Past Performances

Strange Plants + Mat Hughes

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  • October 17, 2025
    8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Strange Plants is a fun-loving 6 piece band that brings a high-energy psychedelic sound filled with infectious grooves, rich harmony and lush soundscapes and return – along with special guest Mat Hughes – to The Carleton on Friday, October 17th. Live music gets underway at 8 PM and tickets are $15 + HST in advance, (more…)

Mat Elliott & Special Guest Lindsay Misiner

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  • October 16, 2025
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Online sales have ended.  Tickets still available at the DOOR!! Mat Elliott makes his début at The Carleton with a night of deep pockets, smooth guitar work, and sharp songwriting, along with special guest Lindsay Misiner, on Thursday, October 16th. Show time is 7:30 PM and tickets are $20 + HST. Expect top tier musicianship, (more…)

SOLD OUT: Garnet Rogers

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  • October 12, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

It’s been a long time, but folk legend Garnet Rogers finally returns to Halifax and The Carleton on Sunday, October 12th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $40 +HST. In a darkened bedroom, lit only by the amber glow from an old floor model radio, two young brothers aged 6 and 12 lay (more…)

SOLD OUT: Madison Violet – The Last Call – Saturday

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  • October 11, 2025
    8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Say it isn’t so!  We have been blessed with the music of the brilliant singer-songwriter-instrumentalist-producer duo that is Madison Violet for two and a half decades.  2025 not only marks their 25th anniversary, it is “The Last Call”. Lisa MacIsaac and Brenley MacEachern will grace the stage at The Carleton for a third Final Tour (more…)

SOLD OUT: Madison Violet – The Last Call – Saturday matinee

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  • October 11, 2025
    1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Say it isn’t so!  We have been blessed with the music of the brilliant singer-songwriter-instrumentalist-producer duo that is Madison Violet for two and a half decades.  2025 not only marks their 25th anniversary, it is “The Last Call.” Lisa MacIsaac and Brenley MacEachern will grace the stage at The Carleton now for a fourth Final Tour (more…)

SOLD OUT: Madison Violet – The Last Call – Friday

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  • October 10, 2025
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Say it isn’t so!  We have been blessed with the music of the brilliant singer-songwriter-instrumentalist-producer duo that is Madison Violet for two and a half decades.  2025 not only marks their 25th anniversary, it is “The Last Call”.  Lisa MacIsaac and Brenley MacEachern will grace the stage at The Carleton for two Final Tour shows: (more…)

SOLD OUT: Madison Violet – The Last Call – Thursday

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  • October 9, 2025
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Say it isn’t so!  We have been blessed with the music of the brilliant singer-songwriter-instrumentalist-producer duo that is Madison Violet for two and a half decades.  2025 not only marks their 25th anniversary, it is “The Last Call”.  Lisa MacIsaac and Brenley MacEachern will grace the stage at The Carleton for two Final Tour shows: (more…)

James Leclaire – FREE SHOW!

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  • October 8, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

After surfing HRM’s house concert circuit, and one opening slot with Joe H Henry in April last year with us, Ottawa’s James Leclaire, is now ready to play his own show at The Carleton on Wednesday, October 8th at 7 PM. Because he is new to most of us, we’ve decided to make this a FREE (more…)

SOLD OUT: HUFF Presents – Youth Songwriters Circle

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  • October 5, 2025
    1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

In association with Marine Drive Talent Management, the Halifax Urban Folk Festival is pleased to announce this year’s participants in our annual Youth Songwriters Circle at The Carleton featuring 10 young aspiring musicians, on Sunday, October 5th. Doors open at noon and the show starts at 1:30 PM. Tickets are $20 +HST. For this matinee, The (more…)

SOLD OUT: HUFF Presents: Rhett Miller (Old 97’s) & The Halifax All Stars W/Aysanabee + Hearts Of Kin + Jon Cornwall

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  • October 4, 2025
    8:00 pm - 11:30 pm

The Halifax Urban Folk Festival, after over ten years of trying, is finally thrilled to announce that Rhett Miller from The Old 97’s and a renowned solo artist, will play The Carleton with the Halifax All Star band – along with an opening songwriters’ circle involving two-time 2024 Juno winner Aysanabee, Hearts Of Kin and (more…)