Pancake Breakfast 11am-2pm
Family Movie: The Mighty Ducks 2pm

A community pancake breakfast (pay-what-you-can) in support of a children’s breakfast program with lots of fun in store, a live band, and finishing with a cozy film screening. 
Breakfast: PWYC
Movie: FREE

Magnolia Hall

A full day of performances and activities at the Cotton Factory.

More information coming soon!

Join us on February 16th from 10am to 3pm for an action-packed day of art, music, movement and fun for the whole family!      Things to look forward to at the AGH: Art & craft projects, Family Tours , Hot chocolate and snacks , Family movement workshop with Little Yogis Academy (1:00-2:00 PM)      Free Admission 

Art Gallery of Hamilton

Sunday Night Comedy at The Judge: 8 Years Strong Good people. Good laughs. Good times. Come celebrate the room that's been filling Sundays with joy since day one. See you this Sunday at 8 PM.

Laugh at the Judge

On Sunday, February 15th, wear your coziest clothes and get comfy for a marathon binge watch of Heated Rivalry. Pick your favourite episodes or spend the day! 

+3pm showing: episodes 1, 2, 3 
+7pm showing: episodes 4, 5, 6 

Tickets required for each showing, $30 each or $50 for both if you book before Feb 1st! 

Choose if you want a quiet watch and grab a seat for the Shhh Studio Theatre, or join the yappers in the Chatterbox Café with professional loudmouths, cultural connoisseurs, and local queers Franny McCabe-Bennett, Karma Kameleon, and Shanice Bowrin providing live reactions and commentary.  The Staircase will be providing a themed food & drink menu (preorder options coming soon!), and we'll be collecting donations for speqtrum Hamilton, a charity providing resources for local LGBTQ+ youth.  

Spend your Family Day long weekend with local queers, romance lovers, and Hamilton loons, whether it's your 1221st reheat or your first watch. See you there! Poster art by @thisisallhanmade

Staircase Theatre

The perfect all-ages activity for Family Day weekend. Our FREE Family Art Days are all about making art and having fun with your family. This is a unique opportunity to create alongside one another in a variety of mediums from painting to pottery. It's also a chance to learn more about DVSA and meet our talented faculty members. Drop-in. No registration required. All ages welcome, activities best suited for ages 3+. Help local families by donating non-perishable items to our food drive in support of Hamilton Food Share.

Dundas Valley School of Art

The perfect little cozy Sunday with a mix-bag of fun: creative workshops, family activities, local vendors, delicious food & drink, and live music!
FREE

Magnolia Hall

Who needs chocolates and flowers and and gifts from someone else when you can TREAT YOURSELF!
With an incredible line up of vendors, offering a variety of products to promote self-care, self-discovery, joy, and indulgence, you are sure to find something that makes you feel as special as you are!

Cotton Factory, 3rd Floor

Join us once a month on Sundays, from 10am-12pm at Hamilton Craft Studios. Bring a project to work on, tea to drink and snacks to eat. We'll meet in the textiles studio and sit around the table and catch up with friends, meet new people, talk projects and have fun.
Pay What You Can

Hamilton Craft Studios

Study Courses are an opportunity to come into the space and have an easy introduction to woodworking or to further develop specific skills.  Students will gain hands-on experience with studio machinery and woodworking processes. 

In this Workshop:

• Make a charcuterie board - wood is included

Hamilton Craft Studios

Join us for a night dedicated to celebrating relationships in all their beautiful dimensions! This show is about celebrating love, friendship, and everything in between.

The Vibe: We promise an evening that will warm your heart and guarantee some "Happily Ever Laughter."

Want to be part of the show?
You don't need improv skills! We're inviting couples to share a little of their love story. We'll fill in the blanks. If you'd like a chance to participate as audience couples, email us at  livimprov@gmail.com with:
Your first names, how old is your relationship...maybe an interesting piece of info about the two of you. 

Staircase Theatre

Celebrate Valentine's Day with the HPO and Dwayne Gretzky performing your favourite hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s with conductor Lucas Waldin! Enjoy electrifying renditions of familiar favourites by “Canada's Greatest party band” with full orchestral sound in a dynamic celebration of the songs we all forgot we loved.

An evening of songs about all kinds of love in an intimate setting.  Jazz and Bossa Nova - with a Twist!

Coach and Lantern Pub

Hamilton Winterfest presents HAG’s annual Winterfest Cabaret.  Hamilton Aerial Group is a circus collective who have been performing in and around Hamilton since 2010.  Their first cabaret in 2015 was a huge success with a sellout of 600 tickets!  Since then, their cabaret style Winterfest performances have morphed into true narrative theatre using aerial skills, stilt walking, puppetry and live music.  This year HAG goes back to their cabaret style theatre, welcoming performers and musicians outside the collective to perform in the cabaret style narrative.  

The hibernation theme sees characters sleeping and dreaming of things to come.  Using mask and shadow puppetry, song, aerial dance, stilt-walking and clowning you won’t want to miss this spectacular family show!

Cotton Factory Event Space

From the program that created the Ocean’s Barwaaqo, the Shattered Garden, Echoes of Humanity, and In the Shadow of the Mountain… Join us for an evening of readings, reflections, and signings, as the Writers Room cohort of LENNEX MALEY 2026 launches their book The Shards of the Mirror Tree! Featuring Anais Constantine, Adebola Salami, Layla Ahmed, and Lennex Maley.
FREE - Registration Required

Hamilton Public Library - Central Branch

This week Terry Rhodes performs live at the Waterdown Branch. Terry sings Lionel Richie's songs of love this Valentine's Day.

Hamilton Public Library - Waterdown Branch

Share a creative afternoon working with clay, side by side in a relaxed social setting. 

Hamilton Craft Studios

A family-friendly day of valentines-themed fun including kids crafts, local food & drink vendors, and a family dance party with special surprises.
FREE

Magnolia Hall

A single session ceramics program for kids aged 7–12 focused on creativity, confidence, and material exploration. Participants will learn foundational clay skills through fun, hands-on projects while experimenting with texture, colour, and form.

Each session introduces a new concept or technique—pinching, coiling, slab building, surface design, and glazing—encouraging imagination and personal expression. This program emphasizes curiosity, collaboration, and play in a supportive studio environment where every child’s ideas are celebrated.

Hamilton Craft Studios

Open to everyone and free of charge! The main focus of the clinic will be teaching how to properly deliver a rock and see if curling really is as easy as it looks on tv.

Learn more about proper delivery form and some of the basic strategy of the game! Everyone welcome. Kids 12 and under should please bring a helmet to wear on the ice. 

Participants can expect to spend about an hour to an hour and a half on the ice. The start time provided is for arrival time only.
FREE - Registration Required

Hamilton Victoria Curling Club

The Offspring play TD Coliseum, with Bad Religion

Stay out of the cold and explore the creative tenants at the Cotton Factory as they open their studio doors. Lots to see and explore.

Cotton Factory

Join us to celebrate the writing of Amal ElMohtar, the New York Times bestselling author of The River Has Roots, The Honey Month, and the co-authored novella This is How You Lose the Time War. With live readings and a conversation moderated by Terese Mason Pierre, El-Mohtar will delve into the inspirations behind her 2025 release The River Has Roots, and trace the ways in which mythology, folklore, music, and the possibilities of speculative fiction have informed her creative practice and the work that has connected to the hearts of readers around the world.
FREE - Registration Required

Hamilton Public Library - Central Branch

Sean Fuller brings his seasoned original tunes to the Rathskeller.  All welcome; no cover.  Doors open at 7pm; music goes from 7:30-9pm;  bar stays open till later.

Rathskeller Pub

Ski on down for an evening of alpine-inspired vibes with special food & drink, fireside fun, activities for all-ages and a DJ!
FREE

Magnolia Hall

Join us for a joint opening reception for our main gallery Winter solo show featuring work by Jay Youngdahl, I Don't Want Your Millions (Billions), Mister, and our heritage exhibit Work in Progress: Fightbacks!. The evening will include a special music performance by Six Nations songwriter, land defender, and community curator, Layla Staats.

Workers Arts & Heritage Centre

Once upon a time, Amal El-Mohtar received a gift of twenty-eight vials of honey. Through a series of poetic encounters, a sunlit book of poetry and prose, The Honey Month, was written in the heart of winter. Inspired by Amal’s poetic experiments with honey, this workshop welcomes participants into a folkloric laboratory of encounters. Participants will be invited to interact with a curated set of objects with a focus on the sensory input we receive from them by observing, touching, smelling, and occasionally tasting them. Then we’ll use that sensory input to prompt fiction in which our chosen object becomes the focus of a mythic encounter and share the results.
FREE - Registration Required

Hamilton Public Library - Central Branch

This week Dionne R. Grant takes the stage in Central Library's Living Room. Dionne is a Canadian jazz singer, pianist, poet and author. She currently performs her music at a variety of church lead functions, community events and private engagements in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area. 

Hamilton Public Library - Central Library