Gold Winner The Seahorse Tavern Silver Winner Midtown-Boomers Tavern & Lounge Bronze Winner Pacifico “I think there’s an entire culture of people who love to dance, party and have a fun night out, but dislike the atmosphere and vibe of most downtown dance clubs. The Seahorse tries to provide an antidote to that,” Jeff Pineau, talent […]
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Start your engines: RuPaul’s Drag Race takes over Halifax
Between Halifax Pride events and clubCOUTURE’s July event, a whopping THREE RuPaul’s Drag Race favourites will be sashaying into town this month. Add in The Board Room Game Cafe’s (1256 Barrington) RuPaul’s Drag Race trivia sessions (Tuesday, July 25, 7pm/10pm) and you can be thoroughly gagging on the eleganza. Halleloo! Jesus truly IS a biscuit! […]
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23 concerts to take in this summer
June 16Holy Fuck w/JOYFULTALK, Wet PaintDon’t believe the censored Facebook event, it’s not Holy Firetruck, it’s Holy Fuck. And if you can’t handle a swear then you probably can’t handle the dance-inspired rock that Holy Fuck provides. The Marquee Ballroom 2037 Gottingen Street, 9pm-1am, $15, tickethalifax.com June 17Backlot Bash w/The Sheepdogs, Port Cities, Garrett Mason Band, The […]
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Best Place To Dance
Gold Winner Reflections Cabaret Silver Winner Pacifico Bronze Winner Midtown-Boomers Tavern & Lounge No labels, no rules and unstoppable dance parties are what Reflections is, and has been, about since it opened in 1996. An inclusive dance club from the get-go, Refs is host to drag shows, theme nights, banging DJs, Halifax Pop Explosion showcases […]
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NSCAD’s art-à -porter
Wearable Art & Performance Night Friday, October 28, 6pm Pacifico, Maritime Centre, 1505 Barrington Street $10/$15/$20 A show that’s gained a reputation as outlandish, macabre and merry is back again. The much anticipated NSCAD Wearable Art & Performance collaborates once more with the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia. “This year we have performers whose stories […]
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Go for the Silver and Gold at Eyelevel’s glam annual bash.
Eyelevel Gallery, the Halifax art and community space since 1974, is hosting its Silver and Gold party on Thursday, a fundraiser at Pacifico. With a silent art auction, a gin-based Eyelevel cocktail special, the dance energy of DJ Mod Lewis (AKA Kate Walchuk) and MC David Dahms, Eyelevel’s director Katie Belcher says “it’s going to […]
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Best Party Venue
Gold Winner Pacifico Silver Winner Reflections Cabaret Bronze Winner The Seahorse Tavern Follow the glimmer of spinning disco balls to find the slick source of excellent party times. It takes a lot of them to take over the top spot in this category—which has belonged to either Reflections of The Lower Deck for the last […]
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Best Place to Dance
Gold Winner Reflections Cabaret Silver Winner Pacifico Bronze Winner The Seahorse Tavern
 After a few years of uncertainty—and a north-end move thwarted by Toronto transplants in a nearby condo—Reflections has been happily ensconced in its Sackville Street home for a little over a year. The main floor space is smaller but now there’s a balcony […]
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Wearable Art’s 25 alive
Models, and drag queens and acrobats—oh my! The Wearable Art Show is the wildest night of runway fashion and performance art in Halifax and it’s celebrating a silver anniversary. The Wearable Art Show is an annual extravaganza that is to Halifax’s fashion and art communities what Christmas morning is to tiny tots. After four years […]
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Best Place To Dance
Gold Winner Reflections Cabaret Silver Winner Pacifico Nightclub
 Bronze Winner Menz & Mollyz A new look and a new location haven’t changed who Reflections really is inside. This crazy party animal is up for anything at all hours of the night, any night of the week—whether its a drag competition, a dubstep dance party, $Rockin […]
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Best Place To Dance
Gold Winner Reflections Cabaret Silver Winner Pacifico Bronze Winner The Seahorse Tavern Wanna dance with somebody? Wanna feel the heat of somebody? Well there’s no guarantee you’ll find somebody who loves you, but at this legendary late night fun-land we promise you’ll never be dancing on your own. With the DJs cranking everything from hip […]
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XXYYXX marks the spot
Think about what you were doing when you were a fresh-faced 17-year-old. Prom planning? Sneaking beers with your friends? Studying? Whatever it was, I bet it wasn’t headlining cross-country tours (but if it was, dang, maybe I should be writing about you) and setting the blogosphere abuzz with your super chill indie-electro beats. But, that’s […]
