Upcoming Performances

Mike McKenna Jr. W/ Special Guests falllift


  • September 12, 2026
    8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Cape Breton artist Mike McKenna Jr. returns to The Carleton with special guest falllift on Saturday, September 12th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $25 + HST. Canadian singer songwriter Mike McKenna Jr. is an award-winning artist from Cape Breton Island; with a raspy, soulful voice, warm indie, folk, and Americana tones, and powerful songs, (more…)

Tyler Salsman: Growing Up Country


  • September 17, 2026
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Up-and-coming Windsor-based star Tyler Salsman brings his Growing Up Country – Songs & Stories From The Passenger Seat – show to The Carleton on Thursday, September 17th. Show time is 7:30 PM and tickets are $20 + HST. Tyler Salsman is a young country singer-songwriter from Windsor, Nova Scotia, known for his down-to-earth style, storytelling, (more…)

Angelique Francis Band


  • September 18, 2026
    8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

We are super-pumped to announce that the Angelique Francis Band, known for an eclectic mix of various musical genres (including Blues, Folk, Soul, Jazz, Roots, Rock, Gospel and Americana), will make a post-Prismatic return to The Carleton on Friday, September 18th. Show – and this is a show! – time is 8 PM and tickets (more…)

Newbridge W/ Jackson Weldon


  • September 19, 2026
    8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

The city’s newest pretty-close-to-supergroup, Newbridge, plays their first show at The Carleton, with support from Jackson Weldon, on Saturday, September 19th. The band will commence to strumming and singing at 8 PM and tickets are $20 + HST. *** This is a standing room show with limited seating with arrival by 7 PM – please email (more…)

Kim Churchill (Australia)


  • September 22, 2026
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Australian globetrotting festival favourite (he has camper vans on three continents to accommodate his insane international touring schedule) – surfing songwriter Kim Churchill – makes his first Halifax appearance at The Carleton on Tuesday, September 22nd. Show time is 7 PM and tickets (worth every cent) are $30 + HST. Over the past 15 years (more…)

Craft Draught Showdown: Annapolis VS Tanner & Co.


  • September 23, 2026
    7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Join us at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, September 23rd when the Annapolis and  Tanner & Co. brewing companies go head to head. Enjoy a five-course dinner crafted by Chef Mathias Probst and his team, each course paired with two 4 oz. brews selected by competing Brewmasters. Chefs and Brewmasters will join you throughout the evening to (more…)

Mitch King (Australia)


  • September 24, 2026
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Hailing from Queensland in Australia, Mitch King brings his electrifying solo show to Halifax and The Carleton for the first time on Thursday, September 24th. Show time is 7:30 PM and tickets are $20 + HST. Yes, we’re aware that – including Lloyd Spiegel’s upcoming HUFF show – Mitch will be the 4th(!) Aussie we’ve (more…)

Halifax Urban Folk Festival Youth Songwriters’ Showcase – Applications Now Open!


  • September 27, 2026
    1:30 am - 3:30 pm

HUFF’s now-annual Youth Songwriters’ Showcase – in association with Marine Drive Talent Management – featuring the best of the region’s teenaged talent, will take place at The Carleton on Sunday, September 27th at 1:30 PM. Applications are now open and you can apply HERE. The show’s line-up and ticket information will be announced in the (more…)

Halifax Urban Folk Festival Presents: True Mountain Laurel W/ Peter Dreams


  • September 28, 2026
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

HUFF presents the amazing, just-formed, brand-spanking-new, west coast duo True Mountain Laurel (Haley Blais & Sam Lynch) along with Peter Dreams (the solo project from July Talk’s Peter Dreimanis) which adds up to a truly fantastic evening of music in the intimate confines of The Carleton on Monday, September 28th! Show time is 7 PM (more…)

Halifax Urban Folk Festival Presents: Skye Wallace + Mick Davis + Freya Millikin


  • September 29, 2026
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

HUFF is proud to present one of our patented storytelling songwriters’ circles with Toronto’s red-hot Skye Wallace, Newfoundland’s Mick Davis & local Freya Millikin at The Carleton on Tuesday, September 29th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $35 + HST. With a voice like a soaring instrument, unflinching lyricism, and a swaggering live show (more…)