Summer’s right around the corner and we’re celebrating with an afternoon cèilidh at The Carleton with Wendy MacIsaac & Friends and very special appearances from PEI’s Meaghan Blanchard and the UK’s flat-out amazing claw-hammer banjo phenom Dan Walsh! The show is on Saturday, June 13th and will start at 2 PM and – get this (more…)

Two of the best singer/songwriters in the country, one from the east – PEI’s Dennis Ellsworth – and one from the west – BC’s Leeroy Stagger – team up for a can’t-miss show at The Carleton on Thursday, June 11th. Show time is 9 PM and tickets are only $10 at the door. We have (more…)

Hot on the heels of their Top 10 finish in CBC’s Searchlight national competition for Canada’s best unsigned new band, local folk-rockers Hillsburn make their Carleton debut on Wednesday, June 10th at 8 PM. Tickets will be $12.50 and worth every cent. There’s been a lot of excitement about the band’s Searchlight run, along with (more…)

Two of the city’s best musicians – Matthew Hornell and Andrew Sneddon – take The Carleton stage to bang out some folk/rock/trad/bluegrass tunes for your listening pleasure on Tuesday, June 2nd. Show time is about 8 PM and it’ll be $5 at the door (or whatever you can afford). (more…)

Toronto’s shantymen,  Pressgang Mutiny will perform an evening of sea shanties at The Carleton on Sunday, June 7th. To make sure there’s no good reason for anyone to miss this event, we’re making it a pass the hat (pay what you can) night. Show time is 8 PM. Mark it on your calendar, you do (more…)

Adam Baldwin brings his best-damned-house-band-in-Halifax – The Carletones – to The Carleton stage every Saturday night and June 6th is no exception. The lads will start banging out the tunes sometime after 10 PM and it’s only $5 at the door to get in! (more…)

One of the city’s best, coolest, funnest (is that a word?) dance bands – The Chess Club – brings their soul/funk/pop/rock  chops to The Carleton on Friday, June 5th. Live music starts at 10 PM and it’s only $5 at the door to get in. Josh Smith will be opening the night. (more…)

One of our favourite local bands – Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound – celebrates the release of a new album Don’t You Know? with a show at The Carleton that includes pals Jacob Strang & The High Class Hussies on Thursday, June 4th. The show will kick off after 9 PM and it’ll be (more…)

Two of the city’s best musicians – Matthew Hornell and Andrew Sneddon – take The Carleton stage to bang out some folk/rock/trad/bluegrass tunes for your listening pleasure on Tuesday, June 2nd. Show time is about 8 PM and it’ll be $5 at the door (or whatever you can afford). (more…)