Gold Winner Freeman’s Little New York, Sackville Silver Winner Oasis Bronze Winner Gottijam, Menz & Mollyz Bar Danny Banfield’s been making live music happen at Freeman’s for four years, but his open jam history dates back much further. “The seed of it was at the old North End Pub, the North End Jam from 2005 […]
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Best Place To Play Pool
Gold Winner Dooly’s, Portland Street Silver Winner Locas Billiards Bronze Winner Oasis The membership—over 5,000 strong—at Dooly’s pool hall on Portland Street is “forever-changing,” says district supervisor Tracey Goodyear. “Once everybody turns 19 they kind of pop in, so it’s forever growing. But then we also have our extremely loyal clientele…people who’ve been coming here […]
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Best Karaoke Night
Gold Winner Laurie the Guy, Lion’s Head Tavern Silver Winner Dave Smith, Oasis Bronze Winner Jackie Smith, Staggers Pub & Grub It’s been a great year for Laurie “The Guy” Goulding, self-proclaimed lucky guy. Not only did he pop the question to his partner of 18 years, Trudy, she said yes, they got married AND […]
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Best Karaoke Night
Gold Winner Laurie the Guy at Lion’s Head Tavern Silver Winner Dave Smith at Oasis Bronze Winner DJ Master and DJ Bear 777 at Menz & Mollyz Bar The next time you go see Laurie The Guy (AKA Laurie Goulding), bring him a box of cookies, would ya? This is the sixth consecutive time the […]
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Best Open Mic Night
Gold Winner $Rockin’ 4 Dollar$ Silver Winner Oasis Open Mic Bronze Winner Rockbottom Open Mic with Noah Tye “This was the biggest, most exciting and certainly most chaotic year of our existence,” says Craig Hamlin, who runs R4D with Adrian Bruhm. “In just the past 12 months we were at Reflections, The Seahorse and The […]
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A World Cup starter kit
The World Cup is upon us and footie fever is high, especially with the announcement that Canada will be one of three host countries for the 2026 tourney. If you want to brush up on your World Cup knowledge, or just can’t get enough of soccer, here is a brief primer on who to watch. […]
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Best Karaoke Night
Gold Winner Laurie the Guy, Lion’s Head Tavern & Grill Silver Winner Dave Smith, Oasis Bronze Winner The Mimi Show, Bearly’s House of Blues & Ribs “When l started in 1991, l did not think that this karaoke thing would last this long, and the crowds at the Lion’s Head are showing no signs of […]
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Lounging with Dazor
Dazor w/Co-Pilot, Stonehouse Saturday, April 1, 10pm The Oasis Pub & Eatery 5661 Spring Garden Road, $6 Bumming cigarettes and video games were the catalysts that started Halifax alt-rock trio Dazor. “When we first started playing, we were playing in the basement of a frat house,” says drummer and vocalist Lewis Belcher. Belcher started chatting […]
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Best Chicken Wings
Gold Winner Bubba Ray’s Sports Bar, Spring Garden Silver Winner Oasis Bronze Winner Halifax Alehouse Bubba Ray’s is certainly not wingin’ it when it comes to pub food. The ever-growing family of bars knows exactly how to satiate beer-slugging sports fans. Case in point—the chicken wings. If you can manage to choose from six styles, […]
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Best Karaoke Night
Gold Winner Laurie the Guy, The Lion’s Head Tavern Silver Winner The Mimi Show, Bearly’s House of Blue & Ribs Bronze Winner Dave Smith, Oasis Pub & Eatery “This is my 25th year hosting karaoke and l can honestly say l still love doing it,” says the man, the genius, Laurie The Guy AKA Laurie […]
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Best Place To Watch The Game
Gold Winner Bubba Ray’s Sports Bar, Spring Garden Silver Winner HFX Sports Bar Bronze Winner Oasis Pub & Eatery Variety is the spice of life, and spicy are the variety of flavour options at Bubba Ray’s Sports Bar. Seriously, over 40 different wing sauces (ranging from buffalo and maple hot, to peanut satay and hot […]
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Best Place To Play Pool
Gold Winner Locas Billiards Silver Winner Charlie’s Club Bronze Winner Oasis Pub & Eatery Pool-hall junkies and billiards buds felt their hearts sink earlier this year at the news that beloved downtown members-only club Locas was being forced out of its Doyle Street location due to redevelopment plans. Them’s the breaks. Luckily, a massive […]