Supercrawl to include hip-hop tribute during 15th year of downtown Hamilton spectacle – Hamilton | 24CA News
Organizers say a tribute to hip-hop might be a headline occasion through the fifteenth anniversary of Supercrawl in downtown Hamilton this September.
Sonic Unyon co-owner and Supercrawl founder Tim Potocic says a Saturday celebration marking the fiftieth anniversary of the music style is just not typical programming for the competition that’s hung its hat on “artist discovery.”
“We would’ve never had a whole stage that was just hip-hop, we’d sprinkle it into different stages,” Potocic defined.
“But now with the anniversary of the genre, we thought it’s the perfect opportunity to do that.”
The metropolis’s in style music and arts competition returns the weekend of Sept. 8-10.
It will embody headliners like Broken Social Scene, The Flatliners and Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace with Chantal Kreviaziuk.
Close to 200,000 individuals are anticipated to attend the three-day occasion on James Street North which can embody visible artists, theater performances, vogue and craft distributors and meals vehicles.
Supercrawl started in 2009 as a showcase of Hamilton’s tradition and eclectic arts panorama utilizing an artwork stroll mannequin.
It was to be a one-year experiment searching for to revitalize a slumping downtown experiencing a decline in foot visitors.
Over that point Potocic says the spectacle has advanced requiring extra “long-term planning” of three to 5 years than it did in its first couple years of existence.
“Year one was a total experiment, ‘let’s just try to do something downtown, see what happens,’” Poticic remembers.
“Then it evolved into its second and third year, where we took a little bit more time to plan, spent a little bit more money, and then basically evaluated it as things were going.”
He says “weirdly” the core seems to be again in an identical place because of the current pandemic.
“We really got kicked in the ‘you know what’ during COVID and downtown has taken a bit of a beating,” Potocic mentioned.
“It needs that energy to bring it back again, so I’m happy to be there and to continue to do that and help it evolve into the future.”
The full music lineup may be seen on the Supercrawl web site, together with timelines for different occasions in September.
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