December 8-11, 2025
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Monday, December 8 (Sammy Davis Jr 100th Birthday)
Let it Glow - A Celebration of Light (with some Live Music) @ St. Catharines & Port Dalhousie (Nov 29-Jan 4)
Winter Festival of Lights (Some Music) @ Niagara Falls (Nov 15-Jan 4)
6-7:45pm: Guitar Pickers (Open Stage) @ Hamilton Public Library, Greensville (Weekly)
6-8pm: Youth Jam @ Moonshine Cafe (Oakville) $5 (Weekly)
6-9pm: Open Mic + Industry Night with host Dan McLean @ Sonic Hall (Guelph)
6:30-8pm: Open Mic & Workshop with Victor Morgado @ Smoke and Moonshine (Beamsville) (Bi-weekly)
6:30pm: Thomas Nelson Band @ Spirit in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake) (Bi-Weekly)
7-11pm: Acoustic Open Mic with Sean Fuller @ Pub 36 (Hamilton) (Weekly)
7-9pm: Jim Faragailla @ Doc Magilligan's (Niagara Falls)
7-9pm: Brant Harmonica Guild @ Knights (Brantford) (2nd & Fourth Mondays)
7:30pm: The Music of A Charlie Brown Christmas @ FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, Partridge Hall (St. Catharines) $33+
7:30-10:30pm: Irish Traditional Sessions ft Paddyman & Friends @ Irish Harp (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
8pm: Ensemble! TV Show Hosted by Dave Rave & Starring Fast Brake, Recorded at Clifford Brewing @ Cable 14 (Hamilton) or live stream on cable14now.com
8pm: MGK (Machine Gun Kelly) @ TD Coliseum (Hamilton)
8pm: Open Jam with Martin Rouleau @ Moonshine Cafe (Oakville) $5 (Weekly)
Tuesday, December 9
Winter Festival of Lights (Some Music) @ Niagara Falls (Nov 15-Jan 4)
1:30-2am: Ensemble! TV Show Hosted by Dave Rave & Starring Fast Brake, Recorded at Clifford Brewing @ Cable 14 (Hamilton) or live stream on cable14now.com
10:30am: Shrek The Musical (Student Matinee) @ Hamilton Family Theatre (Cambridge) $59.50 (Dec 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-24, 26-28, 30-31, Jan 2-4, 6-11)
4-5:30pm: Blues Source Canada w Ken Wallis @ INDI 101.5 FM or indi1015.ca (Weekly)
7-10pm: Open Mic with Brennagh Burns @ Lukaya Cafe (Hamilton) (Weekly)
7-10pm: Songwriter Night (Open Stage) Hosted by Joel Guenther @ West Town (Hamilton) (Weekly)
7pm: Open Mike with Neil MacNaughton @ Moonshine Cafe (Oakville) $5 (Weekly)
7pm: Felicia McMinn @ Capitol 33 (Delhi) (Weekly)
7:30pm: Christopher Clause @ Thirsty Cactus (Dundas) (Weekly)
7-9pm: Don Sexsmith @ Doc Magilligan's (Niagara Falls)
8-11pm: Open Jam with the Boom Babiez @ Ale House (Hamilton) (Weekly)
8pm: A Jann Arden Christmas @ Sanderson Centre (Brantford) $85+
8-11:30pm: Open Mic @ Which Craft (Guelph) (Weekly)
8:30-11:30pm: Open Mic/Jam @ Barton Touchdown Pub (Hamilton) (Weekly)
Wednesday, December 10
Let it Glow - A Celebration of Light (with some Live Music) @ St. Catharines & Port Dalhousie (Nov 29-Jan 4)
Winter Festival of Lights (Some Music) @ Niagara Falls (Nov 15-Jan 4)
10:30am: Shrek The Musical (Student Matinee) @ Hamilton Family Theatre (Cambridge) $59.50 (Dec 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-24, 26-28, 30-31, Jan 2-4, 6-11)
2pm: Plaid Tidings: Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid @ Hildebrand Schoolhouse Theatre (St. Jacobs) $59.50 (Nov 19-23, 25-30, Dec 2-7, Dec 9-14, 16-21, 23-24, 26-28)
6:30pm: Country & Bluegrass Open Stage @ Waterdown Legion (Weekly)
7-9pm: Ryan Thomas Smelle @ Doc Magilligan's (Niagara Falls)
7pm: Perry and Mark @ Royal Electric (Guelph) (Weekly)
7-10pm: Open Mic @ The Bullring (Guelph) (Weekly)
7-11pm: Mike Elliott @ Ethel's Lounge (Waterloo)
7:30pm: Disney's Frozen (Musical) @ Theatre Aquarius (Hamilton) $? (Nov 19-23, 26-30, Dec 3-4, 6-7, 10-14, 17-21, 23-24, 26-28)
7:30pm: Kuné World — Universal Echoes @ FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, Partridge Hall (St. Catharines) $24+
7:30pm: The Barra MacNeils – An East Coast Christmas @ River Run Centre (Guelph) $85
7:45pm: Jazz Night (Open Stage) @ Corktown Pub (Hamilton) (Weekly)
8-12pm: Open Jam @ Frankie's (Brantford) (Weekly)
8pm: Felicia McMinn @ 211Main (Port Dover) (Weekly)
Thursday, December 11
---- Before 7:00pm ----
Let it Glow - A Celebration of Light (with some Live Music) @ St. Catharines & Port Dalhousie (Nov 29-Jan 4)
Winter Festival of Lights (Some Music) @ Niagara Falls (Nov 15-Jan 4)
10am-12pm: Breakfast of Champions (Radio Show) w Paul Panchezak (Trickbag) @ 93.3 CFMU or cfmu.ca (Weekly)
12-12:30pm: Ensemble! TV Show Hosted by Dave Rave & Starring Fast Brake, Recorded at Clifford Brewing @ Cable 14 (Hamilton) or live stream on cable14now.com
1-4pm: Waterdown Fiddlers @ Waterdown Legion (Weekly)
1:30pm: Disney's Frozen (Musical) @ Theatre Aquarius (Hamilton) $? (Nov 19-23, 26-30, Dec 3-4, 6-7, 10-14, 17-21, 23-24, 26-28)
2-4pm: The Celtic Tenors: A Celtic Christmas @ Sanderson Centre (Brantford) $50+
2pm: Plaid Tidings: Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid @ Hildebrand Schoolhouse Theatre (St. Jacobs) $59.50 (Nov 19-23, 25-30, Dec 2-7, Dec 9-14, 16-21, 23-24, 26-28)
2pm: Shrek The Musical @ Hamilton Family Theatre (Cambridge) $59.50 (Dec 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-24, 26-28, 30-31, Jan 2-4, 6-11)
5:30pm: Jamie Petrie @ Pub Fiction (Ancaster) (Weekly)
5:30-10pm: Winter Wonders (Live Music Tent) @ Royal Botanical Gardens (Burlington) $? (Nov 27-Jan 4, Thu-Sat)
6pm: Brad Hailz @ Slye Fox Pub (Burlington)
6-9pm: Open Mic @ Crystal Chandelier (Crystal Beach) (Weekly)
6-9pm: Lucas Stagg @ Aging Oak (Cambridge) (Weekly)
6-8pm: Turk & The Hobbit (Juneyt & Derek) @ Molly Blooms (Waterloo) (Weekly)
6:30-9:30pm: James Ferris with Fried Balogna @ The Corktown Pub (Hamilton)(Weekly)
6:30-8:30pm: Soldiers of Harmony @ Shawn & Ed Brewing Co (Dundas)
6:30pm: Ed Pizzo on the Baby Grand Piano @ Spirit in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake) (Weekly)
---- After 7:00pm ----
7pm: Ian Andrews and Greg Brisco @ @ Boiler & Whistle (Hamilton)
7-10pm: Classic Country Open Mic with the Country Ramblers @ 447 Wing (Hamilton) (Weekly)
7-11pm: Descendants of Dunn @ Squire's Gastropub (Burlington)
7-10pm: Songwriters' Open Mic Night with Chelsea McWilliams @ The Block Co, The Edison Room (Burlington) (Weekly)
7-10pm: Paige Armstrong @ Teddy's (Grimsby)
7-10pm: Josh Coulter @ Judge & Jester (Grimsby) (Weekly)
7-9pm: Dealerz Choice @ Doc Magilligan's (Niagara Falls)
7-10pm: Duncan Wilson Trio @ Manhattans (Guelph)
7:30pm: Disney's Frozen (Musical) @ Theatre Aquarius (Hamilton) $? (Nov 19-23, 26-30, Dec 3-4, 6-7, 10-14, 17-21, 23-24, 26-28)
7:30pm: Piano Bar Night with Mike Stevenson and Friend @ BLK Swan, Brant St (Burlington) (Weekly)
7:30pm: Live Jam & Open Mic Hosted by Sessionista @ The Barber Towne Pub (Georgetown) (2nd & 4th Thu)
7:30-10:30pm: Open Mic with Victor Morgado @ Your Neighbourhood Pizza Co (Beamsville) (Weekly)
7:30-10:30pm: Josh Edwards @ Irish Harp (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
7:30pm: Plaid Tidings: Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid @ Hildebrand Schoolhouse Theatre (St. Jacobs) $59.50(Nov 19-23, 25-30, Dec 2-7, Dec 9-14, 16-21, 23-24, 26-28)
7:30pm: Shrek The Musical @ Hamilton Family Theatre (Cambridge) $59.50 (Dec 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-24, 26-28, 30-31, Jan 2-4, 6-11)
7:30pm: Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert Live-to-Film @ Centre in the Square (Kitchener) $? (Dec 11-12)
8pm: Joe Lapinski with The Dinner Is Ruined Band + Ben Somer @ Mills Hardware (Hamilton) $25.33
8pm: Holiday Originals: Suzie McNeil & Friends (Aion Clarke, Tomi Swick, Joel Parisien @ The Westdale (Hamilton) $?
8pm: Chase Stevens & friends (Fundraiser) @ Moonshine Cafe (Oakville) $?
8-11pm: Open Mic Night + Jam @ Temple Bar (Oakville) (Weekly)
8-11pm: Soul Jam @ Helliwell Hall (St. Catharines)
8pm: Road to Hotel California (Tribute to The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, more) @ Yuk Yuk's (Niagara Falls) $39 (Nov 15, 20, 22, 27, 29, Dec 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20)
8pm: Terra Lightfoot with Loviet @ Sonic Hall (Guelph) $33.18
8-11:30pm: Open Mic with Nora Crete and Derek Bowers @ Elora Legion (Weekly)
8pm: Quisha Wint: The Ladies of Soul: Part 3 @ The Jazz Room (Waterloo) $?
8:30pm: Open Mic @ Coach & Lantern (Ancaster) (Weekly)
9pm: Motive @ Fallsview Casino Resort, Lucky's Restaurant (Niagara Falls)
9:30pm-1am: Whiskey Rattlers @ Olde Angel Inn (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
2025: Dec 8-11 / Dec 12-14 / Dec 15-21 / Dec 22-28
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