Kids Losing Sleep EP release show w/Sundae Girl, Social Smokers Club Dec 13 , The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street, 10pm-2am, $12 The four BFFs in Kids Losing Sleep wanna set the record straight: Though they stan Katy Perry and were raised on bands like Sum 41, they’re not just another pop-punk band. “We’re emo […]
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Best Live Music Venue
Gold Winner The Marquee Ballroom Silver Winner Rebecca Cohn Auditorium Bronze Winner The Seahorse Tavern “We are constantly listening to the community and the artists around us to be reactive in real-time to the scene. Having an active ear to the ground gives us the capacity to grow, and to be stronger and better,” Jeff […]
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Best Party Venue
Gold Winner The Lower Deck, Halifax Silver Winner The Seahorse Tavern Bronze Winner The Marquee Ballroom The words “oh the year was 1778” will raise the hairs on the back of the neck of any Haligonian who knows about the unspoken elements of a good maritime party. With luck, they’ll be followed by “how I […]
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Best Place To Dance
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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How the Mighty is rising
Haviah Mighty w/Just John x Dom Dias, Hua Li, Yohvn Blvck Sat Oct 26 The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street, 9-11pm $15/$20 “T he past year has been a bit of a blur,” says Brampton, Ontario’s Haviah Mighty—and if you’ve been paying attention to Canadian music in 2019, it’s abundantly clear why that might be […]
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Halifax drink specials friendly to student budgets
$4 drinks and half-price apps after 8pm East Side Mario’s, 5287 Prince Street Go for the free bread and salad, stay for the cheap drinks and appetizers. You’ll never leave. Craft beer Sundays Your Father’s Moustache, 5686 Spring Garden Road Take a break from slugging Vitamin O (Oland’s) and Keith’s on Sundays and taste your […]
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The best place to be in Halifax, each night of the week
A fun thing you’ll learn in your mandatory Psychology 101 course is that in your early 20s, your brain is super-soft—as impressionable as a Memory Foam mattress. You want to drink up as many experiences as life can give you—the same way a Memory Foam mattress will drink up any beer you spill on your […]
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norc brings your lucid dreams to life
norc w/The Brood, No, It’s Fine., Sleeping Machines Thu Aug 22, 8pm-12am The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $8 A lthough they hail from the Annapolis Valley, the three members of norc first met here in Halifax: Guitarist Zach Hazelwood and drummer Ryan Holland got together and played a show as a duo, but something was […]
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Dolly Parton’s house
It all started when Richie Wilcox asked his musician pals to cover some Rufus Wainwright tunes at The Music Room on an empty Monday night during Pride. What once felt like a way to fill time during the festival quickly took root as an important tradition, with Heist’s annual Pride tribute—then called the Angels & […]
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Jazz Fest: Mdou Moctar
You think you know how African music sounds: You still know the words to K’naan’s last hit and your record collection includes Mumford and Son’s Johannesburg EP. Drips of the continent’s varied music land on your eardrums, but what you don’t know, yet, is that there’s an African rock star whose loose, noodling guitar is […]
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Meditate with Valerie
Valerie Thin Veil release w/Juice Girls, Vulva Culture (solo), Ghost Pills Thursday, June 20, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $6 I t’s not unusual to experience a heightened sense of awareness while listening to Valerie. “A few shows in, I realized it was a bit more of a meditative experience than anything,” says […]
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Nick’s time
Really Big Deal: A Comedy Show w/Nick Nemeroff, Heather Macdonald, Clare Belford, Jordan Roberts, Rachael Sheppard and Lindsay Dauphinee Wednesday, May 8, 7:30pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 A fter an uproarious appearance on Conan last fall, Nick Nemeroff comes breezing into town on the rare air of the late night comedy circuit. […]