Two comebacks and an alt version to tell you about on this sweet frosty Friday: In 2012, a ginger-haired dream named Jennah Barry dropped an instant classic called Young Men, entrancing full cities with her deft songwriting, incredible voice and aspirational stage banter. She played and played, and then she stopped. There was vocal surgery, […]
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Have a sparkling weekend with these Sure Things
An exiting weekend awaits as Mexican girl-punk band Introtyl tears it up at Gus’ Pub, a whole celebration of Viola Desmond takes over the north end and the Dartmouth Makers help start your holiday shopping. The Dartmouth Makers 2018 Winter Market Friday, Saturday The famed market stocked with all-handmade-everything returns to Christ Church Hall just […]
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Have a super-sweet weekend with these Sure Things
Ride the sugar high of the best days of the week with an international dance party blending socca, reggae and Afro-house; the triumphant return of soul singer Erin Costelo at her long-awaited album release show; a movie capturing the beauty of the night sky; the launch of a queer romance novel and more. Game Changer […]
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Here are your 2018 Music Nova Scotia Award winners
Couldn’t be more excited to win our first @musicnovascotia award for Group Recording of the Year! Hillsburn has always been very much a group effort, so even though Paul couldn’t make it in person to accept the award tonight, he was there in this awkward photo. ♥️ Thanks, everyone! A post shared by HILLSBURN (@hillsburn) […]
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Have simply the best weekend with these Sure Things
From the annual Best of Halifax Ball to Kamp’s continued run at Neptune to Julie Nesrallah’s dramatic spin on classical music, there’s lots to gold-worthy weekend ideas below! Best of Halifax Ball Thursday It’s the creme de la creme of celebrations as the winners from our annual Best of Halifax Reader’s Choice Awards (which you’ll […]
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Have a hair-raising Halloweekend with these Sure Things
Haunted houses, scary screenings and the biggest shin digs in the city mark the year’s eeriest eve with all kinds of fun. Peep the can’t miss events below and then get back to finishing your agave costume. Double feature: Hocus Pocus and The Craft Sunday Good Robot pays homage to Bette Midler, patron saint of […]
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Have a poppin’ weekend with these Sure Things
It’s an explosive weekend as the Halifax Pop Explosion continues its city-wide takeover, Atlantic Fashion Week delivers designer duds for its 12th season and Boston singer-songwriter Bryan McPherson plays two Halifax shows! If cannabis’ first legal weekend has you looking for a good time, scroll on. Unpacking The Living Room performance: “WORK OUT I WORK […]
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Have an artfully awesome Nocturne weekend with these Sure Things
This weekend, Nocturne lights up the night with art all across the city, The Town Heroes tear it up at The Seahorse, Laurie Brown brings her Pondercast to Halifax and famed artist Kent Monkman debuts a collection of paintings responding to Canada 150 at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Nocturne 2018 Saturday Art’s big […]
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Have a megawatt Thanksgiving weekend with these Sure Things
A megawatt, more-stuffed-than-a-turkey Thanksgiving weekend awaits as shiny Sure Things like a local celebration of India’s Festival of Lights, a brilliant show by acclaimed singer-songwriter Rae Spoon and a screening of award-winning flick Let The Sunshine In descend upon your calendar. International Fashion Week Nova Scotia Saturday A full day of high-fashion energy arrives at […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion announces festival kick-off party featuring Matt Mays and Partner
October 17 is a date looming large in our calendars for lots of wild, wonderful reasons—it’s the first day of the Halifax Pop Explosion AND the first day of legalized cannabis—but now the countdown is about to be even more epic: HPX announced today that it’s getting the party started a little earlier with a […]
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Get shucky this Oyster Fest weekend with these Sure Things
Get shucked this weekend as the Halifax Oyster Festival brings Canada’s biggest raw bar back to the waterfront, the 48 Hour Film Project screens flicks made in a scant two days, Hopscotch Festival delivers hip hop heavyweights to Dartmouth and indie darling The Burning Hell keeps it weird at Gus’ Pub. Halifax Oyster Festival 2018 […]
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Fall forward into the weekend with these Sure Things
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—for arts and culture happenings, that is. Look ahead and plan an awesome autumn with this week’s Fall Arts Guide, and know that the fun starts now with events like the Atlantic Flamenco Fest’s opening weekend, the debut of Indian dance company Attakkalari Dance in Halifax, and AQUA […]
