People Under the Staircase

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Party Like It’s 1999: 90s Themed NYE at The Staircase

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Another two story party at The Staircase! Come ring in the new year 90s style! Dressing up is heavily encouraged, enjoy 90s themed snacks and cocktails, 90s clips and commercials on screen, and of course, the most bumpin’ 90s tracks! Party upstairs in the fright room or down in the main area! The theatre will also be open to the public for the night playing some old clips to ensure that we don’t get over-crowded and people have a place to sit and relax.

 

Please note that ALL COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS are in effect, AS ALWAYS.

Vaxx checks at the door, contact tracing, and masked when you’re not seated/eating/drinking.

Kawthra, Sarin, Gouge Out, Snakes

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Desperate Tour for Purpose 2021
Kawthra
https://kawthra.bandcamp.com/
Bound by an ever-present disdain for existence, Kawthra’s form of sludge fills the sonic space with reverberating screams and thick, burdensome riffs. Heavier, darker, and more desperate than ever.
Sarin
https://sarin.bandcamp.com/
Crunchy, emotive metal from Toronto.
Gouge Out
https://gougeout.bandcamp.com/
Discordant, sludgy riffs with vocal chord-shredding screaming and stomping rhythms from Toronto.
Snakes
https://snakesrock.bandcamp.com/album/snakes-ii-ep
A bunch of rad rockers from Brampton.
19+
Doors at 8PM
First band at 9PM
$10 at the door – first come, first served!
!!!Proof of vaccination required!!!

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