July Talk

• Ticket holders aged 12 and older will be required to show proof of being fully vaccinated (two doses at least 14 days prior to the event) against the COVID-19 virus before entering the venue. Patrons 11 years of age and under need to be accompanied by a fully vaccinated adult.
  • Current methods of acceptable “proof” are 1) a physical copy of the Ontario Ministry of Health vaccination receipt indicating the individual has received 2 doses of acceptable vaccines, or 2) an Electronic copy of the Ontario Ministry of Health vaccination receipt indicating the individual has received 2 doses of acceptable vaccines. A government-issued photo ID is also required.
     
• Patrons with valid medical restrictions and a medical note will be required to take a COVID-19 test from a healthcare provider within 48 hours prior to the event and provide proof of negative results prior to entering the venue. For details on what you must show to show you have a valid medical exemption please CLICK HERE and refer to page 6, Section H.
   
• Face masks will be required except for brief times when eating or drinking within your assigned seats.
   
• Once doors are open to the public, no spectator will be allowed to exit and re-enter the venue. The only exception will be for the designated smoking exit.

• For more information on proof of vaccination requirements for the City of Hamilton visit: https://www.hamilton.ca/coronavirus/proof-vaccination.

*The above policy is subject to change. Should the policy change, we will contact all ticket purchasers. 

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July Talk released their most recent single “Pay For It” and announce their upcoming album “Pray For It” . Black + white and vividly complex, Pray For It is about breaking patterns of action and reaction. Conflict, a major theme throughout, drives the story behind the steel-toed shoegaze swoon of “Pay For It,”  . “I wrote this song after a group of men violently attacked my friends and bandmates in a fast-food restaurant one late summer night. Their rage erupted quickly and violently, like an old habit,” shares July Talk’s Leah Fay  . “This song gave me a chance to reframe the experience with a sense of agency, to tell it like it is, like it always has been. If we can start to question where our ingrained habits came from, recycling states of violence, greed, destruction and hate, maybe we can rewrite our toxic narratives.”

“Pay For It” arrives via award-winning creator Norah Sadava’s video, a swooping emotional survey of consequences and responsibility . Originally inspired by a Roy Scranton quote about living ethically, the video is unavoidably reframed by current events: “Five weeks ago we wrapped a music video shoot . The lyrics, the images, the concept…it contextually lived in that moment and meant something personal and specific. Four weeks ago we were editing the video . The lyrics, the images put in sequence… the context had slightly shifted. The meaning of a face mask had changed. The connotation of two hands touching had changed . Two weeks ago crowds of people, a hospital….all carried new meaning. Today we are releasing this video. The news around the world is changing so rapidly that it’s hard to know what these images will mean today, tomorrow, next week,” Sadava reflects .