Hopscotch Halifax is quickly becoming one of the city’s best annual music festivals. From live street art demos to the country’s champion battle rappers to American DJs and local dancers, this year’s Hopscotch pulls out the big guns with Orlando’s DJ Dallask and festival headliners Indiana’s Freddie Gibbs and Long Island MC Rakim. This year, […]
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DCAF is brewing
Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival Sunday, August 16, 11am-5pm Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney Street free Lacking the ticket price and Hollywood trappings of bigger conventions, this weekend’s Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival has both free admission and an emphasis on the east coast. “I wanted a show that focused on comics and the people who made them,” […]
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2015 Halifax Pop Explosion initial lineup announced
It might not feel like it, but October is a long way off. Even so, you can now spend the rest of your summer dreaming about Halifax Pop Explosion‘s stellar lineup. Some of the acts gracing your fave stages this fall include: Travi$ Scott, Dillinger Escape Plan, Purity Ring, Alvvays, Majical Cloudz, Andy Shauf, The […]
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Check out Halifax Pride’s new logo and event lineup
[Image-1] Halifax Pride today debuted its new logo and 2015’s lineup of events during a media event at Pier 21. Festivities will run ten days, kicking off on July 16. Included this summer are a rainbow of activities, featuring the Queer Acts Theatre Festival, cosmic drag queen bingo, Pride’s second annual dog show, nearly naked […]
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How to pack for a music festival
If you’re like me, you don’t pack for music festivals until 10 minutes to go-time, which means you’ll forget something crucial and end up bartering with a dreadlocked burnout named Rave Dave for a keychain flashlight so you can find your tent. Don’t be like me. There are a few must-have items for festivals, keeping […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion 2013 headliners announced!
Cutting through the muggy weather and the fog was this morning’s Halifax Pop Explosion announcement. Media bellies full of PopTarts and coffee boarded a double decker bus that drove us tantalizingly close to Bedford (represent) and past this year’s pack of venues while HPX executive director Jonny Stevens played tour guide and announced the headliners […]
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Why Should You Fringe?!
Tomorrow the festivities kick off the 22nd Annual Atlantic Fringe Festival here in Halifax and until September 9th, in twelve venues throughout the Downtown, over fifty productions from both local and international artists will be performed for eager audiences. A friend of mine in Toronto refers to Fringe as “Theatre Christmas” and for the theatre […]
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Evolve 2012
DAY 1: FRIDAY Unless you are a magician or time-traveller, it’s almost impossible to see every band at Evolve. At least, every full set. Five stages were full from noon ‘til morning light, every night. But the grounds are cozy so you can mosey through the bands with drinks in your hands. This year’s lineup […]
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2012 Halifax Pop Explosion initial lineup announced
The mighty Halifax Pop Explosion, turns 20 this year, and celebrates with the best of the old and the new. Reuniting classic local acts like The Super Friendz, Cool Blue Halo, Strate Jakets and Hip Club Groove (I mean REALLY. This will be great). And bringing in big names like of Montreal, Black Lips, Atlas […]
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Jonesing for Jonestown
In ambitious people news, Halloway “Hind Legs” Jones is looking for intrepid volunteers and interesting bands for the mini-festival/art show by the name of Jonestown. Happening on August 18, the festival sounds like a doozy. “I’m lining the Bus Stop Theatre (academy style) with paintings and multimedia works I’ve made in my four years of […]
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Jonesing for Jonestown
In ambitious people news, Halloway “Hind Legs” Jones is looking for intrepid volunteers and interesting bands for the mini-festival/art show by the name of Jonestown. Happening on August 18, the festival sounds like a doozy. “I’m lining the Bus Stop Theatre (academy style) with paintings and multimedia works I’ve made in my four years of […]
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SappyFest 7 lineup announced
SappyFest has announced its 2012 line-up, and this year will be a rager. Headliners include Polaris Prize-winning hardcore act Fucked Up, legendary American folk artist Michael Hurley, ghoul-pop act Timber Timbre, Julian Koster‘s (Neutral Milk Hotel) The Music Tapes, and Etobicoke-born UK sensation Cold Specks. Start lining up your rides to Sackville, NB for August […]
