While Toronto is still falling over itself to catch a glimpse of a famous actor IRL, our neighbour down the QEW is continuing to show us up by being quietly awesome. Or not-so-quietly anymore. No, Hamilton isn't just the home of the Ti-cats and Steeler beer, it's now got a thriving arts and cultural scene centred around the neighbourhood of James Street North, which for the last five years has found its expression through the ever-expanding Supercrawl. What started as a small monthly gallery-hop called the Art Crawl grew into an annual music and arts festival of epic proportions - last year, 80,000 came out. Best of all? It's all free.

2013's Supercrawl takes over multiple stages on James Street North tonight and tomorrow, and the line-up is stacked full of awesome: American indie-rock icons Yo La Tengo and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore (playing his new band Chelsea Light Moving) stand alongside homegrown exports (and Wavelength alumni) METZ, Fucked Up, Diamond Rings, Sandro Perri, PS I Love You, Wintersleep, the Pack A.D. and Doldrums. Art, performance, talk and family events round out the weekend's activities. Browse the schedule here. Look out for some of us Wavelength crew in the crowd - we're planning a roadtrip.

What's that you say? Hamilton is too far? Now now, Toronto people, please don't be so delicate - GO Transit will take you right there.