Thousands sing along to Hip favourites in Gage Park tribute
CBC News | Posted: August 21, 2016 4:16 PM | Last Updated: August 21, 2016
Gage Park was packed Saturday night for CBC's broadcast of The Tragically Hip's concert in Kingston.
Thousands of people gathered in Hamilton's Gage Park for a showing of the CBC broadcast of The Tragically Hip's concert in Kingston, Ont., on Saturday evening.
It was the final show of the Tragically Hip Man Machine Poem concert tour. It wasn't the only place people gathered in Hamilton, but Gage Park drew the largest crowd Saturday night, one of more than 400 community viewing parties across Canada.
The Kingston show was the last of a tour taken by the iconic Canadian band after announcing earlier this year that lead singer Gord Downie has an aggressive, incurable form of brain cancer.
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Hamilton Ward 3 Coun. Matthew Green, who spent $25,000 from his ward budget to put on the event, estimated there were between 5,000 and 10,000 people in Gage Park.
Here are some highlights from the night. (Can't see the photos below? Click here.)