In what seems to be a common theme in Hamilton, this weekend is jam packed with festivals & events. To make things easy, we’ve picked out a handful of things to check out this weekend.
Ancaster Fair
Thursday-Sunday – The 162nd edition of the Ancaster Fair is on now at the Ancaster Fairgrounds. Full of family fun, the Ancaster Fair offers a midway, lots of games, lots of food options (funnel cakes, anyone?), a traditional agricultural area with cool farm animals and so much more.
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Apple Festival at Puddicombe Farms
Sunday – Come on out and pick your own apples fresh from our special dwarf apple trees! We have a number of sweet varieties as well as the best pie making apples around! You will be able to ride the tractor pulled wagon ride through the orchards and also enjoy the agricultural train ride through the orchards, vineyards and waterways.
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Art Gallery of Hamilton World Film Festival
The AGH is pulling out all the stops with the 2012 edition of the World Film Festival. This weekend, experience some world-class cinema at Hamilton’s favourite theatres including the Jackson Square cinemas and Westdale Theatre. The World Film Festival runs beyond the weekend, wrapping up on September 30. Check the link below for a schedule of all showings and special events.
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Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra 2012-13 Launch Concert
Saturday – The Hamilton Philharmonic kicks off its 2012-13 season with HPO Music Director James Sommerville playing the dual role of soloist and conductor in a stirring program that features a new concerto written especially for him by award-winning composer Omar Daniel.
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Ikenobo Ikebana Society of Hamilton - 43rd Annual Flower Exhibition
Sunday from 1pm-5pm – Royal Botanical Gardens invites you to celebrate the 550th anniversary of the Ikenobo Ikebana Society and welcome Prof. Masumi Yonezawa from Ikenobo Headquarters, Kyoto, Japan. Come and enjoy Prof. Yonezawa’s one-of-a-kind demonstration, and view the beauty of floral material displayed in the unique work by chapter members.
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Meet Brandi and Jarrod from Storage Wars
Saturday – OLG Slots at Flamboro Downs is hosting a special event with Brandi & Jarrod from A&E reality show Storage Wars.
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Open Streets
Sunday from 10am to 5pm – James Street North, from Guise St South to King Street, will be closed to automobiles, and open to a festival of people walking, cycling, rollerblading, watching demonstrations, trying a new activity, listening to music and bands, or shopping in the various shops and restaurants along the street. For the first time, Open Streets is expanding to McMaster University and Westdale Village as well.
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See How They Run – On Stage at Theatre Aquarius
The theatre season opens with a bang with this hilarious, classic British farce! In a single night of glorious misunderstanding, the vicarage of Merton-cum-Middlewick is beset by nosy neighbours, meddling maids, brandied befuddlement, visiting vicars, sinister spies and an entirely implausible number of misplaced trousers. Laugh ‘till you cry with this theatrical confection, as the ridiculous becomes sublime at a breakneck pace!
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For more on what to check out this weekend, click here to view our complete events calendar. If you have any questions, post to our Facebook page or send us a tweet @tourismhamilton. Have a great weekend!
