Raise the Hammer

With the Hamilton Blues and Roots Festival only a few days away, June 7, if you are playing along at home, we have a few final things to make sure everyone is up to date on.

The Schedule We have an additional a little shuffling. Here's the final schedule for Saturday.

9:45 MonkeyJunk 8:00 Jesse O’Brien with Steve Strongman and Chuck Jackson 6:30 Hammer Blues Band 5:00 Banned from Heaven with Laura Cole 4:00 Matthew de Zoete 2:45 Bry Webb 1:30 Harrison Kennedy 12:40 Mark McNeil 12:00 Steve Sinnicks

Steve Sinnicks (1:15), Banned from Heaven (2:15), and Matthew de Zoete (6:00) will also be busking during the day.

Merchants and Food Trucks We're very thrilled to be working with the Westdale BIA and their fabulous merchants. A number of the merchants will be set up on the street to better participate in the festival.

Allure Fitness Ann Decor Bare Wax Bar Brian Prince Bookseller Burrito Bandidos Casual Gourmet Cupcakes Dakota Mae Delirious Burgers Harmony Hotti Biscotti Jack Carruth Shoes My Dog Joe Pita Pit Rejuvenate Second Cup Sylvia Simpson TCBY Walker’s Chocolate Westdale Jewellers Westdale Optical Westdale Village BIA

In addition to the Westdale Merchants, we'll also be welcoming the following vendors:

Bold Artiste Coronation Minor Hockey EarPeace Hear Right Kawsay Matapa Music & Arts Modify Your Closet Nerium Red Chickadee SoBi (Hamilton Social Bicycle) Student Car Share Supercrawl Tupperware

Finally, everyone loves the food trucks. The following trucks will be on hand:

Karma Chamealeon Kool Jim's Meatball Shoppe Poor Bhoy's Reardon's Urban Express Willy Dog

Sponsors Thanks to the Westdale Village BIA, Judy Marsales Real Estate, TD Bank, Jen Daniels, Hamilton Blues Society, the City of Hamilton, Pita Pit, Sonic Unyon, Moosehead, and our volunteers for their support in making this happen.

The Hamilton Blues and Roots Festival is a Sonic Unyon production.

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