People Under the Staircase

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LEE REED & !KRYMEWON RUIN CHRISTMAS

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Crawling out from the rubble of our plague time indie music scene.. decorated HammerCity rap veterans Lee Reed & !KrymeWon surface for this early evening performance of face-scrunching, head-nodding, bombastic, bah-humbuggery.. to get ya right in your holiday-seasoned anti-capitalist feels. 2 heaping helpings like gramma did. That’s 2 full sets from Lee Reed & !KrymeWon + 2 DJ sets, menacingly curated and lovingly spun by !KrymeWon. No fuss. No muss. No host. No openers. Stoodis.

Hear new songs. Sing old songs. Have a seat. Have a snack.  Get up. Move that ass. Feel beats boom in your chest. Get yelled at. Yell back.  Be washed clean of the end time vibes in a giant fiery torrent of revolutionary rap catharsis. And still be home before midnight! Deck halls. Jangle balls. Batman smells. Kill the Scrooges.  Fa la la la la.

The People Under the Staircase is at 27 Dundurn Street North. Great selection of beers n ciders n drinks.. and excellent vegan pub food menu // as per Provincial COVID safety guidelines.. vax proof is required for entry, and guests are asked to mask up when not eating or drinking. Be kind. And make space for people // the main floor of the venue is wheelchair accessible but, the upstairs performance space is unfortunately not // this is a small, limited capacity performance space // The People Under The Staircase: (905) 529-3000 / https://peopleunderthestaircase.com/

Brownman’s HOLIDAY MADNESS (A Truly Insane Modern Jazz Christmas Concert)

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Internationally acclaimed jazz trumpet player Brownman Ali’s Jazz Christmas show is a unique reading of classic holiday tunes by the BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC 4-TET, which features a hand-picked cast of some of Toronto’s top-shelf jazz & studio musicians. Each year during the holidays Brownman specially arranges and re-orchestrates many of the quintessential archetypes of the season, with his own unique visions.
Imagine, if you will:
— “God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman”, as a boom-bap hip-hop track
— “Frosty the Snowman” with a Cuban Songo twist
— “We Three Kings”, in 4, as an R’n’B tune
— “Rudolph” as a hard-swinging Coltrane tune
— “Jingle Bells” in 7/8, like Brubeck might have done it
— “Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire” as a Brazilian Samba
— “Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” like a 50’s Miles tunes
— “Do You Hear What I Hear” as down-tempo soul
— “Silent Night” as a funk ballad
All these and more!
Holiday cheer interpreted and re-imagined by one of the nation’s most acclaimed modern jazz iconoclasts.’
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Fri-Dec-17, 7-10pm
@ Staircase Theatre (People Under The Staircase)
27 Dundurn St N, Hamilton, ON L8R 3C9
www.PeopleUnderTheStaircase.com
$20 door
$15 advance (link below)
$10 student & arts workers
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/211318448167
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BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC 4-TET is:
:: Brownman Ali – trumpet
:: Jeremy Hucal – keyboard
:: Bennet Young – bass
:: Riley O’Connor – drums

Burner, Sea of Troubles, Banananananana & Succotash: Jazz for the Soul

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On December the 10th of the year 2021, strange sounds will emanate from the upstairs venue of the Staircase Cafe and Theatre. Behold:
BURNER. Noisy, rock n’ rollin’ hardcore which performs as the name advertises. Get burned.
SEA OF TROUBLES. A dramatic, jarring, frantic take on hardcore punk with notes of early 80’s, powerviolence, noise rock, sludge and melody-led alt rock. Chain punk for egg punks.
BANANANANANA. A grainy synth-punk VHS tape from your weird dreams. Where new wave and no wave shake hands and get spooky together. Purveyors of self-described slopcore. Cool beans. Members of Get Off the Cop, Lizzy Boredom, Concavity and Human Nun.
SUCCOTASH. Making their live debut is an exciting addition to Hamilton’s rich history of punky noise and noisy punk, featuring an excellent ensemble of heavy rockers providing a big tasty din with a side of HC. I’ve got a good feeling about it.
That’s the facts, kiddo. There is only one question: where will you be when the skronk goes down?
10$ ADMISSION
DOORS AT 9pm
VAX/COVID PROTOCOLS IN PLACE

Metal Yoga Monday

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Join yoga instructor Karen Barber to unleash your beast. Blending together traditional yoga poses and heavy metal music together, to create a very unique class. Accessible to all levels of the practice (even if you’ve never even unrolled a mat before). Move, breath and rock out to your favourite tunes. We will flow through postures to release the shit we do not need. Class will end with the death of the practice as we rest like the dead. I dare you to join us!

$10