Hamilton Concert Listings: Oct. 17-23
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The Sin-Sational Sounds of Devils Night featuring Night Chill, Blood Opera, Corpusse @ The Casbah, Oct 30.
Paige Warner Bitter/Sweet album-release show @ The Casbah, Nov 3.
Steel City Soundwave w/ LzRDofOz, Lazy Days @ Vertagogo, Nov 10.
Martin Verrall & The Void vinyl-release party for Shadow Work w/ Still (Joy Division tribute) @ The Casbah, Nov 15.
Skinny Dyck + Aladean Kheroufi @ Mills Hardware, Nov 20.
ICON: Capital J @ The Mule Spinner, Nov 23.
Colider & Ellis in Transit w/ Sunlust, Dave Wilson @ Vertagogo, Nov 29.
Sunnsetter album release show for Heaven Hang Over Me w/ Sunforger, Accelerant, No Beauty @ Into the Abyss, Nov 30.
Deathmarch 20th-anniversary show @ The Casbah, Dec 15.
Jack de Keyzer @ Leander Boat Club, Dec 31.
Nate Smith @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Apr 1.
Brit Floyd Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary Tour @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Apr 18.
CONCERTS THIS WEEK
THURSDAY, OCT. 17
Frank Mighty @ Mills Hardware.
The Neverminds w/ Brother, Public Health @ Doors.
TWO (Tara Byrne & Brian Byrne of I Mother Earth) w/ The Human Race @ The Casbah Lounge.
Mister Rabbit w/ Pro Wrestling the Band, Cherry Dime, Vida @ The Casbah.
Big Swi$h w/ Glo @ 69 John St. S.
Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party (film screening) @ Playhouse, 7pm.
Your Infested Presents: Frankie Freako (film screening and director Q&A) @ Playhouse, 9:10pm.
The Rocky Horror Show @ The Zoetic. Three nights: Oct 17-19.
FRIDAY, OCT. 18
Your Infested 2024, Show 1: TV Freaks, FLQ, Psychic Void, Uncaught (in Promise), Hogtied, Loaming @ Vertagogo.
The Art of Recovery: Music and Mental Health Panel w/ JD Fortune Rocks INXS + Michelle Titian & Super Delux @ Bridgeworks.
Jazz Originals w/ Karen Thornton, Michael Dunston, John Neudorf, Noah Kosta @ The Westdale.
Duskwalker w/ Cryophilic, Pound of Flesh, more @ Koi.
Mark T Band @ Clifford Brewery.
Underground Vibes 7.0 w/ Soo Casa, Tom Thomas, Mike CheckZ, ParkFromCC, Mer, DJ Perry, KPxKT @ The Casbah.
The Rocky Horror Show @ The Zoetic. Three nights: Oct 17-19.
SATURDAY, OCT. 19
Hamilton Record Show @ Bridgeworks, 10:30am-4pm.
The Coachmen w/ Spencer Mackenzie @ Coach & Lantern, 1pm.
Rocket & The Renegades @ Clifford Brewery, 3pm.
Singer/Songwriter Open Mic hosted by Will Gillespie @ The Casbah Lounge, 3pm.
Fur & Fangs Halloween Bear Party w/ DJ Rosé @ The Casbah.
Your Infested 2024, Show 2: Cease, Doubt, Gasket, Influx, Fertilizer, Wrought @ Vertagogo.
B.A. Johnston w/ Lee Reed, Cute @ The Corktown.
Bless Up Sound System w/ Jah Vini of Confrere Massive HiPower (São Paulo, Brazil) and Gene Reuben and Vas of Higher Heights Hi Fi @ Mule Spinner.
Pretzel Logic: A Tribute to Steely Dan @ The Westdale.
Nicky Koro @ Farside.
9th Annual Blood Brothers Festival w/ Death Perception, BornBroken @ Doors.
Sons of Sabbath: Celebrating the Music of Black Sabbath @ The Studio.
Music of the Movies: A Tribute to John Williams @ FirstOntario Concert Hall.
Little Junior w/ Static Safari, No Beauty, Sundried Whales @ Collective Arts Brewery.
The Rocky Horror Show @ The Zoetic. Three nights: Oct 17-19.
SUNDAY, OCT. 20
Badunk a Funk @ Clifford Brewery, 2pm.
Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party (film screening) @ Playhouse, 4:45pm.
Your Infested, Show 3: Bad Bet, Cloned Apparition, Scab, Mauling, Staydown @ Vertagagogo.
Bend It Like Beck w/ Paul Reddick, Matty Simpson @ Mills Hardware.
Steve Strongman @ Bridgeworks.
MONDAY, OCT. 21
Don Amero w/ Kelsi Mayne @ Mills Hardware.
TUESDAY, OCT. 22
Coupe Gorge (France) @ Vertagogo.
The City and the City Books Presents: Northern Nights book launch w/ readings from Michael Kelly, Richard Gavin, David Neil Lee, Lynn Hutchinson Lee @ The Casbah Lounge, 7pm. FREE!
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23
Noah Derksen w/ Chloë Doucet. Mills Hardware.
The Fabulous Thunderbirds feat. Kim Wilson @ FirstOntario Concert Hall.
Walk Me Home w/ Smit, Public Health, SERMON @ The Casbah.
Sounds Gay! Music for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, special costume edition @ The Casbah Lounge. 7pm.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
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.
Liz Worth book-launch event for Inside Every Dream, a Raging Sea, featuring performances from Corpusse, Malifore, Andrew F. Sullivan @ The Casbah Lounge, Oct 24.
In the Shadows Night Market @ Bridgeworks, Oct 24, 5-10pm.
Tears for Fears Live: A Tipping Point Film (concert-film screening) @ Playhouse, Oct 24, 9:30pm.
The Lowest of the Low w/ Ace of Wands Bridgeworks, Oct 25.
Kristin Nicholls Band w/ SPG, Nicole Rayy & Marygold @ Stonewalls, Oct 25.
The Last Emo Night @ Koi, Oct 25.
Commandos! Casbah Costume Bash w/ Obnoxious, Alt/Rck/Delete @ The Casbah, Oct 25.
hArt Dance Film Series featuring screenings of Clairandean’s Spill the T, Priyanka Tope’s PENDULUM, and LOR’s BASTARD @ The Westdale, Oct 25.
Approxoween! Live-band karaoke Halloween party featuring The Approximaters @ Slough of Despond, Oct 25.
Welcome to the Circus w/ DJ Ty @ Lobby, Oct 25.
The Coachmen w/ Tim Gibbons @ Coach & Lantern, Oct 26, 1pm.
Wild At Heart: Jackie Pullar Tribute @ The Casbah, Oct 26, 2pm.
Openongo w/ Ian James Bain, Dante Ravenhearst @ The Casbah Lounge, Oct 26, 6pm.
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.
Hotfix @ Clifford Brewery, Oct 26.
Performers Under the Big Top Halloween party w/ DJ Cyrus @ Lobby.
Hexenlied: Tunes of Terror w/ Benjamin Paul Schmalz, Michaela Chiste @ St. Pauls United Church, Oct 26.
Tears for Fears Live: A Tipping Point Film (concert-film screening) @ Playhouse, Oct 26, 4:20pm.
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.
Lucas MacKenzie & Jesse Stratton @ Clifford Brewery, Oct 27, 1pm.
Chris Cohen (Hardly Art/Captured Tracks, ex-Deerhoof) w/ DJs ACJ & Matias Rozenberg @ Into the Abyss, Oct 27, 6pm.
DawnVally w/ LVHF, The Deprecates, Souls Cut Cold @ The Casbah, Oct 27.
Adam Baldwin w/ Mariel Buckley @ Mills Hardware, Oct 29. SOLD OUT.
Drag Ya To Hell w/ TroyBoy Parks, Queen Victoria Parks, Dances In Shadows, Ginny Radler, Lucy Purr, LadyLike @ The Casbah, Oct 30.
Sam Weber + Anna Tivel @ Mills Hardware, Oct 30.
Halloween Sludgefest w/ Ivy Gardens, Mr. Mule, Fleshguzzler, 027 @ The Casbah, Oct 31.
Skye Wallace w/ Ash Molloy @ Mills Hardware, Oct 31.
Halloween Hangover featuring live karaoke w/ The Approximators, DJ 45 Selector, Nov 1.
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 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.
The Lightfoot Band (featuring musicians who toured with Gordon Lightfoot) @ The Westdale, Nov 2.
Splash N Boots @ The Westdale, Nov 3, 2pm.
This Round’s on Me: Country Songwriters Round w/ Bradley Hale, Hailey McNeil, Spencer Burns, Chase Stevens, Bethany Bysma, Lance Dawson @ Stonewalls, Nov 3, 3pm.
G Pinto @ The Zoetic, Nov 3, 3pm.
Twisted: The Evelyn Dick Cabaret w/ Karma Kameleon, Hexe Noire, King Freddie @ Mills Hardware, Nov 3.
Dog Man: The Musical @ McIntyre Performing Arts Centre, Nov 3.
Destroyer w/ Fortunato Durutti Marinetti @ The Casbah, Nov 3.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor w/ Kee Avil @ Bridgeworks. 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.
JC Carroll (of The Members) w/ Steve Sinnicks @ The Capitol, Nov 9, 2pm.
Emily Marques @ The Mule Spinner, Nov 9.
Andre Bisson @ The Westdale, Nov 9.
Monkey Wrench (Foo Fighters tribute) w/ Lounge Act (Nirvana tribute) @ Stonewalls, 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.
Haley Fohr (Circuit Des Yeux) & Bill Nace (Body/Head) w/ NPNP & Connor Bennett @ Farside, Nov 12.
Shane Koyczan @ Bridgeworks, Nov 13.
Menno Versteeg w/ Janky Bungag @ Mills Hardware, Nov 14.
Games We Play w/ Braden Bales @ Bridgeworks, Nov 14.
Sons of Arrakis w/ Biblical, The Electric Cactus @ The Casbah, Nov 14.
Retrograth (Sweden), w Most Modern, Sine Ritual, Pulse Code-M @ Vertagogo, Nov 14.
Golden Feather album release show @ The Germania Club, Nov 15.
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.
John Muirhead w/ Ariana Fig @ The Casbah, 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.
The Wobblers @ Stonewalls, Nov 17, 3pm.
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.
Jeff Leeson @ The Zoetic, Nov 22.
The ‘80s Club Tour w/ Honeymoon Suite, A Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats, The Spoons, Nov 22.
Zachary Lucky @ Boxcar Sound Recording, Nov 22.
Ian Blurton’s Future Now w/ The Golden Shitters, Tumble @ The Casbah, Nov 22.
Captain WildChild w/ Strawberry Cough, Silkhound @ Vertagogo, Nov 22.
Short N’ Sweet: Sabrina Carpenter Dance Party @ The Casbah, Nov 23.
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.
Hillgarden presents Steppin’ Back ‘80s/‘90s/2000s soca/reggae/R&B party @ 1115 Fennell Ave. E.
Randy Feltface @ Bridgeworks, Nov 24. SOLD OUT.
The Punk Rock Flea Artists Alley: Holiday Edition @ The Casbah, Nov 24, 2-7pm.
Marianas Trench @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Nov 25.
Devarrow @ Mills Hardware, Nov 26.
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.
Motley Dudes (Motley Crüe tribute) w/ Stone Velvet Roses (STP/Velvet Revolver/GNR tribute) @ Stonewalls, 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.
Maiden Canada (Iron Maiden tribute) @ Stonewalls, Nov 30.
Owen Riegling, w/ Dillon James, Eric Brandon @ The Music Hall, Dec 2.
Dwayne Gretzky @ The Music Hall, Dec 6.
Great Lake Swimmers @ The Westdale, Dec 6.
Grace, 2 (Tragically Hip tribute) @ Stonewalls, Dec 6.
Todd Barry @ Bridgeworks, 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.
UK Calling (tribute to ‘80s new wave, post-punk and 2-Tone) @ Bridgeworks, Dec 13.
CATL w/ Jesse James Medicine Show, SnowHeel Slim @ Clifford Brewing, Dec 14.
AXL DC (Guns N’ Roses and AC/DC tribute) @ Stonewalls, Dec 14.
Tim Baker & All Hands w/ Villages @ The Music Hall, Dec 14.
The Traveling Milburys (Traveling Wilburys tribute) @ The Westdale, Dec 14.
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.
Bob Marley Tribute w/ Riddim Riders @ The Casbah, Dec 21.
Dayglo Abortions w/ Gag Order, more @ Vertagogo, Dec 31.
Joshua Hyslop @ Mills Hardware, Jan 24.
Frank & Cos: Live in Your Neighbourhood @ The Zoetic, Jan 24.
Becoming the Beatles “live musical documentary” @ The Westdale, Jan 31.
Call the Army w/ Bomb Squad, Guillotine, The Dominion, Barbed Wire Braces @ Vertagogo, Feb 2, 1pm.
HPO Performs the Music of James Bond @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Feb 8.
A1A: The Official Jimmy Buffet Tribute Band @ The Studio, Feb 11.
Colin James w/ Terra Lightfoot @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Feb 15.
ABBA Revisted @ The Studio, Mar 11-12.
Back Out of Hell (Meatloaf tribute) @ The Studio, Mar 13.
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.
Rose Cousins @ The Westdale, 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.
Sarah Millican @ FirstOntario Concert Hall, Sept 25.
Rumours: The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show @ The Studio, Nov 21, 2025.