OBEY’s back to make your May long weekend wildly, wonderfully weird with sonic stylings like your ears have never heard before. The four-day sound and music fest boasts uber-dancable Kudro beats courtesy of Portugal’s Nídia, emotional catharsis with the energy-cleansing rhythms of duo ONO and classical lute playing by Chinese literati-inspired Liu Fang. Rounding out […]
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DaPoPo’s Live-In travels across artistic lines
DaPoPo Theatre’s Live-In To Oct 31 Full schedule at facebook.com/DaPoPoTheatre With its net cast wider than ever, DaPoPo Theatre’s Live-In Festival is nine years old and going strong. “In contrast to previous years, we have curated a little less but opened the doors wider,” says Garry Williams, DaPoPo’s artistic director. This year’s festival theme is […]
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46 events and festivals to liven up your fall
PAUL GREENBERG The best-selling American author, who penned the 2014 effort on seafood sustainability Four Fish, comes to Halifax to talk about the future of our oceans and our fish-eating habits. Marion McCain Building, Dalhousie University, 6135 University Avenue, Thu Sep 14, 7-9pm PRISMATIC ARTS FESTIVAL This multi-genre festival—which includes theatre, dance and musical performances, […]
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Hopscotch Halifax 2017 announces Joyner Lucas as headliner
Hopscotch Halifax‘s 2017 headline is Massachusetts’ own Joyner Lucas. The unconventional MC will perform September 30 at Dartmouth Cove, 20 Canal Street with City Natives, $5/$10/$20. Tickets are on sale September 5 (presale September 1, Message Hopscotch for a presale code), with the first 200 tickets being given away for free. How nice! Hopscotch’s mission is to […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion announces more headliners and keynotes
Halifax Pop Explosion Music Festival & Conference celebrates a whopping 25 years this October 18-21 with headlining acts like Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Charlotte Day Wilson, Clairmont The Second, Cloud Nothings, Patrick Watson, Tasha The Amazon, Weaves and comedy headliner Wyatt Cenac, in addition to the previously announced Japandroids and Ria Mae. This year, […]
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Festival fever: 50+ summer fests to soak up
OUT OF TOWN June 9-September 17 The Indian River Festival A historic, gothic church in rural PEI lights up all summer long as a slew of hot Maritime acts (think Matt Andersen, Tomato/Tomato and Port Cities) perform under its pitched ceilings. Indian River, Prince Edward Island indianriverfestival.com OUT OF TOWN June 11-24 Festival of Small […]
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One year of beer—2017’s festivals, special events and celebrations
Big Spruce’s 4th Anniversary: RA RA Rasputin Fest Sat, April 1 Stillwell, 1672 Barrington Street Saint John Annual Beerfest Sat April 8 1 Market Square, Saint John, NB saintjohnbeerfest.com Nova Scotia Craft Beer Week May 5-14 nscraftbeer.ca 3rd Annual Stillwell Open Sun May 7 Stillwell, 1672 Barrington Street Craft Beer Cocktail Face-Off Tue May 9, […]
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Open Waters music festival swims against the mainstream
Open Waters Festival 2017 January 6-10 Sir James Dunn Theatre, The Company House $10-$25 at Dal Box Office Festival passes $55-$60 The Open Waters Festival is about to flood two local venues with events featuring “exploratory music.” Lukas Pearse is the artistic director of the Upstream Music Association, which presents these events every year. He […]
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Summer 2016’s definitive festival guide
OUT OF TOWN June 12-18 Seaside Lobsterfest Imagine chowing down on fresh Atlantic lobster as the salty spray of the ocean it came from tickles your face. The inaugural St. Peter’s Lobster Festival fuses land and sea with seven days of feasting and a cavalcade of festivities like lobster relay races (intriguing?), pony rides and […]
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Clear your calendars: Halifax Pop Explosion dates announced
[Image-1] The Halifax Pop Explosion has just announced its dates for 2016. Surprise! It’s October 19 to 22. While we’re waiting patiently for the line-up to be announced, what better time to muse about who’s on our wish-list? Run the Jewels: Killer Mike and El-P are at the height of their gritty, uncompromising hip-hop game. […]
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Throwback Thursday: Photos from Osheaga 2015
Last year, Montreal’s huge music festival Osheaga had a pretty incredible bill, as usual, which included the king of Compton Kendrick Lamar, the most definite Yasiin Bey, South Central’s Schoolboy Q, the enlightened Nas, Toronto’s Alvvays, the cartoonish Tyler, The Creator and many more. As a #Throwback Thursday, and since Osheaga 2016‘s lineup looks super great, we’re posting Ashley LeBlanc‘s photos from […]
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Dive into Open Waters
“There the jazz archipelago and the classical archipelago. They can be traversed, it’s not impassable, there’s no barriers between them, except maybe distance,” says Lukas Pearse, the artistic director of this year’s Open Waters Festival. From Thursday to Sunday, Upstream Music will collaborate with Symphony Nova Scotia, SuddenlyListen and more for 14 extraordinary music events. […]