Past Performances

DOOR TIX AVAIL! Seamus Dempster Band + Evan Dempster

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  • November 22, 2025
    8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Online sales have ended.  Tickets available at the DOOR! ==== Seamus Dempster brings his band, and support from brother Evan Dempster, to The Carleton for a show on Saturday, November 22nd. Live music gets underway at 8 PM and tickets are $20 + HST. Folk singer-songwriter Seamus Dempster is what many would describe as kind (more…)

Hobo Aquarium Live Album Recording + Colrain

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  • November 21, 2025
    8:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Local rock trio Hobo Aquarium return to The Carleton – along with opener Colrain – this time to record a live album and would love to have you be part of it, on Friday, November 21st. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are only $15 + HST. Hobo Aquarium is a 3-piece Indie band (more…)

DOOR TIX AVAIL! Story Night At The Carleton

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  • November 20, 2025
    7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Online sales have ended.  Tickets are still available at the DOOR! ==== Songwriters tell stories through music, but what about those with entertaining stories to tell that aren’t set to music? You know, the kind of stories you, or a friend, might relate at a dinner party, or other social occasion? After attending similar hugely (more…)

SOLD OUT: An Evening With Guy Davis

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  • November 19, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Legendary New York City bluesman (and actor, and author, and songwriter!)  Guy Davis finally returns to The Carleton on Wednesday, November 19th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $37.50 + HST.  Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, a musician, actor, author, and songwriter. Guy uses a blend of (more…)

Gather ’Round – A Winter Storytelling Event & Fundraiser

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  • November 18, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Gather ’Round for an intimate evening of wintery entertainment. Special guests from the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia’s Alistair MacLeod Mentorship Program will begin with remarks by Alexander MacLeod, then three short readings by Lorri Neilsen Glenn, Carol Bruneau and Michelle Samson, followed by celebrated actor, director, and novelist Shelley Thompson, who will perform stories (more…)

2 DOOR TIX AVAIL! An(other) Evening With Danny Michel

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  • November 16, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Online sales have ended.  We have 2 tickets available at the DOOR if you stop by before 7 pm! ==== Last seen during our 15th anniversary celebrations in 2023, we’re thrilled to have the always amazingly entertaining national treasure Danny Michel add a second show (the 1st is sold out) at The Carleton on Sunday, November (more…)

SOLD OUT: Razzmatazz For Kids

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  • November 16, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Usually we do serious shows for adult audiences but here’s one for the kids (and their parents): ECMA and Music Nova Scotia award winning duo, Razzmatazz For Kids, will again roll into The Carleton on Sunday, November 16th. Doors open for face-painting (and brunch from The Carleton menu) at noon.  Music gets underway at 1 (more…)

SOLD OUT: An Evening With Danny Michel

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  • November 15, 2025
    8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Last seen during our 15th anniversary celebrations in 2023, we’re thrilled to have the always amazingly entertaining national treasure Danny Michel back on the stage at The Carleton on Saturday, November 15th. Danny’s inimitable act will get underway at 8 PM and tickets are $30 + HST. Danny is the antidote we all need in these (more…)

SOLD OUT: Height Requirement (’80s Forever!)

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  • November 14, 2025
    8:00 pm - 11:30 pm

The ’80s party machine that is Height Requirement return for a fall date at The Carleton on Friday, November 14th. The dancing (and there will be dancing) action starts at 8 PM and tickets are $20 + HST.  This is a standing room show with limited seating with arrival by 7 PM – please email (more…)

Eliza Rhinelander w/ Special Guest Lia Ashkenas

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  • November 13, 2025
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Eliza Rhinelander, joined by family and friends including banjo-wielding singer-songwriter Lia Ashkenas, will return to The Carleton on Thursday, November 13th. Show time is 7:30 pm. Their sets will include Eliza’s original music from her album The Precipice, as well as unreleased original songs, and a healthy dose of her own takes on traditional Celtic (more…)