Laura Caswell returns with another cabaret show (this time on her birthday!) that will inspire and offend you all in the same sentence! Bring you to tears and make you laugh all in the same song. The show happens at The Carleton on Monday, April 9th. Show time is 7:30 PM. Chuck Homewood will join (more…)

The Carleton is very happy to be the venue for Mel’s Matinée – a fundraiser for the Brain Injury Association of NS – featuring Mel Farrimond, Ann Fearon, Leona Burkey and Ian Sherwood. As the title suggests, this is an afternoon show on Sunday, April 8th and starts at 2 PM. Admission is by donation (more…)

On the occasion of our good friend, Sonic’s Mike Greatorex’s, 50th birthday, we’re getting Adam Baldwin’s Original Carletones line-up back together for a one-off at The Carleton on Saturday, April 7th. Show time is 10 PM and admission is $10 at the door. We have many fond memories of the lads rocking the pre-renovation room (more…)

The time has finally come! BROTHERS debut album Zebra is being officially released with a party at The Carleton on Friday, April 6th. Also on the bill are T. Thomason and Floodland. Live music gets underway at 10 PM and admission is $10 at the door. ZEBRA [zee-bruh; British also zeb-ruh] 1. An African wild (more…)

We are awfully excited that Son Of Dave – a one-man beatbox band – has decided to leave his UK home to come back to Canada for a short run of dates, because that run will include his Halifax debut at The Carleton on Thursday, April 5th! Show time is 9 PM and advanced tickets (more…)

In The Dead Of Winter presents THAW OUT – a benefit to aid the festival – with a who’s who of local songwriters: Kev Corbett, Daniel Walker, Tara Thorne (Dance Movie), Don Brownrigg, Gabrielle Papillon, Norma MacDonald, Leanne Hoffman, Stewart Legere, Kim Harris, John Mullane and Mo Kenney. Show time is 7:30 PM. Tickets are (more…)

Acclaimed Australian songwriter Larissa Tandy and PEI’s Dylan Menzie co-headline a special show at The Carleton on Tuesday, April 3rd. Show time is 7:30 PM and tickets are $15 advanced or $20 at the door. Hailing from rural Australia, Larissa Tandy came up from the underground of Melbourne’s world class music scene, mining her difficult (more…)

Local scene veteran Rob Anderson brings his band with him to The Carleton for an evening of swell rock’n’roll tunes on Saturday, March 31st (and leading nicely into April Fool’s Day, we can’t help but notice). Show time is 10 PM and it’s a measly $5 at the door to get in on the action. (more…)

If y0u’re looking for a good night of rock’n’roll (and really, who isn’t?) then look no further than The Shakedown Combo + Second Line Parade + The Summer Rabbit at The Carleton on Friday, March 30th! Live music starts at 10 PM and admission is only $7 at the door. (more…)

Two extraordinary songwriters – the well-traveled, now settled in Port Williams, NS – Pat LePoidevin and the fabulous Gabrielle Papillon – team up for a show at The Carleton on Thursday, March 29th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $15. Born of a sleepy mountain town in British Columbia and built in equal (more…)