Dave MacIsaac
2025-09-15 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Old Triangle, 5136 Prince Street, Halifax
Dave MacIsaac is a Canadian musician from Nova Scotia who plays the fiddle and guitar, specialising in the Celtic music style.
Awards

1996: East Coast Music Awards – winner: Male Artist of the Year; Instrumental Artist of the Year; Celtic Recording of the Year (Nimble Fingers)[2]
2017: Honorary Doctorate from Cape Breton University.

Jazz Night
2025-09-16 18:00 - 21:00 | Ragazzi Restobar, 5187 Salter St, Halifax
Jazz Night with Ken MacKay
A native of Truro NS, Ken first started teaching in the Public School system in 1976 and has been active as an educator as a Clinician, Adjudicator and Soloist throughout his career. Ken retired from Astral Drive Junior High where he has been Director of Bands for over 20 years. Ken is Past-President of the Atlantic Federation of Musicians and is currently on the board of NS Honour Jazz and co-leader of the NSHJ Funk Unit.
Ken’s list of his professional credits is impressive. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Regis Philbin, Natalie Cole, jazz great Ernie Watts, Mary Wilson (The Supremes), Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd, daughter of the blues Shirley King, Rosemary Clooney, the Temptations, and Lionel Ritchie are just a few of the artists Ken has shared the stage with. He currently performs with The Back Alley Big Band, Asia NuGruv and The Aviators.

Jazz jam
2025-09-16 19:00 - 22:00 | Economy Shoe Shop, 1663 Argyle St
Jazz Night upstairs at Economy Shoe Shop run by Leo Cox, bass/guitar, Ben Tucker, guitar/voice and Dante Keirstead, drums.

Michael Haley
2025-09-16 20:00 - 23:00 | Old Triangle, 5136 Prince Street, Halifax
Michael Haley is a singer/songwriter and guitarist living in Halifax. Growing up in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, he began performing at an early age and hasn’t looked back.
Now, with over 15 years experience on stage, he brings a unique blend of vocal and instrumental talent to original songs and well-known classics.
Having performed as both a solo act and in various bands, at restaurants, bars, festivals and private events in Ontario and on the East Coast, Michael has developed a large musical repertoire – he’s happy to take requests, and he’ll even play them if he knows how.

Port City Concert Band
2025-09-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Halifax Public Gardens, Spring Garden Rd. &, Summer St, Halifax

Live Jazz with the Matt MacLennan Trio
2025-09-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Obladee wine bar, 1600 Barrington St, Halifax
Matt MacLennan is a bassist and bandleader, bringing a mix of velvety ballads, smooth bossa novas, and breezy swing to Obladee!
You can expect balanced and inviting sets with an easy and conversational style that fills the room without crowding it. Lean in and listen, or simply let the sound and textures carry you away.
A warm welcome to Matt and his band – we just know you’ll love them!
Please reserve your spot as seating is limited.

Jazz Night @ The Local
2025-09-17 19:30 - 23:00 | The Local, 2037 Gottingen St, Halifax
Jazz night with Silvio Pupo, keys, Ronald Hynes, bass and Damien Moynihan, percussion.

Theo Macintosh
2025-09-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Old Triangle, 5136 Prince Street, Halifax
Born and raised in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Theo has spent years lending his talent to various groups as a guitarist, pianist, and vocalist. After studying music at St. Francis Xavier University, Theo became a founding member of Abbey Road – Tribute To The Beatles. Over the years, Theo has performed throughout the Maritimes, sharing the stage with many acts including The Commitments, Alan White (Yes/Lennon), Honeymoon Suite, The Beach Boys and countless local musicians.
Theo combines his Cape Breton roots, jazz training, and gigging experience to provide a tasteful, entertaining, and memorable performance

Bill Stevenson and Guest
2025-09-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Wooden Monkey, Alderney Landing
Bill Stevenson is a Canadian blues and jazz pianist, vocalist and songwriter, originally associated with the band Earth Opera, whose career in music has spanned over forty years.
Stevenson commenced his music career in Ottawa, Ontario, where he spent his childhood and adolescence. While still in his teens, he joined the band Earth Opera, originally based in Boston. Stevenson left the band in 1968, after the release of their first album. During Stevenson’s time with Earth Opera, the band frequently opened for The Doors, being fellow recording artists on Elektra Records, as well as having Jac Holzman as producer.
After leaving Earth Opera, Stevenson returned to Ottawa, where he continued to play locally for a number of years. One of his associations was as an early member of Heaven’s Radio, considered to be one of the best bands to come out of Ottawa in the 1970s. As of the mid-1970s, Stevenson relocated to Halifax, Nova Scotia, from which his career has been based since. During his career, Stevenson has worked with many notable artists, including John Lee Hooker, Amos Garrett and Tom Rush.
Stevenson is the 2008 winner of the East Coast Music Award for Jazz Album of The Year. With Tom Easley and Geoff Arsenault, he is also a 2009 East Coast Music Award nominee for Blues Album of The Year.

Chris O'Hara Quartet
2025-09-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Moxy Hotel, 5417 Cogswell St
Jazz night with Chris O’Hara Quartet

Mike McKenna Jr. w/ Khozie
2025-09-18 19:30 - 21:30 | The Carleton, 1685 Argyle St, Halifax
Canadian singer songwriter Mike McKenna Jr. is an award-winning artist from Cape Breton Island; with a raspy, soulful voice, warm indie, folk, and Americana tones, and powerful songs, laden with captivating storytelling. Born in the proud coal mining town of Glace Bay and raised along the Myra River, Mike’s songwriting aesthetic points heavily to his roots growing up industrial East Cape Breton.
Over the course of four award winning albums, including his newest release Smoky Mountain High, he’s brought us the nostalgia of his home, through carefully chosen narrative, poetry, protest, and true stories about life and death in Nova Scotia’s coastal, working-class communities.
Khozie is a Cape Breton-born singer-songwriter whose work bridges the raw beauty of Atlantic Canada with the storytelling heart of Nashville, Tennessee, where he’s actively building a dynamic songwriting career. Drawing from East Coast folklore, rugged coastlines, and deeply personal experiences, his music blends folk, indie pop, and coastal soul into something both timeless and fresh.

As a collaborator and writer, Khozie has worked with a range of talented artists, and the songs he’s written have collectively garnered millions of streams worldwide. He brings a grounded authenticity to every stage and studio he steps into — carrying the spirit of Cape Breton with him wherever he goes.

Glenn Gordon
2025-09-18 20:00 - 22:00 | Old Triangle, 5136 Prince Street, Halifax
Originally from New Glasgow and residing now in Cole Harbour, Glenn has been performing & sharing his passion for music for a multitude of years as a solo as well as fronting a number of bands, notably having been a founding member of the Halifax Celtic rock band MacKeel. With a set list of varying music styles, he aims to ensure a good time for everyone!

The Plugs
2025-09-19, 2025-09-20 | Old Triangle, 5136 Prince Street, Halifax
The Plugs have been entertaining audiences in the Halifax/Dartmouth region for well over a decade. As a result the band has amassed an extensive repertoire of classic rock and traditional selections you won’t hear anywhere else in the city.
They pride themselves on playing songs you know that few other acts dare to cover.
When you see The Plugs live you can’t help but sing along to their smooth harmonies, and we guarantee you’ll go home smiling.

John Chiasson & Friends
2025-09-19 19:00 - 21:00 | The Deerfield, 40 Club House Ln, Hammonds Plains, NS B4B 1T4
John Chaisson grew up in Antigonish, and studied jazz at St. Francis Xavier University, long before the singing jazz upright bass player Esperanza Spaulding came to prominence. Fans of John’s smooth baritone-plus-bass already had her Nova Scotia counterpoint.
John has put true, low notes behind PEI legend Lenny Gallant, the stratospheric pipes of The Rankins, and beneath the fretless lilt of Natalie McMaster’s fiddle. For Natalie, John has been a music director, that is to say, her band-leader and arranger, the person who runs rehearsals.
Now based in Halifax, John’s trio plays for special events and regularly at Baton Rouge and many other venues across Nova Scotia; John and trio also provided expert framing for young phenoms like saxophonist Rob Crowell.
John admits that inspiration is a deep well – for him it starts with music in the house, played and encouraged by his parents, then with the arrival of a lead-singing bass player, Paul McCartney. John also mentions McCartney’s apparent opposite in ’60s music – the iconoclast composer, singer and bassist Charles Mingus, himself known for heart-rending chord changes, like those in Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.
John’s signature instrument is an unusual solid-body upright bass, nothing McCartney or Mingus could have had, in the day. This bass sounds sweet, and repels the Maritimes’ dry and damp spells with warmth.

The Mellotones
2025-09-19 20:30 - 23:30 | Pacifico, 5171 George St
For over two decades, The Mellotones have been bringing their high-octane party to stages around the world. Lighting up dance floors wherever they go, the R&B Funk band is an 8-piece powerhouse.

An evening with Valdy
2025-09-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Black Point VFD, 8579 St Margarets Bay Rd
Come and join us for a night of music and fun presented by the Black Point & Area Community Centre.

Valdy is a Canadian folk and country musician. He is the winner of two Juno Awards for Folk Singer of the Year and Folk Entertainer of the Year.

Theatre style seating
Cash Bar open before concert & during intermission!
Tickets available at AHT (Aspatogen Hertigate Trust) and Lola’s Landing for $30 cash only! Hubbards, Nova Scotia

Linger
2025-09-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Bella Rose Arts Centre, 283 Thomas Raddal Dr.
A tribute to The Cranberries
Wake Up and Smell the Timmies Tour
Linger is the Ultimate Cranberries Experience who showcases the essence and spirit of the 90s iconic Irish rock band, The Cranberries. A LINGER show reveals a deep appreciation for the distinctive sound, heartfelt lyrics and voice of the late but unforgettable Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries.
Come & rock out with us & relive the 90s.

G Street Band
2025-09-20 20:00 - 23:00 | Pacifico, 5171 George St
G Street Band electrifies the dance floor with their high-energy fusion of classic and current, pop, rock, funk…and a touch of jazz!

Six Star Review
2025-09-20 20:30 - 23:30 | The Local, 2037 Gottingen St, Halifax
Instrumental grooves

Mellotones
2025-09-20 21:00 | Parkside, 14 Highfield Park Dr.
Groove and dance with The Mellotones and their unstoppable 8-piece funk machine!

Global Centric Brass Band
2025-09-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Halifax Public Gardens, Spring Garden Rd. &, Summer St, Halifax
“Global Centric” is a home grown Nova Scotian 7 piece brass band delving into the New Orleans second line tradition and beyond, featuring original music and a new twist on some great jazz standards.

Anthony Rissesco
2025-09-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Old Triangle, 5136 Prince Street, Halifax
Anthony Rissesco is a versatile violin player and teacher who tours regularly with award-winning singer-songwriter Lennie Gallant and with roots-rock band Pogey. As a member of the neo-traditional trio Papilio, Anthony has garnered ECMA and Nova Scotia Music Awards nominations. He is also a member of the popular Halifax band The Gig Dogs. Anthony has played with Symphony Nova Scotia, Anne Murray, and Peggy Seeger.

As a music student at Dalhousie University, Anthony studied classical violin under Phillippe Djokic. He has won fiddle competitions throughout Canada, including the Maritime Fiddle Championship. In 1990, he came third in the Canadian Open in Shelburne Ontario, and he was chosen to represent Nova Scotia at the Grand Masters Competition in Ottawa for six consecutive years.

Capella Regalis Choirs
2025-09-21 17:00 - 19:00 | Cathedral Church of All Saints, 1330 Cathedral Ln, Halifax
Join us for the 4th Annual Nick & Friends Benefit Concert in support of Capella Regalis on Sunday, September 21, from 5–7 PM at the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Halifax.

This year’s concert features a one-of-a-kind trio: five-time Grammy Award-winning composer Paul Halley performing his original works on harpsichord, piano, and pipe organ, alongside his son Nick Halley and Capella Regalis alum Gabriel O’Brien. The evening will feature original works that weave together classical, Celtic, and jazz influences, plus a surprise guest appearance!

Jazz @ the Lion's Head
2025-09-21 17:00 - 21:30 | Lion’s Head Tavern, 3085 Robie St, Halifax
Mainstay jazz crew l-r David Burton, Jeff Goodspeed, Silvio Pupo and Larry Bjornson. Players subject to change. Interesting guests each week.

Scott MacDonald
2025-09-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Old Triangle, 5136 Prince Street, Halifax
Scott started gigging at the age of 15 – playing at dance halls in Cape Breton. Moved to Halifax in 1988 and started playing in a classic rock band. Started playing the pubs in 1992 which led to playing in a touring band (Brakin’ Tradition) through the mid to late 90’s.
Scott has also performed on numerous recordings and is a sought after fill in musician as he can play a variety of genres as well as sing lead and backing vocals.
