Hey! It’s a Friday, September 9th, night in Halifax. It’s not going to rain. How about some FREE, excellent entertainment at The Carleton? One of our staff’s fave acts that not enough people know about – The Josh Lake Band – is headlining with pals Alex Matheson and Dame Alexander. It’s a FREE show! Live (more…)
Powerful Halifax gals Lindsay Misiner, Laura Roy and Taryn Dené, along with very special guest, double 2016 Juno award nominee Don Amero gang up for a great show at The Carleton on Thursday, September 8th. Don will kick the night off with a solo acoustic set at 8:30 PM. Admission is $8 at the door (more…)
The city’s best house band – the mighty Carletones – along with fearless leader Adam Baldwin rock out at The Carleton as usual on Saturday, September 3rd. It’s cheap to get in – $5 – and there’s no better night of live music in Halifax. Picks hit the strings after 10 PM. You should be (more…)
Were you at The Carleton on August 20th for the screening of The Tragically Hip’s final tour stop in Kingston? If you were, you know it was the next best thing to being there. That got us to thinking… Since we’re not doing the Halifax Urban Folk Festival this year – and this is, after (more…)
Were you at The Carleton on August 20th for the screening of The Tragically Hip’s final tour stop in Kingston? If you were, you know it was the next best thing to being there. That got us to thinking… Since we’re not doing the Halifax Urban Folk Festival this year – and this is, after (more…)
Vancouver’s psychedelic-indie band If We Are Machines, along with local roots artists Folk & Country Line team up for an East Coast/West Coast show of solidarity at The Carleton on Wednesday, August 31st. Show time will be 9 PM and $8 at the door will get you in on the action. Formed in 2008, If (more…)
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we’ve necessarily had to take a year off from our beloved Halifax Urban Folk Festival but that doesn’t mean we can’t pull off a couple of cool shows to keep its memory alive while on hiatus in 2016. To that end, HUFF is presenting a KILLER double bill at (more…)
Local party band The Donnybrooks fill in for The Carletones on Saturday, August 27th. Show time is 10 PM and it’s $5 at the door, as usual. (more…)
Dynamic duo Brad Davidge & Joe Butcher team up for a show at The Carleton on Friday, August 26th! Show time, as usual, is 10 PM and admission – also as usual – is $5 at the door. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQMnNVu1foY (more…)
In August 2015, local drummer Ben Kelsey lost his life. A year later his friends are getting together to celebrate that life with an anniversary show at The Carleton on Thursday, August 25th. Anchored by Andre Pettipas & The Giants, the show will also feature performances from Natalie Lynn, Tyler Mullendore (with band) and Ben’s (more…)