Be a tourist in your own city.
By Kristin Archer As the great Joni Mitchell said, “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” When I started this blog in 2011, I didn’t think about how long I would be chronicling my hometown adventures, and also how much Hamilton would change over time. With change … Read more
Harvest Picnic Christie Lake Conservation Area 1000 Highway 5 West, Dundas By Kristin Archer Photos by Lisa Vuyk The Greenbelt Harvest Picnic just celebrated its fifth year and I was happy to make this one my first. Having heard so many wonderful things about it, I now fully understand the magic of this festival. Harvest Picnic … Read more
By Kristin Archer The 5th annual Greenbelt Harvest Picnic is this Saturday, August 29th! To get you in the spirit, a Playlist featuring some of the acts you’ll see live at Christie Lake. Tickets are available now at Dr. Disc, Picks & Sticks, and online at Ticketbreak. Harvest Picnic 2015 from ihearthamilton on 8tracks Radio. … Read more
By Kristin Archer The 2015 Hamilton Music Awards are coming up quickly! This year, the HMAs are taking place in the spring once again and are back at Theatre Aquarius. Events run from May 21-24th. Here’s a quick rundown: HMA Music Industry Conference – Thursday, May 21st @ Dofasco Centre for the Arts HMA Rising … Read more
The JUNO Awards Mills Hardware 95 King Street East By Kristin Archer A month before the JUNOs, JUNOfest treated us to a sweet night of hometown talent. Perfect for Valentine’s evening, the concert titled “The Love Song Edition” featured a stellar lineup: Ben Somer, Brad Germain (Dinner Belles), Dylan Hudecki (By Divine Right, Cowlick), George … Read more
Playlist – Best of 2014 It was particularly difficult this year to narrow down I Heart Hamilton’s “Best Of” Playlist. There were so many fantastic releases in 2014 across the board, that I had to extend my usual Top 10 to Top 20 (plus bonus track!) out of the multitude of local releases I listened … Read more
Because Beer I’ve spoken before of my love for the Sonic Unyon dream team. They already have their hands full with Supercrawl, Seven Sundays in Gage Park, Hamilton Blues and Roots Festival, new venue Mills Hardware, and they were behind the special Arkells and Boris Brott pop-up show in July. Phew! They’re the best. They … Read more
When I got into 8tracks last year, the very first Playlist I made was dedicated to Supercrawl. Here we are again and I thought I would make it a tradition to get in the mood with a mix. This Playlist features some (but not all!) of the performers at Supercrawl 2014. This is going to … Read more
If you’ve been following, you know that I Heart Hamilton has been helping to book and co-present the monthly Raise the Roof shows at Dr. Disc during Art Crawl. The series runs May – October and this month’s is a special one, in conjunction with Supercrawl. Rather than being on the roof of Dr. Disc, … Read more
I Heart Hamilton’s The Playlist 1.0 (Fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hamilton) This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North A year ago when we started, I didn’t dream that a year later we would be hosting the show of the summer (if I may be so bold) with some favourite local bands, … Read more