Laura Smith and troubadour Jay Aymar return for their now-annual co-headlining gig at The Carleton on Thursday, May 18th.  This special early show will start at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $25. Laura Smith has one of the most distinctive – and beautiful – voices we’ve ever heard and we don’t often get the opportunity to (more…)

Here’s a treat for you indie rock fans (and we know you’re out there!), Saskatoon’s Close Talker gang up with Kingston-born, Toronto-based Lost Cousins for a show at The Carleton on Wednesday, May 17th. Show time  is 9 PM and admission will be $10 at the door, affordable by anyone’s yardstick… Close Talker is the (more…)

Hosts Laura Caswell and Lindsay Kyte return to The Carleton with their Open Stage series on Monday, May 15th. Designed to be a platform for artists of all stripes and disciplines, performers are drawn from The Neptune and Bus Stop Theatres and anywhere else cool stuff happens. Show time is 7:30 PM and admission is $10 (more…)

The tradition continues with The Carletones – our house band, always made up of the best musicians in the city – on Saturday nights, including this one May 13th. Tonight, Ryan Pierce handles the lead singer duties as Adam and a couple of the lads head out for some shows with bud Matt Mays. Live (more…)

Now here’s a fantastic night of music for you… Cape Breton’s Slowcoaster, along with Toronto’s T. Thomason and locals Cameron provide a super triple-bill at The Carleton on Friday, May 12th. Show time is 10 PM and admission is $15 at the door. When it comes to a great night out, it’s pretty hard to (more…)

Fredericton’s Stephen Lewis & The Big Band Of Fun bring their particular brand of funk to The Carleton for a debut show on Thursday, May 11th. Show time will be 9 PM and $10 at the door will get you in on the fun! Stephen Lewis and The Big Band of Fun is a loop (more…)

For fans of trad-based musical virtuosity, humour and flat-out entertainment, The Bombadils and James Hill & Anne Janelle share a night at The Carleton on Wednesday, May 10th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $15. Canadian maritimer Luke Fraser and prairie-girl Sarah Frank share a love of folk songs and fiddle tunes. Drawing (more…)

The tradition continues with The Carletones – our house band, always made up of the best musicians in the city – on Saturday nights, including this one May 6th. Tonight Ryan Pierce helms the band. Live music starts at 10:00 PM  with The Wicked Deadlys and admission is $10 at the door. No better night (more…)

Toronto-based Little Coyote make their first appearance in Halifax at The Carleton on Saturday, May 6th and we’d like you to see them. They’ll perform at 9 PM and admission (ahead of The Carletones) will be only $5 at the door. Toronto three piece band Little Coyote released the first singles – Delirium and Annie’s (more…)