Sites of Interest

All italicized entries haven't been updated in over a year.

City of Hamilton Main: www.hamilton.ca/music Information & resources for new or mid-career musicians based in Hamilton: www.hamilton.ca/build-invest-grow/hamilton-music-film/music-hamilton/new-or-mid-career-musicians-hamilton Looking to grow your career/business as a musician - we have recorded workshops from our annual Musicians Conference: www.hamilton.ca/build-invest-grow/hamilton-music-film/music-hamilton/musician-entrepreneur-conference Information about the City's summertime live performance series (info about a potential 2023 program will be shared on this page): www.hamilton.ca/things-do/arts-music/summer-concert-series Hamilton's Music Strategy: www.hamilton.ca/city-council/plans-strategies/strategies/hamilton-music-strategy Looking to open or expand a music business in Hamilton: https://investinhamilton.ca/industries/creative-industries/ Snapshot of Hamilton's Music Sector (business and workforce info): https://investinhamilton.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Creative-Industries-Sector-Profile_Music.pdf Local A-G Black Walnut Folk Club (Kitchener) Blues Source Entertainment (Hamilton) Brantford Musicians' Association Brantford Open Stage Brant Harmonica Guild Cambridge Live Music Central Ontario Musicians' Association Culture Rodeo (Hamilton, Brantford, Norfolk) Duet Club of Hamilton Dundas Music Club Grand River Blues Society Grand River Folk Community Greater Hamilton Musician Guelph Reggae Massive Guitar Society of Brantford H-Z Hamilton Accordion Club Hamilton Blues Society Hamilton Music Collective Hamilton Music Rocks NEW! Hamilton Music through the Ages (Spectator) Hamilton Musicians' Guild (Union) Hamilton Regional Songwriters Group Hamilton Rock and Country Magazine Hamilton Rocks (Zammit) Hammer Hoppers (Swing Dance) Helen Graham Presents Event Calendar NEW! Hep Cat Hoppers (Waterloo) The Inlet (Music Section) In the Hammer Millrace Folk Society MonkeyBiz (Hamilton) Music by the Bay Music in Hamilton (City of Hamilton) Music Lives (Guelph Listings) Niagara Old Tyme Fiddlers Association Niagara Musicians' Association St. Catharines Culture Steel City Music Support Live Entertainment	Canada Canada South Blues Society Canadian Big Bands Canadian Tribute/Cover Bands Cashbox Canada CBC Music Ears to the Ground Folk Music Ontario FYI Music News Great Lakes Blues Society HipHopCanada Indie-Rocks.ca Kingston Blues Society Northern Ontario Country Music Association Open Stage Adventure Ottawa Blues Society Penguin Eggs Magazine Record Shows Rock My World Canada NEW! Roots Music Canada SOCAN Top Country Toronto Blues Society	International American Blues Scene Blues Foundation Blues Matters B Man's Blues Report BraveWords (Metal) Classic Rock Magazine Downbeat (Jazz/Blues Magazine) Folk Alley fRoots Magazine NEW! Gospel Music Association NEW! HipHop DX Living Blues Living Tradition (Folk) No Depression Magazine (Americana) Punk News NEW! Rockabilly Chronicle Squeeze My Lemon Blog  Ultimate Classic Rock
Podcasts/Radio Local Blues Source Breakfast of Champions (CFMU) Come Sunday (Gospel) (CFMU) Deacon Blues (Archive) Freewheelin' Folk Show (CFMU) Jakes Place: Song 'n' Tails Lou's Control (CFMU) Sold on Hamilton (900 CHML) Other Americana Music Show Blues and Roots Radio (Canada) Country Blues In the Country Intuit World Wide Nothing But the Blues Roadhouse SA Roots and Blues Talking Blues (Canada) YouTube Sites with lots of local music! Hamilton Blues Lovers A-L (Active) April Severin Barb Pitre BluesInBronte Boyd Wilson Films Brian Berneker Cultivate Music David Stephen Folk Roots Radio GuitarCarl Hamilton Musicians In Performance (Playlist) Janice Pinch Jeffrey Duke Media LoinTavern M-Z (Active) Marion G Marz Homes  Michael Hickey MiscellaneousFish Neek 49 Nicholas Jacobs 1967 oaklandoptic Randall Stafford Cook soFXCanada Southern Souls StellaBlu477 Vesna Trkulja-Stevens Inactive  (Last updated more than a year ago) A-L Andrea Cassis Andrew Golden  Angelo NotoCampanella BandFriend1 Band on a Couch Boxo Studio Daragent2 Dave Sloan Eleanor Jodway Glenn Marshall Greater Niagara Jazz Club HolaHamOnt Jay Plant Jeff M deBruin Kincardine Music M-Z MeeJooBee Mel Olds Misha Fotos newbliss3 Pauline deRosa PhillipBast Racebabe RbirmMusicFan Rock Our Town Sam DeRosa Shotgun Jilly Steinberg321 Tambourini 241156can Urban Hero	Awards (Local) Country Music Association of Ontario Awards (May) Waterloo Region Arts Awards (June) Niagara Music Awards (Sept) Awards (National) Maple Blues Awards (January) Junos (March) Canadian Folk Music Awards (April) Independent Music Awards (May) Canadian Music and Broadcast  Industry Awards (May) CMT Awards (June) Canadian Country Music Awards (September) Polaris Music Prize (September) Polaris Heritage Prize (Oct) Awards (Out of Region) Alberta Country Music Awards (January) Mississauga Arts Awards (MARTYS) (May) Western Canadian Music Awards (Oct) BC Country Music Awards (Oct) Music New Brunswick Awards (Oct) Northern Ontario Country Music Awards (November) Montreal SOCAN Awards (Dec)	Awards (International)  International Blues Challenge (January) Grammys (January) Ameripolitan Awards (February) International Folk Music Awards (February) Academy of Country Music Awards (April) Blues Music Awards (May) International Songwriting Competition (May) Billboard Music Awards (May) Living Blues Awards (August) UK Blues Awards (September) Americana Music Awards (Sep) John Lennon Songwriting Competition (Sept) American Music Awards (Nov) International Acoustic Music Awards (December)

Record Labels
(Area labels or ones that have a lot of local talent)

• Axe Records (run by Hamilton's Greg Hambleton)
• Alma (Toronto) (Ian Thomas)
• Borealis (Toronto) (Jackie Washington, Stan Rogers, Nathan Rogers)
• Busted Flat (Kitchener)
• Coalition Music (Toronto) (Ben Caplan, Finger 11)
• Dine Alone (Toronto) (Arkells, City and Colour, Monster Truck)
• Electro-Fi (Toronto) (Harrison Kennedy, Miss Angel Brown, Mel Brown)
• HAVN (Hamilton)
• Hidden Pony (Hamilton)
• Latent Recordings (Toronto) (Lee Harvey Osmond, Cowboy Junkies, Skydiggers)
• Linus (Waterdown)
• Lockdown Records (Hamilton)
• Pacemaker (Toronto) They reissue Canadian classic rock albums
• Six Shooter (Toronto) (Danny Michel, Harlan Pepper, Whitehorse) 
• Sonic Unyon (Hamilton)
• Stony Plain (Waterdown)
• True North (Waterdown)
• Unidisc (Crowbar, Teenage Head)
• NEW! WEL-PEL (Hamilton)