Hamilton Hospitality Week schedule: Saturday’s theme is ‘Shop, Play and Stay’

High Main Laserworks is getting ready for a grand opening of their gift shop in the location of the former Little Woodshop on Main Street in Hamilton. The front of the building will have a variety of Hamilton inspired gift items and the back of the shop houses their laser machines for custom signage and more. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Credit: Nick Graham

Credit: Nick Graham

High Main Laserworks is getting ready for a grand opening of their gift shop in the location of the former Little Woodshop on Main Street in Hamilton. The front of the building will have a variety of Hamilton inspired gift items and the back of the shop houses their laser machines for custom signage and more. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Hamilton’s citywide, weeklong party — the inaugural Hospitality Week — is the city’s effort to celebrate businesses and nonprofits ― and then some ― who welcome and host patrons, from bars, restaurants and hotels to the retail shops and the performing and creative arts.

“A lot of people are putting their best foot forward,” said Tyler McCleary, a co-founding member of the Hamilton Amusement and Hospitality Association (HAHA). “It’s been a crazy past couple of years, especially here in Hamilton. Let’s take time and celebrate all things good about the city of Hamilton.”

Each day of Hamilton Hospitality Week has a theme:

  • Monday was Create
  • Tuesday is Eat
  • Wednesday is Treat
  • Thursday is Shop
  • Friday is Drink
  • Saturday is Shop, Play and Stay
  • Sunday is Unwind

At the end of this week, Greater Hamilton Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Dan Bates said he’d like to be able to say, “Everybody pulled together, worked together, and provided an unforgettable experience for customers in Hamilton.”

Here’s a list of events happening today and Sunday:

Saturday

8:30 p.m. at Riversedge will be a concert by Signs of Life: The American Pink Floyd

Sunday

4:30 p.m. at Casual Pint will have a rib-cooking competition

6:00 p.m. along the Marcum corridor, there will be a stein-hoisting competition

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