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…)
Ron Hawkins is, for my money, the best songwriter in the country. There, I said it. His body of work – from The Lowest of the Low, through The Rusty Nails, his solo work and what he’s now producing – stacks up against anything I’ve heard over the past two plus decades. His brand-spanking-new album (more…)
Nikki Payne is one of the funniest comedians working in Canada today and she’s from Lower Sackville – not Middle Sackville, not Upper Sackville but Lower Sackville – Nova Scotia so she’s one of our own. She’ll be making her Carleton debut during this year’s Halifax Comedy Festival for a taping of her Stories Of (more…)
Well here’s a “don’t-miss-this!” double bill if ever I’ve seen one! Newfoundland’s brilliant Fortunate Ones release their debut CD, The Bliss, at The Carleton on Monday, March 2nd, with able support from Winnipeg’s freshly Juno-nominated Del Barber. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are only $15 (+ booking fee). Do. Not. Miss. This. Fortunate (more…)
One of our fave local rock bands – Scrapes – returns to The Carleton for a show on Friday, February 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…)