Halifax NS-good places for music

Subject: Halifax NS-good places for music
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Jun 24 - 02:45 PM

I'll be in Halifax for a week, June 18 thru 23rd. Can anyone point me to good places for local music. I'll be staying right downtown. Any special artists or groups I should look out for?

Subject: RE: Halifax NS-good places for music
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 16 Jun 24 - 07:44 PM

I've seen this recommendation somewhere recently
Nova Scotia government site maybe ?
www.novascotia.com/search?query=+music

& there are a few links on these older threads

Nova Scotia folk circles or clubs?
mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=159248

Looking for Singarounds in E Canada
mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=173196

Please come back with any extra info you find. ;)

Subject: RE: Halifax NS-good places for music
From: meself
Date: 16 Jun 24 - 08:19 PM

There's a pub in Dartmouth called Celtic Corner that seems often to have fiddle music. You'll need a ride there.

Check out who's playing and/or sessions at the Old Triangle right downtown Halifax (Dave MacIsaac and Louis Benoit on Mondays or Tuesdays). That would be my first stop if I were staying downtown.

Subject: RE: Halifax NS-good places for music
From: GUEST,RA
Date: 17 Jun 24 - 04:25 PM

In Dartmouth, NS, just over the bridge, at the folklorist Helen Creighton's old house, Evergreen House, now a museum:

Trad Night
Helen Creighton Folklore Society

An evening of balladry and songs of old! Open Mic. Participants are asked to choose songs from the Helen Creighton Collection or similar collections.

When: Every second Thursday of the month

Time: 7-9pm

Where: Evergreen House aka the Dartmouth Heritage Museum

Cost: Donation

There are also regular events called I Sing Therefore I Am and the Helen Creighton Folk Club. Check the website (google is your friend here) for more info.

Subject: RE: Halifax NS-good places for music
From: GUEST,Tyke
Date: 18 Jun 24 - 05:27 AM

Come try the 3 Pigeons pub, near the railway station, you can get a good sing around going in there.

Subject: RE: Halifax NS-good places for music
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 18 Jun 24 - 01:04 PM

Tyke
;) NS = Nova Scotia ;)

But if you've got any more definite info about who\when people go singing in The Three Pigeons here, do post it.

Subject: RE: Halifax NS-good places for music
From: leeneia
Date: 18 Jun 24 - 11:40 PM

When travelling in Ireland, I found that the front desk of a hotel was a good place to ask about traditional music. Also the Tourist Information Office. See if it works in Halifax.