Jackson Station, Supercrawl plans to host five concerts over three days next month on top of the York Boulevard parking garage in downtown Hamilton. Supercrawl is a Keychange associate festival; learn more here. It’s an idea that Tim Potocic, festival director and co-owner of Sonic Unyon, had proposed in the past, but wasn’t taken up by the city until it was clear that there would need to be innovative solutions to hold live performances while limits on social gatherings remain in place. Supercrawl’s diverse multi-disciplinary program of sound, performance, visual and media arts is staged along a pedestrian-only creative corridor in the heart of downtown. Supercrawl is a member organization of the Major International Festivals and Events Network of Ontario, the Canadian Music Live Association, and Festivals and Events Ontario. [16] The festival also received a 2017 nomination for the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Event Of The Year from the Canadian Tourism Awards. Supercrawl 2019 resulted in an economic impact of more than $20 million (calculated using the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Sport’s Tourism Regional Economic Impact Model). The festival fosters and promotes arts and culture as well as the myriad benefits they provide. Melissa Bennett, Ivan Jurakic, Annette Paiement, Carol Podedworny, Tim Potocic, Theatre Committee
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film and television productions paused amid COVID-19 testing crunch, Fitness World gym members left in limbo as B.C. Supercrawl was shortlisted for a 2019 Ontario Tourism Award of Excellence for Tourism Event of the Year and 2017 Canadian Tourism Award for Event of the Year. Hamilton Supercrawl to host rooftop concert shows at Hamilton parkade. There are also plans for some art installations in the area of James Street North, as well as potentially fashion and drag shows, among other things — many of which will be free to the public. But it’ll actually feel relatively intimate, considering all of the criteria we have to follow to do the show.”. Want to discuss?
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Supercrawl will host five concerts on top of the York Boulevard parking garage at the end of September. Over its first decade, Supercrawl has successfully evolved from a modest arts-based single-day occurrence to a multi-day event with national/international profile and attendance. Art Crawl 101 On the second Friday of every month, Hamilton’s arts and culture hub, James Street North , is transformed by a decade-old phenomenon called Art Crawl.
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Read more: Hamilton’s art and indie music festival Supercrawl announced they will be hosting five concerts over three days in September on top of the York Boulevard parking garage. Hamilton’s biggest arts and music festival has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Supercrawl organizers have found a way to host a series of concerts while allowing people to physically distance. Supercrawl will host concerts on top of downtown Hamilton parking garage. Supercrawl is a free annual not-for-profit music & art festival on James Street North in Hamilton, Ontario. [10][11][12][13], The arts festival has been cited as part of a larger, arts-based revival in Hamilton as the former industrial city becomes a regional center for the arts. Noelle Allen (Committee Lead), Board of Directors [18], "Thousands pack downtown Hamilton for Supercrawl Friday", "How Supercrawl became an arts colossus, and the symbol of downtown rebirth", "Supercrawl: Understanding its roots and why fall fairs draw us in", https://supercrawl.ca/2020/06/supercrawl-repositions-2020-festival-looks-to-2021/, "Recap: Rock overcomes rain at Supercrawl Saturday", "Music Editor Graham Rockingham’s 5 must-see acts at Supercrawl", "A Supercrawl wedding. Supercrawl is a free annual not-for-profit music & art festival on James Street North in Hamilton, Ontario. Supercrawl’s Skytop Live Concert Series will feature marquee talents performing rooftop at a new temporary open-air venue on top of downtown Hamilton’s six story York Boulevard Parkade.
The festival received the 2015 Ontario Tourism Award of Excellence for Tourism Event of the Year, and has been recognized as one of Festival and Events Ontario’s Top 100 Festivals/Events for six consecutive years (2015-2020).
“We’re really, really excited — the artists that we have booked for the rooftop … they’re artists that will sell, each of them, probably closer to 1,000 tickets if they were actually to do a show in Hamilton.”, Read more:
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Mayor Fred Eisenberger announced that Supercrawl Productions had been selected as the third-party operator for the rooftop venue during Tuesday’s meeting of the mayor’s economic recovery task force. [3][4], In June 2020, festival organizers announced that they would be reconfiguring festival programming in response to logistical uncertainties around coronavirus impacts, with smaller-scale events taking place in late 2020 and early 2021, and the free festival taking place the second weekend in September, 2021. Supercrawl’s stages showcase a spectrum of musical styles, from pop, indie rock, electronic, soul, R&B and hip-hop, to funk, folk, blues, jazz, and orchestral. watchdog investigates contracts, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend announce death of baby following pregnancy complications, Southwestern Ontario man takes time to plan before claiming $70M LOTTO MAX jackpot, 'Move to Canada' searches explode during chaotic Trump-Biden debate, Ontario reports 538 new coronavirus cases, 3 additional deaths, Trump says he ‘really enjoyed’ U.S. presidential debate against Joe Biden, Ontario man claims $70M LOTTO MAX jackpot, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend announce the death of their baby, Joyce Echaquan's family calls for justice after her death, Movie Trailer: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Vancouver International Film Festival faces competition online, Supercrawl 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 forcing tough decisions from Hamilton and area event programmers.