Willie Stratton album release show w/Campbell & Johnston May 27, The Marquee, sonicconcerts.com Is Willie Stratton the real deal? So much of rock ‘n’ roll and vintage country-western music—the Venn diagram overlap where Stratton is planting his sonic flag—hinges on a visceral sense of authenticity. If the heartbreaks are fiction rather than lived—if the denim […]
Morgan Mullin
Morgan was the Arts & Entertainment Editor at The Coast, where she wrote about everything from what to see and do around Halifax to profiles of the city’s creative class to larger cultural pieces. She started with The Coast in 2016.
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Jacob Sampson announced as associate artistic director of 2b Theatre Company
Jacob Sampson has long been a change-maker in the world of Halifax theatre, from his crowd-drawing performances at Shakespeare By The Sea to writing, staging and starring in some of the most diverse and necessary plays in recent years. From a sit-up-and-take-note turn in 2b Theatre’s 2019 production of playwright Shauntay Grant’s The Bridge to […]
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Bryan Adams announces Halifax concert September 3
Can-rock icon and notorious anti-vaxxer Bryan Adams is coming to Halifax on September 3 as part of his just-announced So Happy It Hurts tour. The “Summer of ’69” singer will play the Scotiabank Centre as part of an extensive coast-to-coast effort that also includes shows in Moncton, Cape Breton and Summerside. Tickets for the Halifax show, […]
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Did you hear the one about Dartmouth’s indie comedy scene?
The route to the stage at 127B Portland Street—the former Picnic at the Dart restaurant—starts in an alcove between the Dart Gallery and a rectangular room that’s become a much-needed event venue for downtown Dartmouth. It must get crowded for comedians waiting to take the stage for the weekly show The Red Room Riots, a […]
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Jason Mraz adds second Halifax date to August tour
This article was independently produced by our editorial team with financial support from Ticket Halifax, your local box office for event tickets around Halifax. To find all upcoming events and get your tickets before their sold out, head over to Ticket Halifax. Well, Halifax done done Jason Mraz in, you bet he felt it: The […]
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Two must-see indie plays are showing in Halifax this May
While it’s over 100 days until the return of the Halifax Fringe Festival—the yearly celebration of unjuried theatre and DIY plays—fans of indie theatre will have lots to tide them over in late May. First up, over at Neptune Theatre’s Scotiabank Stage, is the world premiere of local playwright Katerina Bakolias’s ‘Til Death Do Us […]
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Halifax Jazz Festival announces more acts
W hen the Halifax Jazz Festival announced its return to a pre-pandemic-level event in late April, we already knew it was the sort of fun that’s worth marking in your calendar. Today’s second wave of act announcements proves our gut right, with the announcement that indie royalty Perfume Genius and The Weather Station will be […]
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Here’s every show, actor and director up for a 2022 Screen Nova Scotia award
Screen Nova Scotia—the industry incubator helping movies, TV series and more get made here—dropped its 2022 award nominees today, alongside an announcement it’ll be offering its first in-person award ceremony since 2019. It’s been a big year in the world of Nova Scotia film, with the province announcing major funding in the sector (a record-setting […]
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Halifax surprise-hosts famous anti-folk act Crywank on farewell tour
Once you can get over the name, Crywank is the sort of band you tell all your friends about, a ‘just-trust-me’ look as you take the aux. Tracing the line between earnest and ironic with surgically precise lyrics, the band lives up to its anti-folk genre by mixing simple acoustics with fuzzed-out bridges, punked-up drums […]
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Halifax’s Grand Oasis Festival promises to heat up your summer
Music festival season just got a whole lot hotter, thanks to the city’s announcement this week that the square at Grand Parade (1770 Barrington Street) will play host to 38 events and over 50 artists—all for free. The Grand Oasis is billing itself as a festival, which it is in spirit. In function, it’s a […]
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Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival returns June 9-12
Back with its first in-person slate since 2020, the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival is ready to make cinephiles’s dreams come true from June 9-12. In a city under the heel of movie multiplexes, the annual event (run by the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative) always delivers a feast of art-house and DIY movies that critics are raving […]
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Shad has the plan to make Halifax move
When indie rap mainstay Shad (born Shadrach Kabango) arrives at The Marquee this May 13, the triple-Juno-winner will have two set lists tucked in his back pocket. Attending a Shad show is always akin to taking a tour across the map of backpack rap, watching the ways that he’s resuscitated, sustained and expanded the genre […]