to join my fellow McMaster Alumni on another Mac10 activity for another guest blog feature. My mission this time? Dishcrawl! It was a tough gig, but someone’s got to do it. Dishcrawl Hamilton’s organizer Dave Hanley put together … Read more
Discography The Baltimore House 43 King William Street Sunday nights will never be the same. A brand new party called Discography has begun, and you’re going to want to get in on it. Founded by Mark Furukawa (Dr. Disc), Andy Inglis (of Absinthe’s legendary Motown nights and residency at Diavolo), and Shannon Ramnarain (residency at … Read more
Girls With Gunz Photo Shoot I hit the streets with my friend, photographer Estée Mancini of Girls With Gunz, for a fun photo shoot downtown. We met up at Mulberry Coffee with no particular destination in mind, other than to wander James North and see where inspiration strikes. Estée began Girls With Gunz in 2010 … Read more
A Mid Summer’s Dream Last year’s first annual Mid Summer’s Dream festival ended up being one of my favourite events of the year, and by far the most unique. This year’s MSD fest promises to be even bigger and better than the last. To get an idea what you’re in for, take a look at … Read more
Javelin – “Light Out” [Listen] Isn’t everyone just masquerading? Did you think that you would have to stand naked? Here you are I came across this NYC-based electro-pop duo when I learned that local acts New Hands and Kid Years would be opening for them this month at This Ain’t Hollywood. With DJ Donna Lovejoy … Read more