GYPSY Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen – A Fundraiser for Mental Health co-sponsored by The Carleton As much as we LOVE live music and applaud the contributions of the Marquee/Seahorse/Local entertainment complex, it’s kinda rare for us to flog their events. But we’re in this one together to raise money (more…)
Our Dinner At The Carleton series is pleased to present the music of our own Laura Merrimen on Friday, February 7th. Laura will be playing between 5 and 8 PM and the music is FREE. With vocal stylings haunted by the soul singers of yesteryear Laura Merrimen’s lyrics are bona fide and captivating. A new (more…)
Cape Breton’s Eddie Cummings, returns to The Carleton for a duo show with Brent Collins on Thursday, February 6th. Brett Matthews opens the show. Live music gets underway at 9 PM and admission is $10 at the door. Eddie Cummings is a singer/songwriter from Mabou, Cape Breton. He first released an album with his band (more…)
Every once in a while, thanks to touring commitments in the region, a really great show drops into our laps at the last minute. Such is the case with The Dreamboats from Toronto. A killer four piece, the band draws inspiration from the early days of rock’n’roll but is no means a nostalgia act, thanks (more…)
Our Dinner At The Carleton series is happy to welcome back the talented Michael Dalton (Almasy) on Tuesday, February 4th. Michael will be playing between 5 and 8 PM and the music is FREE. After growing a reputation as the frontperson and songwriter of the Transatlantic Zodiac Ensemble and rhythm guitarist for Donald MacLennan’s Jazz (more…)
Our beauty house band – The Carleton Collective (made up of some of the best musicians in the city) – plays almost every Saturday at The Carleton including this one, Saturday, February 1st. Show time will be the usual 10 PM and tonight it’ll be just $5 to hear a mix of killer rock’n’roll tunes (more…)
As part of our Dinner At The Carleton series, we’re happy to announce that Kristen Martell will make her Carleton debut on Saturday, February 1st. Live music gets underway at 5 PM and, as always with this series, it’s FREE to the public. Kristen Martell is a singer/songwriter from Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Inspired by (more…)
Locals Roadside Scarecrow celebrate the release of their debut album, with the help of the Jake Duggan and Corey Isenor bands, with a show at The Carleton on Friday, January 31st. Show time is 9 PM and admission is $10 at the door. The evening’s gonna go like this: COREY ISENOR 9:00pm – 10:00pm (more…)
As part of our Dinner At The Carleton series, Dusty Keleher plays for your listening pleasure on Friday, January 31st from 5 – 8 PM and it’s FREE. Dusty Keleher writes songs that tell a good story and searches out gems from the past that do the same. Simply put, roots/traditional music that takes its (more…)
After opening for Jon Bryant’s recent return to Halifax, Cameron Hawes mounts his own show, with opener Julia Cunningham, at The Carleton on Thursday, January 30th. Show time is 8:30 PM and tickets are only $10. Cameron Hawes returns to the Carleton after touring the West Coast of Canada with Vancouver band Barefoot Mountain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHoSdQXCh0w (more…)