This week in Halifax

Get ready to light up the group chat: here’s your going-out guide for February 20-22, proof that there’s tons to do and see in the city every night of the week.

See Fall On Your Knees onstage (until March 5)

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s blockbuster book about a Cape Breton family across eras has been adapted for the stage by none other than Halifax theatre royalty Hannah Moscovitch. See the epic, two-part, six-hour play at Neptune Theatre before it shutters March 5. Tickets and details via Neptune’s site.

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Hannah Moscovitch leads a theatre revolution from Halifax

Already one of the biggest names on the Canadian stage, now the local playwright is bringing her most ambitious work yet to Neptune, the 6-hour Fall On Your Knees.

Hit up the Mardi Gras Concert with Global Centric

No matter if you follow Lent or just think of it as a countdown to spring, this swell show sees an east coast spin put on New Orleans’ eight-piece brass tradition in time for The Big Easy’s favourite holiday. The free, 7pm show is held at Halifax Central Library’s Paul O’Regan Hall.
<h4 class=”content_h4″ go=”” to Our History Would Be Different: A Celebration of Rita Joe (Feb 22)

Rita Joe is the subject of Nova Scotia’s 2023 Heritage Day—and this evening gives you not only a primer on the life and legacy of the woman known as the Poet Laureate of the Mi’kmaq people: It also sees new artworks inspired by Joe’s verses being unveiled. Held at Halifax Central Library’s Paul O’Regan Hall, the 6:30pm event is free—but securing a seat in advance via Ticket Halifax is advised.

This article appears in Feb 1-28, 2023.