African Nova Scotian Music Association awards show Saturday, February 24, 7pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $15-$59 902-494-3820 People across the country celebrated as Toronto-born artist Alessia Cara won a Grammy last month. This month Nova Scotia will celebrate one of our own who was integral in that accomplishment, Cara’s music director Dean Jarvis. […]
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Down to Earthtones
Bahamas w/Old Man Luedecke Friday, January 12, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, 6101 University Avenue $41.50 When Bahamas plays the Rebecca Cohn on Friday night, it’ll be exactly one week before the release of his fourth album, Earthtones. The artist is excited to play the new songs—it’s going on four years since his last record, Bahamas […]
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Review: Japanese Breakfast, Soft Sounds from Another Planet
Tegan and Sara w/Japanese Breakfast Thursday, July 27, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $49.50 The title of Soft Sounds from Another Planet, Michelle Zauner’s second album under the Japanese Breakfast moniker, suggests a supernatural focus that doesn’t entirely capture her decidedly worldly concerns. Aside from the iridescent lead single “Machinist,” which sees Zauner […]
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Jenn Grant’s intangible feeling
Jenn Grant Saturday, May 13, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $27-$32 Breaking apart a peanut butter cookie in the sunny window of a cafe on Gottingen Street, Jenn Grant glows. The singer-songwriter has just returned to Nova Scotia after weeks of touring behind her sixth album, Paradise. It’s a beautiful, subtly adventurous record […]
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A John Mulaney comedy mixtape
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know John Mulaney is coming to the Rebecca Cohn in a couple days as part of his Kid Gorgeous tour. Both of his Thursday shows are sold out, so we’ve taken it upon ourselves to provide you with some laughs at home (or, if you did manage […]
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Tegan and Sara in Halifax July 27
Your favourite JUNO-nominated indie-pop duo, Tegan and Sara, come back to Halifax touring their latest release and eighth album, Love You To Death, at the Rebecca Cohn auditorium on Thursday, July 27 at 8pm. Tickets are $49.50 in advance and $54.50 day of show (including tax and CIF) and will be available this Friday, March […]
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Comedian John Mulaney at the Rebecca Cohn May 11
You can thank Just for Laughs for bringing my boyfriend John Mulaney to Halifax with his Kid Gorgeous tour. May 11, 7pm at the Rebecca Cohn you’ll be laughing so hard you might think you’ll never be able to stop laughing, trust me. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 24 at noon, available online, by […]
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Outlander author Diana Gabaldon comes to Halifax
Diana Gabaldon in Halifax Wednesday, May 3 at 7:30pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium $23 Diana Gabaldon is the superstar author of the addictive #1 New York Times bestselling Outlander series, the story a mix of historical fiction, romance, sci-fi, mystery, fantasy, adventure and general hotness. Gabaldon is coming to Halifax thanks to the Bookmark, and will be […]
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SEE IT: Photos from the Gord Downie’s Secret Path concert
If you were one of the lucky people at the Rebecca Cohn at last night’s Gord Downie concert then you know how powerful it was. The Tragically Hip frontperson performed a special concert in Halifax of his album Secret Path, a 10-song album based on the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old Indigenous child who […]
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Gord Downie announces Halifax concert
Secret Path concert Tuesday, November 29, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium $61 If you were one of the many folks disappointed The Tragically Hip’s farewell tour didn’t stop in Halifax, you’re in luck. It looks like Gord Downie will be gracing the city with his presence—and his music—after all. Downie is also using his voice to […]
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Chantal Kreviazuk returns with Hard Sail album and tour.
For the past six years, Chantal Kreviazuk took a break from her role as one of Canada’s foremost singer-songwriters. Instead, she was busy penning hits for the likes of Drake and Carrie Underwood—all while raising her three sons and getting lost in the joys of motherhood that she says bring new authenticity into her life. […]
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Marc-André Hamelin is on an emotional rescue mission
Celebrated pianist and composer Marc-André Hamelin isn’t worried you think classical music is dead. The Order of Canada recipient, who’s performing with Symphony Nova Scotia at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on Thursday and Friday nights, says the often-misunderstood genre is as alive as ever: “There are many, many immortal masterpieces that will never die,” he […]
