A trio of Halifax acts – Lindsay Misiner & The 7th Mystic + Caribou Run + Michael Cluett – sit in while The Carletones are on hiatus on Saturday, September 19th. Show time is 10 PM and it’s $6 at the door to get in. (more…)
Josh Lake brings his brand of funk/soul – along with friends Rudy Pace and VHS – to The Carleton on Friday, September 18th. Show time will be around 10 PM and it’s only $5 at the door to get in. (more…)
Toronto’s Sun-K makes their Carleton debut, along with Beach Bait and Jacob Strang, on Thursday, September 17th. Show time is 9 PM and it’s $8 at the door to get in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX-YPQoHDmg (more…)
After wowing a sold out HUFF audience with Hillsburn on the festival’s opening night, Australia’s Oh Pep! will be back for a 7:30 PM show at The Carleton with another HUFF alumnus – Tyler Messick – on Sunday, September 13th! We’re going to make it easy to say “yes” to this show by keeping admission (more…)
Curve Music and Road Angel Entertainment bring their CCMA Country Jamboree to The Carleton during Canadian Country Music Week on Friday, September 11th. Live music gets underway at 7 PM with Jack Connolly, followed at 8 PM by The Dungarees, then Lindsay Broughton at 9 PM. The 10 PM time slot will feature some very (more…)
The first official event at The Carleton during this year’s Canadian Country Music Awards week is the Song City Entertainment After-Party and it will feature performances by Samantha Power, Jason Price, Casey May and Kirby Putnam. Show time is 9 PM and admission is $10 at the door. Get there early! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEgBC8VSOv8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3CggDS3obM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7euFP6RRvWk (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival is pleased as punch to be able to finally bring Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake to Halifax, the city with so many musicians inspired by his Scottish band. Norman will be playing with a Halifax All Star band led by uber-fan Matt Mays. Our opening songwriters circle on the night will (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival welcomes 54-40’s Neil Osborne and his Halifax All Star band to The Carleton stage on Saturday, September 5th. Our opening songwriters circle on the night will feature Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Chuck Prophet and another artist to be named soon! Show time is 9 PM and tickets are $45 + (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival kicks off its extraordinary Labour Day weekend shows on Friday, September 4th with San Francisco’s Chuck Prophet and the Halifax All Star Band. The opening songwriters circle will consist of Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Neil Osborne (54-40) and Ron Hawkins (Lowest of the Low). Tickets are $45 + booking fee (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival is all about songs and the people that write them and, for our money, there is no better songwriter in this country than Ron Hawkins (The Lowest of the Low, The Rusty Nails, The Do Good Assassins). We’re very pleased that Ron could come back to the festival this year (more…)