Award-winning St. John’s-based Quote The Raven – winners of this year’s ECMA for Roots Release of the Year – return to Halifax for an early evening show at The Carleton on Saturday, October 18th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $25 + HST. Quote The Raven, consisting of Jordan Coaker and Kirsten Roddin-Clarke (more…)
Thanks to selling out his evening show, French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan has added a matinée at The Carleton on Sunday, October 19th. Doors will open at noon for a 1:30 PM performance. Tickets are $35 + HST. “It’s like the guitar has been given free reign to play itself!” French-Algerian (more…)
French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan finally makes his début at The Carleton on Sunday, October 19th. Show time for this extraordinary event is 7 PM and tickets are $35 + HST. “It’s like the guitar has been given free reign to play itself!” French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre (more…)
One of our favourite humans, Norma MacDonald, brings her band with her when she returns to The Carleton on Friday, October 24th. Live performance – including some new material from her forthcoming album – gets underway at 8 PM and tickets are $30 + HST Norma MacDonald is a veteran of the East Coast alt-country/folk (more…)
As engaging an entertainer as you’ll ever see, Ian Janes brings his wit and virtuosity back to The Carleton for a solo show on Sunday, October 26th. He’s willing to take audience requests from his excellent, diverse catalogue and will prove it, starting at 7 PM. Tickets, while they last, are $25 + HST. Since (more…)
Young newcomer Sylvie Aulenback, along with support from Chloe Eden, celebrates the release of her album Bittersweet at The Carleton on Wednesday, October 29th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are only $15 + HST. Indulge in the performance of Sylvie Aulenback’s debut album, bittersweet. From teenage break downs to wholesome realizations, you’ll be (more…)
Best known as co-lead of Rough Trade (recently inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame), the iconic Carole Pope – who has built a groundbreaking career pushing boundaries of sexuality, politics, and culture – finally returns to Halifax to perform in the intimate confines of The Carleton, along with special (more…)
Postponed from August and worth the wait… Musical Roots: An Afternoon of Song From Classical Elegance to Theatrical Flair! Join celebrated local sopranos Charise Pohl, Chloé Dionne, and Mary Austin, alongside baritone Stephen Deturbide and pianist Greg Myra, for a captivating musical journey at The Carleton on the afternoon of Saturday, November 1st. Doors open (more…)
Folks of a certain age can remember back to a time when The Police were, quite simply, the biggest band in the world. Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland played a unique and irresistible brand of reggae-fied rock music that lit up stages around the world. FALLOUT, a Halifax-based tribute to The Police, brings the (more…)
On Sunday, November 2nd, join AfterWords at The Carleton for readings with David A. Robertson in conversation with Jesse Wente, about Robertson’s powerful new book All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety. Wente (Unreconciled) and Robertson are two leading Indigenous writers/thinkers, and this conversation is sure to be rich and rewarding. (more…)