Music Madness
Hamilton has a very big music scene with many venues, and local bands showcasing their talent!
With diverse musical acts, fun themes, and dance parties, you can have a lot of fun this weekend in Hamilton.
Fascination Dark Music Festival
When: October 21 – 23
Where: Okay Studio, 3 Gertrude St, Hamilton
Cost: $27.54 to $69.96
This killer weekend of events will combine the efforts of HONEY BOILER’s dark music events, FASCINATION’s DJ nights, and LIVE FILM SCORES with the help of Lachrymal Quietus. We strive to help gather the dark community together, bring more dark music to Hamilton, and feature the talent that we already have here! Join us in celebrating during the spooky Halloween season!
Housewife
When: Saturday, October 22nd @ 8PM
Where: Mills Hardware 95 King Street East, Hamilton
Cost: $17.48
MODO Live + Programme presents Housewife. Brighid Fry (she/her) and Pascale Padilla (they/she) are, quite simply, the future of music. The two Toronto-based songwriters of Housewife (fka Moscow Apartment) write and perform their own songs and think genres are boring and reductive.
SUUNS
When: Friday, October 21st @ 8PM
Where: Bridgeworks, 200 Caroline St. N. Hamilton
Cost: $20
SUUNS with Basement Revolver and Activity
Grupo Niche
When: October 22 @ 8PM
Where: Hamilton Convention Centre by Carmen’s 1 Summer Lane, Hamilton
Cost: $43
Grupo Niche, Grammy-winner, is known as the Salsa Experience with its vigorous, uptempo dance music as well as slower-paced romantic numbers. Grupo Niche’s hits include “Cali Aji,” “Del Puente Pa’llá,” “Sin Sentimientos,” “Una Aventura,” “Etnia,” “Gotas de Lluvia,” “Han Cogido la Cosa,” and the band’s most famous songs are “Canoa Rancha” and “Cali Pachanguero.” See them live in concert in Hamilton for the first time.
Across The Pond
When: October 20 – 23
Where: The Burlington Performing Arts Centre, 400 Locust Street, Burlington
Cost: $44.50
Across the Pond celebrates over 50 years of British pop and rock music. You’ll hear hits of The Beatles, Dave Clark Five, Herman’s Hermits, Elton John, Petula Clark, Tom Jones, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Shirley Bassey, Gerry & the Pacemakers, The Animals, Dusty Springfield, The Kinks, Rod Stewart, Adele, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Sting, Annie Lennox, Led Zeppelin, Joe Cocker, Lulu, George Michael, The Hollies, Donovan, and more.
Jeremy Dutcher and The HPO
When: October 22 @ 7:30PM
Where: FirstOntario Concert Hall, 1 Summers Lane, Hamilton
Cost: $32 – $122
Polaris Music Prize winner Jeremy Dutcher joins the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra for a vivid performance blending orchestral with pop and the traditional music of the Wolastoqiyik First Nation.