Past Performances

SOLD OUT: Pierre Bensusan – One Guitar, One Voice – 50th Anniversary

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

French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan finally makes his début at The Carleton on Sunday, October 19th. Show time for this extraordinary event is 7 PM and tickets are $35 + HST. “It’s like the guitar has been given free reign to play itself!” French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre (more…)

Pierre Bensusan Matinée!

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  • October 19, 2025
    1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Thanks to selling out his evening show, French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan has added a matinée at The Carleton on Sunday, October 19th. Doors will open at noon for a 1:30 PM performance. Tickets are $35 + HST. “It’s like the guitar has been given free reign to play itself!” French-Algerian (more…)

Wayne Nicholson Band

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  • October 18, 2025
    9:30 pm - 11:30 pm

Local legend Wayne Nicholson – along with his band of absolute pros (Kim Dunn, Bruce Dixon, James Logan and Neil Robertson) – returns to The Carleton on Saturday, October 18th. Show time is 9:30 PM and tickets are $30 + HST. Please note:  we are hosting an early concert with Quote The Raven.  Doors for Wayne’s (more…)

Quote The Raven

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  • October 18, 2025
    6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Online sales have ended.  A very few tickets still available at the DOOR!! Award-winning St. John’s-based Quote The Raven – winners of this year’s ECMA for Roots Release of the Year – return to Halifax for an early evening show at The Carleton on Saturday, October 18th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are (more…)

Strange Plants + Mat Hughes

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  • October 17, 2025
    8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Strange Plants is a fun-loving 6 piece band that brings a high-energy psychedelic sound filled with infectious grooves, rich harmony and lush soundscapes and return – along with special guest Mat Hughes – to The Carleton on Friday, October 17th. Live music gets underway at 8 PM and tickets are $15 + HST in advance, (more…)

Mat Elliott & Special Guest Lindsay Misiner

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  • October 16, 2025
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Online sales have ended.  Tickets still available at the DOOR!! Mat Elliott makes his début at The Carleton with a night of deep pockets, smooth guitar work, and sharp songwriting, along with special guest Lindsay Misiner, on Thursday, October 16th. Show time is 7:30 PM and tickets are $20 + HST. Expect top tier musicianship, (more…)

SOLD OUT: Garnet Rogers

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  • October 12, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

It’s been a long time, but folk legend Garnet Rogers finally returns to Halifax and The Carleton on Sunday, October 12th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $40 +HST. In a darkened bedroom, lit only by the amber glow from an old floor model radio, two young brothers aged 6 and 12 lay (more…)

SOLD OUT: Madison Violet – The Last Call – Saturday

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  • October 11, 2025
    8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Say it isn’t so!  We have been blessed with the music of the brilliant singer-songwriter-instrumentalist-producer duo that is Madison Violet for two and a half decades.  2025 not only marks their 25th anniversary, it is “The Last Call”. Lisa MacIsaac and Brenley MacEachern will grace the stage at The Carleton for a third Final Tour (more…)

SOLD OUT: Madison Violet – The Last Call – Saturday matinee

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  • October 11, 2025
    1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Say it isn’t so!  We have been blessed with the music of the brilliant singer-songwriter-instrumentalist-producer duo that is Madison Violet for two and a half decades.  2025 not only marks their 25th anniversary, it is “The Last Call.” Lisa MacIsaac and Brenley MacEachern will grace the stage at The Carleton now for a fourth Final Tour (more…)

SOLD OUT: Madison Violet – The Last Call – Friday

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  • October 10, 2025
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Say it isn’t so!  We have been blessed with the music of the brilliant singer-songwriter-instrumentalist-producer duo that is Madison Violet for two and a half decades.  2025 not only marks their 25th anniversary, it is “The Last Call”.  Lisa MacIsaac and Brenley MacEachern will grace the stage at The Carleton for two Final Tour shows: (more…)