In case you haven’t noticed over the years, The Carleton is a sucker for artists who know how to write a great song and that goes for acts that everyone in the world is familiar with and those that the world isn’t familiar with yet but ought to be, or might be somewhere down the (more…)
If we had our way – and believe me, we’ve tried – we’d have Shaun Majumder and his This Hour Has 22 Minutes pals at The Carleton 3 times a week. Apparently, that’s not realistic but we do have them for one last New Material Only night on Sunday, March 29th. The title of the (more…)
It’s been a long time coming but we finally tracked This Hour Has 22 Minutes star Shaun Majumder down and convinced him to revive his wildly successful New Material Only night at The Carleton. Shaun, and his writer pals from 22 Minutes, will perform and the only rule is that the material they do has (more…)
We think St. Patrick’s Day should be celebrated with music and we’ll have the best live music in Halifax on that night, Tuesday, March 17th. Award winning fiddlers Wendy MacIsaac, Chrissy Crowley, along with friends Darren MacMullen and Ken Ryan, will provide a night of the real deal Celtic music at The Carleton, starting at (more…)
Classified’s right hand man – DJ IV – brings his Mondo show back to The Carleton on Friday, March 20th at 10 PM. It’s only $5 at the door so you really have no excuse not to come. At least that’s what we’re thinking. (more…)
Montreal’s Ian Kelly, along with locals Carmel Mikol and Morgan MacDonald get together for a show at The Carleton on Tuesday, April 21st. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are only $10. Ian rode his DIY approach – making albums all by himself – to gold record status (and that’s no mean feat in (more…)
Halifax’s best damned rock’n’roll house band – the mighty Carletones – will take The Carleton stage on Saturday, March 21st, as they always do, sometime around 10:30 and will proceed to pin your ears back with passionate performances of cool songs until close. This band rocks and we’re proud to provide a stage for them. (more…)
Halifax’s best damned rock’n’roll house band – the mighty Carletones – will take The Carleton stage on Saturday, March 14th, as they always do, sometime around 10:30 and will proceed to pin your ears back with passionate performances of cool songs until close. This fantastic experience will cost you a measly $5 at the door (more…)
Halifax’s coolest Soul and R&B/Funk practitioners – Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound – play their usual first Friday of the month gig at The Carleton Music Bar & Grill on February 6th. Live music gets cooking at 10 PM and it’s only $5 at the door. Bring the shoes you dance in, you’ll need (more…)
It’s a Friday night – April 3rd – and it’s coming up to Easter. What better way to observe Good Friday other than to make it a “great” one and come to The Carleton for the super-fantastic Roxy & The Underground Soul Sound? Roxy fronts one of the hottest bands in town and they aim (more…)