Regular Vibe of Things Happening in Hamilton
Where to find current exhibitions, regularly occurring open mics, karaoke, music residencies, trivia, game nights, fitness activities, book clubs and more in Hamilton, Ontario.
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🎸 Music Vibe
Regular Music Sets
Waterdown Fiddlers - Waterdown Legion - Thur, 1 pm
Jazz Up Your Night - Synonym - Fri, 6 pm - No cover
East Coast Kitchen Party w/Ferguson Young - The Corktown - Fri, 6.30 pm
One Encanto - One Duke Tavern - Fri, 10 pm
East Coast Kitchen Party w/Fried Bologna - Pub Fiction - Sat, 1 pm
Sunday Blues - Boiler & Whistle - Sun, 2 pm
Beatles, Burgers and Beer - Innsville - Mon, 6 pm
Motown Wednesdays - The Absinthe - Wed, 8 pm
Regular Open Mic’s & Jams
Barton Touchdown Bar - Thur, 5 pm
The 447 Wing - Thur, 6.30 pm
Shawn & Ed Brewing - 3rd Thur, 6.30 pm
The Corktown - Thur
Wingporium - Thur, 8 pm
Coach & Lantern - Thur, 8.30 pm
Sounds Gay, Mosaic - Last Thur, 7 pm
The Staircase - 3rd Fri, 8 pm
Hamilton Music Collective - The Gasworks - First Sat, 1.30 pm - $5
Blues Jam w/Garnetta Cromwell and DaGroovMasters - The Corktown - First Sat, 4 pm
Legends Grill - Sun, 2 pm
w/Kenny MacInnis - Erskine Church - Sun, 7 pm
Ooey Gooeys - 1st & 3rd Mon, 8 pm
Vertagogo - Tue, 7 pm
Lukaya Cafe - Tue, 7 pm
Irish Jam - The Corktown - Tue, 7.30 pm
Thirsty Cactus - Last Tue, 8 pm
w/Boom Babiez - The Ale House - Tue, 8 pm
w/Chris Clause - Thirsty Cactus - Tue, 8.00 pm
Ye Olde Squire, Fennell - Wed, 6.30 pm
Crooksy’s - Wed, 7 pm
Pub 36 on Hess - 1st & Last Wed, 7 pm
Odd Fellows Hall Dundas - Bi-weekly Wed, 7 pm
Jazz Night - The Corktown - Wed, 7.30 pm
Regular Karaoke
Tracies - Nightly, 5 pm
DeJa Vu - Every Day
Cadillac Jax - Thur-Sun, 10 pm
Legends Grill - Thur, 7 pm
Shortys Pizza - 2nd & 4th Thur, 7 pm
Tracies - Live Band - Last Thur, 9 pm
Emerson 109 - Thur, 10 pm
Waterdown Legion - 4th Fri, 6 pm
Mountain Legion - Fri, 7 pm
Architect Hair / Ringside - 2nd Fri, 8.00 pm
Lotos - Fri, 9 pm
Barton Touchdown - Fri, 9 pm
Stop Bar - Fri, 9 pm
Crooksy’s - Fri, 9 pm
Sinaloa Factory - Fri 9 pm (Spanish)
Iron Horse Restobar - Sat, 9 pm
Lotos - Sat, 9 pm
Handsome Daves - 1st Sat, 9.30 pm
Lionshead Pub - Last Sat, 9.30 pm
Mosaic - 2nd Sat, 10 pm
Pub Fiction - Sun, 7 pm
Pub 36 on Hess - Sun 8 pm
Born & Raised - Sun, 9.30 pm
Emerson 109 - Sun, 10 pm
Vertagogo - Mon, 7 pm
The 447 Wing - 1st & 3rd Tue, 7 pm
Architect Hair Design - Tue, 8.30 pm
Anchor Bar - Wed, 6 pm
Boston Pizza, Main St W - Wed 9 pm
🍽️ Vibe Eats
Regular Food Events
🧑🌾 Ottawa Street Farmers Market - Sat, 8 am
🍸️ Cocktail Night - The Absinthe - Thur, 9 pm
🚸 Kids Vibe
Regular Kids Events
💤 Quiet Hour - Dundas Museum - Thur, 9 am
🍼 Babies & Brews - Grain & Grit - Thur, 12 noon
🍼 Babies & Brews - Grain & Grit - Tue, 2 pm
🍃 Oaks & Acorns: Early Years - RBG - Tue-Sat, 9.30 am
Ongoing Events
🐟️ Discovery at the Fishway - Cootes Paradise - Apr M-F, 8 am and 2.30 pm
🏊️ Spring Swim & Gym Drop-In Schedules - City Rec Centres - to June 29th.
⛸️ Drop-In Skate Programs - City Rec Centres - various days and times
🧘 Kids Yoga - Regent Health Centre - Sun, 10.30 am to May 11th
💪 Active Vibe
🏋️♀️ Wheel of Fitness - Freelton - Thur, 10 am
💁 Introduction to Tai Chi - Barton Stone Mount Hope United Church - Thur, 7 pm
💁♀️ Introduction to Tai Chi - Barton Stone Mount Hope United Church - Fri, 9.30 am
🚴♀️ Tour De Cafe Women’s Biking Group - New Hope Bikes - Alternate Sat 8 am
🧘♂️ Meditate - Putman Family YMCA - Sat, 9 am - No charge
🕺 Mindfulness & Movement: Dance Fitness Class - Dundas Museum - Sat, 9.30 am - $10
🧘♂️ Yoga with Ona - The Staircase - Sat, 11 am - $20
🏃 Runners Club - Fairweather Brewery - Sun, 9.30 am
💃 Salsa Step & Stretch - Studio Zee - Sun, 11.30 am - $10
🏋️♀️ Wheel of Fitness - Troy Women’s Institute - Mon, 10 am
🏋️♀️ Wheel of Fitness - West Flamborough Presbyterian Church - Mon, 10.30 am - No charge
💆♀️ Relax and Unwind - Better Than Bouquets - Mon, 7 pm - $20
💃 Move & Groove Mondays - Relay Coffee - Mon, 7 pm
🧘 Yoga with Cheryl Fenn - Dundas Museum - Tue, 9 am
🏋️ Wheel of Fitness - Beverly Hills - Tue, 10 am
💃 Tuesday Turns: Salsa Lesson - Sky Dragon - Tue, 8.30 pm - $20
🏋️♂️ Wheel of Fitness - Grace Anglican Church, Flamborough - Wed, 1.30 pm
💪 Mindfulness & Movement: Dance Fitness Class - Dundas Museum - Wed, 7 pm - $10
Ongoing Events
🐟️ Discovery at the Fishway - Cootes Paradise - May & Jun M-F, 2.30 pm
🏊️ Spring Swim & Gym Drop-In Schedules - City Rec Centres - to June 29th.
⛸️ Drop-In Skate Programs - City Rec Centres - various days and times
🎭️ Vibe on Stage
🎤 Regular Comedy, Open Mics and Improv
Open Mic Comedy - Centre for Talking Arts - Thur, 8 pm
Cosmic Soup - Farside - 1st Thur, 10 pm
Laugh at the Judge - Comedy - The Judge Pub - Sun, 8.35 pm
Basics of Improv - The Staircase - Mon, 7 pm - $10
Open Mic Comedy - Ooey Gooeys - 2nd & 4th Mon, 8 pm - PWYC
Comedy + Open Mic - The Argyle - 4th Tue, 8 pm - No cover
One Joke Minimum - The Staircase - 1st & 3rd Tue, 8.30 pm - $5
Scenes & Notes - Improv Drop In - The Staircase - Wed, 7 pm - $10
Amateur Night - Levity Comedy Club - Wed, 8 pm - $5
Glittering Slag: A Monthly Comedy and Music Meltdown w/Sean Cullen - The Staircase - 2nd Wed, 8 pm
🌺 Cultural Vibe
🖼️ Current Exhibitions
Diploma Student Exhibition - Dundas Valley School of Art - May 8th - Jun 20th
On Laundry: Monique Campbell - Relay Coffee - May 9th to June 11th
In the Wake of Work - Workers Arts & Heritage Centre - May 9th to July 26th
Parrallel Histories - Workers Arts & Heritage Centre - May 9th to July 26th
Greg Staats: Runners Continuum - Art Gallery of Hamilton - to May 18th
Don Carr - Smokestack - to May 23rd
Paper Stories: Dominique Prévost, Susan Ruptash and Heejung Shin - Carnegie Gallery - to May 25th
Threads: Textiles From Travels - Carnegie Gallery - to May 25th
Repurpose, Reconsider, Transformation and Renewal - CoWork at Cotton Factory - Artists: Beverly Allen, Mel W. Marshall, Patty Lynes - to May 25th
Some Faraway Shore - The Cotton Factory - Artist: Jacquie Oakley - to May 25th
of and: Kevin Heslop & Leslie Putnam - Centre 3 - to May 30th
Student Art Show - Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre - to May 31st
Gratitude and Reciprocity: Laura Culic - Earls Court Gallery - to June 7th
Echoes in Bloom: Andrew O’Connor - B-Side in Farside - to June 8th
Ascending Horizons - McMaster Museum of Art - Artists: KC Adams, Carrie Allison, Judy Anderson, Hannah Claus, Elizabeth Doxtater, Charlene Vickers, Marie Watt to Jun 20th
Crossing Borders: Coins From Around the World - McMaster Museum of Art - Curated by: Dr. Spencer Pope with Cassius Di Maria, Maia Fiorelli, Chris He, Tommy Tripp, and Marshall Zuckerman
Timeless Treasures: The Tom & Doris Farmer Art Collection - Fieldcote Museum - to Jun 29th
The Great Sea: Mediterranean Imaginaries From Antiquity to Modernity - McMaster Museum of Art - to Aug 1st
Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey - Art Gallery of Hamilton - to August 31st
Dogs of Dundas - Dundas Museum - to Sept 13th
The Shape of Curiosity - Art Gallery of Hamilton - to Dec 31st
🗓️ Regular Cultural Events
🌈 Quartz: Queer Art Hang - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 1st Thur 6 pm
📸 Dundas Photography Initiative - Dundas Museum - 1st Thur, 7 pm
🏳️🌈 Queer Social - The Farside - Thur, 8.30 pm
🎬️ 80’s Movie Night - Electric Diner - Thur, 9 pm
✏️ DVSA: Drawing at the Museum - Dundas Museum - Fri, 9.30 am
🧶 Community Knitting & Crochet Circle - Melrose Church - 1st and 3rd Sat, 9.30 am
📕 LitLive - The Staircase - 1st Sun, 7 pm
🧘♀️ femm: feminine embodied movement meditation - Brass Beauties - Sun, 7 pm - $35
📰 Collage Night - Collective Arts - Tue, 6 pm
🍺 Crafty Brews - Merit Brewing - Tue, 6 pm
🎟️ Permanent Exhibitions
Beyond the Frame - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Normal hours
Making Freedom Fly - Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Wed-Sun - From $11
Maple Leaves & Tulips: Then & Now - Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Wed-Sun - From $11
Public Art Collection - Across Hamilton - All Days
🏅 Vibe to Win
❓️ Regular Trivia
Democracy Cafe - 2nd Thur, 6 pm
Grain & Grit - Thur, 7 pm
The Anchor Bar - Thur, 7 pm
Jose Trivia - Collective Arts - 2nd & 4th Thur, 7 pm
Battlefield Stoney Creek Legion - Last Thur, 7 pm - $5
Clifford Brewery - Last Thur, 7.30 pm
Thirsty Cactus - Thur, 8 pm
Music - Mosaic - Fri 5.30 pm
Escape Manor - Sun, 6.30 pm
Pub 36 on Hess - Mon 7 pm
Fool & Flagon - Mon 7.29 pm
Pheasant Plucker - Mon 7.59 pm
Coach & Lantern - Mon 8.30 pm
Fairweather Brewery - 2nd Tue, 7 pm
The Powerhouse - Tue, 7.29 pm
Southcote 53 - Tue, 7.29 pm
Jack Astors, Centennial - Tue, 7.30 pm
Jack Astors, Ancaster - Tue, 7.30 pm
Electric Diner, James St N - Tue, 8 pm
Farside - Tue, 8 pm
Mosaic - Wed 7 pm
Boiler & Whistle - Wed 7 pm
Cat & Fiddle - Wed 7 pm
Shawn & Ed Brewing - Wed 7 pm
Slye Fox - Wed, 7 pm
The Argyle - Wed 7.30 pm
The King George - Wed, 7.59 pm
Pub Fiction - Wed 8 pm
Bernies Tavern - Wed, 8 pm
🔢 Regular Bingo
Drag w/Karma Kameleon - Betulla - 3rd Thur, 6.30 pm
Drag w/Noella - The Farside - 3rd Thur, 7 pm
Laidlaw United Church - 2nd Sat, 12 noon
Pub 36 on Hess - Sun 6 pm
Tracies - Mon 8 pm
Music - Electric Diner, James St N - Mon 8 pm
Music - Collective Arts - Wed 7 pm
Rock n Roll - The Mule - Last Wed, 8 pm
♠️ Regular Cards & Games
Euchre - Old Beverly Township Hall - 1st & 3rd Thur, 7.30 pm
Progressive Euchre - Melrose Church - 4th Fri, 7 pm
Board Games - Melrose Church - 2nd Sun, 2 pm
Euchre - Collective Arts - Sun, 2 pm - 2 drinks minimum
Euchre - Mountain Legion - Sun, 5 pm - $6
Games Night - Pub 36 on Hess - Mon, 4 pm
Euchre - Canadian Japanese Cultural Centre - Tue, 1 pm - $3
Euchre - The 447 Wing - Tue, 1 pm
Euchre - Stoney Creek Legion - Tue, 7 pm - $5
Progressive Euchre - Westover Hall - 1st & 2nd Tue, 7.30 pm
Bid Euchre - Stoney Creek Legion - Wed, 1 pm - $5
Euchre - Mancala Monk - Wed, 6 pm
Euchre - Ye Olde Squire, Fennell - Alternate Wed, 7 pm
🎯 Regular Darts & Pool etc
Cornhole - Lynden Legion - Thur 7 pm
Mixed Darts - Stoney Creek Legion - Fri, 7 pm - $5
Pool League - Tracies - Mon, 6.30 pm
Monday Night Darts - Waterdown Legion - Mon, 8 pm
Competitive Men’s Darts League - Stoney Creek Legion - Tue, 7 pm - $5
Pool League - Tracies - Wed, 6.30 pm
Mixed League Darts - Waterdown Legion - Wed, 8 pm
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