Gabriel Minnikin & Cassie Josephine headline a bill also featuring Ontario singer/songwriter Shannon Lyon and pedal steel player Steve Wood for a night of alt-country goodness at The Carleton on Wednesday, June 21st. Show time is 8 PM and admission is $10 at the door. Cassie Josephine and Gabriel Minnikin are an Indie/Old-Country/Singer-Songwriter duo from (more…)

Hosts Laura Caswell and Lindsay Kyte return to The Carleton with their Open Stage series on Monday, June 19th. Designed to be a platform for artists of all stripes and disciplines, performers are drawn from The Neptune and Bus Stop Theatres and anywhere else cool stuff happens. Show time is 7:30 PM and admission is $10 (more…)

What’s funny about Father’s Day? Jay Malone at The Carleton, that’s what. As a father of three, Jay has a lot to say about the experience and a lot of that is funny. Don’t buy dad another tie, or cufflinks, or sock-heads for his golf clubs, take him out for dinner and a few laughs (more…)

as The (Legendary) Goldblooms hold down the fort at The Carleton on Saturday, June 17th. Show time is 10 PM and it’s only $5 to get in the door. If you like the good ol’ rock’n’roll music, you’ll like these guys. Bring the dancing shoes. (more…)

We know, we know, U2 isn’t coming to Halifax on their Joshua Tree 30th anniversary tour (surprise, surprise) but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a taste of that Classic Album because local Len Ottesen is going to acoustically tackle it – front to back – at The Carleton on Friday, June 16th. Show time (more…)

As-good-as-they-come, Juno award-winning blues guitarist Garrett Mason returns to The Carleton – along with pal, Noah Tye – for a night of great live music on Thursday, June 15th. Show time will be 9 PM and it’s $10 at the door to come in to enjoy the show. Although he’s the son of legendary Nova (more…)

If there’s one artist on this planet that personifies what The Carleton, at its core, is all about, it’s Halifax native and now Nashville resident STEVE POLTZ! The man, the myth, the legend returns to our stage for shows on Saturday, June 10th at 7 PM and Sunday, June 11th (this one) at 8 PM. (more…)

After the better part of 8 years,  The Carletones – our house band featuring Adam Baldwin and buds – has decided to hang up the cleats at The Carleton and will be playing their final show on Saturday, June 10th. Live music starts at 10:30 PM (after our sold out Steve Poltz show wraps) and (more…)

Here’s a nice local triple bill for you – The Folk & Country Line + Caribou Run + Big Country Ramblers – at The Carleton on Friday, June 9th! Show time is 10 PM and admission is only $10 at the door.   (more…)