Upcoming Performances

Private Event


  • May 9, 2025
    6:00 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…)

The Hopping Penguins


  • May 10, 2025
    8:30 pm - 11:30 pm

The The Hopping Penguins, Halifax’s ska and reggae stalwarts, return to The Carleton stage to kick off their 43rd season on Saturday, May 10th. Show (and dance) time is 8:30 PM. Tickets and tables for early entry (by 7:00 pm) and seated dinner reservations are $30 + HST.  Those who are happy standing can arrive (more…)

Broadway Brunch – Mother’s Day Edition


  • May 11, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Halifax’s hottest cabaret series – Broadway Brunch – is back at The Carleton on Sunday, May 11th for a Mother’s Day full of mouth-watering Broadway tunes to entertain you. Broadway and brunch… who could ask for anything more? The cast dedicates this show to all the mothers, mother figures, and the role models out there (more…)

Paul Lamb


  • May 14, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

One of the city’s most popular songwriters – Paul Lamb – returns to The Carleton after six long years to play a solo show on Wednesday, May 14th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $45 + HST. Originally from St. John’s, Newfoundland, Paul Lamb started playing music at a young age, and played (more…)

Whitney Rose Trio + Lawrence Maxwell


  • May 15, 2025
    7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

PEI native Whitney Rose has called Austin, TX home for well over a decade, so we are extremely excited that she’ll finally be bringing her singular country/Americana stylings back to Halifax for a trio show at The Carleton on Thursday, May 15th. Live music gets underway at 7:30 PM and tickets are only $20 + (more…)

Wayne Nicholson Band


  • May 16, 2025
    8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Local legend Wayne Nicholson – along with a crackerjack band featuring Kim Dunn, Bruce Dixon, James Logan and Neil Robertson – returns to The Carleton on Friday, May 16th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $30 + HST. In the tradition of the great rock and blues vocalists over the decades, Wayne Nicholson deserves (more…)

STANDING TIX ONLY! Rasta Gumbo


  • May 17, 2025
    9:00 pm - 11:55 pm

Front man Bruce Vickery brings his Rasta Gumbo – R&B/Ska/Reggae/fun-night-out – band back to The Carleton on Saturday, May 17th.  Help celebrate Nova Scotia spring!  The dancing (and there will be dancing) gets underway at 9 PM. Tickets and tables for early entry (by 7:30 pm) and seated dinner reservations are $28 + HST. Those (more…)

SOLD OUT: 3 Pianos, 6 Hands & No Plan – Kim Dunn, Doris Mason & O’Sound


  • May 18, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

This trio of established stars – Kim Dunn, Doris Mason and O’Sound – bring their 3 Pianos, 6 Hands & No Plan show (a daring blend of virtuosity and improvisation) to The Carleton on Sunday, May 18th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $35 + HST. Kim Dunn, Doris Mason and O’Sound – each (more…)


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    SOLD OUT! Sam Moon’s 75th Birthday Bash (Round 2) – Thursday


    • May 22, 2025
      7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

    Since three shows in February and two shows in May weren’t enough to accommodate all his fans, the man, the myth, the legend – Sam Moon – celebrates his Both Sides of the Moon (two different sides of Sam) 75th birthday bash with yet another performance at The Carleton accompanied by Doug MacKay – percussion, Jimmy (more…)


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      SOLD OUT: Sam Moon’s 75th Birthday Bash (Round 2) – Friday


      • May 23, 2025
        7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

      Since THREE shows in February weren’t enough to accommodate all his fans, the man, the myth, the legend – Sam Moon – celebrates his Both Sides of the Moon (two different sides of Sam) 75th birthday bash with two more performance at The Carleton  accompanied by Doug MacKay – percussion, Jimmy Ralph – vocals and (more…)


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