Hamilton Concert Listings: Oct. 3-9
Just Announced: Chris Cohen, Golden Feather, Todd Barry, Haley Fohr & Bill Nace, a second Godspeed show, and more!
Chris Cohen. Photo: Kate Garner
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Saltwater Hank w/ Sarah Beatty, Will Gillespie @ Vertagogo, Oct 10.
Phew (Japan) @ St. Cuthbert’s, Oct 16.
Ruby Doom w/ Root Cause, White Rabbit, Wiener Kebabs @ The Casbah, Oct 16.
Chris Cohen (Hardly Art/Captured Tracks, ex-Deerhoof) w/ DJs ACJ & Matias Rozenberg @ Into the Abyss, Oct 27, 6pm.
The Dirty Nil w/ Mile End @ The Music Hall, Nov 1.
Tijuana Bibles w/ Thunder Glove, Danger! Death Ray @ Vertagogo, Nov 1.
Famous & Betty vinyl release party for Be the Light w/ Super Deluxe, Leo Dragtoe @ The Casbah, Nov 2, 4pm.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor w/ Kee Avil @ Bridgeworks. SECOND SHOW ADDED: Nov 3. (Nov 4 show is SOLD OUT.)
JC Carroll (of The Members) w/ Steve Sinnicks @ The Capitol, Nov 9, 2pm.
Haley Fohr (Circuit Des Yeux) & Bill Nace (Body/Head) w/ NPNP & Connor Bennett @ Farside, Nov 12.
Golden Feather album release show @ The Germania Club, Nov 15.
Zachary Lucky @ Boxcar Sound Recording, Nov 22.
Ian Blurton’s Future Now w/ The Golden Shitters, Tumble @ The Casbah, Nov 22.
Devarrow @ Mills Hardware, Nov 26.
Owen Riegling, w/ Dillon James, Eric Brandon @ The Music Hall, Dec 2.
Todd Barry @ Bridgeworks, Dec 6.
Bedouin Soundclash w/ The Northern Soul Horns, Vernon Maytone @ Bridgeworks, Dec 14.
Texas King @ Mills Hardware, Dec 14.
Born in the Eighties: Dance Mix ‘24: Night 1 @ Bridgeworks, Dec 20.
Born in the Eighties: Dance Mix ‘24: Night 2 @ Bridgeworks, Dec 21.
Dayglo Abortions w/ Gag Order, more @ Vertagogo, Dec 31.
Joshua Hyslop @ Mills Hardware, Jan 24.
Colin James w/ Terra Lightfoot @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Feb 15.
Rose Cousins @ The Westdale, Apr 12.
Sarah Millican @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Sept 25.
CONCERTS THIS WEEK
THURSDAY, OCT. 3
Masa Aya + Soulquarium w/ DJ Smooth Transitions @ Ferguson Station (Fergusion Ave S., between Main and King). FREE!
Gary Versace Trio w/ Neil Swainson and Terry Clarke @ The Gasworks.
Linebeck w/ Courtyard, Emma Whale @ The Casbah.
Youth Rap Beats & Poetry Workshop w/ LT the Monk @ Art Gallery of Hamilton, 4:30-6pm. Free.
FRIDAY, OCT. 4
Andy Shauf w/ Le Ren @ Bridgeworks.
Whose Live Anyway? @ First Ontario Concert Hall.
Risky Biz: 10th Anniversary @ The Casbah. Two nights: Oct 4 & 5.
The Kaputniks w/ The Trebletones, Danger!! Death Ray (unplugged) @ Doors.
Vinyl Night: ‘90s Hip-Hop Edition w/ DJs Roger Mooking (Bass Is Base), Jooce @ Art Gallery of Hamilton.
The Shakers @ The Westdale.
SATURDAY, OCT. 5
Gold Dust Women Songwriters Tour w/ Lori Yates, Paige Warner, Kylie Fox @ The Casbah. 3pm.
Kathleen Edwards w/ Katie Cruel @ Bridgeworks.
Da Bomb: Hamilton’s All-’90s Party w/ DJ Todd G @ Mills Hardware.
Doctor Tongue w/ Los Chukos @ The Corktown.
Risky Biz: 10th Anniversary @ The Casbah. Two nights: Oct 4 & 5.
SOS Fest Day 1 w/ Still Numb, Trauma Model, Constrain, Panic Response, Qwan, and more @ Vertagogo, 3pm.
Reality Denied w/ Last Reich, Built on Blood, Deadly Game, Over It @ Doors.
Queens Court (Queen tribute) @ The Westdale.
Small Orbit, w/ Lenny McGowan, Future Star @ Farside.
The Boneheads w/ Daggy @ Collective Arts.
SUNDAY, OCT. 6
The Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation The Casbah. 3pm.
KILL US w/ Koroshi, Klobber, Waste Youth @ The Casbah. 8pm.
SOS Fest Day 2 w/ Gutter Kijng, Cohezion, Single Wound, Slewfoot, Pretty Mouth, and more @ Vertagogo, 3pm.
MONDAY, OCT. 7
Sparrow Blue w/ Gypsy Brydge & The Reed Effect @ Vertagogo.
The Evelyns w/ HIGHTEENS, Zero End, Spiral 8 @ The Casbah.
TUESDAY, OCT. 8
Calling All Captains w/ Goalkeper, Otherwives @ The Casbah.
Eno documentary screening @ Playhouse, 7pm.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9
Sorry Snowman w/ Minerva, Public Health, Book Buddies @ The Casbah.
Champagne Weather w/ Basset, & Young Novelists @ The Gasworks.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Kasador w/ Lost Faculty + Misty Blue @ Mills Hardware, Oct 10.
Thomas Duxbury & New Mother Nature w/ The Trampoline Delay, The Ruddy Ruckus, The Poobs @ The Casbah, Oct 10.
Friendly Rich & the Jane Does f. Mikey Manville @ Collective Arts, Oct 10.
Miss America 2.0 single release party @ The Casbah, Oct 11.
Roktoberfest V @ Bridgeworks, Oct 11.
Candlelight: The Best of Joe Hisaishi @ The Westdale, Oct 11, 7pm.
Candlelight: A Tribute to ABBA @ The Westdale, Oct 11, 9:15pm.
Spectra w/ Hollow Core, Orbiting Deathray, Bears, Big Bad Dad @ Vertagogo, Oct 11.
Chlöe Doucet w/ Meko Brain, The Secret Beach @ Collective Arts, Oct 11.
A Primitive Evolution w/ AAWKS, Devilwitch, Oceans of Us @ The Casbah, Oct 12.
Friendsgiving w/ The Commandos, Lo-Fi, The Poster Boys, Party Jesus @ Stonewalls, Oct 12.
Candlelight: A Tribute to Taylor Swift @ The Westdale, Oct 12, 7pm.
Candlelight: Tribute to Queen @ The Westdale, Oct 12, 9:15pm.
The One Sound Canada Tour w/ Mystical Influence, Ryan Ruckus, MC Fearless, and more @ Mule Spinner, Oct 12.
Miss Mae w/ Book Buddies, Sorry Snowman @ Collective Arts, Oct 12.
The Hypochondriacs w/ SnowHeel Slim @ The Casbah Lounge, Oct 14.
Sounding Spaces feat. Tony Vieira @ Art Gallery of Hamilton, Oct 16, 6:30-8:30pm. Free.
Mister Rabbit w/ Pro Wrestling the Band, Cherry Dime, Vida @ The Casbah, Oct 17.
Frank Mighty @ Mills Hardware, Oct 17.
The Neverminds w/ Brother, Public Health @ Doors, Oct 17.
TWO (Tara Byrne & Brian Byrne of I Mother Earth) w/ The Human Race @ The Casbah, Oct 17.
Big Swi$h w/ Glo @ 69 John St. S., Oct 17.
The Rocky Horror Show @ The Zoetic, Oct 17-19.
The Art of Recovery: Music and Mental Health Panel w/ JD Fortune Rocks INXS + Michelle Titian & Super Delux @ Bridgeworks, Oct 18.
Jazz Originals w/ Karen Thornton, Michael Dunston, John Neudorf, Noah Kosta @ The Westdale, Oct 18.
Your Infested 2024, Show 1: TV Freaks, FLQ, Psychic Void, Uncaught (in Promise), Hogtied, Loaming @ Vertagogo, Oct 18.
Duskwalker w/ Cryophilic, Pound of Flesh, more @ Koi, Oct 18.
Your Infested 2024, Show 2: Cease, Doubt, Gasket, Influx, Fertilizer, Wrought @ Vertagogo, Oct 19.
B.A. Johnston w/ Lee Reed, Cute @ The Corktown, Oct 19.
Pretzel Logic: A Tribute to Steely Dan @ The Westdale, Oct 19.
Nicky Koro @ Farside, Oct 19.
Sons of Sabbath: Celebrating the Music of Black Sabbath @ The Studio, Oct 19.
Music of the Movies: A Tribute to John Williams @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Oct 19.
Your Infested, Show 3: Bad Bet, Cloned Apparition, Scab, Mauling, Staydown @ Vertagagogo, Oct 20.
Steve Strongman @ Bridgeworks, Oct. 20.
Don Amero w/ Kelsi Mayne @ Mills Hardware, Oct 21.
Coupe Gorge @ Vertagogo, Oct 22.
Noah Derksen w/ Chloë Doucet. Mills Hardware, Oct 23.
Walk Me Home w/ Smit, Public Health, SERMON @ The Casbah, Oct 23.
The Fabulous Thunderbirds feat. Kim Wilson @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Oct 23.
Royal Wood @ The Westdale, Oct 24.
John Neudorf w/ Joel Haynes, Nancy Walker, Rob McBride @ The Gasworks, Oct 24.
Days on Parade w/ Sunshine Express, The Commune, In the Same Bed @ The Casbah, Oct 24.
The Lowest of the Low w/ Ace of Wands @ Bridgeworks, Oct 25.
Wild At Heart: Jackie Pullar Tribute @ The Casbah, Oct 26, 2pm.
Aeroforce: Celebrating the Music of Aerosmith @ The Studio, Oct. 26.
Bob Wiseman @ The Mule Spinner, Oct 26.
Ben Caplan @ Mills Hardware, Oct 26.
Sarah Good & The Bads @ Farside, Oct 26.
Hexenlied: Tunes of Terror w/ Benjamin Paul Schmalz, Michaela Chiste @ St. Pauls United Church, Oct 26.
Brownman’s Halloween Thriller w/ the Brownman Electryc Trio performing Michael Jackson’s Thriller in the style of Miles Davis @ Laidlaw United Church, Oct 26.
Adam Baldwin w/ Mariel Buckley @ Mills Hardware, Oct 29.
Drag Ya To Hell w/ TroyBoy Parks, Queen Victoria Parks, Dances In Shadows, Ginny Radler, Lucy Purr, LadyLike @ The Casbah, Oct 30.
Halloween Sludgefest w/ Ivy Gardens, Mr. Mule, Fleshguzzler, 027 @ The Casbah, Oct 31.
Skye Wallace w/ Ash Molloy @ Mills Hardware, Oct 31.
pHoenix Pagliacci @ Mills Hardware, Nov 1.
Fruit Salad: Halloween Edition w/ DJ Cheffy @ Bridgeworks, Nov 1.
Hotel California (Eagles tribute) @ The Westdale, Nov 1.
The Lightfoot Band (featuring musicians who toured with Gordon Lightfoot) @ The Westdale, Nov 2.
Splash N Boots @ The Westdale, Nov 3, 2pm.
G Pinto @ The Zoetic, Nov 3, 3pm.
Destroyer w/ Fortunato Durutti Marinetti @ The Casbah, Nov 3.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor w/ Kee Avil @ Bridgeworks, Nov 4. SOLD OUT.
The Strongman Blues Studio Acoustic Sessions w/ Steve Strongman, Colin Lapsley, Matt Weidinger @ Coach & Lantern, Nov 5.
Shania Twink @ Mills Hardware, Nov 7.
Apes Of The State w/ Rent Strike, Andrew Crisis @ Vertagogo, Nov 7.
Mandy Lagan and Origins @ The Gasworks, Nov 7.
Capitol w/ Bonnie Trash @ Mills Hardware, Nov 8.
JJ Wilde w/ Fionn @ Bridgeworks, Nov 8.
Jagged: The Alanis Morissette Tribute @ Stonewalls, Nov 8.
Emily Marques @ The Mule Spinner, Nov 9.
Andre Bisson @ The Westdale, Nov 9.
Smells Like Nirvana w/ Dead Original @ Mills Hardware, Nov 9.
Redd Raven: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin @ The Studio, Nov. 9.
Tommy Youngsteen performing Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and greatest hits @ Bridgeworks, Nov 9.
Bands for Boobs @ The Casbah, Nov 10, 1-8pm.
Moontricks w/ Will Evans @ Mills Hardware, Nov 11.
Shane Koyczan @ Bridgeworks, Nov 13.
Menno Versteeg w/ Janky Bungag @ Mills Hardware, Nov 14.
Games We Play w/ Braden Bales @ Bridgeworks, Nov 14.
Retrograth (Sweden), w Most Modern, Sine Ritual, Pulse Code-M @ Vertagogo, Nov 14.
The Damn Truth w/ Gene Champagne @ Mills Hardware, Nov 15.
A Tyler Shaw Christmas @ The Westdale, Nov 15.
John Muirhead w/ Ariana Fig @ Mills Hardware, Nov 16.
Blimplizkit w/ System a la Down, Mental Infliction @ The Cashbah, Nov 16.
80s Gone Wild (hair-band tribute) @ Stonewalls, Nov 16.
Joel Plaskett @ The Westdale, Nov 16. SOLD OUT.
Dead Bob (feat. John Wright of NOMEANSNO) w/ Lung, USA Out of Vietnam @ Vertagogo, Nov 16.
Smile: A Tribute to Grunge @ The Zoetic, Nov 16.
Billie Zizi @ Mills Hardware, Nov 19.
Taylor Swift Tribute @ The Studio, Nov 19.
Zoobombs @ The Casbah, Nov 21.
CARYS x Featurette @ Mills Hardware, Nov 22.
Jacob Moon Plays PROG @ The Westdale, Nov 22.
The ‘80s Club Tour w/ Honeymoon Suite, A Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats, The Spoons, Nov 22.
Alan Cross @ Bridgeworks, Nov 23.
Scott McCreery @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Nov. 23.
Candlelight: A Tribute to ABBA @ The Westdale, Nov 23, 7pm.
Candlelight: A Tribute to Queen @ The Westdale, Nov 23, 9:15pm.
The Killjoys @ The Corktown, Nov 23.
Randy Feltface @ Bridgeworks, Nov 24.
Marianas Trench @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Nov 25.
Julian Taylor @ Mills Hardware, Nov 28.
Darcy Hepner & Friends @ The Gasworks, Nov 28.
The Legendary Downchild Blues Band: Farewell Tour, w/ Jeff Rogers @ The Studio, Nov 28.
PRAXINUS PRIME (Ashley Bucholz of Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) + TIMERITY (Tim Macmillar of Protest The Hero) @ The Casbah, Nov 29.
Sesame Street Live! @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Nov 29.
Skydiggers @ The Westdale, Nov 29.
Classified w/ Ria Mae + JRDN + Brett Matthews + O’Sound + DJ IV @ Bridgeworks, Nov 30.
Chicago Transit Canada (Chicago tribute) @ The Westdale, Nov 30.
Dwayne Gretzky @ The Music Hall, Dec 6.
Great Lake Swimmers @ The Westdale, Dec 6.
Grace, 2 (Tragically Hip tribute) @ Stonewalls, Dec 6.
Cuff the Duke w/ Royal Castles + Matt Paxton & The Pintos @ Mills Hardware, Dec 7.
Material Girls (Madonna/Gaga/Cher/Shania/Adele tribute) @ The Westdale, Dec 7.
Weston Silver Band: Christmas in Silver @ The Westdale, Dec 8, 3pm.
A Drag Queen Christmas w/ Brooke Lynn Hytes, Plasma, Q, Shea Coulee, Trinity The Tuck, Manila Luzon, Miz Cracker, Venus, Gisele Lullaby @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Dec 8.
The Weber Brothers & The Redhill Valleys @ The Westdale, Dec 13.
Tim Baker & All Hands w/ Villages @ The Music Hall, Dec 14.
The Traveling Milburys (Traveling Wilburys tribute) @ The Westdale, Dec 14.
Bob Marley Tribute w/ Riddim Riders @ The Casbah, Dec 21.
Call the Army w/ Bomb Squad, Guillotine, The Dominion, Barbed Wire Braces @ Vertagogo, Feb 2, 1pm.
A1A: The Official Jimmy Buffet Tribute Band @ The Studio, Feb 11.
ABBA Revisted @ The Studio, Mar 11-12.
Nikki Glaser @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Mar 15. Two shows: 7pm & 9:30pm.
Keep the Faith (Bon Jovi tribute) @ The Zoetic, Mar 29.
Zed (Led Zeppelin tribute) @ The Zoetic, Apr 5.
Elton Sean (early Elton John tribue) @ The Zoetic, Apr 12.
ABBA Fever (ABBA tribute) @ The Zoetic, May 3.
Video Games Live @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, May 30.
The Wiggles @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, July 4-6.
Rumours: The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show @ The Studio, Nov 21, 2025.