Acoustic Blend Café
Address
86 Homewood Ave.
Hamilton L8P 2M4
Website: http://acousticblendcafe.com/
Phone: 416-565-9490
Accessibility: unknown
Acoustic Blend Café is an organization hosting monthly acoustic music concerts that have been operating on a not-for-profit basis in the Hamilton area since 2009. In 2016, we expanded the concept by starting a concert series in Milton. The operating year runs from October through to May, producing 6 – 7 concerts each series. The 2.5 hour concerts are offered in a relaxed, coffee house setting with light refreshments, feature an “open mic” to start, then showcase local musical talent from any genre, the only condition being that they are acoustic in nature. The performers come from a variety of backgrounds so that each concert features a different style of music. The open mic portion of the evening affords emerging artists the opportunity to practice performing in front of a live audience followed by the possibility to learn from watching the experienced feature performers. Some of the feature performers had their start at open mic!
Our goal is to provide an affordable venue for progressing and emerging talent to perform, and to broaden the Canadian music scene in a culture that is seeing live music venues steadily closing. We focus on building community by supporting local Canadian talent and business, offering advertising space in brochures, featuring their products during the performances as well as promoting them during the show through between-act announcements.
Our Hamilton location is in the Melrose United Church, 86 Homewood Ave.
The Milton venue is the Milton Legion Hall, 21 Charles St., Milton ON L9T 2G5