The Carleton is proud (and a little freaked out) to present NYC’s Willie Nile Band, along with another NYC legend, James Maddock on Saturday, August 19th. Make no mistake, this is a full-on rock show so we’ll have seating in the dining room and the bar area will be a free for all. With that (more…)
Halifax-born but now Toronto-based party band extraordinaire – The Hopping Penguins – return to The Carleton on Friday, August 18th. Show time is 9 PM and admission will be $10 at the door. If you like the reggae and the old-school ska with some rock’n’roll and smooth funk tossed in for good measure (and who (more…)
Great Big Sea’s Séan McCann returns to The Carleton with a new album – You Know I Love You – for his now-annual Halifax play on Thursday, August 17th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $30. Séan’s love for Newfoundland and Labrador folk songs shot him to international fame as a founding member (more…)
Winnipeg folk trio Red Moon Road return to The Carleton for a show with local troubadour Kev Corbett on Wednesday, August 16th. Show time is 7:30 PM and admission is $10 at the door. The path towards the latest Red Moon Road album, Sorrows and Glories, began with a shattered leg, a cancelled tour and (more…)
Here’s something you don’t see every day – or ever for that matter – master songwriters Joel Plaskett & Steve Poltz, on the same stage, at the same time, swapping songs and stories! It could only happen at The Carleton, and it will be, on Monday, August 14th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets (more…)
Australian triple threat (singer, songwriter, guitar virtuoso) David Champagne makes his Halifax debut at The Carleton on Sunday, August 13th. Show time is 7 PM and, because it’s his first show in our fair city, admission is only $10 at the door. That’s a pretty good deal to discover an artist as extraordinary as this (more…)
The (Legendary) Goldblooms hold down the fort at The Carleton on Saturday nights this summer, including this one, Saturday, August 12th . Show time is 10 PM and it’s only $5 to get in the door. If you like the really good rock’n’roll music, you’ll like these guys. Bring the dancing shoes; or don’t, we’re (more…)
One of our favourite songwriters – Dennis Ellsworth, and his PEI musician pals The Fabulously Rich – have put together a special night of Tragically Hip tunes to aid Gord Downie’s Wenjack Fund. They’ll be bringing their act to The Carleton for a great night of rock’n’roll on Friday, August 11th. Show time is 10:30 (more…)
The Carleton is super-pumped to welcome back Juno Award-winner Old Man Luedecke for a show on Friday, August 11th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $20 advanced or $25 at the door. Chester-based Old Man Luedecke has just released a fabulous-as-usual, new album, Domestic Eccentric, produced by Tim O’Brien (their third collaboration) and (more…)
The return of a killer double bill! One of the world’s best guitarists (and Halifax resident) Don Ross brings back Toronto’s Calum Graham for a dynamite show at The Carleton on Thursday, August 10th. Show time is 8 PM and admission is $22.50 advanced, or $25 at the door. We could go on and on (more…)