Local photographer Kate Giffin wrung even more beauty out of this year’s Halifax Pop Explosion, taking some thoughtful pictures of beloved local and not-so-local artists. Take a look. Related Stories
Halifax Pop Explosion 2016
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Halifax Pop Explosion 2016 is on
Started in 1993, today our beloved HPX packs it in city-wide—over 150 bands, musicians, comedians and speakers, in over 15 venues. Put aside thoughts of struggling venues, band breakups and Netflix ruining your nightlife—this weekend we celebrate what’s good in local and not-so-local music. Whether your hands are permanently stained with bar stamps or if […]
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Wild Geil
Geil w/ Scumgrief, Black Moor, Voivod Thursday, October 20, 9pm The Marquee Club, 2037 Gottingen Street, $25 As a journalist, I report the facts. Here’s one: Geil makes the best punk songs around. Made up of four friends—vocalist Jessi Talbot, guitarist Ben Brennan, bassist Tri Le and drummer Aaron Burke—the band started off as a […]
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Showing Creative Roots
Creative Roots fashion and music show Thursday, October 20, 6pm The Pavilion 5816 Cogswell Street Last year, Ann Denny of the non-profit Youth Art Connection sat down with folks from Halifax Pop Explosion and the Pavilion Youth Association with the goal of reviving the venerable Pavilion as a hub of the all-ages arts scene in town. […]
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City Natives drop lyrics to inspire
City Natives w/Quake Matthews, Jay Mayne Friday, October 21, 11:10pm Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street $15 Since playing Halifax Pop Explosion in 2014, City Natives released a pair of albums and won e East Coast Music and Indigenous Music Awards, and this summer toured the Maritimes with A Tribe Called Red. The hip-hop collective of […]
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Kyle Kinane can’t stop, won’t stop
Kyle Kinane w/Cher Hann, Everardo Ramirez, 7pm w/Travis Lindsay, Struan Sutherland, 10pm Saturday, October 22 Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road $20 adv/$25 door Kyle Kinane is a comedian/comedian. He’s got a big beard, a gravelly voice, an amiable disposition and usually holds a beer while he tells his sharply observational […]
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Hannah Georgas lets it flow
Hannah Georgas w/Petra Glynt Friday, October 21, 11pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $15 w/Basia Bulat, Schmeids Puls Saturday, October 22, 8pm The Marquee Club, 2037 Gottingen Street $25 “I heard somebody say this quote that resonated with me for some reason,” says Hannah Georgas. “‘When you turn on a tap for the first time […]
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Daniel Caesar’s smooth moves
Daniel Caesar w/BadBadNotGood, Lady Wray, Reeny Smith Halifax Forum Multi-purpose Centre 2901 Windsor Street Thursday, October 20, 8pm $40 Daniel Caesar w/ Loveland The Carleton Music Bar & Grill 1685 Argyle Street Thursday, October 20, 11:30pm $15 It’s fitting Daniel Caesar plays two shows in one night at Halifax Pop Explosion. The Toronto R&B and soul artist […]
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Harrison’s PMA
Harrison w/Eddy, Chastity, Holy Fuck Thursday, October 20, 10:30pm Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street $15 Harrison w/Matty Galaxy Friday, October 21 at 1:30am Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street $15 When Toronto producer Harrison goes on tour, he can be found binge-watching episodes of Seinfeld while travelling. While he finds comfort in the show about nothing, […]
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The Highest Order’s spooky party
The Highest Order w/Cactus Flower, Laura Sauvage, The Barr Brothers Saturday, October 22, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street “It’s the most ‘party’ record I’ve ever made,” The Highest Order’s Simone Schmidt says of the band’s second album, Still Holding, released this past June. Three-quarters comprised of former members of country group $100 (Schmidt, […]
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John River’s got hope
John River w/Keys N Krates, Grandtheft, Okay TK Friday, October 21, 11pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $15 John River was born and raised and still lives in Mississauga, Ontario, a place he speaks of with the love and fervour his GTA neighbour Drake is known for showing Toronto (“If Drizzy is the poppa of […]
