📆 Day by Day Vibe
Thursday April 10th
🍔 Galaxy Burger - Grain & Grit - 1 pm
🐲 Dragon Boat Teams - Lively Dragon - 6 pm
💃 Steel Swing Lesson & Social - Melrose Church - 6.30 pm
🎨 Paint Nite - The Works, Upper James - 6.30 pm
🤯 Hyprov Show and Dinner - Good Shepherd - 6.30 pm
🍻 Bellwoods Beer Tasting - Mosaic - 7 pm
🌈 Uncloseted Comedy - The Staircase - 7 pm
🤣 Comedy Night - The Powerhouse - 7.30 pm
Friday April 11th
🌮 905Tacos - Aquanova Brewery - 4 pm
🏳⚧️ Re-Emergence Tour - Hamilton Union Hall - 4.30 pm
👗 The Vintage Marketplace - Collective Arts - 5 pm - $7
🥪 Grilled Golden Eats - Grain & Grit - 5 pm
👩🎨 Art Crawl - James St North - 5 pm
🤣 Justin Shaw - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm
Saturday April 12th
🪚 Build a Globe Planter - Home Depot - 8.30 am
🚶♂ Very Difficult Hike (5 hrs) - Hamilton Camino Pilgrims - 8.30 am
💐 Spring Market - Ed Ciardullo Centre - 10 am
👗 The Vintage Marketplace - Collective Arts - 10 am - $7
👩🦰 Mom Market - Leander Boat Club - 10 am
🥧 Pastry & Preserves: Historic Cooking Class - Dundurn Castle - 10 am - $65
🧹 Team Up to Clean Up - Victoria Park - 10 am
🦅 WELO IBA Study - Hamilton Naturalists - 10 am
🪴 Design Your Own Pot With Mosaics - Terra, Waterdown - 10.30 am
🪚 Build a Globe Planter - Home Depot - 10.30 am
🐐 Yoga with Goats - Triple C Farm - 11.30 am
🍕 Red Door Pizza - Grain & Grit - 12 noon
🍁 Maple Taps Fest - West Ave Cider - 12 noon
💄 Easter Kandi Circus Drag Show & Brunch - Vertagogo - 12.30 pm
♦ Euchre Tournament - VSL Club - 1 pm
🎨 Paint Your Pet - Terra, Hamilton - 1 pm
🌮 Solkari Tapas - Aquanove Brewery - 1 pm
🥟 Dumpling Making Demo - Wild Fork - 4 pm
🌮 905Tacos - Steel Town Cider - 4 pm
🫗 Gin Expo 2025 - The Right House - 5 pm
🩸 Murder Mystery Dinner - The Innsville - 6.30 pm
🎸 The Decent Blokes - Shawn & Ed Brewing for Cystic Fibrosis - 7 pm
🤣 Justin Shaw - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm
Sunday April 13th
🍺 Sip & Collage - Fairweather Brewing - 1 pm - $20
🌺 Floral Art Workshop - The Alley - 1 pm
👩🎨 Artists Open Studio - Westinghouse HQ - 2 pm
🌕 Full Moon Party - Thaidelish - 8 pm
Monday April 14th
Tuesday, April 15th
🍕Hamilton Pizza Tour 3 - 4 locations - 12 noon - $85
🥟 Soup Dumpling Class - Gully Cafe - 6.30 pm
💧 Protecting Our Streams - First Unitarian Church - 7.30 pm
💜 All Things Lavender - Old Ancaster Town Hall - 7.30 pm
🤸♀ Shen Yun - First Ontario Concert Hall - 7.30 pm
Wednesday April 16th
🎨 Paint Nite - Mill St & 5 - 7 pm
💐 Floral Art Workshop - Jitterbug Cafe - 7 pm
🤸♀ Shen Yun - First Ontario Concert Hall - 7.30 pm
🐰 Easter Vibe 🥚
Saturday April 12th
Easter Eggstravaganza - Puddicombe Estate Farms & Winery - 11 am and 1 pm
Sunday April 13th
Patio Egg Hunt - Pinch Bakery - 10 am
Easter Eggstravaganza - Puddicombe Estate Farms & Winery - 11 am and 1 pm
Easter Paint It - Triple C Farm - 11 am
Needle Felt a Bunny - Nest - 6 pm
Good Friday April 18th
Binbrook Egg Hunt - 10 am
Waterdown Easter Egg Hunt - 10 am
Easter Egg Hunt - Gourley Park - 11 am
Easter Egg Hunt - Germania Club - 12 noon
Annual Egg Hunt - Mountain Kidz Club - 12 noon
Saturday April 19th
Easter Egg Hunt & Breakfast - Hugh Murray Lodge - 9 am, from $20
Easter Egg Hunt - Mahoney Park - 10 am
Easter Egg Hunt & Petting Farm - Triple C Farm - 10 am, 11 am, 12 noon and 1 pm
Freelton Egg Hunt - 11 am
Easter Sunday April 20th
C3 Easter Extravaganza - 10 am
Easter Brunch - Sheraton Hotel - 10.30 am
Easter Parade - The Westdale - 1 pm
🎸 Live Music Vibe
Thursday April 10th
The Wobblers - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 6.30 pm
Dyke Takeover - OoeyGooeys - 7 pm
Blue Moon - Absinthe - 7.30 pm
Adam Kolker - The Gasworks - 8 pm
Friday April 11th
Jazz Up Your Night - Synonym - 6 pm - No cover
Piano Bar - Collective Arts - 7 pm
Lake Porter - Nanny & Bulls - 7 pm
Luke Allan - Slye Fox, Binbrook - 7.30 pm
Freedom Train - Pub Fiction - 8.30 pm
Steve Oros - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
Brad James - Handsome Daves - 9 pm
JRCS - Cat & Fiddle - 9 pm
Audioworx - The Powerhouse - 9.45 pm
Saturday April 12th
Innisfree - Come by Chance - 3 pm
Flute, Viola and Harp Delight - First Unitarian Church - Sat 12th, 3 pm
Yogi Turgeon - Townhall Social Eatery - 7.30 pm
Warren Jones - Slye Fox, Binbrook - 7.30 pm
Rose Cousins - The Westdale - 7.30 pm
Stone the Radio - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
Sonic Haze - Pub Fiction - 8.30 pm
Quietly Violet - Tin Cup - 9 pm
Scurvy Dogz - The Powerhouse - 9.45 pm
The Tragically Trip - EndZone Bar - 9.45 pm
Project Five - Club 77 - 10 pm
Sunday Noise - B-Side Social - 10 pm
Sunday April 13th
Blues & Brews - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 12 noon
Payadora Tango Ensemble - HCA Dance + Theatre - Sun 13th, 2 pm
Innisfree - Cat & Fiddle - 5.30 pm
Monday April 14th
Tuesday April 15th
Where’s the Tuesday Music Vibe Hamilton? - Check out regular Open Mics, Jams and Karaoke
Wednesday April 16th
Adam Ostrosser - Thirsty Cactus - 7.30 pm
Regular Open Mic’s & Jams
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Regular Karaoke
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🍽 Vibe Eats
Upcoming Events
🍔 Galaxy Burger - Grain & Grit - Thur 10th, 1 pm
🥪 Grilled Golden Eats - Aquanova Brewery - Thur 10th, 4 pm
🍻 Bellwoods Beer Tasting - Mosaic - Thur 10th, 7 pm
🌮 905Tacos - Aquanova Brewery - Fri 11th, 4 pm
🥪 Grilled Golden Eats - Grain & Grit - Fri 11th, 5 pm
🧑🌾 Ottawa Street Farmers Market - Season Opening - Sat 12th, 8 am
🥧 Pastry & Preserves: Historic Cooking Class - Dundurn Castle - Sat 12th, 10 am - $65
🍁 Maple Taps Fest - West Ave Cider - Sat 12th, 12 noon
🍕 Red Door Pizza - Grain & Grit - Sat 12th, 12 noon
🌮 Solkari Tapas - Aquanova Brewery - Sat 12th, 1 pm
🥟 Dumpling Making Demo - Wild Fork - Sat 12th, 4 pm
🌮 905Tacos - Steel Town Cider - Sat 12th, 4 pm
🫗 Gin Expo 2025 - The Right House - Sat 12th, 5 pm
🍷 Sip, Savour, Celebrate: Wine Tasting - Sasso Pizza Market & Bar - Sat 12th, 7 pm - $30
🍰 Gluten Free Goodness Expo - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Sun 13th, 10 am
🍕 Cherry Ghost Pizza - Aquanova Brewery - Sun 13th, 2 pm
🌕 Full Moon Party - Thaidelish - Sun 13th, 8 pm
🍣 Sushi Night for Women Entrepeneurs - Grain & Grit - Mon 14th, 7 pm
🍕Hamilton Pizza Tour 3 - 4 locations - Tue 15th, 12 noon - $85
🥟 Soup Dumpling Class - Gully Cafe - Tue 15th, 6.30 pm
🍩 Eclair Course Level 2 Choux Pastry - Chocolate Tales - Wed 16th, 6 pm
Discovering Food & Drinks
Greek City Grill - High Quality, Generous Portions
El Cabron Cantina - Family, Fresh, Flavourful
🚸 Kids Vibe
Upcoming Events
🪚 Build a Globe Planter - Home Depot - Sat 12th, 8.30 am
🎸 My Friend Christopher - Hamilton Farmers Market - Sat 12th, 10 am
🐐 Parent & Tot Yoga with Goats - Triple C Farm - Sat 12th, 10 am
🔍 Spring Fling Scavenger Hunt - Ancaster BIA - Sat 12th, 10 am
🪚 Build a Globe Planter - Home Depot - Sat 12th, 10.30 am
✏ Drop in Open Studio: Youth Arts Collective - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Wed 16th, 6.30 pm
Ongoing Events
🏊 Spring Swim & Gym Drop-In Schedules - City Rec Centres - to June 29th.
⛸ Drop-In Skate Programs - City Rec Centres - various days and times
🧱 Lego Dundas 2 - Dundas Museum - to June 28th
💪 Active Vibe
🐲 Dragon Boat Teams - Lively Dragon - Thur 10th, 6 pm
💃 Steel Swing Lesson & Social - Melrose Church - Thur 10th, 6.30 pm
🚶♂ Very Difficult Hike (5 hrs) - Hamilton Camino Pilgrims - Sat 12th, 8.30 am
🧹 Team Up to Clean Up - Victoria Park - Sat 12th, 10 am
🦅 WELO IBA Study - Hamilton Naturalists - Sat 12th, 10 am
🧘 Mindful Movement - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Sat 12th, 10 am
🚶 ICD Awareness Hike - Christie Conservation - Sat 12th, 11 am
🐐 Yoga with Goats - Triple C Farm - Sat 12th, 11.30 am
👢 Line Dancing Lessons - Collective Arts - Sat 12th, 7 pm
🏋♀️ Sweat & Social: Workout + Comedy - Leander Boat Club - Sat 12th, 7 pm
🚵♀ Knowledge Chain: Mountain Bike Basic Maintenance - Freewheel Cycle - Sun 13th, 10 am
🚶 Smokey Hollow Hike: Advanced 11.5 km - Happy Hikers Hamilton - Sun 13th, 10.15 am
🌲 Falkirk Forest Clean Up - Hamilton Naturalists - Sun 13th, 1 pm
🧘♀ Ecstatic Yoga with Twist and AllLoveUs - The Creative 905 - Mon 14th, 8 pm
💃 Intro to Lindy Hop Classes - Regent Health Centre - Wed 16th, 7.30 pm
Ongoing Events
Check out the Regular Vibe online for regular activities and fitness programs.
🎭 Vibe on Stage
🌈 Uncloseted Comedy - The Staircase - Thur 10th, 7 pm
🤣 Comedy Night - The Powerhouse - Thur 10th, 7.30 pm
🏳⚧️ Re-Emergence Tour - Hamilton Union Hall - Fri 11th, 4.30 pm
🎭 Rock Bottoms Up: Dinner Theatre - Rockton Fairgrounds - Fri 11th, 7 pm
💄 The Wiz of Oz is Wicked: Musical Revue Drag Show - The Staircase - Fri 11th, 7.30 pm
🤣 Vans Almost 40 Dark Comedy Tour - Lotos Bar - Fri 11th, 8 pm
🤣 Justin Shaw - Levity Comedy Club - Fri 11th, 8 pm
💄 Easter Kandi Circus Drag Show & Brunch - Vertagogo - Sat 12th, 12.30 pm
🩸 Murder Mystery Dinner - The Innsville - Sat 12th, 6.30 pm
🎭 Rock Bottoms Up: Dinner Theatre - Rockton Fairgrounds - Sat 12th, 7 pm
🤣 Grilled Cheese Day Comedy - Pub 36 on Hess - Sat 12th, 7 pm
💄 Feathers & Boas Drag Show - Southbrook Golf Club - Sat 12th, 7 pm
🤣 Justin Shaw - Levity Comedy Club - Sat 12th, 8 pm
🤸♀ Shen Yun - First Ontario Concert Hall - Tue 15th, 7.30 pm
🤸♀ Shen Yun - First Ontario Concert Hall - Wed 16th, 7.30 pm
🎤 Regular Comedy, Open Mics and Improv
Check out the Regular Vibe online for comedy open nights, improv classes and more.
🎭 Current Multi-Performances
Fully Committed - Theatre Aquarius - to Apr 12th
🎭 Upcoming Productions
Best of Billboard - Theatre Ancaster - April 18th
Buying the Moose - Binbrook Little Theatre - April 25th
Things I Know to Be True - Dundas Little Theatre - April 25th
Sequence - Village Theatre Waterdown - April 25th
Waitress - Theatre Aquarius - April 30th
Big Fish - Hamilton Theatre - May 9th
The Savannah Sipping Society - Players Guild - May 30th
🌺 Cultural Vibe
📚 Literature, Talks, Culture
📕 How to Survive a Bear Attack: Author Claire Cameron - Central Library - Thur 10th, 6.30 pm
🎤 Curator Talk: Caroline Shields & Julie Nash - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Thur 10th, 6.30 pm
🪶 Continuance: Immersive Commemoration - McMaster LiveLab - Fri 11th, 2.30 pm
🎤 Jackie Dives: Of Course This Hurts - Artist Talk - Rooneys - Fri 11th, 7 pm
📕 Strongbows Revenge Book Launch: Tim Ford - The Ale House - Sun 13th, 1 pm
🖋 Pages, Pens & Pints: gritLit - Mosaic - Sun 13th, 6 pm
🎤 Dr Stephen Lord: Suzanne Labarge Lecture in Aging - McMaster Innovation Park - Mon 14th, 12.30 pm
📚 Dual Book Launch: John Terpstra & Daniel Coleman - Shawn & Ed Brewing - Mon 14th, 7 pm
🎤 Georgian Bay Coastal Marshes & Biodiversity - Hamilton Naturalists - Mon 14th, 7.30 pm
💧 Protecting Our Streams - First Unitarian Church - Tue 15th, 7.30 pm
💜 All Things Lavender - Old Ancaster Town Hall - Tue 15th, 7.30 pm
🎤 The Future of the Past: How Tech is Changing Archeology - Fairweather Brewing - Wed 16th, 6.30 pm
🎬 Project Grizzly: Director & Filmmaker Q&A - The Playhouse - Wed 16th, 7 pm
💡 Creative, Crafts, Connection
🍄 Psychedelic Society Spring Social - McMaster Innovation Park - Thur 10th, 5 pm
💎 Wax Carving Workshop - Waterdown Goldsmith - Thur 10th, 6 pm
🍵 Sip & Clay: Gnome Mugs - The Handmade House - Thur 10th, 6 pm
🎨 Paint Nite - The Works, Upper James - Thur 10th, 6.30 pm
📷 Beginner Photography Class - Hamilton Photography Group - Sat 12th, 10 am
🪴 Design Your Own Pot With Mosaics - Terra, Waterdown - Sat 12th, 10.30 am
🎨 Paint Your Pet - Terra, Hamilton - Sat 12th, 1 pm
✏ Drawn In: Gallery Sketching McNicoll - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Sat 12th, 2 pm
🍺 Sip & Collage - Fairweather Brewing - Sun 13th, 1 pm - $20
🌺 Floral Art Workshop - The Alley - Sun 13th, 1 pm
👩🎨 Artists Open Studio - Westinghouse HQ - Sun 13th, 2 pm
💘 Speed Dating: Ages 19-28 - Cause & Effect - Tue 15th, 8 pm
💘 Speed Dating: Ages 19-40 - Thirsty Cactus - Wed 16th, 6 pm
🌼 Spring Table Centrepiece: Floral Workshop - St Thomas, Flamborough - Wed 16th, 6 pm
✏ Drop in Open Studio: Youth Arts Collective - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Wed 16th, 6.30 pm
🎨 Paint Nite - Mill St & 5 - Wed 16th, 7 pm
💐 Floral Art Workshop - Jitterbug Cafe - Wed 16th, 7 pm
🎨 Expressive Paint Night - Cotton Factory - Wed 16th, 7 pm
🛍 Markets, Fairs and Sales
👗 The Vintage Marketplace - Collective Arts - Fri 11th, 5 pm - $7
🖼 Pop Up Prix Fixe Art Sale & Show - Cotton Factory - Fri 11th, 5 pm
👩🎨 Art Crawl - James St North - Fri 11th, 5 pm
🛍 Books, Bites and Baubles - First Unitarian Church - Sat 12th, 9 am
📚 Used Books & DVD Sale - St Joseph’s Villa - Sat 11th, 10 am
💐 Spring Market - Ed Ciardullo Centre - Sat 12th, 10 am
👗 The Vintage Marketplace - Collective Arts - Sat 12th, 10 am - $7
💐 Spring Fling Market - Stoney Creeks Lions - Sat 12th, 10 am
👩🦰 Mom Market - Leander Boat Club - Sat 12th, 10 am
📚 Spring Book Fair & Crafters Market - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Sat 12th, 10.30 am
📀 Used Books & DVD Sale - St Joseph’s Villa - Sun 13th, 10 am
🖼 Current Exhibitions
Art Show - Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre - Sun 13th, 2 pm
Bore Holes: Laura Brandreth - Carnegie Gallery - to Apr 27th
State of Flux: Marla Panko - Carnegie Gallery - to Apr 27th
See / Saw - Ver Sands - Smokestack Gallery - to April 11th
What We Inherit - Workers Arts & Heritage Museum - Natalie Hunter and Heidi McKenzie - to April 12th
Summa 2025: Affirmations - McMaster Museum of Art from April 1st
The Feature - Earls Court Gallery - to April 26th
Hamilton Heritage Buildings - Back Alley Gallery - to April 27th
Greg Staats: Runners Continuum - Art Gallery of Hamilton - to May 18th
of and: Kevin Heslop & Leslie Putnam - Centre 3 - to May 30th
Student Art Show - Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre - to May 31st
Ascending Horizons - McMaster Museum of Art - Artists: KC Adams, Carrie Allison, Judy Anderson, Hannah Claus, Elizabeth Doxtater, Charlene Vickers, Marie Watt to June 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
Dogs of Dundas - Dundas Museum - to September 13th
The Shape of Curiosity - Art Gallery of Hamilton - to Dec 31st
🧑🎨 Upcoming Exhibitions
Laura Culic - Earls Court Gallery - May 1st
🎟 Regular Cultural Events & Permanent Exhibitions
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🏅 Vibe to Win
⚒ Warhammer Tournament - Black Knight Games - Sat 12th, 10 am
♦ Euchre Tournament - VSL Club - Sat 12th, 1 pm
⚽ Foosball Tournament - Portuguese Band Hall - Sat 12th, 7 pm
❓ Regular Trivia
Check out the Regular Vibe online for all the local trivia nights.
🔢 Regular Bingo
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♠ Regular Cards
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🎯 Regular Darts, Pool etc
Check out the Regular Vibe online for games and leagues.
🍸 Easter Cocktail/Mocktail Class - Hamilton Prop House - Apr 19th
🎼 Chicago: The Musical - First Ontario Concert Hall - Apr 22nd - From $65
📚gritLIT Readers & Writers Festival - Apr 23rd - 27th
🚺 Women With Passion & Purpose - Carmens - Apr 26th
💄 Body Positive Burlesque Workshops - The Move Room - April 26th
🛼 Hammer City Roller Derby - Opening Night - Coronation Arena - April 26th
🚵 Paris to Ancaster Bike Race - April 27th
📕 Try Hard Book Launch: Max Kerman - Odds Bar - April 27th
🎤 Hamilton Third Age Learning: Spring Series - The Westdale - April 30th
🤣 Giuseppe the MC: Dec’ Anni di Fanni Comedy Tour - Zoetic Theatre - May 2nd - $60
🍏 Cider Makers Dinner - West Avenue Cider - May 2nd, 7 pm
😵💫 Hypnotist Paul Anthony - Tracies - May 4th
🏫 Hamilton Youth Town Hall - City Hall - May 10th
🎼 A Whole New World: The Musical Magic of Alan Menken - Theatre Aquarius - May 22nd - $55
🥁 Epic Eagles - Ancaster Memorial Centre - May 23rd - $55
🪩 Bed by 10 pm Dance Party - Mansion - May 24th, 4 pm - $30
⛳ Golf4Life 2025 - The Mark Preece Family House - May 29th
💄 Ginger Minj: The Big Gay Cabaret - Theatre Aquarius - June 5th - $55
🎤 Jann Arden - First Ontario Concert Hall - June 6th - From $65
🍻 Because Beer: Craft Beer Festival - Pier 4 Park - Jun 11th & 12th
🎹 Chicago Transit Canada: Tribute - Theatre Aquarius - June 19th - $62.25
🔨 The Arkels: The Rally - Ti-Cat Stadium - Jun 21st - from $53
🎸 ZZ Top - First Ontario Concert Hall - June 22nd - From $75
🚸 The Wiggles - First Ontario Concert Hall - Jul 4th-6th - $50
🏀 Vibe Sports
🛼 Hammer City Roller Derby Info Night - Coronation Arena - Thur 10th, 7 pm
🎣 International Fly Fishing Film Fest - The Playhouse - Thur 10th, 7 pm
🚘 Drag Strip Memories - Canadian Warplane Museum - Sun 13th, 9 am
😇 Vibe for Good
🤯 Hyprov Show and Dinner - Good Shepherd - Thur 10th, 6.30 pm
⛵ Sailing School Fundraiser - Royal Hamilton Yacht Club - Sat 12th, 4 pm
🎟 Roll Up Your Sleeves - Workers Arts & Heritage Centre Fundraiser - Sat 12th, 7 pm
🎸 The Decent Blokes - Shawn & Ed Brewing for Cystic Fibrosis - Sat 12th, 7 pm
💐 Spring Fling Artisan Market Fundraiser - Franklin School - Sun 13th, 11 am
👗 Strutting Autism Acceptance Fashion Show - Marquis Gardens - Sun 13th, 11.30 am
⛳ Golf4Life 2025 - The Mark Preece Family House - May 29th
📸 Readers Vibe-ing
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