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Hamilton Spectator
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
10 things to do on Canada Day in Hamilton and area
Even though Canada Day is not on the weekend this year, there are several events planned for the statutory holiday. Here are some local places to go for Canada Day celebrations. The city will host the Canada Day extravaganza at Bayfront Park, 200 Harbour Front Dr., in Hamilton, on Tuesday, July 1. The fireworks display will start at 10 p.m. A food truck rally, inflatables and kids' program Creative Club will start at 1 p.m. Games, balloon artists, airbrush artists and stilt walkers will start at 4 p.m. There will also be a jam session, local Hamilton youth performers, comedy juggler Craig Douglas and a performance from Garnetta Cromwell and DaGroovemasters. While the festival starts Saturday, it runs through Tuesday, July 1 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. The free festival will feature headliner The Northern Pikes starting at 9:30 p.m. July 1. VIP Beer Garden tickets are $35 per day. Attendees can enjoy pizza, chicken wings and beer from the rooftop terrace at Joseph Brant Museum, 1240 North Shore Blvd. E., in Burlington, on Tuesday, July 1 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The event ends with the city's Canada Day drone and fireworks show at 9:40 p.m. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Tickets are $50 and include pizza, chicken wings, ice cream and one beer or sangria. To buy tickets, go to . The celebration will feature performances from the Regimental Band of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Pipes and Drums, and the Argyllshire Dancers. The free event is held at Dundurn National Historic Site, 610 York Blvd., in Hamilton, on Tuesday, July 1 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. For more details, go to . The HMCS Haida National Historic Site, Pier 9, 658 Catharine St. N., in Hamilton, will host a free celebration on July 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendees can explore the Tribal-class destroyer and learn about sailors who served on the ship. Regularly scheduled programs will not be running on Canada Day. Go to for details. The City of Brantford will host performances from Canadian singers, a vendors' market, a carnival, midway and food vendors at Lions Park's Steve Brown Sports Complex, 20 Edge St. The celebration starts on Tuesday, July 1 at 11 a.m. and ends with fireworks at 10 p.m. There will also be a free photo booth from 2 to 8 p.m. and a stilt walker performance. Go to for more details. Ancaster Mill, 548 Old Dundas Rd., will feature a Canadian-inspired lunch and dinner menu, including beaver tails, poutine and butter tarts, on Tuesday, July 1. Their à la carte menu will be available all day. Lunch is from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and dinner is from 5 to 8 p.m. The City of Burlington celebration will start with the VRPRO Canada Day 5K Run at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1 at Spencer Smith Park, 1400 Lakeshore Rd. There will then be free yoga in the park at noon on the compass near the west lawn. The event will feature food and marketplace vendors, a kids zone and performances. The drone show starts at about 9:40 p.m., followed by the fireworks show at 10 p.m. Go to for the full lineup. The Rotary Club of Dundas will host a Canada Day celebration on Tuesday, July 1 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. at Dundas Driving Park, 71 Cross St. A pancake breakfast with a sausage is $10 for people 11 years and older, $5 for four to 10 years old and free for children under three. Tickets can be bought at the event, which will feature live music, face painting, coffee, tea and power lifting. Go to for more details. The schedule is packed for Canada Day in Lynden. The parade is set for 3 p.m., with a classic car show, bingo and live music throughout the day at 4070 Governors Rd. The opening ceremony is at 4 p.m. and fireworks start at dusk. For the full schedule, go to . Cheyenne Bholla is a reporter at The Hamilton Spectator. cbholla@
CTV News
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
New exhibit at Canadian Museum of History showcases pop music in Canada
The Retro Popular Music in Canada from the '60s, '70s, and '80s exhibit at the Canadian Museum of History. (Dylan Dyson/CTV News Ottawa) A new exhibit at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. takes a look and a listen into popular music in Canada. The museum has launched its feature exhibit for the year, Retro Popular Music in Canada from the '60s, '70s, and '80s. The museum's music and performing arts curator Judith Klassen says the exhibit looks at a time when pop music was becoming a major cultural force in Canada. 'The exhibition includes artists, songs, moments from this period,' said Klassen. The exhibit features more than 160 items such as musical instruments, stage clothing, handwritten lyrics, album covers, posters and more from artists such as Celine Dion, Rush, Michie Mee and more. 'It really explores the dynamic nature of popular music at this time, the ways that artists were pushing boundaries in terms of what we see in the public sphere, engaging with social and political issues,' said Klassen. Retro music The Retro Popular Music in Canada from the '60s, '70s, and '80s exhibit at the Canadian Museum of History. (Dylan Dyson/CTV News Ottawa) Featured in the display is a guitar from Saskatchewan-based band The Northern Pikes. '[We] wrote the song 'She Ain't Pretty', which became a very popular commercial song, on that guitar, as well as many, many other great songs,' says band member Jay Semko, who was on hand for the exhibit's opening. 'Music is connection. When you look at any guitar or any musical item you see in here, it's an item of connection that connects to people, and I think that's absolutely brilliant. It's so, so cool.' Performing at the exhibit's grand opening was Gatineau-based hip-hop artist David Dufour, known as D-Track, who says music from those decades has paved the way for current artists like himself. 'As a hip-hop artist, you sample lots of music from these eras, like specifically the '60s and '70s sound, which is a specific sound you want to have sometimes in your samples,' he said. 'I'm a big fan of when you have the piece of paper on which the artist wrote their lyrics, I love that. I like to see how did they write? You know, I'm trying to read it, I don't understand, but that's the way they understood it. So, I really like that.' The exhibit is open to the public at the Canadian Museum of History until Jan. 18, 2026.
