Leeroy Stagger + Dennis Ellsworth

After two amazing performances at the Halifax Urban Folk Festival in 2024, Leeroy Stagger - along with very special guest Dennis Ellsworth - returns as a trio with a new, Joel Plaskett-produced, album - Pilgrimage - to play The Carleton on Sunday, May 17th. Show time is 7 PM and tickets are $25 + HST. Leeroy Stagger is a beloved, award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, producer and master storyteller. Stylistically his music moves between Folk, Roots and Rock'n'roll. He is inspired as much by John Prine and Nick Drake as he is Tom Petty and Joe Strummer. For the past twenty years, he has been touring North America and Europe, making records and gaining a strong and, more importantly, dedicated following. His music is written through the lens of a spiritual path through addiction and recovery; he cuts a trail through the human condition in only a way that a veteran observational traveller and artist can. Leeroy has been signed to the famous Canadian label True North Records (Bruce Cockburn, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings) as well as industry mogul Danny Goldberg’s (Nirvana, Steve Earle, The Cranberries) Gold Lake Records. He has supported and toured with Steve Earle, Josh Ritter, Buffy Sainte…