Toronto-based folk/noir duo Scarlett Jane – singers Andrea Ramolo and Cindy Doire – make a stop in Halifax at The Carleton on their Canadian tour in support of their second album, Scarlett Jane. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $15 advanced or $20 at the door. “When they’re blending their voices, Cindy Doire (more…)
Super-fun Soul/Funk/R&B band – Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound – fronted by the ever-awesome Roxy Mercier take over The Carleton stage on Friday, August 7th for a night of ass-shaking. Live music starts at 10 PM and it’s only $5 at the door to be part of it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y55DPgRUZVs (more…)
Halifax’s favourite Rock/Rap/Dance outfit – Three Sheet – return to The Carleton for a rare Saturday night show (The Carletones have the night off) on August 22nd. Dig out your dancing shoes and get hip. Live music kicks off after 10 PM and it’s $10 at the door to get inside. The band’s been working (more…)
If it’s Saturday night, the best rock’n’roll house band in the city – The Carletones – will be on stage at The Carleton. Fronted by the dynamic (and diminutive) Adam Baldwin, they’re tailor-made for dancing and you’ll like them – a lot. Live music starts after 10 PM and it’s only $5 at the door (more…)
The Halifax Urban Folk Festival is all about songs and the people that write them and, for our money, there is no better songwriter in this country than Ron Hawkins (The Lowest of the Low, The Rusty Nails, The Do Good Assassins). We’re very pleased that Ron could come back to the festival this year (more…)
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…)