Hamilton Celebrates the Season! The holidays in Hamilton are a magical time with seasonal community events, inspiring arts and craft markets, traditional holiday food, lights and decorations, one of a kind local shopping, and classic holiday music!
Holiday Decision 2019–Shop Online or In Person? It’s really efficient to shop online, click, click and free delivery! But you’ll be missing out! Shopping locally is a one of a kind personal experience!
Independent Hamilton shops and cafes offer the opportunity to chat with owners, creators, curators, friends and neighbours! Browsing, seeing, and touching gifts is personal “hands on” experience! Hearing first-hand stories about local gifts gives richer meaning to each gift!
We Heart Shopping Local! If you’re looking for that perfect gift for family and friends, Hamilton has you covered! Local organizations, restaurants and shops offer a huge selection of great gifts ideas for sports fans, music and arts enthusiasts, activists, foodies, kids, cooks, skiers, skaters, chocolate addicts, fashionistas, gamers, book lovers, and craft beer/wine connoisseurs!
Discover one of a kind hand-made treasures directly from Hamilton artists and crafters! Take time to stop into shops and cafes you’ve always wanted to explore! Support amazing, local independent shops and cafes owned by Hamilton neighbours!
Gifting Local Experiences! Consider a gift certificate for a special 2020 date night at one of Hamilton’s world class restaurants! The City of Music has concert tickets for music lovers from classical to country! For sports fans, tickets to Hamilton home games is a winner! Local theatre groups present live theatre performances all season. Consider gifting memberships to Hamilton galleries, nature groups or the RBG!
Hamilton Pays it Forward Locally! So many Hamilton groups and organizations work tirelessly all year to help neighbours with basic essentials and a better quality of life! Incredibly generous Hamilton musicians, athletes, businesses and families volunteer their time, talents, money and support!
Keeping it Local and Rising! We consider ourselves very fortunate to be part of this inspiring Hamilton community. Our Hamilton Rising Team thanks all the friends who have contacted and supported us on our journey so far! We wish everyone a joyous holiday! Here’s to Hamilton 2020!