The Carletones is The Carleton’s long-standing house band made up of some of the best musicians in the city and, we think, one of the best bands in Halifax. With very rare exceptions they play every Saturday night. The band covers anything from Neil Young, Tom Petty and Springsteen to T-Rex, J.J. Cale and Joan (more…)
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Locals E.B. Anderson & The Resolutes bring their excellent live show – along with guest Dana Beeler – to The Carleton on Friday, February 20th. Show time is 10 PM and tickets are $10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSB5XnR_8n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7LBN7plgJQ (more…)
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We are exceptionally happy to confirm that Midge Ure (Utravox, Visage, Thin Lizzy) and the man who wrote Do They Know It’s Christmas, among many other achievements has agreed to drop down into Halifax from the UK, on his way to the rest of his North American tour, for a show at The Carleton on (more…)
Every Tuesday in January – including this one – Matthew Hornell and Andrew Sneddon bring us Terrific Tag-Team Tunes, from country to folk to Celtic and everything in between. Covers and originals. Music starts at 9 PM and it’s $5 at the door to get in. These guys are awfully good! (more…)
After the tremendous success of last year’s Valentine’s Day show with Soho Ghetto, we’ve decided to make it an annual event. This year’s show at The Carleton will happen on Saturday, February 14th. Show time is 9 PM and tickets are $12 advanced or $15 at the door. Last year’s show sold out so I’d (more…)
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Ex Rheostatic main man Dave Bidini and the rest of his current musical project – Bidiniband – will return to The Carleton on Friday, February 13th to put a capper on their Hockey Day in Canada trip east. Support will come from Dave’s band mates (Don Kerr, Kevin Lacroix and Paul Linklater) who have their (more…)
Every Tuesday in January – including this one – Matthew Hornell and Andrew Sneddon bring us Terrific Tag-Team Tunes, from country to folk to Celtic and everything in between. Covers and originals. Music starts at 9 PM and it’s $5 at the door to get in. These guys are awfully good! (more…)
After undergoing a little throat surgery (it went, very, very well) Carletones main man Adam Baldwin will resume his front man responsibilities with the band this week! We expect that Adam’s hugely capable fill-in, Ryan Pierce, will join them as well! The Carletones is The Carleton’s long-standing house band made up of some of the (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…)
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Cape Breton’s country/folk/bluegrass party band, Pretty Archie – along with pal Dave Sampson – play their inaugural show at The Carleton on Thursday, February 5th. Show time is 9 PM and tickets are $10. Pretty Archie was formed in Cape Breton in 2012 by life-long friends Brian Cathcart (lead vocals, guitar), Matt McNeil (lead guitar, (more…)