Sarah Jessica Rintjema

2 weeks ago | hamiltoncitymagazine.ca | Sarah Jessica Rintjema

Sonic Unyon’s showcases have expanded to include hip hop, soul, electronic and roots performers. The dream is to expand to a full-fledged summer festival one day. Hamilton has a longstanding reputation as a punk and metal city, with a hardcore scene that has been supported for decades by local venues with similar tastes, grunge-y bars, and house shows that overlap social circles.

2 months ago | hamiltoncitymagazine.ca | Sarah Jessica Rintjema

YINTAH, now on Netflix, chronicles a decade-long battle by the Wet’suwet’en people over 22,000 square kilometres in northern British Columbia. The documentary YINTAH, added to Netflix in the fall, follows the Wet’suwet’en people’s ongoing fight for their rights as Indigenous people in British Columbia. It has a Hamilton connection.

Oct 16, 2024 | hamiltoncitymagazine.ca | Sarah Jessica Rintjema

Musician and audio tech Nim Agalawatte is the creator and host of the open mic events for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community at The Casbah. Nim Agalawatte, an audio tech and the self-identified bass and synth queen of Hamilton alt-rock band Basement Revolver, is the creator and host of Sounds Gay, a Hamilton-focused monthly live music event for 2SLGBTQIA+ music fans. “I noticed a lack of music representation in the queer scene here in Hamilton,” Agalawatte told HAMILTON CITY Magazine.

Aug 24, 2024 | hamiltoncitymagazine.ca | Sarah Jessica Rintjema

Fifth annual festival is bigger than ever and will raise money for youth supports at Living Rock and The Hamilton Hub. The fifth annual version of hip hop festival 905Fest is taking place this Sunday, Aug. 25 at Bayfront Park and creator, organizer and face of the festival Ktriggs, or Kevin Williamson, has been hard at work over the last year planning for it. “Over the last few years I’ve taken time to make 905Fest more professional,” Williamson told HCM.

Jul 18, 2024 | hamiltoncitymagazine.ca | Sarah Jessica Rintjema |Mai explores concepts

Along with Femmepire co-creator Claud Spadafora, Mai explores concepts of Black excellence in Messy: A Chaotic Black Femme Rage Musical. It’s the early days of Hamilton’s 2024 Fringe Festival, where local theatre artists and storytellers from across the Steel City and around the world are highlighted over a week-long festival at participating theatres.