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kristin 
I Heart Hamilton’s: The Playlist 2.0 (Fundraiser for Food4Kids) This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North I Heart Hamilton’s “The Playlist” fundraiser concert series has now joined the ranks of such festive annual events in my life such as my birthday, Halloween, Supercrawl! With my second one down, I know this will be something I … Read more
Dr. Disc 20 Wilson Street Dr. Disc and This Ain’t Hollywood have teamed up to bring you “The Saint Sessions” – in-store performances at Dr. Disc to promote an upcoming show at The Saint. As luck would have it, the first Saint Session fell on June 8th, the night of I Heart Hamilton’s The Playlist … Read more
The Drake Hotel 1150 Queen Street West, Toronto After ten years together, The Rest have parted ways as a band. Selfishly, I can’t help but wish I had discovered them sooner, having only experienced a small bit of that phenomenal career. The band is one of the most special groups I’ve come across throughout my … Read more
Dr. Disc 20 Wilson Street Lesson learned from last summer: don’t put balloons up in the window of Dr. Disc, because they are ticking time bombs that will pop, causing the record store’s alarm system to go off and wake up owner Mark Furukawa to an startling phone message. Luckily, Mark let me have another … Read more
The Casbah 306 King Street West This was only The Casbah’s second annual craft beer festival, Brews N Bands, but the anticipation was so high that it really felt like the event has been a staple of the city for years. I was pleased to add another beer glass from the event to my collection. … Read more
Brendan McCarney of Last Frame Pictures I interviewed filmmaker Brendan McCarney a year ago when his first feature Ages & Stages – The Story of The Meligrove Band premiered at Toronto’s North by Northeast. When I found out the subject of his next feature-length documentary with co-director Mike Gillespie would be Hamilton’s own Young Rival, … Read more
Horseshoe Tavern 370 Queen Street West, Toronto My last couple of Detours to took me to Toronto and back for shows, but this one was a day trip full of exploring, like the good tourist I am, followed by a show at night to support my pals New Hands. Along with my friend Luisa, we … Read more
Homegrown Hamilton 27 King William Street I always enjoy my time at Homegrown Hamilton, whether I’m popping in for their delicious coffee (and racking up another stamp on my Homegrown card, working my way up to a free coffee!) or checking out a show. There is always fantastic live music happening throughout the week and … Read more
Doors Open Hamilton I had a great time checking out Doors Open for the first time last year and was glad I had the opportunity to get out again. I managed to double the amount of spots I visited and hit four places this year – 270 Sherman, Hamilton’s Green Cottage, The John Weir Foote … Read more
Mex-I-Can 107 James Street North In keeping with the blog’s tradition, May is the time for a fiesta. I Heart Hamilton began and celebrated its first anniversary with Mexican food, and I knew that I had to ring in year two with a little Mex-I-Can! My friend Luisa and I brought our appetites (I told … Read more