Upcoming Performances

Carleton Gift Cards


  • Gift Cards
    December 31, 2025
    12:00 am

Give the gift of The Carleton! Please include email and phone number, and any special instructions.  You will be contacted when your card(s) are ready for pickup. (more…)

Rasta Gumbo – Alternative NYE!


  • January 3, 2026
    9:00 am - 11:55 pm

Front man Bruce Vickery brings his Rasta Gumbo – R&B/Reggae/Latin/Funk fun-night-out – band back to The Carleton for an “Alternative New Year’s Eve” party on Saturday, January 3rd.  Let’s kick off 2026 in style!  The dancing (and there will be dancing) gets underway at 9 PM. Tickets and tables for early entry (by 7:30 pm) (more…)

An Evening With Craig Cardiff – Thursday


  • February 12, 2026
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

After a surprise August appearance, Craig Cardiff will be back in Halifax, on his real tour,  for two shows at The Carleton on Thursday, February 12th (this one) and Friday, February 13th! Craig will be on stage at 7:30 PM and tickets are only $25 + HST. Songwriter, troubadour, Craig Cardiff builds landscapes of sound (more…)

An Evening With Craig Cardiff – Friday


  • February 13, 2026
    8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

After a surprise August appearance, Craig Cardiff will be back in Halifax, on his real tour,  for two shows at The Carleton on Thursday, February 12th and  Friday, February 13th (this one)! Craig will be on stage at 8 PM and tickets are only $25 + HST. Songwriter, troubadour, Craig Cardiff builds landscapes of sound (more…)

Dee Hernandez – A Valentine’s Day Tribute To Ella Fitzgerald


  • February 14, 2026
    8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Atlantic Canadian-based Cuban artist Dee Hernandez celebrates the legacy of Ella Fitzgerald with a stop at The Carleton on Valentine’s Day during her Black History Month Tribute Tour on Saturday, February 14th. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $30 + HST. This is our kind of dinner & date production!   Often cited (more…)

John Muirhead


  • February 28, 2026
    7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Fast-rising star, Toronto-based John Muirhead, returns to headline his own duo show at The Carleton on Saturday, February 28th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $25 + HST. John Muirhead is a Toronto-based troubadour crafting big-hearted indie-folk songs for dreamers, wanderers, and hopeless romantics. From fingerpicked confessionals to foot-stomping, full-band singalongs, John’s award-winning (more…)

Shine Blue – In Support of Autism Nova Scotia


  • March 29, 2026
    7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Join us to celebrate 10 years of Leona Burkey’s annual benefit supporting acceptance, inclusion and an outstanding organization with an in-house screening of “Wave Theory” by Brandon Boyd, (nominated for Best Doc at the 2025 Nova Scotia Screen Awards) an extraordinary short film about a song, a boy, the power of music (and big waves). (more…)