📆 Day by Day Vibe

Thursday April 24th

• 📚️ GritLIT Festival - Free, Ticketed, Weekend Passes - Author Talks, Panel Discussions, Workshops, Contents, Socials - Various locations - Thur 24th - Sun 27th

• 🖼️ Art Sale - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Thur 24th to Sun 27th

• 🎼 Broadway Hearts: Big Hearts Little Theatre - The Staircase - Thurs 24th - 27th

• 🩰 Dream to Dance - McIntryre Performing Arts Centre - Thur 24th - Sun 27th

• 🐄 Ontario Spring Discovery - Ancaster Fairgrounds - 9 am

• 👩‍🌾 Little Wigglers: Hamilton Children’s Museum - Hamilton Farmers Market - 10 am - Last Day

• 🍔 Galaxy Burger - Grain & Grit - 1 pm

• 🍪 Cinnysweets Cookies Pop Up - Aquanova Brewery - 4 pm

• 🎤 Breaking Through the Vault with Dwayne Morgan - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 4 pm

• 🥗 Holistic Health Workshop - Dundurn Market - 6 pm

• 💃 Swing Social - Melrose Church - 6.30 pm

• 🎨 Acrylic Paint Pour - Steel Town Cider - 6.30 pm

• 🎤 Leanne Betasamosake in Conversation - Playhouse - 7 pm - GritLIT Opening Night Event

• 🎬️ Reel Queens: Drag and Movie Mixer - Westdale - 7 pm

• 🇪🇸 Comedia Karaoke Espanol - Deja Vu - 8 pm

• 🤣 Down the Hill Comedy - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm

• 🎤 And Now the Field of Battle Was My Home - Flamborough Archives & Heritage Society - 8 pm

Friday April 25th

• 💃 Here & Now Dance Festival - McMaster University - Fri 25-27

• 🏒 Allan Cup Semi Finals - Harry Howell Arena - 3.30 pm and 7.30 pm

• 🖼️ Don Carr - Smokestack - Opening Night - 6 pm

• 🥪 Grilled Gold Eats - Grain & Grit - 5 pm

• 🥟 Tyger Tyger Bao - Steel Town Cider - 5 pm

• 🤠 Country Night & Line Dancing - Sette Cavalieri - 6 pm

• 🕺 Dance & Dine - Studio Zee - 6 pm

• 🖼️ Repurpose, Reconsider, Transformation and Renewal - CoWork at Cotton Factory - Opening Night: Artists: Beverly Allen, Mel W. Marshall, Patty Lynes - 6.30 pm

• 🍽️ Under a Starry Sky Gala: Chantal Keviazik - Charity of Hope - Carmen’s - 6.30 pm

• 🎤 Artist in Residence Talk: Emma Moeller - Co-Work - 7 pm

• 🖼️ Some Faraway Shore - The Cotton Factory - Opening night: Artist: Jacquie Oakley - 7 pm

• 🧠 Battle of the Brains - St Augustine’s Dundas - 7 pm

• ❓️ Trivia Night: Head of the Lake Historical Society - Dundurn Castle - 7.30 pm

• 👘 PJ Party - Waterdown Legion - 7.30 pm

• 🎤 Storytellers Open Mic - Centre for Talking Arts - 8 pm

• 🤣 Smooth Comedy w/Zach Berge - Staircase - 8 pm

• 📺️ TV Powerhang - Staircase - 8 pm

• 🤣 Chris Robinson - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm

Saturday April 26th

• 🥓 Community Breakfast: Optimist Club - Carlisle Ice Rink - 9 am

• 🚺️ Women With Passion & Purpose - Carmens - 9 am

• 🧹 Beautiful Alleyways: Pipeline Train Clean Up - 9 am

• 🚵‍♂️ Intro to Mountain Biking - Christie Lake - 9.30 am

• 🧠 Wellness at Whitehern: Historical Mental Health Tour - 10 am

• 📷️ Landscape Meet Up - Albion Falls - 10 am

• 🪡 Dundas Handmade Market - St James Church - 10 am

• 🧵 Spring Craft Market - St Michael’s Hungarian Hall - 10 am

• 🪑 Company’s Coming Pop Up Antique Market - The Yellow Farmhouse - 10 am

• 🍼 Bump, Baby & Toddler Expo - McMaster Innovation Park - 10 am

• 🚶 Chedoke Trail Waterfall Hike - Happy Hikers Hamilton - 10 am

• 🧹 Earth Day Clean Up - Shamrock Park - 10 am

• 🪙 All Hands on Deck - 541 Eatery - 10 am

• 📖 Derek Mascarenhas Story Time & Crafts - Hamilton Farmers Market - 10 am - GritLIT Event

• 🕯️ Candle Making Workshop - Green Ash - 10.30 am

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Fun Day - Downtown Stoney Creek - 11 am

• 📚️ A Treasure Trove of Stories: Finding Wonder in Rare Books & Archives w/Myron Groover - McMaster University - 11 am

• 👗 Hamilton Vintage Community Market - The Cotton Factory - 11 am

• 🫙 Indoor Rummage Sale - Mountain Kidz Club - 11 am

• 🪴 Plant Sale for Hamilton Art Fair - Cotton Factory - 12 noon

• 🔥 Wood Burning Workshop - Terra, Hamilton - 12 noon

• 🍕 Red Door Pizza - Grain & Grit - 12 noon

• 🍗 Spicy Wings Challenge - Aquanova Brewery - 12 noon

• 🍙 Onigiri Making Class - My Sweet Tooth - 1 pm

• 🖼️ Stagecraft - The Assembly - Closing Reception - 1 pm

• 🎨 Paint Your Own Stepping Stone - Home Hardware, Binbrook - 1 pm

• 🎵 The Knight at Dawn - The Gasworks - 1 pm and 3 pm

• ✏️ Drawn In: Gallery Sketching McNicoll - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 2 pm

• 🌼 Floral Arrangement Workshop - Fora Outdoor - 2 pm

• 💄 Body Positive Burlesque Workshops - The Move Room - 2 pm

• 🧜 PADI Discover Mermaid Course - Rec & Tek Scuba - 3 pm

• 🌊 Submarine Races - VSL Club - 3 pm

• 🏒 Allan Cup Championship Game - Harry Howell Arena - 3 pm

• 🎶 Hamilton Resonates: Hamilton Children’s Choir 50th Anniversary - First Ontario Concert Hall - 3 pm

• 🍔 Galaxy Burgers - Steel Town Cider - 4 pm

• 🛼 Hammer City Rollers: Season Openers - Coronation Arena - 5 pm and 7.30 pm

• 🍝 Jersey Girls 11th Spaghetti Dinner for Juravinski Hospital - Ancaster Fairgrounds - 6 pm

• 🐾 Hammer City Paws Rescue Fundraiser - Croatian Community Centre - 6 pm

• 🤼‍♂️ Ontario is for Lovers - Germania Club - 6.30 pm

• 🖼️ Radical Transformations- 486 Barton - Artists: Nate Ivanco, Lisa Pijuan-Nomura, Charlie Star, Drew Taylor, Dianne Twombly, and Albany Sutherland - 7 pm

• 🍷 Paint & Sip - Circle Studios - 7 pm

• 💀 Magic and Healing with Crystal Skulls - White Flame - 7 pm

• 👢 Line Dancing - Collective Arts - 7 pm

• 🤣 Comedy Night - Crooksy’s - 8 pm

• 🎤 Clubhouse Sessions Vol 1: Crowned and Rising - 2 King W - 8 pm

• 🤣 Chris Robinson - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm

Sunday April 27th

• 🚗 Road Runners Club Meet, Swap & Show - Ancaster Fairgrounds - 8 am

• 🧘 The Art of Being - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 9 am

• 🚵 Paris to Ancaster Bike Race - 9.30 am

• 🚲️ Cafe Cruise 1.0 - Happy Hikers Hamilton - 10 am

• 💇‍♀️ Shags & Layers 101 - Radiant - 10 am

• 🚶‍♀️ Waterdown Trail to Smokey Hollow Waterfall Women's Only Hike - Women’s North Collective - 10.30 am

• 👢 Line Dancing - YMCA Waterdown - 11.30 am

• 💄 Spice Drag Brunch - Betula - 12 noon

• 💄 Drag Brunch - The Powerhouse - 12 noon

• 📕 Try Hard Book Launch: Max Kerman - Odds Bar - 12 noon

• 🖼️ Charity Art Auction: Animal Adoptions Flamborough - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 1 pm

• 🍕 905 Hot Box Pizza - Steel Town Cider - 1 pm

• 🌈 Spring Fling Market - The Gasworks - 2 pm

• 🎶 To Be Is To Sing - Melrose Church - 2.30 pm

• 🥊 Combat Fighting - Dundas Legion - 2.30 pm

• 🩰 Turning Pointe: Ballet Masterclass - Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts - 3 pm

• 🎼 Spring Serenade: Dundas Conservatory of Music - St Paul’s Church - 3 pm

• 🎨 Paint Nite - Pub Fiction - 4 pm

• 🧛 Vampire The Masquerade: As Above, So Below - Unity Hall - 4 pm

• 👻 Ghost Walk: Hamilton’s Dark Secrets - Augusta Street - 5 pm

Monday April 28th

• 🥒 Feast On Mixer - Hamilton Visitor Centre - 5 pm

• 👯 First Time Trial Pole Dancing - Allure - 5.30 pm

• 🎬️ Revenge of the Earnest: Premiere Q&A with stars - Playhouse - 7 pm

• 🦉 Prairie Owls: Species at Risk - Great Horned Owl Management Strategies - Hamilton Naturalists - 7.30 pm

• ❓️ Two Brews Trivia - Aquanova Brewing - 7.30 pm - $20

• 🤣 Les Rires Continuent: Election Night Party - Centre for Talking Arts - 8 pm

• 🤣 Election Night Comedy Special - Hendrys Barbershop - 8 pm

Tuesday, April 29th

• 🩰 Strive Dance Competition - McIntyre Performing Arts Centre - 7 am

• 🪶 Mississaugas of the Credit: 13th Annual Gathering - Ancaster Fairgrounds - 9 am - Thur, May 1st

• 🍼 Stroller Strong Demo Workout Class - Gage Park - 10 am

• 🎨 Paint Nite - Boston Pizza, Ancaster - 6.30 pm

• 👵 Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue - First Ontario Concert Hall - 7.30 pm

Wednesday April 30th

•  🎤 Hamilton Third Age Learning: Spring Series - The Westdale - 10 am

• 🎼 Musically Speaking: Tchaikovsky and What Came After w/Abigail Richardson-Schulte - Westdale - 1 pm

• 🎵 Women in Music: Hamilton/Halton Chapter Launch - Co-Motion on King - 5 pm

• 💘 Speed Dating: Ages 19-25 - Thirsty Cactus - 6 pm

• 🖌️ Stone Dot Paint Night - Steel Town Cider - 6 pm

• ✏️ Clothed Life Drawing: Character & Costume - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 6.30 pm

• 🐶 Paint Your Pet Night - Boston Pizza, Waterdown - 7 pm

• 🥢 Asian Soup Making Class - Chocolate Tales - 7 pm

• 😻 Meow Mingle: Cat Owners & Lovers Social - Cotton Factory - 7.15 pm

• 💪 Building a More Resilient Body After 40 - Westdale - 7.30 pm

• 📼 Rewinders Video Club - The Farside - 9 pm

🎸 Live Music Vibe

Thursday April 24th

• Jazz Appreciation: The Hive - Dundas Library - 10.30 am

• Gerry Schaefer - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 6.30 pm

• John Atlee - Boiler & Whistle - 7 pm

• Tony Monaco - The Gasworks - 7 pm

• Cruelintent, Blank, Wound Up, Heat, Solsic - Doors Pub - 7.30 pm

• This Round’s on Me ft/Chelsea McWilliams, Rudy Gunn, Nicole Rayy, Peter Peres, Amber-Jo Bowman & Aldershot - Stonewalls - 7.30 pm

• Jon Bryant - Corktown, Upstairs - 7.30 pm

• Sarah Jayne Riley, Ellis in Transit, Gravely James, Dylan Ireland - Vertagogo - 8 pm

• Fascination Dark DJ - w/DJs: STELLA MAISE + MiMi / DRAG: POISON + LOWKEY LESTRANGE - Andthenyou - 10 pm

Friday April 25th

• Canuck Tunes - Paul Cafcae Band and Bernadette Connors - Cat & Fiddle - 12 noon

• Jazz Appreciation: Ida Pelliccioli - Central Library - 12 noon

• Jazz Appreciation: Darcy Hepner Quartet - Barton St Library - 2 pm

• Jazz Appreciation: Patti Payne Trio - Terryberry Library - 3.30 pm

• Frank & Dean Dinner Show - Innisville - 6 pm

• Christian Carlucci - Betula - 6.30 pm

• The Deep Dark Woods w/His and His, Ian James Bain - Collective Arts - 7 pm

• Deservedly So - Wing 447 - 7 pm

• Live Band Emo Karaoke - Absinthe - 7 pm

• JP Cormier - Dundas Legion - 7 pm

• Duelling Pianos - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 7 pm

• Copy Cat - Pub 36 on Hess - 7 pm

• The Parkdale Rebels, Eli Wells and Company - Clifford Brewing - 7 pm

• All Star Jazz Band w/Virginia Macdonald - Old Firehall - 7 pm

• Matthew James - Townhall Social Eatery - 7.30 pm

• Mike Blackborow - Slye Fox, Binbrook - 7.30 pm

• Monopoly - Mansion - 8 pm

• The Human Rights w/Blind Mule - Mills Hardware - 8 pm

• Dumb Crush, Boys Boys, No Beauty - Doors Pub - 8 pm

• The Practically Hip - The Columbus Club - 8 pm

• A Side B Side Project - Electric Diner - 8 pm

• Revelator (In Tribute and Electrified) ft/Aaron Goldstein, Cam Malcolm, Charlotte Cornfield, and Matt Perpick. With sg Michael Antelope - Ooey Gooeys - 8 pm

• Not Another 90’s Party ft/The Commandos, Sandra Bouza, DJ Party Jesus - Stonewalls - 8 pm

• Jasmine T Band - Pub Fiction - 8.30 pm

• Blurred Vision - Prime Time Sports Bar - 8.30 pm

• Noel Yousie - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm

• Benson and the Hedges - Ye Olde Squire, Fennell - 8.30 pm

• Free Under Fire - Corktown, Main Stage - 9 pm

• The Regulars, Mollolly, First Response, The Commune - Corktown, Upstairs - 9 pm

• Brisco’s Blues Revue Band - Cat & Fiddle - 9 pm

• John Atlee Band - Come by Chance - 9 pm

• Dan Dyer - Elements Casino - 9 pm

• Eddie Paton - Hamilton Prop House - 9 pm

• Orangemen - EndZone Bar - 9.30 pm

• Fiction - The Powerhouse - 9.45 pm

• Shyster - B-Side Social - 10 pm

• Places.Wav Collective - Andthenyou - 10 pm

Saturday April 26th

• Blues & Roots: The Coachmen w/sg Dave Rave - Coach & Lantern - 1 pm

• John DeMarchi - Stoney Creek Legion - 2 pm

• Jasmine T Band - Come by Chance - 3 pm

• Sean McCurley - Steel Town Cider - 4 pm

• Hamilton Rockers Softball 10th Anniversary Jam - Clifford Brewing - 6 pm

• Friends of Justine w/Mary Simon, Matty Simpson, Spencer Mackenzie - Selo Cafe - 7 pm

• Dodge’s Point, Lazy & The Slang, Billy and the Crystals - Bright Room - 7 pm

• Ken Musson - Mountain Legion - 7 pm

• DJ Yesii and Jonny - Studio G - 7.30 pm

• Ranger - Slye Fox, Binbrook - 7.30 pm

• Yogi Turgeon - Townhall Social Eatery - 7.30 pm

• Mike deDrummer - Buddy’s Roadhouse - 8 pm

• Mental Infliction, Yung Scumz, Welland Wasted, Verstigio, Pests - Ooey Gooeys - 8 pm

• Spectra w/Daniel Walton and the Dreamland Band, McBrown, and The Isosceles Project - Doors Pub - 8 pm

• Smoothapalooza 5: The La5t Supper: Rare Candyz, 3-R, Pink Daytona, LTtheMonk, Hoss Bowman, Smoothie Lou - Mills Hardware - 8 pm

• Eliza Niemi, Sarah Good, Advance Base - Into the Abyss - 8 pm

• Dial Up the 90’s - Pub Fiction - 8.30 pm

• Darlington Underground - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm

• Whiskey Chasers - Cat & Fiddle - 9 pm

• Tyrone Parsons - Mansion - 9 pm

• Havana Night w/K’Bola Band and DJ Mr G - Stonewalls - 9 pm

• Lo-Fi, Obnoxious - Absinthe - 9 pm

• Dean & Tweeds - Come by Chance - 9 pm

• Embrace - Mill Street & 5 - 9 pm

• Chris Chambers - Hamilton Prop House - 9 pm

• Channel - Stop Bar - 9.30 pm

• Rock of Ages - The Powerhouse - 9.45 pm

• Jamazon - B-Side Social - 10 pm

• DJ Cruze - Seventy Seven - 10 pm

• Str8 Dancehall ft/LTL - Zen Lounge - 11 pm

Sunday April 27th

• Hamilton Emo Afternoon: Holly Acres, Wasting Time, Galaxy Drive, Streets to Ourselves - Vertagogo - 1 pm

• Brant Parker Boiler Blues Band w/sg - Boiler & Whistle - 2 pm

• Lucas Stagg - Clifford Brewing - 2 pm

• Lionel Bernard - Stoney Creek Legion - 2 pm

• Kickin’ Strings - Mill St & 5 - 2 pm

• Hell Bent Rockers - Stonewalls - 3 pm

• Innisfree - Cat & Fiddle - 5.30 pm

• Chris Murphy - Mills Hardware - 8 pm

Monday April 28th

• Jazz Appreciation: Trout Lily - Binbrook Library - 1 pm

Tuesday April 29th

• Terra Spencer w/Rory Taillon - Mills Hardware - 8 pm

• Techno Tuesday: Trema - Andthenyou - 10 pm

Wednesday April 30th

• Jazz Appreciation: Guitar of Fire Trio - Red Hill Library - 12 noon

• The Caverners Beatles Tribute - Carmens - 5.30 pm

• First Open Jam of 2025 - Main Stage - 7 pm

• Queen Tribute - First Ontario Concert Hall - 8 pm

• Che Aimee Dorval, Orchidae - Mills Hardware - 8 pm

Regular Music Sets, Open Mics & James, Karaoke

Check out the Regular Vibe online for regular acts and music sets, Open Mic’s and Jams and Karaoke.

🍽️ Vibe Eats

Upcoming Events

• 🍔 Galaxy Burger - Grain & Grit - Thur 24th, 1 pm

• 🍪 Cinnysweets Cookies Pop Up - Aquanova Brewery - Thur 24th, 4 pm

• 🥗 Holistic Health Workshop - Dundurn Market - Thur 24th, 6 pm

• 🥟 Tyger Tyger Bao - Steel Town Cider - Fri 25th, 5 pm

• 🥪 Grilled Gold Eats - Grain & Grit - Fri 25th, 5 pm

• 🥓 Community Breakfast: Optimist Club - Carlisle Ice Rink - Sat 26th, 9 am

• 🍕 Red Door Pizza - Grain & Grit - Sat 26th, 12 noon

• 🍗 Spicy Wings Challenge - Aquanova Brewery - Sat 26th, 12 noon

• 🍙 Onigiri Making Class - My Sweet Tooth - Sat 26th, 1 pm

• 🍔 Galaxy Burgers - Steel Town Cider - Sat 26th, 4 pm

• 🍕 905 Hot Box Pizza - Steel Town Cider - Sun 27th, 1 pm

• 🥒 Feast On Mixer - Hamilton Visitor Centre - Mon 28th, 5 pm

• 🥢 Asian Soup Making Class - Chocolate Tales - Wed 30th, 7 pm

Discovering Food & Drinks

• Mystic Ramen - Family Roots, Deep Flavour, and a Downtown Vibe

• Greek City Grill - High Quality, Generous Portions

• El Cabron Cantina - Family, Fresh, Flavourful

🧑‍🌾 Local Farmers Markets

• Ancaster - Memorial Arts Centre - every Wednesday from June 4 until October 8, from 3-7 PM

• Barton Village - Powell Park - 2nd & 4th Sundays, June - October

• Binbrook - Binbrook Fairgrounds - monthly Saturday, May - August, 9 am to 1 pm

• Dundas - Hatt St/Millers Lane - June - October, every Thursday 2-6 pm

• Durand - Central Presbyterian Church - every Wednesday starting May 30th, 3 - 7 pm

• Locke Street - Locke & Herkimer - every Saturday, May to Nov, 9 am to 12 noon

• McQueston - Biindigen Hub - every Saturday, from July 5th - Nov, 8 am - 12 noon

• Ottawa Street - Britannia St Lot - every Saturday, April 6th - December 28th, 8 am - 2 pm

• Waterdown - Royal Canadian Legion - every Saturday, end of May to mid-October, 8 am - 1 pm

• Westdale Village - King St W & Marion Ave - every Tuesday, June to October, 2-7 pm

🚸 Kids Vibe

Upcoming Events

• 👩‍🌾 Little Wigglers: Hamilton Children’s Museum - Hamilton Farmers Market - Thur 24th, 10 am - Last Day

• 👘 PJ Party - Waterdown Legion - Fri 25th, 7.30 pm

• 🍼 Bump, Baby & Toddler Expo - McMaster Innovation Park - Sat 26th, 10 am

• 📖 Derek Mascarenhas Story Time & Crafts - Hamilton Farmers Market - Sat 26th, 10 am - gritLIT Event

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Fun Day - Downtown Stoney Creek - Sat 26th, 11 am

• 📚️ A Treasure Trove of Stories: Finding Wonder in Rare Books & Archives w/Myron Groover - McMaster University - Sat 26th, 11 am

• 🎨 Paint Your Own Stepping Stone - Home Hardware, Binbrook - Sat 26th, 1 pm

• 🧜 PADI Discover Mermaid Course - Rec & Tek Scuba - Sat 26th, 3 pm

• 🍼 Stroller Strong Demo Workout Class - Gage Park - Tue 29th, 10 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

• 🧱 Lego Dundas 2 - Dundas Museum - to June 28th

💪 Active Vibe

• 💃 Swing Social - Melrose Church - Thur 24th, 6.30 pm

• 🤠 Country Night & Line Dancing - Sette Cavalieri - Fri 25th, 6 pm

• 🕺 Dance & Dine - Studio Zee - Fri 25th, 6 pm

• 🧹 Beautiful Alleyways: Pipeline Train Clean Up - Sat 26th, 9 am

• 🚵‍♂️ Intro to Mountain Biking - Christie Lake - Sat 26th, 9.30 am

• 🚶 Chedoke Trail Waterfall Hike - Happy Hikers Hamilton - Sat 26th, 10 am

• 🧹 Earth Day Clean Up - Shamrock Park - Sat 26th, 10 am

• 💄 Body Positive Burlesque Workshops - The Move Room - Sat 26th, 2 pm

• 👢 Line Dancing - Collective Arts - Sat 26th, 7 pm

• 🚵 Paris to Ancaster Bike Race - Sun 27th, 9.30 am

• 🚲️ Cafe Cruise 1.0 - Happy Hikers Hamilton - Sun 27th, 10 am

• 🚶‍♀️ Waterdown Trail to Smokey Hollow Waterfall Women's Only Hike - Women’s North Collective - Sun 27th, 10.30 am

• 👢 Line Dancing - YMCA Waterdown - Sun 27th, 11.30 am

• 👻 Ghost Walk: Hamilton’s Dark Secrets - Augusta Street - Sun 27th, 5 pm

• 👯 First Time Trial Pole Dancing - Allure - Mon 28th, 5.30 pm

• 🏋️‍♀️ Stroller Strong Demo Workout Class - Gage Park - Tue 29th, 10 am

• 💪 Building a More Resilient Body After 40 - Westdale - Wed 30th, 7.30 pm

Ongoing Events

• 🐟️ Discovery at the Fishway - Cootes Paradise - Apr M-F, 8 am and 2.30 pm

Check out the Regular Vibe online for regular activities and fitness programs.

🎭️ Vibe on Stage

• 🎼 Broadway Hearts: Big Hearts Little Theatre - The Staircase - Thurs 24th - 27th

• 🩰 Dream to Dance - McIntryre Performing Arts Centre - Thur 24th - Sun 27th

• 🎬️ Reel Queens: Drag and Movie Mixer - Westdale - Thur 24th, 7 pm

• 🇪🇸 Comedia Karaoke Espanol - Deja Vu - Thur 24th, 8 pm

• 🤣 Down the Hill Comedy - Levity Comedy Club - Thur 24th, 8 pm

• 🎤 Storytellers Open Mic - Centre for Talking Arts - Fri 25th, 8 pm

• 🤣 Smooth Comedy w/Zach Berge - Staircase - Fri 25th, 8 pm

• 💃 Here & Now Dance Festival - McMaster University - Fri 25-27

• 🤣 Chris Robinson - Levity Comedy Club - Fri 25th, 8 pm

• 🎵 The Knight at Dawn - The Gasworks - Sat 26th, 1 pm and 3 pm

• 🎶 Hamilton Resonates: Hamilton Childrens Choir 50th Anniversary - First Ontario Concert Hall - Sat 26th, 3 pm

• 🤣 Comedy Night - Crooksy’s - Sat 26th, 8 pm

• 🤣 Chris Robinson - Levity Comedy Club - Sat 26th, 8 pm

• 💄 Spice Drag Brunch - Betula - Sun 27th, 12 noon

• 💄 Drag Brunch - The Powerhouse - Sun 27th, 12 noon

• 🎶 To Be Is To Sing - Melrose Church - Sun 27th, 2.30 pm

• 🩰 Turning Pointe: Ballet Masterclass - Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts - Sun 27th, 3 pm

• 🎼 Spring Serenade: Dundas Conservatory of Music - St Paul’s Church - Sun 27th, 3 pm

• 🤣 Les Rires Continuent: Election Night Party - Centre for Talking Arts - Mon 28th, 8 pm

• 🤣 Election Night Comedy Special - Hendrys Barbershop - Mon 28th, 8 pm

• 🩰 Strive Dance Competition - McIntyre Performing Arts Centre - Tue 29th, 7 am

• 👵 Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue - First Ontario Concert Hall - Tue 29th, 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

• Fertility - Theatre Aquarius - Apr 24th - 27th

• Buying the Moose - Binbrook Little Theatre - Apr 25th - May 10th

• Things I Know to Be True - Dundas Little Theatre - Apr 25th - May 11th

• Sequence - Village Theatre Waterdown - Apr 25th - May 11th

• Waitress - Theatre Aquarius - Apr 30th - May 17th

• Best of Billboard - Theatre Ancaster - to May 4th

🎭️ Upcoming Productions

• Big Fish - Hamilton Theatre - May 9th

• One Good Marriage - Big Hearts Little Theatre - May 9th

• Mary Poppins: Musical - Glendale HS Arts Program - May 30th

• The Savannah Sipping Society - Players Guild - May 30th

🌺 Cultural Vibe

📚️ Literature, Talks, Culture

• 📚️ gritLIT Festival - Free, Ticketed, Weekend Passes - Author Talks, Panel Discussions, Workshops, Contents, Socials - Various locations - Thur 24th - Sun 27th

• 🖼️ Art Sale - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Thur 24th to Sun 27th

• 🎤 Breaking Through the Vault with Dwayne Morgan - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Thur 24th, 4 pm

• 🎤 Leanne Betasamosake in Conversation - Playhouse - Thur 24th, 7 pm - gritLIT Opening Night Event

• 🎤 And Now the Field of Battle Was My Home - Flamborough Archives & Heritage Society - Thur 24th, 8 pm

• 🖼️ Don Carr - Smokestack - Opening Night - Fri 25th, 6 pm

• 🖼️ Repurpose, Reconsider, Transformation and Renewal - CoWork at Cotton Factory - Opening Night: Artists: Beverly Allen, Mel W. Marshall, Patty Lynes - Fri 25th, 6.30 pm

• 🎤 Artist in Residence Talk: Emma Moeller - Co-Work - Fri 25th, 7 pm

• 🖼️ Some Faraway Shore - The Cotton Factory - Opening night: Artist: Jacquie Oakley - Fri 25th, 7 pm

• 🚺️ Women With Passion & Purpose - Carmens - Sat 26th, 9 am

• 🧠 Wellness at Whitehern: Historical Mental Health Tour - Sat 26th, 10 am

• 📷️ Landscape Meet Up - Albion Falls - Sat 26th, 10 am

• 🖼️ Stagecraft - The Assembly - Closing Reception - Sat 26th, 1 pm

• 🖼️ Radical Transformations- 486 Barton - Artists: Nate Ivanco, Lisa Pijuan-Nomura, Charlie Star, Drew Taylor, Dianne Twombly, and Albany Sutherland - Sat 26th, 7 pm

• 🎤 Clubhouse Sessions Vol 1: Crowned and Rising - 2 King W - Sat 26th, 8 pm

• 📕 Try Hard Book Launch: Max Kerman - Odds Bar - Sun 27th, 12 noon

• 🎬️ Revenge of the Earnest: Premiere Q&A with stars - Playhouse - Mon 28th, 7 pm

• 🎬️ Revenge of the Earnest: Premiere Q&A with stars - Playhouse - Mon 28th, 7 pm

• 🦉 Prairie Owls: Species at Risk - Great Horned Owl Management Strategies - Hamilton Naturalists - Mon 28th, 7.30 pm

• 🪶 Mississaugas of the Credit: 13th Annual Gathering - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Tue 29th, 9 am - Thur May 1st

• 🎤 Hamilton Third Age Learning: Spring Series - The Westdale - Wed 30th, 10 am

• 🎼 Musically Speaking: Tchaikovsky and What Came After w/Abigail Richardson-Schulte - Westdale - Wed 30th, 1 pm

💡 Creative, Crafts, Connection

• 🎨 Acrylic Paint Pour - Steel Town Cider - Thur 24th, 6.30 pm

• 🕯️ Candle Making Workshop - Green Ash - Sat 26th, 10.30 am

• 🔥 Wood Burning Workshop - Terra, Hamilton - Sat 26th, 12 noon

• ✏️ Drawn In: Gallery Sketching McNicoll - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Sat 26th, 2 pm

• 🌼 Floral Arrangement Workshop - Fora Outdoor - Sat 26th, 2 pm

• 🍷 Paint & Sip - Circle Studios - Sat 26th, 7 pm

• 💀 Magic and Healing with Crystal Skulls - White Flame - Sat 26th, 7 pm

• 🧘 The Art of Being - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Sun 27th, 9 am

• 💇‍♀️ Shags & Layers 101 - Radiant - Sun 27th, 10 am

• 🎨 Paint Nite - Pub Fiction - Sun 27th, 4 pm

• 🎨 Paint Nite - Boston Pizza, Ancaster - Tue 29th, 6.30 pm

• 🎵 Women in Music: Hamilton/Halton Chapter Launch - Co-Motion on King - Wed 30th, 5 pm

• 💘 Speed Dating: Ages 19-25 - Thirsty Cactus - Wed 30th, 6 pm

• 🖌️ Stone Dot Paint Night - Steel Town Cider - Wed 30th, 6 pm

• ✏️ Clothed Life Drawing: Character & Costume - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Wed 30th, 6.30 pm

• 🐶 Paint Your Pet Night - Boston Pizza, Waterdown - Wed 30th, 7 pm

• 😻 Meow Mingle: Cat Owners & Lovers Social - Cotton Factory - Wed 30th, 7.15 pm

• 📼 Rewinders Video Club - The Farside - Wed 30th, 9 pm

🛍️ Markets, Fairs and Sales

• 🐄 Ontario Spring Discovery - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Thur 24th, 9 am

• 📺️ TV Powerhang - Staircase - Fri 25th, 8 pm

• 🪡 Dundas Handmade Market - St James Church - Sat 26th, 10 am

•  🍼 Bump, Baby & Toddler Expo - McMaster Innovation Park - Sat 26th, 10 am

• 🧵 Spring Craft Market - St Michael’s Hungarian Hall - Sat 26th, 10 am

• 🪑 Company’s Coming Pop Up Antique Market - The Yellow Farmhouse - Sat 26th, 10 am

• 👗 Hamilton Vintage Community Market - The Cotton Factory - Sat 26th, 11 am

• 🫙 Indoor Rummage Sale - Mountain Kidz Club - Sat 26th, 11 am

• 🚗 Road Runners Club Meet, Swap & Show - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Sun 27th, 8 am

• 🌈 Spring Fling Market - The Gasworks - Sun 27th, 2 pm

🖼️ Current Exhibitions

• Bore Holes: Laura Brandreth - Carnegie Gallery - to Apr 27th

• State of Flux: Marla Panko - Carnegie Gallery - to Apr 27th

• Summa 2025: Affirmations - McMaster Museum of Art from Apr 1st

• The Feature - Earls Court Gallery - to Apr 26th

• Hamilton Heritage Buildings - Back Alley Gallery - to Apr 27th

• Stagecraft - Assembly Gallery - to Apr 29th

• Greg Staats: Runners Continuum - Art Gallery of Hamilton - to May 18th

• Don Carr - Smokestack - Apr 25th - May 23rd

• Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey - Art Gallery of Hamilton - to May 25th

• Repurpose, Reconsider, Transformation and Renewal - CoWork at Cotton Factory - Artists: Beverly Allen, Mel W. Marshall, Patty Lynes - Apr 25th - May 25th

• Some Faraway Shore - The Cotton Factory - Artist: Jacquie Oakley - Apr 25th - May 25th

• 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 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

• Dogs of Dundas - Dundas Museum - to Sept 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

• 🧠 Battle of the Brains - St Augustine’s Dundas - Fri 25th, 7 pm

• ❓️ Trivia Night: Head of the Lake Historical Society - Dundurn Castle - Fri 25th, 7.30 pm

• 🌊 Submarine Races - VSL Club - Sat 26th, 3 pm

• 🧛 Vampire The Masquerade: As Above, So Below - Unity Hall - Sun 27th, 4 pm

• ❓️ Two Brews Trivia - Aquanova Brewing - Mon 28th, 7.30 pm - $20

❓️ Regular Trivia

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🔢 Regular Bingo

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♠️ Regular Cards

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🎯 Regular Darts, Pool etc

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📡 Upcoming Vibe

• ✍️ Sketchy Comedy Workshop Series - The Staircase - May 1st

• 🤣 Jack Goes to Therapy: A (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy: Zac Williams - The Staircase - May 2nd - 4th

• 🤣 Giuseppe the MC: Dec’ Anni di Fanni Comedy Tour - Zoetic Theatre - May 2nd - $60

• 🍏 Cider Makers Dinner - West Avenue Cider - May 2nd, 7 pm

• 🍻 Made in Ontario Craft Beer Festival - Grain & Grit - May 3rd

• 😵‍💫 Hypnotist Paul Anthony - Tracies - May 4th

• 🎭️ Improv Games Day - The Staircase - May 10th

• 🏫 Hamilton Youth Town Hall - City Hall - May 10th

• 📗 Author Talk: Robert Rotenberg - Central Library - May 15th

• 🎼 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

• 🐾 Paw Patrol - First Ontario Concert Hall - May 24th & 25th

• ⛳️ Golf4Life 2025 - The Mark Preece Family House - May 29th

• 🍕 Hamilton Pizza Tour #4 - June 2nd

• 💄 Ginger Minj: The Big Gay Cabaret - Theatre Aquarius - June 5th - $55

• 🎐 Plein Air Festival - Across the City - June 5th to 8th

• 🎤 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

• 🧑‍🌾 Farm Crawl - Various Locations - June 21st - from $17.50

• 🔨 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

• 📕 Evening with Margaret Atwood: Interval House - Nov 25th

🏀 Vibe Sports

• 🏒 Allan Cup Semi Finals - Harry Howell Arena - Fri 25th, 3.30 pm and 7.30 pm

• 🏒 Allan Cup Championship Game - Harry Howell Arena - Sat 26th, 3 pm

• 🛼 Hammer City Rollers: Season Openers - Coronation Arena - Sat 26th, 5 pm and 7.30 pm

• 🤼‍♂️ Ontario is for Lovers - Germania Club - Sat 26th, 6.30 pm

• 🚵 Paris to Ancaster Bike Race - Sun 27th, 9.30 am

• 🥊 Combat Fighting - Dundas Legion - Sun 27th, 2.30 pm

😇 Vibe for Good 

• 🍽️ Under a Starry Sky Gala: Chantal Keviazik - Charity of Hope - Carmen’s - Fri 25th, 6.30 pm

• 🪙 All Hands on Deck - 541 Eatery - Sat 26th, 10 am

• 🪴 Plant Sale for Hamilton Art Fair - Cotton Factory - Sat 26th, 12 noon

• 🍝 Jersey Girls 11th Spaghetti Dinner for Juravinski Hospital - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Sat 26th, 6 pm

• 🐾 Hammer City Paws Rescue Fundraiser - Croatian Community Centre - Sat 26th, 6 pm

• 🖼️ Charity Art Auction: Animal Adoptions Flamborough - Shawn & Ed Brewing - Sun 27th, 1 pm

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