As luck would have it, Toronto folk trio The O’Pears happen to be at The Lunenburg Folk Harbour festival this year and wanted to get in a Halifax show so – along with amazing locals, Fiona MacGillivray (The Cottars) and Ryan Willigar – they’ll be doing a special matinée performance at The Carleton on Monday, (more…)
In what’s becoming a semi-annual tradition during the Halifax International Busker Festival, Australians OKA! bring their infectious brand of reggae, beats and world music to The Carleton for a full show (not the abbreviated busking variety) on Sunday, July 31st. Show time will be 9 PM and admission is $20 at the door. Local DJ/producer (more…)
Adam Baldwin brings The Carletones to their regular weekly gig at The Carleton on Saturday, July 30th. The best live house band in the city (or any other city for that matter) lifts off after 10 PM and it’s only $5 at the door to get in on the action! It’s Adam’s birthday and he’ll (more…)
Toronto’s Sam Cash returns to The Carleton, this time with his band, the excellent Romantic Dogs for a Friday night of his best stuff and a selection of great covers on July 29th. Live music will get underway at after 10 PM and admission is only $8 at the door! This is one of Toronto’s (more…)
Halifax big band Unidentified Funk Object is wrapping it up (at least for now) with one final show at The Carleton on Thursday, July 28th. Newcomers Talea get the evening off in fine style at 9 PM with UFO to follow after 10 PM. Big bands, big sounds, big fun. $7 at the door will (more…)
Hosts Laura Caswell and Lindsay Kyte return to The Carleton with their Open Stage series on Monday, July 25th. 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…)
One of Canada’s most distinctive writing voices Lynn Miles returns to Halifax with a performance at The Carleton on Sunday, July 24th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $25. Lynn Miles is one of Canada’s most accomplished singer/songwriters. With twelve albums to her credit, the winner of multiple Canadian Folk Music awards (including (more…)
All versions of The Carletones are on the move in other parts of the country so we’ve got locals The Oxfords filling in on Saturday, July 23rd. Same MO though; good dance-able tunes and only $5 at the door to get in. Live music will happen after 10 PM. (more…)
Australia’s fantastic The Mae Trio – after opening shows this month for Old Man Luedecke and Gordie Sampson – will be doing their own special matinée show at The Carleton on Saturday, July 23rd. Show time will be 2 PM and $5 cash at the door will get you in. Please note, because this is (more…)
Now here’s a VERY fun, mid-summer night out! Two cool funk/soul bands, one from Halifax – Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound – and the other from PEI – Mercy, Please! – both on the same stage on the same night and that night would be Thursday, July 21st! Show time is after 9 PM (more…)