Past Performances

Private Event

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  • May 27, 2026
    6:00 pm - 11:55 pm

Music, food, and drinks are flowing! Consider The Carleton for your next private party, dinner, meeting, wedding, reception or corporate event.  With a state of the art sound system, award winning Chef Mathias Probst, and terrific staff, we do it all! Check out our Private Functions page for more info or contact reservations@thecarleton.ca. (more…)

Brass Camel

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  • May 24, 2026
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Vancouver’s Brass Camel is so good, Mike Campbell sprung himself from the Halifax Rehab Centre to attend their first Halifax show in 2024. Now armed with a new album – Camel – we’re excited to say they’ll be back at The Carleton on Sunday, May 24th! It’s an early show, starting at 7 PM (so (more…)

DOOR TIX AVAIL! Pretty Archie – Unplugged

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  • May 24, 2026
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Online sales have ended. But tickets are still available at the door for this iconic east coast alt-country band! ==== Cape Breton’s Pretty Archie just keep getting better, and we are exceptionally happy to be able to say the band will be playing a special unplugged matinée show The Carleton on Sunday, May 24th. Doors (more…)

SOLD OUT: Pretty Archie

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  • May 23, 2026
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Cape Breton’s Pretty Archie just keep getting better, and we are exceptionally happy to be able to say the band will be returning to The Carleton after a two year absence on Saturday, May 23rd. The good times start rolling at 8 PM and tickets are $30 + HST. This is a standing show with (more…)

SOLD OUT: Robert Thomas & the sessionmen + Freya Milliken

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  • May 22, 2026
    8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

The ever-popular Robert Thomas & the sessionmen bring their stellar songwriting and musicianship – along with special guest Freya Milliken – back to The Carleton on Friday, May 22nd. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are available thru EventBrite HERE… $31.68 all in! “A vibrant fusion of John Prine’s sharp wit and Lyle Lovett’s (more…)

SOLD OUT: Gina Burgess (Full Band Show)

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  • May 21, 2026
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Violinist, composer, yoga instructor, educator, and musician wellness facilitator Gina Burgess returns to The Carleton to début her own full band (Gina on violin, Cynthia Pitsiulak – contemporary Inuit throat singer, Greg Woolner – drums, Jordan Stephans – double bass and Ross Burns – Brazilian percussion) show on Thursday, May 21st. Show time is 7:30 PM (more…)

DOOR TIX AVAIL! Leeroy Stagger + Dennis Ellsworth

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  • May 17, 2026
    7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Online sales have ended.  Tickets still available at the DOOR! ==== After two amazing performances at the Halifax Urban Folk Festival in 2024, Leeroy Stagger – along with very special guest Dennis Ellsworth – returns as a trio with a new, Joel Plaskett-produced, album – Pilgrimage – to play The Carleton on Sunday, May 17th. (more…)

DOOR TIX AVAIL! Ty Messick & Friends

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  • May 16, 2026
    8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Online sales have ended.  Tickets available at the DOOR! ==== One of our most under-rated songwriters and performers, Ty Messick, with friends including Pictou County singing legend Virgil Muir and some of the best players in the city – because they’re so damned good – will return to The Carleton again on Saturday, May 16th. (more…)

Rec Room Jams

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  • May 15, 2026
    8:00 pm - 11:30 pm

If you feel like letting loose and doing a little dancing heading into the weekend, come see and hear Rec Room Jams at The Carleton on Friday, May 15th! Show time is 8 PM and tickets are only $10 + HST or $12 + HST at the door. Rec Room Jams is a five piece (more…)

Jessica Pearson & The East Wind W/ Shane Pendergast

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  • May 14, 2026
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Ottawa’s award-winning Jessica Pearson & The East Wind, along with special guest Shane Pendergast, play their first Halifax gig at The Carleton on Thursday, May 14th. Show time will be 7:30 PM and tickets are $17.50 + HST. Like sirens calling from an ancient shore, the haunting three-part harmonies of Jessica Pearson & The East (more…)