NewsletterJune 4, 2026

🎸Festival Season Giveaways + this week in Hali

Join us next weekend at Food For The Ears?

Hey Halifax!

We are pumped for next weekend’s Food For The Ears festival. Will you be joining us?! We’ll be there giving away a pair of free tickets to Weezer at Halifax Music Fest later this month.

In them eantime, we’re giving away a ton of other festival tickets, the QMJHL Draft is in Hali for the first time, and as always bringing you a list of everything else happening around the city this week.

Let's dig in 👇

THIS WEEKEND · Win Food For The Ears tickets

Nova Scotia's fastest-growing music-for-hunger festival hits Alderney Landing next weekend

Win a pair of tickets + prize packs from Burnside and Coldstream

Ethan Chitty was 16 in Truro when he ran the first Food For The Ears in 2023 and raised $2,300 for his local food bank. This year the 20 year old has grown the project into a registered non-profit and full two-day music festival on the Dartmouth Waterfront featuring the best local lineup of the summer and a goal of raising $7,000+ for Feed Nova Scotia. 100% of net profits are donated.

We're giving a few pairs of tickets, plus prize packs from Coldstream, Burnside Brewing, and more. Enter by June 10, but buy tickets now and support this amazing event.

A few we'd circle

Morgan Toney — Cape Breton's Mi'kmaw fiddle phenom who has been racking up Juno and ECMA wins this past month.

Rankin MacInnis & The Broken Reeds — The hottest ticket in town every week during Winter Warmer season, and Atlantic Canada's go-to party band.

Elyse Aeryn — After a life threatening motorcycle accident last year, the comeback is in full swing. She just took home Release of the Year at the 2026 ECMAs.

Enter to win →▶ Buy tickets

This Weekend · Scotiabank Centre · Free

The Mooseheads are hosting the QMJHL Draft for the first time ever.

Halifax hosts the 2026 QMJHL Entry Draft this Friday and Saturday at Scotiabank Centre - the first time the Mooseheads have hosted. It's free to attend, features DJ sets from Halifax legends Okay TK and DJ T-Woo, and a rare chance to watch the next wave of hockey stars get picked in our own building.

▶ Details & schedule

Can't Miss Show · Fri June 19 · The Shore Club

Two of the Maritimes' best at Canada's last great dance hall.

Dave Sampson and Daniel James McFadyen share the stage at the Shore Club in Hubbards on Friday, June 19. Nova Scotia's most historic dance hall is celebrating its 80th year of live music this summer, with an insane lineup of shows.

Dave is fresh off a Halifax show that sold out in minutes, an excellent new single, and co-writing one of the biggest songs on country radio right now. McFadyen just returned from a UK tour and kicks off his summer Canadian tour this weekend.

Seriously, don't miss this.

Tickets & details →

Quick Hits

📖 Rachel Reid, the Halifax author behind Heated Rivalry, accepted The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Canada award. Read the story.

🚢 A new exhibit traces 400 years of African Nova Scotian seafaring history. Read more.

🍴 MasterChef Canada’s Andy Hay is cooking up a performance for Sommo Festival in September. Details.

🍺 N.S. craft brewers are reacting to the new Ontario direct-to-consumer alcohol deal. Read more.

🎤 The IWK Telethon raised a record $9.1M over the weekend. Read more.

🏛️ The historic Lunenburg museum has entered its final phase of renovation. Read more.

🎭 Last call: Come From Away closes June 21 at Neptune. Next up: RENT runs July 7–Aug 30. Get tickets.

Song of the Week

Instead of one song of the week, we’re showcasing four amazing tunes from the lineup at next weekend’s Food For The Ears Festival. Get familiar with the lineup, buy tickets, and support this amazing organization and cause.

Hear The Lineup

Cry

Better Off Dead

Too Close

Ko'jua

Featured East Coast Pod

Afternoon Pint

Halifax Is About to Boom Again — Mayor Andy Fillmore

Fresh off his State of the Municipality address, Mayor Andy Fillmore joins the Pint guys to argue that Halifax’s biggest risk isn’t growth — it’s being unprepared for it. Housing, congestion, Halifax Water, sprawl, affordability: the stuff you actually feel day to day.

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Thursday June 18 · Halifax Convention Centre

Atlantic Canada’s largest podcast summit.

A full day on community — Audiences are overwhelmed by choice. Community-driven shows are thriving because they’re built around identity and shared values, not just topics.

Speakers from Acast, YouTube, Canadaland, CBC. Plus live recordings.

Get Tickets →

$75 student · $125 conference · $175 VIP