It’s an all Cape Breton night as Mike McKenna Jr. returns to The Carleton with special guest Khozie on Thursday, September 18th. Show time is 7:30 PM and tickets are $30 + HST. Canadian singer songwriter Mike McKenna Jr. is an award-winning artist from Cape Breton Island; with a raspy, soulful voice, warm indie, folk, (more…)
Leona Burkey brings her beloved annual benefit in support of Autism Nova Scotia to The Carleton on Sunday, September 21st at 7 PM. The 10th Anniversary Shine Blue Show will feature an in-house screening of the short doc “Wave Theory” by Brandon Boyd, (nominated for Best Documentary at the 2025 Nova Scotia Screen Awards) an extraordinary (more…)
As East Coasters, we’re familiar with our own hybrid blend of Irish and Scottish traditional music, so we are particularly pleased to bring the real thing, star Irish trio Tara Breen, Pádraig Rynne & Jim Murray to The Carleton for a rare, and special, early week show on Tuesday, September 23rd. Show time is 7 (more…)
As many of you now know, Elyse Aeryn was recently involved in a very serious motorcycle accident, suffering many broken bones and requiring multiple surgeries. Thankfully, it is expected that eventually she will fully recover, but that road will be long and difficult and she’ll need all the help and support we can give her. (more…)
Our good friend, and amazingly ageless entertainer from Ottawa, Jeremy Fisher – with the sensational, just-added, special guest Dennis Ellsworth -finally makes his way back to Halifax to play The Carleton on Friday, September 26th, Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $25 + HST. Two incredible songwriters for the price of one, no (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival kicks off its 16th anniversary with a bang as we present an opening night songwriters circle at The Carleton featuring host Dave Sampson with Mo Kenney and Andre Pettipas. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are only $35 + HST. There will be songs, stories and plenty of laughs. (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival is stoked to give us a blues-based songwriters circle with host Charlie A’Court, Joce Reyome (winner of this year’s Memphis International Blues Challenge) and shredder Logan Richard at The Carleton on Tuesday, September 30th. Show time is a civilized 7 PM and tickets are only $35 + HST. Planted at (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival welcomes Ray Bonneville back to Halifax, with special guest Geoff Arsenault (who will also pay drums with Ray), to make a timely appearance at The Carleton for this year’s event on Wednesday, October 1st. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $35 + HST. Acclaimed raconteur Ray Bonneville strips (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival welcomes Irish Mythen back to Canada (she now lives in Denmark) after many, many moons, to play two shows at The Carleton on Thursday, October 2nd. The early show (this one) begins at 7 PM and tickets are $45 + HST. Irish Mythen (They/Them) is a globally acclaimed artist known (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival welcomes Irish Mythen back to Canada (she now lives in Denmark) after many, many moons, to play two shows at The Carleton on Thursday, October 2nd. The late show (this one) begins at 9:30 PM and tickets are $45 + HST. Irish Mythen (They/Them) is a globally acclaimed artist known for (more…)