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Social Swing Dance
Steel City Swing Dance at Melrose United Church, 86 Homewood Ave.
Thursday, December 4, 6:30-8:45pm
Come get bit by the swing bug at our Thursday Socials! We offer a beginner lesson to get you in the swing of things before we let you loose on the dance floor! Our DJ will have you jumpin' all night long! Beginner lesson 6:30-7, social dance 7-8:45. No partner required! We recommend wearing comfortable indoor footwear such as sneakers, and bring lots of water. $10, either online or at the door.
Line Dance Fridays
Studio-G Hamilton, 126 James St N, Second Floor
Friday, December 5, 7-9pm
Line dancing on the first and third Fridays of each month, including lessons with Jennifer. New and experienced dancers are all welcome! Lessons progress from Beginner to Improver/Intermediate, and Jen will always build on what we have learned last time. Make friends, learn a skill, and find out that exercise can be fun! $15 at the door. DETAILS (INSTAGRAM)
Fruit Salad
Andthenyou, 145 Main St E
Friday, December 5, 10pm-2am
Popping up with a surprise! It has been a while since we brought you a cute surprise. Disco Pop-Up with DJ Mar! Started and ending the year at Andthenyou! {This location has a staircase and is not wheelchair accessible.} Let's disco dance the night away to grooves provided by DJ Mar! WooHoo! Disco fashion vibes welcome! Fruit Salad responds to the lack of spaces for lesbians, queer and questioning women and femmes, trans femme, trans masc, gender non-conforming folks and their friends! This is a 19+ event. Advance tickets $10 here, or $15 at the door. DETAILS (INSTAGRAM)
Risky Business 80s Night
The Corktown (ground-floor stage), 175 Young St
Saturday, December 6, 9pm-1am
Prime the flux capacitor in the DeLorean for a trip back to the glorious '80s on SATURDAY, DEC. 6 for the next bodacious @RiskyBiz80s session at the mighty Corktown Pub, starting at 9:00pm! Once again your vinyl-only DJ hosts DJ MARK (11pm-1am) and DMurk (9pm-11pm) will back in time on the dance floor to the gnarly decade we all know and love! FREE retro '80s candy and party favours will be available (while supplies last) and Kate will also be welcoming you at the door and will also bring her custom-made Super Citrus fragrance made of all-natural oils to make the event smell sweeter than Starburst fruit chews! Hope you can make it down to celebrate the rad '80s decade with us! Sponsored by: @TheGeneratorCA, @AbominableInk, @DrDiscHamilton and @CorktownPub. 19+. Advance tickets at Eventbrite.ca ($10 plus $2.19 s/c), or $10 at the door. DETAILS (INSTAGRAM)
Y2K+ with Dj ESP
Andthenyou, 145 Main St E
Saturday, December 6, 10pm-2am
Hamilton's finest DJ ESP returns to the underground to spin his signature sound of remixes that he has personally cooked up and curated. This a veteran going to WERK on the dancefloor that you will surely enjoy. GENRES: 90S, Y2K, HIP HOP, R&B REMIXES, DANCE, OPEN FORMAT. 19+. Cover TBA.
Sunday Latin Social
Studio-G Latin Dance Hamilton, 126 James St N, Second Floor
Sunday, December 7, 7:30-11pm
Latin dancing with DJ. Occasional warm-up lesson. $10 at the door. DETAILS (INSTAGRAM)
Dance Party with DJ Donna Lovejoy
Malarkey, 300 Ottawa St N
Friday, December 12, 9:30-11:30pm
It's a Friday Dance Party, with DJ Donna Lovejoy! Playing Disco, Pop, & Electro. You don't want to miss this one! 19+. No cover.
Winter Soirée
Steel City Swing Dance at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 315, 4 Solidarnosc Place
Saturday, December 13, 6:30pm-midnight
Join us Saturday, December 13th for our Winter Soirée, an enchanting evening of dancing, live music, and holiday charm. Keep those feet warm on the dance floor and celebrate the season with us! Doors open at 6:30 PM. Beginner lesson 7 - 8 PM, followed by dancing till Midnight! Cash Bar. This is a 19+ event. Early Bird Tickets $35 (available until the end of November or while supplies last); Regular Tickets $45. DETAILS (INSTAGRAM)
Outer Limits: 60s+70s at 45rpm
Jason The 45 Selector at Ooey Gooey's, 107 George St
Saturday, December 13, 9:30pm-1am
Mark your calendars for December's Outer Limits! I'll be spinning all your fave 60s and 70s tunes with a focus on dancing! All the hits you know and a few surprises, all at 45rpm! Video of November's Outer Limits. $10.
Sunday Latin Social
Studio-G Latin Dance Hamilton, 126 James St N, Second Floor
Sunday, December 14, 7:30-11pm
Latin dancing with DJ. Occasional warm-up lesson. $10 at the door. DETAILS (INSTAGRAM)
Line Dance Fridays
Studio-G Hamilton, 126 James St N, Second Floor
Friday, December 19, 7-9pm
Line dancing on the first and third Fridays of each month, including lessons with Jennifer. New and experienced dancers are all welcome! Lessons progress from Beginner to Improver/Intermediate, and Jen will always build on what we have learned last time. Make friends, learn a skill, and find out that exercise can be fun! $15 at the door. DETAILS (INSTAGRAM)
DECADES video dance party
Decades Dance Party at Doors Pub (upstairs), 56 Hess St S
Friday, December 19, 10pm-1am
The fourth Decades Dance Party, by Dr. Abstract in collaboration with Dsptch. Dance to projected music videos from the sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties, and naughts! Genres: Psychedelic, Mod, Punk, Disco, Goth, New Wave, Britpop, Indi, Alternative, Electronica, Rave. $10 (expected).
Unklevon
Andthenyou, 145 Main St E
Friday, December 19, 10pm-2am
Trema and KONDUKTOR present: Unklevon (FR), with ARK1TEKT (TO) and DJ SPIKE. 19+. Tickets $10+tax=$11.30 at RA, or at the door $TBA.
Salsa Soul Saturday Nights
SalsaSoul Productions at Main Stage Studios, 747 King St E
Saturday, December 20, time TBA
Join us on every 3rd Saturday of the month for FUN and FIERY nights that you won't soon forget! No partner or experience needed; all welcome! Details TBA. Free parking available on site and in the neighbourhood. See you on the dance floor!
Da Bomb, Hamilton's All-'90s Party
The Corktown (ground-floor stage), 175 Young St
Saturday, December 20, 9pm-1am
Hamilton's only monthly all-90s throwbacks party, with club bangers, pop chartbusters, hip-hop anthems, and other big, shiny tunes, with DJ Todd G. Da Bomb has a new home at The Corktown Pub so come on out and enjoy those nostalgic 90s vibes out on the dancefloor! Presented by Dr. Disc. 19+. Free if you register in advance for the guest list, at this Eventbrite link.
No Thrills "Electroclash"
Andthenyou, 145 Main St E
Saturday, December 20, 10pm-2am
The days of leather jackets, rock star swag & indie dance rock mashed up in ravey electro, and everyone was raging is now a distant but fond memory. We brought it back a little while ago with No Thrills "Electroclash" with Osito & Fazooli and this holiday season we thought a rewind was vital with our friends at Andthenyou. December 20th pull out your sleaziest outfits, leave the holiday blues for a night and relive those golden 2000s, 2010s years again. Genres: electro / retrowave / house / sleazy disco. 19+. $10. DETAILS (INSTAGRAM)
Winter Solstice Bee Ball
Humble Bee at the Mule Spinner, 11 Lansdowne Ave
Sunday, December 21, 6:15/8pm-late
Humble Bee's 6th annual Bee Ball celebrating bees, mead, and the solstice! Doors will be at 6:15pm for dinner and 8pm for the rest of the celebration. This solstice will have a performance by the Hamilton Aerial Group along with music by party mover DJ Osito! Bring your dancing shoes. This is your chance to experience the largest selection of mead from local farms and breweries, including different collaboration brews for this celebration. Local chef Jonny Blonde will be serving up tasty treats – hors d'oeuvre are included with admission. The winter solstice, December 21st, is the shortest day and the longest night of our year. This time is celebrated for many reasons, but we are celebrating the solstice because of the bees. The significance of the solstice for honeybees is that's the first day of the year that the queen may become more active again in their colony. The bees use the sun as a calendar. When the days start getting longer after the solstice, the bees start preparing for the coming season! Several pollinator species are at risk of extinction in Canada. Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC)'s pollinator initiative is a nationwide multi-species recovery effort that aims to save these important insects from extinction. 100% of all ticket proceeds will be donated to WPC's bumble bee breeding program – more information on the event page. No dress code: we welcome formal wear, bee costumes and your best dancing outfits! We plan to make this event as safe and accessible as possible; masks will be provided and are encouraged. If you are sick, stay home. Dinner and Solstice Party: $80, or just Solstice Party: pay what you can ($15 recommended). Tickets here. Limited tickets available at the door. (OutDancingHamilton lists dance-focused events; please note that in addition to dancing this event also includes other elements that may or may not interest you.)
Sunday Latin Social
Studio-G Latin Dance Hamilton, 126 James St N, Second Floor
Sunday, December 21, 7:30-11pm
Latin dancing with DJ. Occasional warm-up lesson. $10 at the door. DETAILS (INSTAGRAM)
Boxing Day Dance Party
Malarkey, 300 Ottawa St N
Friday, December 26, time TBA
More information once available.
Saturday Latin Social
Studio-G Latin Dance Hamilton, 126 James St N, Second Floor
Saturday, December 27, 7:30pm-1am
In our main dance hall, a full club lesson (optional) at 8pm then Latin dancing to 1am with DJ: Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha, Merengue. $20 with lesson or $15 without. DETAILS (INSTAGRAM)
coLLab (Soulful Deep House)
Andthenyou, 145 Main St E
Saturday, December 27, 10pm-2am
coLLab is back tonight; stay tuned for more details. 19+. Cover TBA.
New Year's Party
Malarkey, 300 Ottawa St N
Wednesday, December 31, 9pm-2am
Ring in 2026 with us at Malarkey! We're ending the year in style, so put on your best suit, flapper dress or whatever you prefer to party in! Just make sure you have your dancing shoes on, because DJ Mar will be behind the decks all night spinning your favourite bangers! 19+. Cover charge for the night $10 presale here or $15 at the door; includes entry and a sparkling toast at midnight! Limited spots available.
DATE TO BE CONFIRMED: Risky Business 80s Night
The Corktown (ground-floor stage), 175 Young St
Saturday, January 3, 9pm-1am
DJs MARK & DMurk host the best 80s party in the city. As always, DJ DMurk gets the party started at 9:00pm and then DJ MARK takes over the vinyl reins at 11:00pm until close. 19+. Advance tickets TBA ($10 plus $2.19 s/c), or $10 at the door.
Da Bomb, Hamilton's All-'90s Party
The Corktown (ground-floor stage), 175 Young St
Saturday, January 17, 9pm-1am
Hamilton's only monthly all-90s throwbacks party, with club bangers, pop chartbusters, hip-hop anthems, and other big, shiny tunes, with DJ Todd G. Da Bomb has a new home at The Corktown Pub so come on out and enjoy those nostalgic 90s vibes out on the dancefloor! Presented by Dr. Disc. 19+. Free if you register in advance for the guest list, at this Eventbrite link.
Da Bomb, Hamilton's All-'90s Party
The Corktown (ground-floor stage), 175 Young St
Saturday, February 21, 9pm-1am
Hamilton's only monthly all-90s throwbacks party, with club bangers, pop chartbusters, hip-hop anthems, and other big, shiny tunes, with DJ Todd G. Da Bomb has a new home at The Corktown Pub so come on out and enjoy those nostalgic 90s vibes out on the dancefloor! Presented by Dr. Disc. 19+. Free if you register in advance for the guest list, at this Eventbrite link.