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I Heart Hamilton: The Playlist 4.0 (Fundraiser for Food4Kids) This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North By Kristin Archer It’s hard to believe that this year marked I Heart Hamilton’s fourth annual bash. These events celebrate the anniversary of the website and also give back to the community. It makes me feel so inspired to … Read more
The Baltimore House 43 King William Street This was one of my dream shows come true! I first picked up on Stella Ella Ola when they released a few demos in 2012. The band features Nixon and Jake Boyd of Hollerado along with Anne Douris and Vince Rice. I loved their sound right away and … Read more
Supercrawl Post and photos by Kristin Archer and Steph Dubik It’s always the best time of year in this city – Supercrawl! Now in its sixth year, this was I Heart Hamilton’s fourth time hitting the streets to cover the festival. Whenever I think it can’t be topped, it gets bigger and better each year, … Read more
A Midsummer’s Dream Gage Park 1000 Main Street East Another highlight for me this summer (and of the year!) was attending the third annual Midsummer’s Dream in Gage Park. I’m super proud of this event and organizer Mark Gowland – when I attended the first one, I knew it was an event that would only … Read more
The Baltimore House 43 King William Street At the end of the summer, I Heart Hamilton hosted another show at Baltimore House. I was excited to bring back Hands & Teeth and The Medicine Hat, after having them earlier that summer at The Playlist 3.0 fundraiser. Rounding out the bill were locals Gdansk and City … Read more
The Baltimore House 43 King William Street This was another one for the books! It was a wonderful lineup that I was proud to have as I Heart Hamilton show: Dark Mean, Quails in the Nest, The Human Orchestra, and DJ sets by Andy Inglis. It’s a sign of a good show when I almost … Read more
The Casbah 306 King Street West Time for the exciting conclusion of the Farewell to Casbah Lounge. The Casbah said goodbye to its smaller Lounge space by booking three secret bands to play the final three shows. To recap: Night One was the stellar surprise of Arkells and Night Two raged with the attack of … Read more
The Casbah 306 King Street West When it was announced that the Casbah Lounge was shutting its doors for good and that a new business venture would be taking over, it was bittersweet. It’s the end of an era for the concert space, but also the beginning of a new one. The main hall of … Read more
Supercrawl Ah, Supercrawl! You left me reeling, yet again. This was the 5th annual Supercrawl, and my third one. The build-up for it was higher than ever and it was the biggest year yet with 100,000 people in attendance. It was an exciting whirlwind of a weekend and once again I’m left with the colossal … Read more
A Mid Summer’s Dream Gage Park 1000 Main Street East After experiencing the first Mid Summer’s Dream festival last year, I knew a magical event had begun and that it would be even bigger this year. I became friends with the mastermind behind it all, Mark Gowland, and was thrilled when he asked I Heart … Read more