From July 19 to 29, 2012, it’s Hamilton Fringe Theatre Festival time. Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, is the Fringe Clubhouse, open daily during the Festival from about 5 pm weekdays, noon on weekends until late (midnight, 1:00 am). Meet-up before/after shows, light meals, espresso, licenced under the AGCO. 
Special Fringe events at Artword Artbar (see following posts). In the Gallery each Fringe show is invited to mount a display.
The 2012 Hamilton Fringe Theatre Festival: Four venues in the James North district, a short walk from Artword Artbar. Click the map.
Twenty-nine companies with 28 shows, 7 performances of each show! For show info and schedules: http://www.hamiltonfringe.ca/ Read more…
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During the Fringe Festival, nightly from Friday July 20 to Saturday July 28: 10 to 11 pm (10:30 to 11:30 pm on Sunday July 22), Talk Show with host comedian Larry Smith. Fringe participants interviewed, by an irreverent comedian, so watch out! No show on Opening July 19 or closing July 29. http://www.facebook.com/larrycomic
As an independent comedian, Larry has been working as headliner, and part of a comedy duo, for more the 16 years. Read more…
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Friday July 27 from 7:30 to 9:30 pm (pwyc), special Fringe Festival edition of “PoeMagic“, an evening of spoken word with host dub poet Klyde Broox. Come on out and find out how to “dub” your poetry.
All genres of spoken word poets welcome. Contact Klyde at kbroox@porchlight.ca. “Steeped in oral traditions, Broox’s gesture-enabled, dance and song-oriented, performances are consistently pitched to engage, entertain, and invite audiences to experience poetry as social communion. … ” 
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Thursday July 26, 2012, 7:30-9:30 pm, pwyc ($5-$10 suggested) — during the Fringe Festival at Artword Artbar (Fringe Clubhouse)
SINGALONG with Sam Turton and Jane Lewis, singer-songwriters from Guelph. Come out and SING! They’ve got songbooks full of classic favourites — YOU request the songs, and we all sing them together. Led by Jane Lewis and Sam Turton. http://www.all-together-now.ca Tell your friends because — the more, the merrier. Hundreds of songs – songbooks provided: Over 100 great artists, including The Band, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Read more…
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Late Night Music during the Fringe Festival, Fri July 20, Sat July 21, Fri July 27, Sat July 28, from 11 pm to 1:00 am, tip jar for the musicians. Very impressive line-up!
Fri July 20: Fred Butler Septet, featuring a four-strong horn section, plus special guest Grace San Andres on vocals. Fred Butler tenor sax, bari sax; Andrew Hills tenor sax, alto sax, flute and clarinet; Toby Ley tenor sax, alto sax; Marlon Brew trumpet, flugelhorn; Thom Mason guitar; Dave Holla bass; Mat Gervais drums. Playing originals and arrangements of standards.
Sat July 21: Beg To Differ trio playing blues / jazz / funk. Tim Ninehouse piano, keyboards, vocals; Doug Sikma guitar; Steve Foster drums. Unique renditions of blues, jazz and funk songs, drawing from early blues roots to jazzified contemporary songs.
Thurs July 26: Social Animals: rhythm and blues duo Chris and Christa Bradbury, with Orange McFarland on bass. The band, headed up by vocalist Christa Bradbury, offer a soulful vocal driven modern rock and blues sound as only Christa can deliver it.
Fri July 27: Janice Lee and the Free Radicals. A groovy new jazz, funk, folk pop trio from Kitchener. Recent Waterloo Region Arts Award winner Janice Lee (of the Tra-La-Las) fronts on guitar and soulful vocals. Justin James brings rich Nat King Cole-like piano and vocals. Adam F. Lewis entertains with his upstage antics and grandiose drum styles. They bring a mix of catchy new original songs to sing along to, jazz standards to revel in, and a healthy dose of radical political analysis to talk about. Their motto is: Bring the Funk to the People. The People Need More Funk. www.janicejolee.ca
Sat July 28: The Aubrey Wilson Quartet with Aubrey Wilson vocals, Chris Bruder piano, Sean Bruce Parker drums, and Victor Vrankulj bass, playing a variety of jazz standards.
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Artword Artbar, the Fringe Theatre Festival Clubhouse, is hosting several advance workshops for Fringe Festival Participants, and Volunteers. Read more…
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“Experience World Music!” The Tribal Gallery Presents concert series.
Saturday July 14 at 8 pm$10 advance (call 905-385-1829), $15 door. The Sharbat Trio: three top Canadian musicians: tabla virtuoso Ravi Naimpally, multi-instrumentalist Waleed Abdulhamid and vocalist Samidha Joglekar. Inspired by music of both the South Asian and African diaspora, this incredible trio are creating a new cross-cultural blend of soulful sounds. Read more…
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Friday July 13 from 8 pm, tip jar: Music in the bar during the James North Art Crawl. one of our favourite jazz vocalists Emily Kemp is back with her band: Scott MacIntosh guitar, Jordan Snider drums, Tom Altobelli bass, and Chris Bruder piano.
In the Gallery: show displays for productions in the Hamilton Fringe Theatre Festival.
Event, James North events, Music-Jazz
Thursday July 12 at 8 pm, $5. Jazz with the Devin Patten Quintet, playing mostly originals by Devin and some by other band members, and an occasional standard. Devin Patten bass; Matti Larabie drums; Sun Park piano; Patrick Panus tenor sax; Abigail Neale alto sax.
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Wednesday July 11 at 8 pm, cover $5. The Onion Honey duo from Waterloo play banjos and other things. 
Esther Wheaton and David Pike started playing music together around the same time they started cooking together and watching dozens of astronomy documentaries together; the result is a deliciously stellar blend of old-time and jug-band music that will tug at heartstrings and set feet a-tappin’. Both Esther and Dave are also part of Banjos and Bellows, and Dave is also in A Yellow Field. http://soundcloud.com/onion-honey
Also on the bill are two folk singer-songwriters Brendan J Stephens and 
Sarah Beatty. https://www.facebook.com/BrendanJStephensMusic and http://brendanjstephens.bandcamp.com/album/my-name-is-brendan-j-stephens
Sarah Beatty occupies the space between country, blues, jazz, and roots music, with dynamic vocals, expressive lyrics, and engaging melodies.
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Saturday July 7 at 8 pm, cover $5. A high-energy night of Motown and funk with vocalist Christina di Franco and her band, Phunktown5. Christina DiFranco (vocals), Scott McIntosh (guitar), Chris Bruder (piano), Tom Altobelli (bass) and Jordan Snider(drums). Phunktown5 is a Motown/Funk cover band of 5 talented young musicians, all recent graduates from Mohawk College’s Jazz Program, covering legendary hits from the great Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Jackson5, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations and many other Motown and Funk legends. Along with the Motown, Funk and R&B genres, these 5 add their own funky flare to some of today’s Pop hits and some Jazz standards. Visit Christina’s website: www.wix.com/christinadifranco09/homepage
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Friday July 6 at 8 pm, pwyc. Singer-songwriter Paul Federici (who appeared at Artword Artbar in the first Catherine North Studio showcase) is back for a full evening, with special guest Beth Moore. Paul is on tour with a new album: “Paul Federici’s Relative Importance is nice. Really nice. Tender, even: there’s tender guitar strumming, tender strings, with a tender chorus of Federici’s angelic harmonies. Especially heartstring tugging are ‘True’ and ‘Without You,’ a spare little ditty fingerpicked for some estranged love.” (Exclaim Magazine)
www.paulfederici.ca www.paulfedericimusic.bandcamp.com
Beth Moore has been writing and performing her beautiful interpretation of modern folk since 2006. With her roots in Niagara Falls, Canada she quickly gained hometown recognition and has since built a name for herself in Toronto and Southern Ontario. She has played over 200 live shows including festivals like Scene Fest, In the Soil, and Toronto’s Indie Week. Her song writing has been praised as honest, to the point and from the heart. Listeners quickly draw into its intimacy. “I write about what I know, and I do it as honestly as I know how,” says Beth. www.bethmooremusic.com
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Thursday July 5, 2012, 8pm, pwyc, at Artword Artbar. Catherine North Studios’ monthly series, “Lost and Found,” features old friends and newly discovered talent. From pop rock to contemporary classical, the Catherine North folks would like to show Hamilton the amazing diversity of great music that gets recorded in this city.
Thursday July 5 lineup: Alex Frank, Negar, Adam Bentley, Danny Gorman
The evening has been put together by Michael Chambers of Catherine North. http://catherinenorth.com/lostandfound
Event, Music
From July 19 to 29, 2012, it’s Hamilton Fringe Theatre Festival time. Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, is the Fringe Clubhouse, open daily during the Festival from about 5 pm weekdays, noon on weekends until late (midnight, 1:00 am). Meet-up before/after shows, light meals, espresso, licenced under the AGCO. 
Special Fringe events at Artword Artbar (see following posts). In the Gallery each Fringe show is invited to mount a display.
