Launching ROAR, actor/author Shelley Thompson’s first novel from Nimbus Publishers, Vagrant Press, with the help of MC Nancy Regan and special guests Ian Sherwood and T Thomason. Shelley will be reading from the novel and have books for sale. We are thrilled to be hosting the Halifax date of Shelley’s ROAR Out Across Canada reading (more…)
When we announced our 15th anniversary celebration presentation of PEI’s force of nature, Irish Mythen, it sold out immediately! We handle that by adding a second performance at The Carleton stage on Sunday, November 12th. Show time for this one is 7:30 PM and tickets are $30 + HST advanced, or $35 + HST at (more…)
When we announced our 15th anniversary celebration presentation of PEI’s force of nature, Irish Mythen, it sold out immediately! We handled that by adding a second performance at The Carleton on Sunday, November 12th at 7 PM. Then that one sold out immediately, so we’ve added a third – matinée – show earlier in the (more…)
Usually we do serious shows for adult audiences but here’s one for the kids (and their parents): ECMA and Music Nova Scotia award winning duo, Razzmatazz For Kids, will roll into The Carleton on Sunday, November 12th. Doors open for face-painting (and brunch!) at noon and music gets underway at 1 PM. Tickets are $20 (more…)
Our extraordinary house band Tevon Tynes Trio rocks The Carleton on most Saturday nights, including this one on November 11th. Live hip-shaking music gets underway at 9 PM and admission is FREE. There or sadly square, as they say… (more…)
It’s been a lot of water under the proverbial bridge, but our 15th anniversary celebration is pleased to announce the return of PEI’s force of nature, Irish Mythen, to The Carleton stage on Friday, November 10th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $30 + HST advanced, or $35 + HST at the door. (more…)
It’s been many years since the region’s beloved songwriter David Myles played our room, but when he did, his were legendary shows (his ECMA-winning live recording there, his astonishing show with Classified, etc.), so it’s with great joy we’re able to say he’ll be back to help us celebrate our 15th anniversary by performing his (more…)
It’s been many years since the region’s beloved songwriter David Myles played our room, but when he did, his were legendary shows (his ECMA-winning live recording there, his astonishing show with Classified, etc.), so it’s no great surprise the first show sold out within a few days. Happily, we’re able to report that David will (more…)
Since it’s been six years since Laura Roy played her last Halifax show on our stage and then decamped for London in the UK in 2017, so it’s only fitting that her first performance back in town would be at The Carleton as well. The show is on Tuesday, November 7th and live music gets (more…)
The AfterWords Literary Festival and Oceans North present a FREE panel discussion with authors Karen Pinchin and Laura Trethewey about the state of our oceans, sustainability, and the climate crisis – moderated by the CBC’s Main Street host, Jeff Douglas – at The Carleton on Sunday, November 5th at 3 PM. Two new books explore (more…)