As engaging an entertainer as you’ll ever see, Ian Janes brings his wit and virtuosity back to The Carleton for a solo show on Sunday, October 26th. He’s willing to take audience requests from his excellent, diverse catalogue and will prove it, starting at 7 PM. Tickets, while they last, are $25 + HST. Since (more…)

Young newcomer Sylvie Aulenback, along with support from Chloe Eden, celebrates the release of her album Bittersweet at The Carleton on Wednesday, October 29th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are only $15 + HST. Indulge in the performance of Sylvie Aulenback’s debut album, bittersweet. From teenage break downs to wholesome realizations, you’ll be (more…)

Best known as co-lead of Rough Trade (recently inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame), the iconic Carole Pope – who has built a groundbreaking career pushing boundaries of sexuality, politics, and culture – finally returns to Halifax to perform in the intimate confines of The Carleton, along with special (more…)

Postponed from August and worth the wait…  Musical Roots: An Afternoon of Song From Classical Elegance to Theatrical Flair! Join celebrated local sopranos Charise Pohl, Chloé Dionne, and Mary Austin, alongside baritone Stephen Deturbide and pianist Greg Myra, for a captivating musical journey at The Carleton on the afternoon of Saturday, November 1st. Doors open (more…)

Folks of a certain age can remember back to a time when The Police were, quite simply, the biggest band in the world. Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland played a unique and irresistible brand of reggae-fied rock music that lit up stages around the world. FALLOUT, a Halifax-based tribute to The Police, brings the (more…)

On Sunday, November 2nd, join AfterWords at The Carleton for readings with David A. Robertson in conversation with Jesse Wente, about Robertson’s powerful new book All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety. Wente (Unreconciled) and Robertson are two leading Indigenous writers/thinkers, and this conversation is sure to be rich and rewarding. (more…)

The AfterWords Literary Festival presents Minor Black Figures: In Conversation.  We are thrilled to welcome Booker Prize finalist and bestselling author Brandon Taylor back to AfterWords.  As he did so adeptly in Real Life and The Late Americans, Brandon brings to life in Minor Black Figures a fascinating set of characters, this time in the competitive (more…)

The Carleton is thrilled to welcome South African a cappella and dance legends Black Umfolosi International to its stage on Tuesday, November 4th. Show time is 7:00 PM and tickets are $34.20 + HST. Black Umfolosi International is one of the African continent’s most revered vocal groups, with more than three decades of international touring behind them.  Their shows feature a (more…)

The AfterWords Literary Festival presents Writing Resistance: How and why do we continue to make art in what feels like a time of total ungrounded chaos? Join  francesca ekwuyasi and Cooper Lee Bombardier in a conversation that explores how it is vital to keep making art as resistance and response, as a way of understanding (more…)