North End Stage
All Day @ Burlington
Hamilton East Chamber Ensemble
10am to 10:45am
Award winning String Orchestra -5 times Provincial Champions-performing the Holberg Suite by Grieg ; Perseus by Newbold ; a piece with vocalist and other music.
Big Phat
11:30am to 12:45pm
Last year, Open Streets was lucky enough to have members from the Hamilton Blues Society perform on our North End Stage at Burlington and James North. Back by popular demand, John Crawford and front-man Joe Rebernik are joining forces to perform under their new name as Big Phat.
Big Phat is concentrating on their original musings, howbeit they still do covers the Big Phat way. The group is an 8 piece band that gives a big fat sound from the stage and a sound that adds heart and soul to everything they play. Big Phat is turning heads wherever they play and are going to be a force to be reckoned with in the near future.
Big Phat will be spreading the blues from the North End Stage in a double-set starting at 11:30am! Don’t miss them!
Trio Arjento
1:00pm to 1:45pm
Trio Arjento is a smooth, complex, and heady blend of musical styles and influences; scotch whiskey for the ears.
Their soulful, fragile, exploratory sound mixes jazz, blues, and singer-songwriter traditions to create musical tapestries where every note tells a story.
Marcy Hull’s warm, wise, and sultry voice is complemented by the intuitive counterpoint and improvisational chemistry of Jennifer Lockman’s piano and Tom Shea’s guitars.
Trio Arjento’s smooth sounds will follow Big Phat’s moody blues on the Open Street North End Stage at 1:00pm.
The Chocolate Crayons
2:00pm to 2:45pm
We are a fun eclectic duet, with playful covers and quirky original music, a gentle mix of sun and rain. We will be playing an electric piano, and an amplified guitar as well as singing.
The Chocolate Crayons are also a part of Spark Society and will open for them on the North End Stage at 2:00pm.
Spark Society
3:00pm to 3:45pm
Members - Ruth-Anne: keys, bass, vocals, trombone; Byron: vocals, keys, bass, drums; Casey: drums, vocals, guitar; Hilary: harp, vocals; Bonnie: vocals, mandolin, violin, percussion; Seth: guitar, banjo, vocals
Influences - The Unicorns, Talking Heads, Shel Silverstein, The Clash, Amanda Palmer, Jeff Buckley, White Stripes, Sufjan Stevens, Regina Spektor, The Kinks, Damien Rice, Broken Social Scene, The Most Serene Republic…
Sounds Like - Imagine an encounter between an old philosopher and her grandson: wide-eyed wonder prevails despite a world weary spirit; life is embraced as fully as the promise of death. The admiration each feels for the other empowers both parties to face the world with shining eyes.
Spark Society will be following The Chocolate Crayons starting their set on the North End Stage at 3:00pm.
South Stage with Sky Dragon
All Day @ York
The Safety Collective
11:00am to 11:45am
We are an eclectic rock band with influences ranging from ska & reggae to jazz and blues to funk to punk rock. We are a three-piece band composed of a drummer, bassist and guitarist with two members sharing vocal duties.
Electromagnetic Groove
12:00pm to 12:45pm
Ambient/Hip-hop/Experimental DJ
Dave Gould and His Musical Toilet
1:00pm to 1:45pm
Dave Gould is a freelancing percussionist, singer/songwriter and found sound artist who spends his days performing drumming shows for children. (www.mysticdrumz.com)
He can be seen maniacally drumming with Famous Framus (www.famousframus.com), Ginger St. James/Snow Heel Slim (www.gingerstjames.com), Alfie Smith (http://www.myspace.com/alfiejohnsmith) and The Quadrafonics (www.quadrafonics.com) among others. MOST IMPORTANTLY he has taken to playing a TOILET. It sounds great too! In his solo shows, Dave incorporates quirky original material, that push his rhythmic and lyrical ideas, with surreal solos on his musical toilet. In summary, he likes experimenting with sound and levity.
Dave will also be donating “the Passion of Bobby Bedeque” cd to Open Streets. A hamilton music award nominated memoir of Dave’s experiences and observations of living in Prince Edward Island. A mixed bag of quirky and political folk. (Retail value $10).
The Monarch Project
2:00pm to 2:45pm
Smooth rhythms, influenced by the resonating acoustics of my Jumbo body guitar. ACID FOLK!
Steve Sinnicks
3:00pm to 3:45pm
Words, Music, Solidarity
The song is everything.
The attitude is not.
Music is a game of survivors and Steve Sinnicks is nothing if not here to stay.
If you live in Southern Ontario, there is a good chance that you have seen Steve Sinnicks on stage. Steve plays pubs, clubs, campuses and festivals almost 365 days a year. Lefty, labour–side and not interested in who knows it, with the trio or solo, no two gigs are the same.
Original songs and acoustic shows … anywhere draft beer or solidarity can be found.
** WINNER 2009 Hamilton Music Awards – Folk/Roots Record of the Year: S.G. Sinnicks, Red Meat and Blue 88’s **
Open Mic at Open Streets
Artword Artbar Stage (Colbourne & James)
11am Set Up (Various Acts)
PoeMagic on the Street ! An OpenMic youth focused participant-poetry performance event featuring social justice, consumer awareness, and sustainability oriented dubpoetry, spokenword, and ‘freerants’, involving call and response audience involvement. Engaging, inspirational, informational and communal, a great event where everyone can perform! Hosted and animated by Hamilton’s 2005 Arts Award for Literature award winning dubpoet in residence and leading literary animator.
Klyde Broox will be hosting the Open Mic stage at Artword Artbar’s Open Streets/Open Mic stage at Colbourne & James starting around 11am.
All day outdoor music! Celebrate This Ain’t Hollywood’s 2nd anniversary at Open Streets with an outdoor stage that will keep rockin’ after Open Streets is over!