It’s getting closer to bunny time – Easter – so we’ve got a full slate of bands for you heading into the weekend. Kyle Boudreau, Greg Mitchell and Ryan Willigar will bring their bands with them and The Blue Lane will kick the night off at The Carleton on Friday, April 14th. Live music will (more…)

A couple of up-and-coming Halifax bands – VHS and Hard Up Hitmakers – team up for a show at The Carleton on Thursday, April 13th. Show time is a civilized 9 PM and, better yet, admission is only $5 at the door! (more…)

Newfoundland’s Sherman Downey makes the trek from his native island for a solo show at The Carleton on Wednesday, April 12th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $15. Sherman is one of Newfoundland’s best songwriters and as entertaining and engaging a performer as you’re likely to see this side of Steve Poltz. His (more…)

The tradition continues with The Carletones – our house band, always made up of the best musicians in the city – on Saturday nights, including this one April 8th. Tonight Ryan Pierce helms the band. Live music starts at 10:30 PM  with The Wicked Deadlys and admission is $10 at the door. No better night (more…)

100 Proof, The Kokonut Kings and Len Ottesen put together a show with something for everyone at The Carleton on Friday, April 7th. Show time is 10 PM and admission is a measly $5 at the door.   (more…)

New faves The Blue Lane, along with award-winning Newfoundland singer/songwriter Peter Willie Youngtree, will hold down the performance fort at The Carleton on Thursday, April 6th. The weather’s supposed to not suck for a welcome change so we hope you can make it out to support some great up-and-coming talents. Show time is 9 PM (more…)

The tradition continues with The Carletones – the city’s best house band – on Saturday nights in 2017, including this one April 1st. Tonight Ryan Pierce helms the band while Baldwin takes a rest. Live music starts at 10:30 PM  with The Wicked Deadlys and admission is $10 at the door. No better night out (more…)

The Carleton is thrilled to announce that we’ll have one of our favourite songwriters – Ron Hawkins from The Lowest Of The Low – appearing with Halifax All Star Band scrapes to celebrate the release of his new album SPIT, SPUTTER & SPARKLE on Friday, March 31st. Sponsored by Delta Hotels, the show will start (more…)

The Halifax Jazz Festival presents ‘In C’ + Anteater on Thursday, March 30 at The Carleton. Show time is 8:30pm and admission is $7 at the door. ‘In C’ is a modern minimalist piece of music. It consists of 53 musical phrases played sequentially, each repeated an arbitrary number of times before moving to the next. (more…)

2017 marks the fourth year since the untimely passing of our musician friend Jay Smith. To honour his memory – and spirit – we’re arranging a celebration of his life and music to benefit the Unison Benevolent Fund at The Carleton on Wednesday, March 29th. Show time will be 8 PM and tickets are $25. (more…)