🔥 Free Weezer tickets + Food For The Ears weekend
Halifamous Raffles is live, the Echo Podcast Summit + Shore Club's summer lineup.
Hey Halifax!
This week at Food For The Ears, we’re launching Halifamous Raffles, a new way to help the people building culture in Nova Scotia to create more impactful campaigns and experiences that raise real money. We’re building the NS-approved, fully compliant fundraising tech non-profits need, and stacking it on top of our custom contesting, content production, and audience to create bigger and better fundraising and awareness campaigns.
If you’re involved in events, non-profits, or sponsorships - hit reply and we’ll give you the full scoop!
Otherwise, this week we’ve got Food For The Ears, Atlantic Canada’s biggest podcast summit, HUFF’s 2026 lineup announcement, and a whole bunch more happening this weekend.
Let's dig in 👇
Food For The Ears · Fri + Sat · Alderney Landing Food For The Ears is here. So is Halifamous Raffles. Two nights, twelve acts, and a live 50/50 to help build an incredible music-led non-profit tackling food insecurity in NS.
What started as a Truro high-schooler's food-bank fundraiser is now Halifax's biggest grassroots music-for-hunger festival, and this year it goes outdoors for the first time: two nights at Alderney Landing, this Friday and Saturday. Advance tickets are $40 Friday, $55 Saturday, or $75 for the full weekend. The lineup
It's also the first campaign on Halifamous Raffles: buy into the live 50/50 (drawn Saturday at 10 PM on site) or enter the free draw for a pair of Weezer tickets at Halifax Music Fest, upgraded to Premium if you're there in person when you win. |
Podcast Summit · Thursday June 18 Atlantic Canada's biggest podcast event is landing in Halifax. Podstarter is bringing Acast, Amazon Music, CBC, and YouTube to town for a one-day conversation on the future of podcasting. In 2018, Rhys Waters turned his back on a career in prime-time BBC TV and started a podcast company in Halifax. Now his company, Podstarter, is bringing some of the biggest names in audio to the city.
The summit runs Thursday, June 18. For anyone making a show, thinking about starting one, or trying to understand where audio is going next, this is a rare chance to hear from the platforms shaping the industry without leaving Halifax. |
The Shore Club, Hubbards The Shore Club's summer is stacked. The legendary Hubbards dance hall's summer music season is already in full swing, and the lineup is stellar. Plan your road trips!
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Quick Hits
🎸 The Halifax Urban Folk Festival's 2026 lineup is out, with Chris Murphy, Ria Mae, Billy Raffoul, Mat Hughes and 30+ more over seven nights, Sept 27 – Oct 3.
🇬🇷 Greek Fest is back: tonight through Sunday at St. George's Greek Orthodox Community on Purcells Cove Road. Loukoumades for everyone.
🏒 The Halifax Mooseheads went win-now mode at the hometown QMJHL draft: a big Friday-night trade for Mateo Nobert, plus two Nova Scotians taken in the first round.
🎛️ Halifax songwriter/producer Zamani Folade was selected for Music Publishers Canada's Women in the Studio National Accelerator.
📚 Jaime Burnet and Danica Roache were among the winners at the 2026 Nova Scotia and Atlantic Book Awards.
🍫 Purdys Chocolatier is finally coming east: four Maritime shops opening this September, after 119 years and "years of requests."
🎬 Cape Breton comedy duo Tracy & Martina are bringing their mockumentary "Goin' Out West" home for a Nova Scotia premiere.
⛵ SailGP hits the harbour next weekend (June 20–21), and the Marriott Harbourfront's Sips & Sails patio party is the race-viewing move if you're not on the water.
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Instead of one song of the week, we’re showcasing four more tunes from this weekend’s Food For The Ears Festival. Get familiar with the lineup, buy tickets, and support this amazing organization and cause. Buy Tickets | ||
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🛒 Weekend Markets
17 markets across the region — Jun 13 + 14.
Saturday
8 AM — Halifax Seaport Farmers' Market (Saturday) · Alderney Landing Farmers Market · Novalea Farmers Market · Halifax Brewery Farmers Market · Halifax Forum Farmers Market · Truro Farmers' Market · Hubbards Barn Farmers' Market
8:30 AM — Wolfville Farmers' Market
9 AM — Sackville Farmers' Market
10 AM — South End Vintage Market
Sunday
12 PM — Spryfield Farmers' Market
Wednesday, 6/10
Craft Draught Showdown: Schoolhouse VS North @ The Carleton - 7:00 PM
Meghan Patrick - Golden Child Tour @ Casino Nova Scotia - 8:00 PM
Catherine Robertson's Comedy Hour! @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 8:00 PM
Thursday, 6/11
Brian Bourne Happy Hour! @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 5:00 PM
John Allaire's Halifax Stop on his Stay-Cation Canadian Tour! @ Trident Booksellers & Cafe - 6:30 PM
Carolina Caroline @ Carbon Arc Cinema - 6:30 PM
What If We Listened To The Salmon @ The Bus Stop Theatre - 7:00 PM
Better Times Comedy at Good Robot @ Good Robot Brewing - Robie St. Taproom, Store & Beer Garden - 7:00 PM
Broadway Company Players Present - Grease The Musical @ The Sanctuary Arts Centre - 7:00 PM
Steel Cut Oats W/ The Gilberts @ The Carleton - 7:30 PM
Jive & Swing Dancing Lessons @ Monte's Showbar Grill - 7:30 PM
The Flashing Lights W/ ABSOLUTE LOSERS @ Marquee Ballroom - 7:30 PM
Donovan Woods @ Light House Arts Centre - 8:00 PM
Shanti & The Stevedores @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 8:30 PM
Friday, 6/12
Big Easy Fridays with Mike Cowie & John Alphonse @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 5:30 PM
Ekko presents “SINGIN’ PROUD! SINGIN’ OUT LOUD! @ The Bus Stop Theatre - 7:00 PM
Broadway Company Players Present - Grease The Musical @ The Sanctuary Arts Centre - 7:00 PM
EVERYSEEKER :FUJI|||||||||||TA + GANNA @ Marquee Ballroom - 7:30 PM
Albert Coombes at Yuk Yuk's Halifax @ Yuk Yuk's Halifax Comedy Club - 8:00 PM
Haus of Madonna @ Rumours - 8:00 PM
HUFF Presents: The Devin Cuddy Band Album Release - Friday @ The Carleton - 8:00 PM
Urban Surf Kings Drink In The Rays @ Woodside Beverage Room and Grill - 9:00 PM
Flat Black Cadillac @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 9:30 PM
Y2K @ Seahorse Tavern - 11:00 PM
Saturday, 6/13
Halifax Tides FC Pre-Game/Post-Game at the Beer Garden @ Good Robot Brewing - Robie St. Taproom, Store & Beer Garden - 12:00 PM
Halifax Tides FC vs. Calgary Wild FC @ The Wanderers Grounds - 1:30 PM
With Hasan in Gaza @ Carbon Arc Cinema - 6:30 PM
Broadway Company Players Present - Grease The Musical @ The Sanctuary Arts Centre - 7:00 PM
Poetry Launch! Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice @ Trident Booksellers & Cafe - 7:00 PM
FALLOUT: A Tribute To The Police W/ The Minor Figures @ The Carleton - 7:30 PM
Moira & Claire Album Release w/ Postfun & Noah Malcolm @ Cafe Lara - 8:00 PM
Albert Coombes at Yuk Yuk's Halifax @ Yuk Yuk's Halifax Comedy Club - 8:00 PM
3 Way Stop @ Monte's @ Monte's Showbar Grill - 8:00 PM
The OBGMs at EVERYSEEKER @ Seahorse Tavern - 9:00 PM
Jake Ballard with Esdaile @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 9:00 PM
Sunday, 6/14
Country Cribbage with CA & Sonny (Ottawa) @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 3:00 PM
Lucid Toons presents: Tekkonkinkreet (4K remaster) @ Carbon Arc Cinema - 5:30 PM
HUFF Presents: The Devin Cuddy Band Album Release - Sunday @ The Carleton - 7:00 PM
Lotus Wight Live at The Sanctuary @ The Sanctuary Arts Centre - 8:00 PM
Legendary Sunday Night Blues Jam @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 8:00 PM
Monday, 6/15
Bearly-a-Trivia @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 6:00 PM
Trivia Night @ Durty Nelly's Irish Pub - 7:00 PM
Goodwill Trivia Mondays (Click For Reservations) @ Good Robot Brewing - Robie St. Taproom, Store & Beer Garden - 7:00 PM
Open Song Circle with Noah Tye! @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, 6/16
A Sad and Beautiful World @ The Bus Stop Theatre
Joyful Sounds Music Studio's Pop Academy Showcase @ The Carleton - 7:00 PM
Riff Raff @ Marquee Ballroom - 8:00 PM
Garrett Mason's Peace and Love Festival @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 8:30 PM
Mike Trask! 8:30pm (while Garrett is on tour) @ Bearly's House of Blues & Ribs - 8:30 PM
That’s it for this week!
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