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…)

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 Tuesday, March 28th. Show time will be 8 PM and tickets are $25. (more…)

The tradition continues with The Carletones – the city’s best house band – on Saturday nights in 2017, including this one March 25th. 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…)

We thought the Three Sheet  show in December might have been their last at The Carleton but now that we’ve got a few more months grace as a venue, they’ll be back on Friday, March 24th! Live music starts after 10 PM and it’s only $10 at the door to get in on the action. (more…)

We’re always happy to celebrate the release of a local artist’s new music and that’s exactly what’s happening with Matthew Pickup at The Carleton on Thursday, March 23rd.  Also on the bill are Bark and Scott Saccary. Show time is 9 PM and admission is $10 at the door. In case anyone is wondering, this (more…)

Two local artists who just do not play often enough – Dave Sampson and Kim Harris – co-headline a night at The Carleton on Wednesday, March 22nd. Show time for this very special performance is 8 PM and tickets are $15 advanced or $20 at the door (assuming there’ll be any left)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNGfNqPXm2w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebKhexreamk   (more…)