Past Performances

Atlantic Poetry Reading

We're sorry, but all tickets sales have ended because the event is expired.

  • June 4, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Don’t miss the chance to meet the 2025 J. M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award and Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award nominees at The Carleton at 7 pm, Wednesday, June 4th. Poets will be reading from their nominated books! Bookmark will sell the nominated titles, and authors will be available for book signings.  Tickets for this very special event (more…)

Private Event

We're sorry, but all tickets sales have ended because the event is expired.

  • June 1, 2025
    1:00 pm - 8:00 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…)

The Right Swipes

We're sorry, but all tickets sales have ended because the event is expired.

  • May 31, 2025
    8:00 pm - 11:55 pm

Classic rock standard-bearers  The Right Swipes continue their monthly residency with covers and original tunes at The Carleton on Saturday, May 31st. Show time is 9 PM and tickets are a measly $10 + HST. If you’re a fan of rock music played very, very well, you should grab your dancing shoes and some pals (more…)

SOLD OUT: Neon Dreams Acoustic Album Release – Saturday Matinee

We're sorry, but all tickets sales have ended because the event is expired.

  • May 31, 2025
    1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Frank Kadillac and Adrian Morris – Neon Dreams – celebrate the release of a new acoustic album with two shows at The Carleton: Friday, May 30th at 8 PM and a special matinée performance on Saturday, May 31st at 1:30 PM (this one). Tickets for both shows are only $30 + HST. Neon Dreams is (more…)

SOLD OUT: Neon Dreams Acoustic Album Release – Friday

We're sorry, but all tickets sales have ended because the event is expired.

  • May 30, 2025
    8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Frank Kadillac and Adrian Morris – Neon Dreams – celebrate the release of a new acoustic album with two shows at The Carleton: Friday, May 30th at 8 PM (this one) and a special matinée performance on Saturday, May 31st at 1:30 PM. Tickets for both shows are only $30 + HST. Neon Dreams is (more…)

Salt Water Highway ft. Jesse Patrick, Sam Bailey & Michelle Calder – Pay What You Can

We're sorry, but all tickets sales have ended because the event is expired.

  • May 29, 2025
    7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

We are happy to welcome back  Salt Water Highway – featuring Jesse Patrick, Sam Bailey & Michelle Calder – to The Carleton stage for a Pay What You Can show on Thursday, May 29th. Live music get underway at 7:30 PM.  Salt Water Highway promises a range of tunes covering all decades and all genres – (more…)

DOOR TIX AVAIL! John Allaire + Kaya Fraser

We're sorry, but all tickets sales have ended because the event is expired.

  • May 27, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Ottawa’s singing/songwriting/entertaining legend John Allaire – along with local opener Kaya Fraser -makes his first foray into Atlantic Canada on his Canadian Maritime Caravan Tour 2025 and its Halifax stop is at The Carleton on Tuesday, May 27th at 7 PM. Tickets are only $15 + HST, a price we set because (a) it’s a (more…)

SOLD OUT: Lynn Miles

We're sorry, but all tickets sales have ended because the event is expired.

  • May 25, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

After nine years, national treasure Lynn Miles finally returns to The Carleton for a solo show on Sunday May 25th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $35 + HST. Lynn Miles is an award winning singer-songwriter, record producer, teacher, writer, public speaker. She’s also pretty funny, a 3 minute standup routine is at the (more…)

Tevon Tynes Trio

We're sorry, but all tickets sales have ended because the event is expired.

  • May 24, 2025
    8:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Jumping into the breach to cover for the unfortunately injured Sam Moon are our pals the Tevon Tynes Trio. You’ve seen ’em, they’re great, which makes them a solid bet for your downtown Saturday festivities TONIGHT! – May 24th. Live music gets underway at 8 PM and it’s only $10 + HST to get in (more…)

POSTPONED: Sam Moon’s 75th Birthday Bash (Round 2) – Saturday


There are no upcoming dates for this event.


Since THREE shows in February weren’t enough to accommodate all his fans, the man, the myth, the legend – Sam Moon – celebrates his Both Sides of the Moon (two different sides of Sam) 75th birthday bash with two more performance at The Carleton  accompanied by Doug MacKay – percussion, Jimmy Ralph – vocals and (more…)