The city’s acknowledged kings of the dance floor – The Mellotones – have a night off (and we’ve never had them on our stage), so we’ve got them booked for Friday, March 6th for a blow-out, maybe-Spring-is-coming bash. Show time will be 10 PM and I’m pretty sure there’ll be special guests AND it’s only (more…)
Great Big Sea’s Sean McCann returns to The Carleton (finally) on Wednesday, May 27th. Show time will be 8 PM and tickets are $20 advanced or $25 at the door. Matt Wells, fellow Newfoundlander, former lead singer of BucketTruck and host of Going Coastal and MuchMoreMusic will be opening the show for Sean. Sean’s last (more…)
Leona Burkey & special guests bring a preview of her debut full-length, Wave Theory, to The Carleton on Wednesday, March 4th at 8 PM. Admission will be $10 at the door and includes a pre-release copy of the album. This show will be live-taped for, you know, video promotional purposes, so come out to be (more…)
The annual March Hare is a celebration of the Arts in Newfoundland & Labrador that tours throughout that province with a couple of other notable stops; one in Toronto and one in Halifax. The Halifax show takes place at The Carleton Music Bar & Grill on Sunday, March 8th. It’s an afternoon affair starting at (more…)
Halifax songwriter Mike Bochoff and his band are a good night out and we think that if you don’t already know about them, you should! To that end, the lads will be playing at The Carleton on Thursday, February 26th. Live music will start sometime after 9 PM and it’ll only be $5 at the (more…)
Our good pal and award-winning rootsy, bluesy artist Thom Swift returns to The Carleton for an early – 7:30 PM – show on Thursday, April 2nd. Tickets are $20. Thom’s latest album, The Fortunate Few, took home the 2014 Music Nova Scotia award for Blues Album of the Year but Thom’s stuff spans a lot (more…)
Vancouver’s spoken word phenom – Shane Koyczan – adds a second night to his Halifax debut at The Carleton on Monday, April 13th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $22.50. I encourage you to go HERE to find out more than I have room to type about this artist because he’s well worth (more…)
Hamilton-born, Ottawa-based Jeremy Fisher returns to The Carleton hot on the heels of the release of his best album to date – The Lemon Squeeze – on Monday, March 30th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $20. It’s also worth mentioning that The Lemon Squeeze is nominated for Adult Alternative Album of the (more…)
One of our fave local rock bands – Scrapes – returns to The Carleton for a show on Friday, March 27th. It’ll be a rock show, ladies and gentlemen. Live music will start after 10 PM and it’s a measly $5 at the door to get in. I’d expect a great mix of originals and (more…)
Vancouver’s spoken word phenom – Shane Koyczan – brings his genre-defying act to Halifax for the first time at The Carleton on Sunday, April 12th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $20.00 I encourage you to go HERE to find out more than I have room to type about this artist because he’s (more…)