Past Performances

Private Event

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  • May 9, 2025
    5:00 pm - 11:55 pm

Music, food, and drinks are flowing! Consider The Carleton for your next private party, dinner, meeting, wedding, reception or corporate event.  With a state of the art sound system, award winning Chef Mathias Probst, and terrific staff, we do it all! Check out our Private Functions page for more info or contact reservations@thecarleton.ca. (more…)

Rachael Kilgour + Terra Spencer

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  • May 8, 2025
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

If you were lucky enough to catch one of Rose Cousins’ solo performances during HUFF last fall, you will remember her riveting guest, Minnesotan Rachel Kilgour, So we are thrilled that she is returning to Halifax to do a co-headlining show with our own Terra Spencer at The Carleton on Thursday, May 8th. Show time (more…)

Razzmatazz For Kids

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  • May 4, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

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 again roll into The Carleton on Sunday, May 4th. Doors open for face-painting (and brunch!) at noon and music gets underway at 1 PM. Tickets (for (more…)

Alfie Zappacosta – Saturday

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  • May 3, 2025
    8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

The Carleton is delighted to again (it’s becoming an annual thing!) welcome 2-time Juno award winner and Canadian icon Alfie Zappacosta back to our stage for two performances this spring: on Friday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 3rd (this one).  Show time is 8:00 pm and tickets are $35 + HST .     Alfie (more…)

Alfie Zappacosta – Friday

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  • May 2, 2025
    8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

The Carleton is delighted to again (it’s becoming an annual thing!) welcome 2-time Juno award winner and Canadian icon Alfie Zappacosta back to our stage for two performances this spring: on Friday, May 2nd (this one) and Saturday, May 3rd.  Show time is 8:00 pm and tickets are $35 + HST. Alfie Zappacosta is undeniably (more…)

SOLD OUT: Gravity – Songs of Sara Bareilles with Chelsi Madonna and Holly Arsenault

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  • May 1, 2025
    7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Chelsi Madonna and Holly Arsenault bring the music of Sara Bareilles to the Carleton stage on Thursday, May 1st for a brilliant evening of top hits and hidden gems from the admired singer/songwriter. Embark on a journey with them as they perform numbers from her hit 2008 album “Love Song”, through to her venture into (more…)

AfterWords Literary Festival Presents: On Writing

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  • April 28, 2025
    11:30 am - 2:30 pm

The AfterWords Literary Festival presents On Writing with Emma Donoghue on Monday, April 28th at 11:30 AM.  Tickets available on the AfterWords website HERE for $35 including lunch (vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options available). Hear all about Emma Donoghue’s writing practice and process, while enjoying lunch at The Carleton, Halifax’s legendary and award-winning entertainment venue. (more…)

Page 1 Theatre’s OutFest Presents: Pillow Fite + Freya Milliken

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  • April 27, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Page 1 Theatre’s OutFest music stage features Pillow Fite and Freya Milliken at The Carleton on Sunday, April 27th. Show time is 7 PM. Early Bird tickets are $20 and available through the festival HERE until March 16th and $25 general admission after that. Pillow Fite – Art Ross (they/them) and Aaron Green (he/him) come from disparate (more…)

4 TIX @ DOOR! Broadway Brunch – Motown Love – Sunday

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  • April 27, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Rescheduled from February, Halifax’s hottest cabaret series – Broadway Brunch – is back at The Carleton with a Motown Love Edition on Saturday, April 26th and Sunday, April 27th (this one). Featuring the sizzling talents of our region’s finest, they will be serving up delicious and mouth-watering classic hits such as “Stop! In the Name of (more…)

The Right Swipes

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  • April 26, 2025
    9:00 pm - 11:55 pm

Classic rock standard-bearers  The Right Swipes continue their monthly residency with covers and original tunes at The Carleton on Saturday, April 26th. Show time is 9 PM and tickets are a measly $10 + HST. The Right Swipes are: Halifax-based powerhouse guitarist and lead vocalist, Sasha Brideau with longtime collaborators, Andrew “Bassman” Morris, a four-stringed (more…)