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Hamilton Spectator
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Supercrawl 2025 announces its non-musical attractions
Supercrawl 2025 announces its non-musical attractions Sarah Perkins, left, and Melanie Skene, right, walk with giant puppet of Mother Nature built and operated by Tanis MacArthur up James Street at Supercrawl in 2017. The Hamilton Spectator file photo The loaded fashion showcases will be headed by House Of Hendo, Amici, Baumbchell, the Better Days Club, Pink Powder Puff Co., Mooncraft Market, Created by Chimaera, Cosmic Couture, Cosplay Showcase, Dope Chief, Vilegloom Vintage, EXCLSV, Garba Groovers, HeyHey & Co. and a plethora of others.
Hamilton Spectator
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Budget-friendly beats: Your guide to free music festivals in Hamilton
The best live music doesn't always have to cost you a pretty penny. While Paul McCartney's tickets for his latest concert are reaching astronomical levels , local groups are hosting free music events in Hamilton. While we're in the midst of music festival season, there are more than enough events festivalgoers can attend at no cost before the summer is over. A handful of free festivals have already passed in summer's opening month, but the city has saved the biggest and best for last. Hamilton's historic, outdoor music festival, Festival of Friends is hosting its 49th annual outing in Gage Park from Aug. 1 to 3. The festival also features over 135 arts, crafts and food venders but the main feature is the music. On three stages over three days, this year's headline performances will be the Trews, Sister Sledge and the Sugarhill Gang. Other performers on the docket are Billy Rogers, Brett Kissel and Melle Mel and Scorpio of the Furious 5. Sugarhill Gang and Melle Mel are part of a growing contingent of hip-hop acts that are gracing Festival of Friends stages; award-winning duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids played Festival of Friends in 2022. The Festival of Friends has been held annually since 1976. Hamilton's award-winning multi-arts festival, Supercrawl, will be coming back on Sept. 12 Hamilton's award-winning multi-arts festival, Supercrawl, will be coming back on Sept. 12, lasting until Sept. 14. This year will feature another live addition to the Hamilton City Centre mural alongside a massive musical lineup. Artists like: Tobi, Born Ruffians, Steve Strongman, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Donovan Woods are headlining the festival. Other artists on the ticket include: Classified, Hua Li, The Darcys, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Cadence Weapon, Da Bomb, Neil Haverty, CJ Wiley and a plethora more. Supercrawl is a multidisciplinary festival which fuses art, fashion, literature, theatre and music into a massive pedestrian-only creative space for creators to create and spectators to gawk at. With the ethos of platforming local, emerging artists with their national and international peers, Supercrawl has been able to foster a vibrancy, turning a free one-day, 3,000-attendee event into a free, 250,000-plus person, three-day fête. Founded by the late Boris Brott, one of Canada's most internationally recognized conductors, Brott Music Festival is bringing a classical arts explosion to Hamilton. On Saturday, July 5 and Aug. 2 at noon, the National Academy Orchestra will be exhibiting its talents on Waterfront Stage Pier 8. Set against the backdrop of Hamilton's waterfront, the orchestra will be performing in an effort to help attendees unwind from their troubles. It's a breathtaking combination of classical music and classic views in the city. There are other shows around the city that are part of the festival: Broadway Dreams at Theatre Aquarius, or Postcard from the Sky (which is by candlelight), but those will cost $25 to $70 depending on the event and seating. Démar Grant is a reporter at The Hamilton Spectator. Reach him at dgrant@ . Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
Hamilton Spectator
11-07-2025
- Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton-area Today: Women share stories of IPV + Cambridge girl, 10, died in Hamilton crash
G ood morning! It's July 11, and here are the top stories today in the Hamilton area. Fog patches should disappear this morning. Expect a small chance of rain and thunderstorm this afternoon with a daytime high of 29 C. Environment Canada says the humidex will feel like 37. There is a risk of more thunderstorms overnight and a low of 20. There are no weather alerts. Find the latest provincial road closures and traffic incidents via Ontario 511 . Taking transit today? Find the latest GO Transit service updates here . The latest information on local bus services is available here: Hamilton , Burlington and Oakville . While on a court order to stay away from one woman, Augustin Lobos-Medina was arrested for allegedly assaulting another. He denies the allegations. Tayllore Sopha, a friend of the family, launched an online fundraiser this week to help Grace's parents — Julia and Brandon — who remain in life-threatening condition in the neuro ICU after the crash. The next phase of the mural is to be painted during Supercrawl. The city has ordered the landlord of the apartment building to fix a broken air-conditioning unit by July 16. The first season also generated millions of views and impressions across social digital platforms. If you've done it with little money and had to be inventive to protect your kids from knowing that, it's also exhausting, writes Lorraine Sommerfeld. It is time for a new Nobel category — the Profit without Peace Prize, for which Mr. Trump is eminently qualified. There are plenty of festivals, vendor markets and sports games to choose from. Subscribe to our newsletters for the latest local content . Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
Hamilton Spectator
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Born Ruffians, Basia Bulat, Godspeed You! Black Emperor to headline Supercrawl festival
An all-Canadian lineup of rockers, rappers and folk musicians have been recruited to headline downtown Hamilton's Supercrawl festival. Indie band Born Ruffians, folksingers Basia Bulat and Donovan Woods, rapper TOBi, local songsmith Steve Strongman and orchestral rock group Godspeed You! Black Emperor are joined by dozens of local, national and international acts for the Sept. 12 to 14 event. Subscribe to Basia Bulat's channel : Pre-order "Basia's Palace" here: ►Follow Basia: Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: TikTok: @basiabulat YouTube: Credits: Danced by Louise Bédard & Naïma Contreras Tejpar Directed by Nora Rosenthal Produced by Jennifer Law-Smith Director of Photography: Jonathan Auger Steadicam Operator: Kes Tagney 1st AC: Andrew Lee 2nd AC/FilmLoader: Anthony Dion Camera Trainee: Samuel Li Choreography by Nora Rosenthal & Laura Jeffrey Costume: Amanda van der Siebes Costume Assist: Isabel Murphy HMU Artist: Brigitte Lacoste Gaffer: Wissam Salem Grip: Jérémy Gorry Editor: Kyle Gregory Sanderson Colourist: Yuri Cabrera PA (Driver): Alexis Bellini PA: Mary Williamson PA: Peter Hostack Basia Bulat Management: Noah Fralick Director's Shadow: Emily Lê Processed at Mels Studios Scanned at Main Film Thank you to: Vincent René-Lortie Andrew Woods Roro and DeeDee Yagoda Bulat Ziuta Dziurko Nico Contreras Rehana Tejpar Alan Rosenthal Linda Rabin CineGround Lyrics Wrong way home again Some roads never end Half way home to bed Have you nothing left Oh in my head And in my sleep Where in my dreaming hours have you been Can I be brave enough to believe In all this changing up my sleeve Oh tell me baby, baby , baby I don't learn Baby, baby, baby, I don't learn Not when I'm lost, not when I'm blue What was I thinking if not of you In orbit so confused Now you complicate every path I make Tell me what to do Have I still got nothing left? Oh baby, baby, baby - I don't learn Baby, baby, baby - I don't learn! Wrong way out of here Some roads never end Half way home to my bed Half way in my head But in my head and in my sleep What was I thinking I would perceive What was I thinking of to be free What was I thinking, if not of me? I don't know if I'm going to make it Day and night and day in Run around and face it Am I really changing? Am I gonna make it? Day and night and day in Run around and face it What was I thinking baby? Baby, baby, baby - I don't learn ! Baby, baby, baby - I don't learn ! Baby, baby, baby - I don't learn ! Baby, baby, baby - I don't learn ! ►Subscribe to Secret City Records on Youtube: Secret City Records: Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: TikTok: @secretcityrecords #BasiaBulat #BasiasPalace #baby #secretcityrecords Godspeed has played a small part in James Street North history. Older indie rock fans might remember the post-rock collective performed at a sold-out concert 22 years ago at the now-defunct Tivoli Theatre. Provided to YouTube by BWSCD Inc RAINDROPS CAST IN LEAD · Godspeed You! Black Emperor 'NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD' ℗ 2024 Constellation Released on: 2024-10-04 Main Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Composer: Aidan Girt Composer: David Bryant Composer: Efrim Manuel Menuck Composer: Mauro Pezzente Composer: Michael Moya Composer: Sophie Trudeau Composer: Thierry Amar Composer: Timothy Herzog Music Publisher: Constellation Auto-generated by YouTube. Hundreds packed the seated theatre to hear the then-nine-piece Montreal band's intensely emotional instrumental tracks in March 2003. The venue closed forever soon after as part of the building collapsed in 2004. Decades later, the group returned to the city with decades of albums and stage experience — minus a lengthy hiatus in early 2000s — to play a Supercrawl-presented show at Bridgeworks in November 2024. Godspeed's newest album, 'NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024, 28,340 DEAD,' follows the same intensity with droning chords and impactful crescendos. Directed & Animated by Renaldho Pelle: Produced by Studio Linguini: Listen to 'Someone I Knew' here: Follow TOBi: Instagram: Facebook: Twitter: #TOBi #SomeoneIKnew #Rap Juno-winning rapper and singer TOBi will add a fresh face to the lineup. The Nigerian-Canadian artist from Brampton is the only headliner who has never played the festival before. Here are all the bands playing Supercrawl. Born Ruffians, Basia Bulat, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Steve Strongman, TOBi, Donovan Woods , AOIFE, The Beans, Sean Bienhaus, Rachel Bobbitt, Born In The Eighties, Buddah Abusah, Cadence Weapon, Jean Caffeine, Classified, Sarah Church, The Commune, Council House, Criminal Inhibition, cute, Da Bomb, Dammit Goldie, The Darcys, Don't Hit Your Head, Eyes Like Opals, James Favron, Foxwarren, Delyn Grey, Hamilton Children's Choir, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Haverty, Jambassadors, Ro Joaquim, Jocelyn June and the Bugs, KTxKP, Rob Lamothe, Hua Li 化力, Linebeck, Loaded Dice, Lonely Little Kitsch, Los Chukos, Lost Faculty, Loversteeth, Lucky Honey, DJ Danny Miles, Minuscule, Neon Dreams, Nezqwik, NOVIÆ, PYPY, Rapid Transit, Rexford Drive, Shealagh Rose, Evan Rotella, Rocket and the Renegades, $EAMS, ShaaMaa, C.A. Smith, Spookyguava, Thunder Queens, Trout Lily, Menno Versteeg, Alex Whorms, and CJ Wiley. For the 17th year, Supercrawl will shut down James Street North from King Street to beyond Barton Street. Three stages of musicians will join visual artists, fashion designers, dancers and performers and a variety of vendors for the annual festival. From Born Ruffians' album Birthmarks, out now on Yep Roc Records. Buy here: Video by Istoica and James Cooper #BornRuffians #Needle #YepRocRecords
Hamilton Spectator
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
What's On? art weekly round up: a picnic-themed festival, candlelight performances and a magic show
Bring out your lawn chairs and picnic blankets to Burlington's LaSalle Park on Saturday and you will be met with wine and charcuterie boards, line dancing and live performances. The organizers of Hamilton's Supercrawl and local concerts, Sonic Unyon, expect hundreds of attendees to their 'Why Not Wine' event on Saturday featuring around 13 wine and charcuterie board vendors. David Young, Sonic Unyon's director of communications and design, said the third event of its kind will be different in both venue and atmosphere this year. 'There were the two years that it was at Bridgeworks in Hamilton and the feeling was that it was not quite the right setting for it,' said Young. Sonic Unyon works out of and hosts events at the Caroline Street North Bridgeworks, which had an atmosphere that was more attuned to a fall fair, he said. This year's festival will be at the Burlington waterfront park, where attendees will learn how to line dance. 'You have so much in the way of a great green space and natural wonder around us that's sometimes easy to get lost in the details of city life,' said Young. 'It's nice to bring people back to that.' Environment Canada forecasts a high of 22 C and a sunny Saturday, but Young said if that changes, the organizers will move the event to the park's pavilion. Sonic Unyon saw about 500 to 800 people attend its previous two-day event. This year's event is only one day. Events like the 'Why Not Wine Festival' start out as ideas from the team or their immense local arts network before Sonic Unyon makes it a reality, said Young. 'A conversation goes on for a little while and before we know it, we're doing the thing,' said Young. Getting out to see friends — and strangers — face to face will always be important, he said. It is what Young believes is the reason the group's events are always a hit, in addition to local creative people putting ideas into action. 'It's also just the Hamilton way,' said Young. If you'd like to get out of the house on Saturday, you can buy tickets online or at the gate for $39. Here are other arts and culture events you can attend in the coming week: The Hess Street South pub will host a Mother's Day dinner and dance party on Sunday, May 11. A three-course meal from their menu will be served from 5:30 p.m. before a dance performance at 7 p.m. and lesson on '80s dances. Attendees can then dance to '80s hits from 8 to 11 p.m. Eventbrite tickets range from $11.98 for dance-only to $65.23 for the whole event or $54.58 for early birds. If bought at the door, tickets are $60 for dinner and $15 for the dance. On Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m., Christian Mascia will mix magic tricks with storytelling. The event is selling tickets online only on for $31.60. Candlelight concert is back on Sunday for hour-long tributes to Adele at 6:30 p.m . and Fleetwood Mac at 8:45 p.m. Listeso string quartets will perform both shows, hosted at The Westdale theatre on King Street Street West. Tickets range from $35 to about $68 on . The Rock Garden, at the garden's Hamilton location on York Boulevard, will host live performances stretching from jazz and blues to R&B to country on Thursday, May 15. Attendees can enjoy food, drinks and lights for a patio party-themed event running from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults or $23 for students . Ancaster venue The Coach and Lantern in the Upper Coach will host singer-songwriter Joel Parisien and guitar player and singer-songwriter Chris Chambers on Wednesday, May 14, at 7 p.m. The night will be filled with classic soul, R&B, funk and blues at the 384 Wilson St. venue. Tickets to the show are $27.96 on . Cheyenne Bholla is a reporter at The Hamilton Spectator. cbholla@
