Laura Merrimen starts a run of solo Wednesday nights in March at The Carleton on the 16th with special guest Thomas Matheson. Live music starts after 8 PM and it’s a suggested $5 at the door. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaXcum_zwD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlytQ652ERw (more…)
The (Fabulous) Carletones – Halifax’s best rocking house band – perform every Saturday night, including this one on March 12th. Show time is after 10 PM and it’s only $5 at the door to get inside to shake a leg. In case you weren’t aware, The Carletones are usually fronted by Adam Baldwin and the (more…)
One of Canada’s best live bands – Cape Breton’s Slowcoaster – returns to The Carleton to deliver a show only they can on Friday March 11th. Fans should arrive by 9 PM and it’s only $12 at the door to get in on the fun. With infectious and captivating lyrics, reinforced by a commanding groove, (more…)
Do you like Latin/Spanish dance music? Of course you do, who doesn’t? So we’re suggesting you grab some buds and head down to The Carleton on Thursday, March 10th to get an earful of exactly that with Encuentro. Opening the night is Cody Degaust. Show time is 9 PM and it’s only $5 at the (more…)
The Carleton’s Classic Album Night series continues on Wednesday, March 9th with Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound delivering Amy Winehouse’s brilliant Back To Black album in its entirety. Show time is 8 PM and admission is $10 cash at the door. Amy’s story is a tragic one but there’s no denying that her Back (more…)
Comedy At The Carleton is – we think – pleased to present the first-ever, This Hour Has 22 Minutes Joke Battle! on Sunday, March 6th. Show time is 8 PM and it’s only $7 at the door to get in on the funny. Here’s how it’ll work… Four award winning writers from This Hour Has (more…)
The annual March Hare – a traveling arts show of Newfoundland’s best poets, prose writers and musicians – lands at The Carleton for a matinée performance on Sunday, March 6th. Rex Brown, Anita Best, Paul Dean, Roger Gosse, Wayne Hunt, Lisa Moore, Daniel Payne and the poems of Al Pittman are on the entertainment docket (more…)
The (Fabulous) Carletones – Halifax’s best rocking house band – perform every Saturday night, including this one on March 5th. Show time is after 10 PM and it’s only $5 at the door to get inside to shake a leg. In case you weren’t aware, The Carletones are usually fronted by Adam Baldwin and the (more…)
One of our fave local acts, Scrapes, hasn’t been at The Carleton in far too long so we’re rectifying that on Friday, March 4th. The lads released a new EP – Top Of The Stairs – in October and will be pumping out the live music starting at 10 PM. To make things even better, (more…)
Josh Lake, Brody McGee and Andrew Seth Jamieson team up for a cool show at The Carleton on Thursday, March 3rd. Show time is 9 PM and it’s $5 to get in the door. So, here’s where the frustration, Catch-22, of booking a live venue comes in… I’ve found it VERY difficult to get people (more…)