After watching local band Hillsburn blow away a sold out house at The Carleton this past spring, we thought they’d be the perfect act to kick off our 6th annual Halifax Urban Folk Festival on Sunday, August 30th. We’re pairing them up with Australia’s Oh Pep! and fans of the one will also be fans (more…)
Nashville-based Torontonian Lindi Ortega – along with the Halifax All Stars – plays a very special Halifax Urban Folk Festival show at The Carleton on Tuesday, September 1st. Nova Scotian country traditionalist Ryan Cook and now-back-in-Halifax-from-the-UK Gabriel Minnikin will open the night. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $20 + booking fee. Lindi (more…)
Toronto band The Old Salts make their first Carleton appearance on Friday, July 17th. This cool rock act will start making music around 10 PM and it’ll be the usual Friday $5 at the door to get in. The name’s appropriate for Halifax and if you don’t know them, you should. You’ll like ’em. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaUMh07D44Y (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival kicks off its extraordinary Labour Day weekend shows on Friday, September 4th with San Francisco’s Chuck Prophet and the Halifax All Star Band. The opening songwriters circle will consist of Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Neil Osborne (54-40) and Ron Hawkins (Lowest of the Low). Tickets are $45 + booking fee (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival welcomes 54-40’s Neil Osborne and his Halifax All Star band to The Carleton stage on Saturday, September 5th. Our opening songwriters circle on the night will feature Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Chuck Prophet and another artist to be named soon! Show time is 9 PM and tickets are $45 + (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival is pleased as punch to be able to finally bring Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake to Halifax, the city with so many musicians inspired by his Scottish band. Norman will be playing with a Halifax All Star band led by uber-fan Matt Mays. Our opening songwriters circle on the night will (more…)
Local Halifax band, The Oxfords, made their Carleton debut last month and had such a good time they want to do it again. So, they’ll be playing on Friday, July 24th at 10 PM. It’ll be $5 at the door to get in. Perfect for a Friday night in the summer, come shake it island-style (more…)
Jon Bryant returns to Halifax (finally) for homecoming show at The Carleton on Tuesday, July 28th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $12 advanced or $15 at the door. Jon Bryant is a true artist whose popularity within the international music industry is growing and certainly leaving a lasting impression with his unique (more…)
Here’s a last minute idea for you… Come to The Carleton on Friday, July 10th at 9 PM to see sensational new Aussie artist Hein Cooper play a “pay what you can – pass the hat” surprise set! Hein’s on his way to play this weekend’s Evolve Festival and decided (rather than sitting in his (more…)
Armed with a new album – Frantic City – Toronto’s Luke Nicholson makes his Carleton debut, along with up-and-coming local songwriter Thomas McCallum, on Wednesday, July 22nd. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $10 at the door. Check out this video below. I think you’ll see why Luke is compared favourably to the (more…)