The Vibe Hamilton - Jan 9th - 15th
Discover the unexpected – the comprehensive, clickable events list.
🔨 Things to do in Hamilton - Jan 9th - 15th
Hello Neighbours!
Despite the cold weather, the event scene is starting to warm up.
If you want to try some new events in Hamilton this year, why not take improv lessons with three to choose from at The Staircase, release your inner creativity with an expressive paint night, or learn to play mahjong?
For those looking to be a little more active, take yourself back to high school with a game of dodgeball, learn to salsa dance or take a bellydance lesson.
Feeling extra adventurous? If you don’t mind the cold weather and love Hamilton waterfalls, you can try ice climbing at Tiffany Falls.
Our comprehensive, clickable list still has all your other favourite events, including over 50 live music acts this week, plus trivia nights, concerts, live performances, comedy and so much more. Take a scroll through this week’s issue.
Have a great week Vibeing.
~ Paul - ❤️

P.S. Don’t forget to plan ahead with the On Our Radar section. Some popular events in Hamilton in February and March are already filling up.

Table of Contents

Thursday January 9th
🧒 Little Wigglers - Children’s Museum @Hamilton Farmers Market - 10 am
🔢 Drag Bingo & Talent Performance - Pub 36 - 7 pm - $5
🔢 Bingo w/Noelle - The Farside - 7 pm
🤣 Yuk Yuks Comedy Night - The Powerhouse - 7.30 pm - $20
❓️ Trivia Night - Thirsty Cactus - 8 pm
Friday January 10th
🎨 Art Crawl - James St North - from 5 pm
🍃 Cinq a Sept Social - Better Than Bouquets - 5 pm - $10
💃 Intro to Salsa - Zee Studio - 6 pm - $160
🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Tribute to Abba - The Westdale - 6.30 pm - from $41
🩸 Murder Mystery Dinner - The Innsville - 6.30 pm
🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Best of Bridgerton on Strings - Cotton Factory - 6.30 pm - $70
📖 La Passeggiata - Walk & Reading - Sicilia Canta Canada - 7 pm
🎼 Pretty Woman: The Musical - First Ontario Concert Hall - 8 pm - $115
🤣 Craig Fay - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm - $20
🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Best of Hans Zimmer - The Westdale - 8.45 pm - from $41
🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Best of Bridgerton on Strings - Cotton Factory - 8.45 pm - From $45
🎤 Karaoke - Architect Hair Design - 9 pm
Saturday January 11th
🎭️ For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow: Immersive Theatre Experience - Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology - 9.30 am - $150
❄️ Winter Market - Connon Nurseries, Waterdown - 10 am
🕷️ Breakfast with Spiderman - Southcote 53 - 10 am - $23
🎵 My Friend Christopher - Kids Concert - Hamilton Farmers Market - 10.30 am
👰 Wedding Show - Ancaster Fairgrounds - 11 am
🎨 Vision 2025 - Meditative Art Workshop - Millworks Creative Studios - 11.30 am - $50
😢 Grief in Motion - Journey Home - 12 noon - By donation
💄 Emo + Pop Punk Drag Brunch - Bernies Tavern - 12 noon
🧘♀️ Illuminate 2025: Vision & Soul Workshop - Journey Home - 1 pm - From $100
🎹 Pastoral Piano Quartets - First Unitarian Church - 3 pm - $20
🀄️ Mahjong for Beginners - Crown & Press - 5.30 pm
🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons - The Westdale - 6.30 pm - from $41
🎙️ Visiting Qausuittuq National Park in the Canadian Arctic - The Hamilton Association - 7.30 pm
🤣 Craig Fay - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm - $20
🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Tribute to Abba - The Westdale - 8.45 pm - from $41
🕯️ Candlelight Concert: Best of Bridgerton on Strings - Cotton Factory - 8.45 pm - From $63.50
Sunday January 12th
🪶 Let’s Go Birding for Beginners - Royal Botanical Gardens - 9 am - $20
💃 Bachata Partner Dance Lessons - Zee Studio - 10.30 am - $160
🥒 Kimchi Making Class - Dundurn Market - 11 am - $55
🏈 Bills Tailgate Party - Handsome Daves Neighbourhood Bar - 11 am
🕺 Beginner Salsa Lesson - Zee Studio - 11.30 am - $20
🐶 Puppy Yoga - Yoga Kawa - 11.30 am - $55
💄 Drag Brunch w/Kenadie St James - The Powerhouse - 12 noon
🧘 Release & Renew Yoga Retreat - Dundas Yoga - 1 pm - $115
Monday January 13th
🏳️🌈 Monday Mingle - Vertagogo - 6 pm
🖌️ Paint Nite - Boston Pizza Main St W - 6.30 pm - $39
🎭️ Basics of Improv - The Staircase - 7 pm - $10
🎤 What Do Rivers Want: Natural Stream Channel Design - Hamilton Naturalists - 7.30 pm
❓️ Trivia Night - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
Tuesday January 14th
📰 Collage Night - Collective Arts - 6 pm
🍷 Sip and Paint - Binbrook Pizza - 6.30 pm - $55
❓️ Trivia Night - The Powerhouse - 7.29 pm
❓️ Trivia Night - Southcote 53 - 7.29 pm
Wednesday January 15th
✏️ Youth Arts Collective Drop-in Open Studio - Art Gallery of Hamilton - 6.30 pm
🎭️ Scenes & Notes - Improv Drop In - The Staircase - 7 pm - $10
🎵 Music Bingo - Collective Arts - 7 pm
❓️ Trivia Night - Cat & Fiddle - 7 pm
🖌️ Expressive Paint Night - Cotton Factory - 7 pm - $50
❓️ Trivia Night - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 7 pm
🤣 Amateur Night - Levity Comedy Club - 8 pm - $5
❓️ Trivia Night - Pub Fiction - 8 pm
🤣 Token Mike Comedy Night - Merck Snack Bar - 8.30 pm - $10

Learn about your City, and be active at the same time
🪶 Let’s Go Birding for Beginners - Royal Botanical Gardens - Jan 12th - 9 am - $20
🦆 Lake Ontario Duck Count - Hamilton Naturalists - Jan 12th
🚶♀️ Guided Nature Walk - Better Than Bouquets - Jan 13th - 4 pm - $5
🤾 Dodgeball Leagues - Women’s, Co-Ed & Youth - Various locations and days - $90
⛏️ Ice Climbing - Tiffany Falls - Hamilton Conservation Authority
⛸️ Outdoor Ice Skating - Various City Locations - Daily
⛳️ Winter Golf - Chedoke’s Martin Golf Course - Daily - $25
🪩 Disc Golf - King’s Forest Golf Course - Daily - From $7
❄️ Snowshoe Trails - Christie Lake, Dundas Valley, King’s Forest Golf Course - Daily
🏒 Outdoor Skate - RBG, Princess Point - Daily - $ Car Parking

📸 What did you Vibe over the holidays? Snap a picture? We are seeking photos of local events to feature here. Send us yours, including date & event details, by email to: [email protected]
And please tell your friends about The Vibe - like Fred did - so we can let more people know about all the great things happening in Hamilton.


Some events coming up, 2 weeks to a few months out, that you might be interested in;
🔮 Psychic and Crystal Fair - Hamilton Air Force Assoc. - Jan 17th-19th - $10
🎭️ Kiss Me Kate - Theatre Ancaster - Jan 17th - 19th
💕 Speed Dating - Ages 27-38 - Steel Town Cider - Jan 17th - $40
🎭️ The Catering Queen - Players Guild - Jan 17th - Feb 1st
🔥 Hot Sauce Expo - 3rd Floor, Right Building - Jan 18th, 12 noon - $5
🍗 The Art of Poultry Butchery - J Waldron Butchers - Jan 22nd - $175
📖 In Conversation with David A. Robertson - Playhouse Cinema - Jan 23rd - From $10
🎭️ Much Ado About Nothing - Dundas Little Theatre - Jan 24th - Feb 9th
🧗 Hamilton Adventure Expo - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Jan 25th - 10 am
🤣 First Wives Comedy Club - Shawn & Ed Brewing - Jan 25th - 8 pm - $30
☕️ Just Java - Bridgeworks - Jan 26th - 10 am - From $20
👰 Wedding Expo - Michaelangelos Banquet Hall - Jan 26th - 11 am
🍺 In the Dead of Winter Beer Dinner & Celebration 2025 - Merit Brewing - Jan 26th - 6 pm - $99
🥣 Cooking Classes - Burnt Tongue, Westdale - Jan 27th - $65
🚌 The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System - McIntyre Performing Arts Centre - Jan 31st - 10 am - $12
🍃 Seedy Saturday - Seed Exchange - Central Library - Feb 1st - 10 am
❄️ Winterfest - Various Activities and Locations - Feb 1st - 17th
❤️ Alice in Bloomland - RBG - Feb 1st to Mar 30th
⚽️ Concacaf Champions Cup - Forge FC c CF Monterrey - Feb 5th
🐖 Whole Hog Butchery Workshop - J Waldron Butchers - Feb 5th - $450
🔥 Smokin’ Hot Sauce Expo - Ancaster Fairgrounds - Feb 7th, 6-9 pm, Feb 8th, 11 am - 4 pm - $10
🎤 An Intimate Evening with Ian Thomas: Fundraiser for Carnegie Gallery - Ancaster Memorial Hall - Feb 7th - 6.30 pm - $100
🤣 Comedy Caravan Tour - First Ontario Centre - Feb 7th - 8 pm - $30
🍻 I Love Beer - Hamilton Convention Centre - Feb 7th & 8th - $15
📖 Galentines Day Romance Reader Event - Playhouse Cinema - Feb 13th - $30
🎭️ HadesTown Teen Edition - The Gasworks - Feb 13th - 15th
🎤 90th Anniversary Gala Fundraiser - The Westdale - Feb 14th - $90
🎭️ The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Hamilton Theatre - Feb 14th - Mar 9th
👗 Hamilton Fashion Week - Stelco Tower - Feb 15th - From $25
🤼♀️ Love Hurts - A Wrestling Love Letter - Fairweather Brewing - Feb 15th - $20
🏅 Rev. John C Holland Awards - Liuna Station - Feb 22nd - 5 pm - $100
🤼 Crazy Eight Invitational Deathmatch Tournament - Germania Club - Mar 1st - $25
🤼♂️ March Breakdown - Shawn & Ed Brewing - Mar 14th - $25

Thursday January 9th
New Rebel Westerners - The Casbah - Lounge - 8 pm
Shebad, The Beans & Junestone - The Casbah - Main Hall - 8 pm
Open Mic - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
Friday January 10th
Nadav Greenhut - Central Library - 12 noon
Tyler Yarema Band - Shawn & Ed Brewing - 7 pm - $10
Piano Bar - Collective Arts - 7 pm
Weiner Kebab, Be Still, Give My Remains to Broadway - The Doors - 8 pm - $15
Jesse Alarcon Presents - The Corktown - Main Stage - 8 pm
Almost Heroes - Pub Fiction - 8.30 pm
Gabriel Adamo - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
John Atlee Band - Prime Time Sports Bar - 8.30 pm
Beaver Dam - “Leather & Lace, Lesbian Grace” - The Casbah - Lounge - 9 pm
The Jesse James Medicine Show w/The Barrel Rejects, Pretox - Vertagogo - 9 pm
Dirty Pioneers - The Powerhouse - 9.45 pm
Frost Night - McMaster, Mohawk & Hamilton - Mansion - 10 pm - From $25
Therapy - Dark Hamilton Goth Night - The Casbah - Main Hall - 10 pm
Monkley Cascade - B-Side Social - 10 pm
Saturday January 11th
The Coachmen w/Ira Walker - Coach & Lantern - 1 pm - $9
Big Band Jazz Series - The Corktown - Main Stage - 2 pm
Friends in The Hammer - Open Stage - The Casbah - Lounge - 3 pm
Council House - Album Release Party - The Casbah - Main Hall - 3 pm
Famous & Betty - Rockabilly Blues - The Casbah - Lounge - 6 pm
Sandman - Metallica Tribute - McIntyre Performing Arts Centre - 7.30 pm - $55
Bend it Like Beck w/Matty Simpson - Mills Hardware - 8 pm - $10
Perfect Strangers, Black Budget, Frantic Lullabies - The Doors - 8 pm - $10
Mighty Fish - Brown Barrel - 8 pm
Shari & Jonny - Thirsty Cactus - 8.30 pm
Freedom Train - Pub Fiction - 8.30 pm - $10
Darlington Underground - Coach & Lantern - 8.30 pm
RexFord Drive w/The Commune, Animal Boy - The Corktown - Upper Stage - 9 pm
Lost Astronaut w/Dave New World, Set to Go, The Mendozaz - The Corktown - Main Stage - 9 pm
Andrew Benthan-Riley Live from the Bookcase - Hamilton Prop House - 9 pm
Fiction - The Powerhouse - 9.45 pm
Final Fur - The Casbah - Main Hall - 10 pm - $10
Audiofile - B-Side Social - 10 pm
Shanghai Saturdays - Zen Lounge - 10 pm
Sunday January 12th
Monday January 13th
Tuesday January 14th
Martin Verrall Players - The Casbah - 7.30 pm
Chris Clause - Thirsty Cactus - 8.00 pm
Wednesday January 15th
Sounds Gay - The Casbah - 7 pm
SPINS, w/No Beauty, Chelsea Reynolds - The Casbah - Main Hall - 7 pm
Chris Chambers - Thirsty Cactus - 7.30 pm


Don’t want to line up at the Beer Store to drop off those holiday empties? Consider donating them to the Knights of Columbus to support several local charities and causes - Saturday January 11th - 10 am - 3 pm - St Augustines in Dundas.

Ascending Horizons - McMaster Museum of Art - Artists: KC Adams, Carrie Allison, Judy Anderson, Hannah Claus, Elizabeth Doxtater, Charlene Vickers, Marie Watt - to June 20th
Corine Duchesne - CoWork Gallery - Cotton Factory - to Jan 15th
Heart of the Forest - Dundas Valley School of Art - to Jan 19th
The Fairest Order in the World: Sameer Farooq - McMaster Museum of Art - to Feb 28th, 2025
PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS
Making Freedom Fly - Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Wed-Sun - From $11

🎭️ The Nine Lives of Ross Fordham - Theatre Aquarius - Jan 10th - 19th
🎭️ For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow: Immersive Theatre Experience - Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology - Jan 11th - 9.30 am - $150

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