Here’s what to expect from the 2025 Wine & Food Show.
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M&T Music Stage
Grab your wine sample, a snack and a seat at the KW Wine & Food Show's M&T Music Stage, featuring some of the best local and regional musical talent!
FRIDAY ON THE M&T MUSIC STAGE
Born in the Eighties
Born In The Eighties is a Hamilton party band that brings the best of '80s dance party hits with memorable '90s pop, rap and RnB classics. Together for 12 years, they’ve performed all over the Greater Hamilton area including events like the Grey Cup Festival, Supercrawl, and Because Beer, as well as moonlighting as a wedding band in the summer months. Armed with their keytar, drum machine and an extensive song library, BITE never ceases to surprise and compel a dance floor.
Friday: 7:00-10:00pm
saturday ON THE M&T Music STAGE
Matthew Campbell
Matthew Campbell is a storyteller at heart, blending folk and Americana into songs that feel both timeless and urgent. Rooted in gospel, blues, and country, his music explores the road, redemption, and the restless human spirit.
With a voice steeped in old hymns and outlaw ballads, Matthew’s songwriting bridges the sacred and the everyday—church pew confessions meet highway wanderings. Influenced by the vivid storytelling of Jason Isbell and the introspective lyricism of Jackson Browne, he crafts songs that feel both personal and universal.
Saturday: 12:00-3:00pm
Glen Paul Trio
Based in Hamilton, Ontario, Glenn Paul is a versatile musician, composer, and educator. His experiences in New Orleans have deeply shaped his connection to and respect for traditional jazz and its unique instrumentation.
Visit www.glennpaulmusic.com or connect @glennpaul.music to learn more and get in touch.
Saturday: 3:30-6:30pm
Bucking Broncos
Bucking Broncos is the Tri-Cities predominant low-down, hooting’ and hollerin’, 6 shooter, floor-stompin’ Country act! Lead by local legend Connor Gains, the Broncos will light up a dance floor, or pluck your heart strings, one delta blues ballad at a time… which ever the occasion calls for. A mixture of country standards, cowboy covers and bluegrass originals, Bucking Broncos is sure to get you singing along, with a Texas Yodel and a tear in your beer.
Saturday: 7:00-10:00pm
Cooking Stage
Packed with entertainment from enthusiastic chefs the Cooking Stage at KW Wine & Food Show is sure to teach you something new to try in the kitchen. Be sure to bring an appetite as there will likely be lots of samples to try!
Friday on the cooking stage
Caudle’s Catch Seafood - Cooking & BBQ'ing Lobster. "The King of the Sea"
Learn more about Caudle’s Catch Seafood.
Friday @ 630pm
Chef D - Bread Braising and Dessert
Anything Italian! Learn more about Chef Darryl (Chef D).
Friday @ 7:30pm
Saturday on the Cooking Stage
Caudle’s Catch Seafood - Shucking Lobster
Learn more about Caudle’s Catch Seafood.
Saturday @ 2:30pm
Big Stooley's - World of Sauces and Rubs
Learn more about Big Stooley’s.
Saturday @ 3:30pm
Distinctly Patio - How to Make the Most of Your Grill
Learn more about Distinctly Patio.
Saturday @ 4:30pm
Caudle’s Catch Seafood - Cooking & BBQ'ing Lobster. "The King of the Sea"
Learn more about Caudle’s Catch Seafood.
Saturday @ 5:30pm
Fore Quarter Butcher Shop -
Cooking a flat iron steak
Learn more about Fore Quarter Butcher Shop.
Saturday @ 7:30pm
Jeremy Parsons - SIP Niagara
Learn more about Jeremy Parsons.
Saturday @ 8:30pm
About our cooking stage presenters
Chef D
Chef Darryl Fletcher’s (ChefD) inspiration to pursue a culinary career began while watching Graham Kerr (The Galloping Gourmet) and trying some recipes at home.
He is a graduate of the Chef program at Humber College in Toronto, Canada. ChefD’s career, as a Chef, has grown from humble beginnings in Kitchener, to all over North America, eventually returning back home to Kitchener. ChefD has appeared as a popular guest on CTV News at Noon Kitchener, CTV Vancouver, CTV Edmonton, City TV’s Breakfast Television, CHCH Morning Live, and Kitchener’s Rogers Daytime and Inside Guelph on Rogers TV.
Friday & Saturday @ 7:30pm
Jeremy Parsons
Jeremy Parsons has been delighting taste buds across North America and the Caribbean for over 20 years with his culinary and mixological creations. His lifelong love of food and drinks has guided him to author two cookbooks the latest INVITE cocktails canapes company features modern twists on classic food and drinks. His new show The Gastro Guru for Amazon Prime is currently in production and will stream late this year. If you want to learn some Cocktail tips and tricks along with some fun recipes then come see him on stage or at the SIP Niagara booth.
Saturday @ 8:30pm
The Tasting Room
Learn from and sample your favourite wineries, breweries and distilleries during one of our tasting seminars.
Friday’s tasting schedule
7:00pm
Taste of Epic – Essex, Pelee Island Coast Wines
8:00pm
Suntory Global Spirits – Scotch Tasting
Saturday’s tasting schedule
2:00pm
Mountainoak Cheese – Cheese Tasting
3:00pm
Black Fly Beverages - Ready To Drink Tasting
4:00pm
Taste of Epic – Essex, Pelee Island Coast Wines
5:00pm
Great Lakes Goat Dairy – Pairing with wines from Mark Anthony Brands
6:00pm
Suntory Global Spirits - Scotch Tasting
7:00pm
Muskoka Lakes Winery - Wine Tasting