Local party band The Donnybrooks fill in for The Carletones on Saturday, August 27th. Show time is 10 PM and it’s $5 at the door, as usual. (more…)
Toronto indie pop band Flatrock returns to The Carleton with The Barrowdowns and Ostrea Lake on Wednesday, August 24th. Admission is $6 at the door. Flatrock is an indie-pop band from Toronto, made up of four good friends who enjoy working on music together. They strive to write catchy music – with tight grooves and (more…)
We LOVE Comedy at The Carleton, so we’re very, very happy to be able to announce that the host of CBC’s The Debaters, Steve Patterson will be headlining our place on Wednesday, September 14th after his book launch at the Halifax Central Library. The very funny Jay Malone will warm up for Steve. Show time (more…)
Because the Halifax Urban Folk Festival has necessarily had to take a year off in 2016, the festival is doing a few “reminder” gigs so people won’t forget it still exists. To that end, HUFF will present a FREE show at The Carleton on Tuesday, August 23rd featuring one of the country’s best songwriters – (more…)
I’ve known The Tragically Hip since 1986 when they independently released the Last American Exit EP. This tour is the first one they’ve done I haven’t been able to see – for a variety of reasons – but The Carleton will embrace Halifax’s Tragically Hip Day celebrations on Saturday, August 20th with all Hip, all (more…)
Here’s a fantastic triple-bill of local indie acts for you! Brothers + Hello Delaware + The Barrowdowns gang up for a show at The Carleton on Friday, August 19th. Show time is 10 PM and it’s only $8 at the door for three cool bands. Can’t beat that with a stick… Tyler and Taran Guest (more…)
Local Cameron Hawes returns to town from the West Coast with his Barefoot Mountain band to play a show with Len Ottesen at The Carleton on Thursday, August 18th. Show time will be after 9 PM and it’s only $6 at the door. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crLKMUkZMOI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZwQqL5SnDo (more…)
Arnprior, Ontario-based singer/songwriter Craig Cardiff makes his Carleton debut with not one, but two shows on tSaturday, October 1st. The first is a matinée affair at 3 PM (children under 12 are admitted free!) and the second is at 7 PM. Tickets for each show are $20. “[Craig is] a songwriter who needs to be (more…)
Arnprior, Ontario-based singer/songwriter Craig Cardiff makes his Carleton debut with not one, but two shows on Saturday, October 1st. The first is a matinée affair at 3 PM (children under 12 are admitted free!) and the second is at 7 PM. Tickets for each show are $20. “[Craig is] a songwriter who needs to be (more…)
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we’ve necessarily had to take a year off from our beloved Halifax Urban Folk Festival but that doesn’t mean we can’t pull off a couple of cool shows to keep its memory alive while on hiatus in 2016. To that end, HUFF is presenting a KILLER double bill at (more…)