Vote for the 2023 Hamilton Spectator Readers' Choice Awards

Below is a complete list of music-related nominees. Please click the picture above for the complete listings. Deadline to vote is August 21, 2023)

Click here for the winners.

Local Musician or Band

• Brad Soucie
• Cameron Michael Caton (COVID Elvis)
• Gareth Inkster
• John Atlee Band
• Justine Fischer
• Lowdown Dirty Mojos
• Ryan Vivian
• Steve Oros
• The Poster Boys
• Ty Price

Live Entertainment Facility

• Binbrook Little Theatre
  
• Bridgeworks
• Drury Lane Theatre Productions Inc.
• FirstOntario Centre
• FirstOntario Concert Hall
• Hamilton Theatre Inc.
• Levity Comedy Lounge
• Players' Guild Of Hamilton
• The Casbah
• The Mule Spinner
• The Westdale
• Theatre Ancaster
• Theatre Aquarius
• Tracie's Place Restaurant and Karaoke

Live Music Bar / Lounge

• &Then You
• Club Absinthe
• Coach & Lantern
• Doors Pub - Taco Joint & Metal Bar
• Iron Horse Saloon
• Merk Snack Bar
• Pub Fiction Gasbar & Grill
• The 1515 Brown Barrel Tap & Grill
• The Casbah
• The Corktown
• The Endzone Bar & Grill
• Tracie's Place Restaurant and Karaoke

Local Festival

• Brott Music Festival
• Burlington Sound Of Music
• Dundas Cactus Festival
• Festival of Friends
• Hamilton Fringe Festival
• It's Your Festival
• Locke Street Festival
• Music in the City
• Sew Hungry
• Supercrawl
• Winona Peach Festival

Radio Station

• 101.5 The Hawk
• 92.9 The Grand
• 93.3 CFMU
• 93.5 Jukasa Radio
• Arise Christian Radio AM1380
• CBC Radio
• Hot Country 93.9
• Jewel 92.1
• K-Lite FM 102.9
• KX 94.7 New Country
• LITE 92.1

Best Music Instruction

• Adam Scott
• Ania Fritch Music Studio
• Big Johnny Blue
• Blossom Musik
• Capstone Music
• Crystal Lee
• Dundas Conservatory of Music
• Hamilton Academy of Music
• Impact Percussion
• Long & McQuade - Hamilton
• Melody Man Studios
• Mr. Ben's Open Door Music
• Tabone Academy of Music

Music Instructor

• Adam Scott
• Ania Fritch
• David Brideau
• Dustin Jodway
• Erin Ronnigen
• Jennifer Budd
• Loralee McGuirl
• Matt Dunlop
• Steven Collett
• Theresa Noon-Hunter

Musical Instruments Store

• All Star Music Canada
• Birchway Sound
• Cithara Guitars Inc.
• Long & McQuade - Hamilton
• Long & McQuade - Burlington
• M.E.S Music Equipment Sales Ltd
• Mountain Music
• Picks and Sticks ONE OF OUR SPONSORS!
• The Acoustic Room
• Tundra Music

As a favour, we'd also like to ask you to vote for:

• St. Charles Adult & Continuing Education Centres (Lou, our blogger's workplace) for Best Adult Education 
• Sean Dawson (Judy Marsales Real Estate Ltd. Brokerage - One of our sponsors) for Best Real Estate Agent

Links: Readers' Choice Awards, More Spec Readers' Choice Awards Stories

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CONGRATS! 2022 Hamilton Spectator Readers' Choice Awards Winners

The 2022 Hamilton Spectator Readers' Choice Awards were recently unveiled. The special supplemental section featured the best that Hammertown has to offer, including our wonderful music community. 

Here's a list of all the music-related winners.

D = Diamond (1st place)

P = Platinum (2nd place)

G = Gold

Everything else is in the top ten.

Local Musician or Band

• D: Steve Oros
  
  
  
  Links: Steve Oros, More Steve Oros Stories, More Elton John Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Steve Oros
  
  
• P: Michael Caton aka COVID Elvis
  
  
  
  Links: COVID Elvis, More Elvis Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Elvis Cameron Michael Caton
  
  
• G: Arkells / Steal Kitty
  
  
  
  Links: Arkells, More Arkells Stories, Video above courtesy of Arkells Music
  
  
  
  Links: Steal Kitty, Video above courtesy of Steve MacLeod

Concert Venue

• D: FirstOntario Concert Hall
• P: FirstOntario Centre
• G: Burlington Performing Arts Centre

Festival

• D: Supercrawl
• P: Winona Peach Festival
• G: Festival of Friends

Live Entertainment Facility

• D: Theatre Aquarius
  
• P: Tracie's Place
• G: Players' Guild of Hamilton

Live Music Bar/Lounge

• D: Casbah
• P: Pub Fiction / Iron Horse Saloon
• G: Corktown / Coach & Lantern 

Night Club

• D: The Powerhouse
• P: Sous Bas
• Gold: Radius/Sizzle NightClub

Music Instructor

• D: Adam Scott
• P: Ania Fritch
• G: Paula Tessaro

Musical Instrument Store

• D: The Acoustic Room
• P: Crash Landing Music Store / Picks N Sticks
• G: Mountain Music / Cithara Guitars Inc.

Music School

• D: Guitar Lessons with Adam Scott
• P: Melody Man Studios
• G: Ania Fritch Music Studios

Radio Station

• D: KX94.7 New Country
• P: BOOM 97.3 / Bounce 102.9
• G: K-Lite FM 102.9

Local Podcast

• D: Brian Melo - Beyond the Melody
• P: In My Opinionation

CONGRATS EVERYONE!

Links: Readers' Choice Awards, More Spec Readers' Choice Awards Stories

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Vote for the 2021 Hamilton Spectator Readers' Choice Awards (Deadline is Sept 19)

Below is a complete list of music-related nominees. Please click the picture above for the complete listings. 

Local Musician or Band

• Back Road Bourbon
• Basement Revolver
• Big Johnny Blue
• Cameron Michael Caton (COVID Elvis)
• Darcy Feaver
• Laura Cole
• Steve Oros
• The Dunlop Brothers
• The McFlys
• Tim Gibbons

Live Entertainment Facility

• Bobbie's Bar & Grill
• Drury Lane Theatre Productions Inc.
• FirstOntario Centre
• FirstOntario Concert Hall
• Hamilton Theatre Inc.
• Levity Comedy Lounge
• Stonewalls Pub
• The Cat 'N Fiddle
• The Staircase Cafe and Theatre
• Theatre Aquarius
• Tracie's Place Restaurant and Karaoke

Live Music Bar / Lounge

• Coach & Lantern
• Come By Chance
• Endzone Bar & Grill
• Galley Pump
• Lazy Flamingo
• Stonewalls Pub
• The Casbah
• The Cat 'N Fiddle
• The Corktown
• The Masque Wine Bar
• The Powerhouse
• Tracie's Place Restaurant and Karaoke

Live Jazz Club

• Artword Artbar
• Doors Metal Joint and Taco Bar
• Mulberry Street Coffee House
• The Augusta House
• The Cat 'N Fiddle
• The Corktown
• The Gasworks
• The Masque Wine Bar
• The Winking Judge
• Zyla's

Local Festival

• Brott Music Festival
• Burlington Sound Of Music
• Dundas Cactus Festival
• Festival of Friends
• Hamilton Fringe Festival
• Hexploitation Film Festival
• It's Your Festival
• Locke Street Festival
• Supercrawl
• Winona Peach Festival

Radio Station

• 101.5 The Hawk
• 900 CHML
• 92.9 The Grand
• 93.5 Jukasa Radio
• Arise Christian Radio AM1380
• Boom 97.3
• Bounce 102.9
• CBC Radio
• Energy 95.3
• Hot Country 93.9
• KX 94.7 New Country

Best Music Instruction

• Hilltop Music Academy
• Intune Music Academy
• Joan Heels' Vocal Plus Studio
• Long & McQuade - Hamilton
• Mr. Ben's Open Door Music
• Paula French Entertainment
• Picks and Sticks ONE OF OUR SPONSORS!
• Progressive Music Studio
• Studio E Inc
• Tabone Academy of Music

Music Instructor

• Adam Scott
• Big Johnny Blue
• Corey Pearce (Impact Percussion)
• Dawn Martens (Buchanan Park Elementary School)
• Dr. Joan B. Heels
• Matty Simpson (Picks and Sticks) ONE OF OUR SPONSORS!
• Paula French
• Paula Tessaro (Tabone Academy of Music)
• Rachel Moroz (Long & McQuade - Burlington)
• Rosemary Hale-Tawse (Long & McQuade - Hamilton)
• Scott Marsh (Intune Music Academy)

Musical Instruments Store

• All Star Music Canada
• Birchway Sound
• Crash Landing Music Store
• Long & McQuade - Hamilton
• M Gear Design
• M.E.S Music Equipment Sales Ltd
• Mountain Music
• Picks and Sticks ONE OF OUR SPONSORS!
• The Acoustic Room
• Tundra Music

Recording Studio

• ARC Recording Studio
• B Town Sound
• Catherine North Studios
• Downtown Sound Recording Studios
• Grant Avenue Studio
• Halo Recording, Rehearsals and Music Lessons.
• Jordan Moore Audio
• Jukasa Media Group
• Pine Street Studio
• Q.E.D. Media
• Studio 410 Sound Productions

As a favour, we'd also like to ask you to vote for:

• St. Charles Adult & Continuing Education Centres (Lou, our blogger's workplace) for Best Adult Education 
• Lou's cousin Katrina Pereira (Maison Fritz Salon & Spa Stoney Creek) for Best Hairstylist/Barber. THANKS

Links: Readers' Choice Awards, More Spec Readers' Choice Awards Stories

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Live Music Returns to Stonewalls in Hamilton!

Live music is slowly coming back to our area and Hamilton restaurant, Stonewalls will have many talented local artists hitting the stage.

Please note that all events are 6:30-9:30pm. Cover is $10. Reservations required.

Here's what's coming up.

Friday August 7 - Steve Oros



Links: Steve Oros, Video above courtesy of Steve Oros

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Saturday August 8 - Mary Simon



Links: Mary Simon, More Mary Simon Stories, Video above courtesy of Mississippi Bends

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Friday, August 14 - Ray Maurice (Hammersmiths)



Links: Hammersmiths,  Video above courtesy of 20K Summer Song

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Saturday, August 14 - Jamie Shea



Links: Jamie Shea, More Jamie Shea Stories, Video above courtesy of Jamie Shea

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Friday, August 21 - Robin Benedict



Links: Robin Benedict, More Robin Benedict Stories, Video above courtesy of Fighting Hate 101

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Saturday, August 22 - Riley Michaels



Links: Riley Michaels, Video above courtesy of Canal Bank Shuffle

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