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Employment Opportunity – Executive Director

Job Title: Executive Director Location: Halifax, NS Reports To: Board of Directors Type: Full time Salary: $36,000 Halifax Pop Explosion Association is looking for an Executive Director.  The Executive Director is responsible to ensure the effective operation of the Halifax Pop Explosion Association in its pursuit of its vision and mission.  The Association exists to ...


Final Fantasy Returns to Halifax

Final Fantasy’s Owen Pallett to be joined by Basia Bulat for a double album release show at St Matthew’s Church Facebook Here | Tickets Online Thursday Hot on the heels of an intense and genre bending performance with Symphony Nova Scotia during the Halifax Pop Explosion, Polaris Prize wining artist Final Fantasy ...


Tonight (Sunday) at the Seahorse – HPX afterparty and benefit for Diemonds and the Magnificent Sevens

HPX AFTERPARTY AND BENEFIT FOR DIEMONDS & THE MAGNIFICENT SEVENS Because we can’t stop doing shows even though we are so damn tired… Sometimes bad things happen to good people. At the very start of their cross country tour, having driven from Winnipeg almost to Halifax non-stop, the engine blew up in ...


Day 5 – Tonight, we play for keeps.

Day 5! You made it! This is the end, tonight we play for keeps. The city is yours. We could list all the amazing things happening or you could just wander these hallowed streets and find it on your own. Thank you so much for coming, helping or just thinking ...


Day 4 – to kill me, he’s gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me

Day 4. If everyday of the Pop Explosion was a Rocky movie, today we'd be trying to end the cold war by knocking around Dolph Lundgren...choosing which shows to check out tonight may be just as much of a challenge. HPX is more than music.  Check out the first edition of our ...


FREE SHOW – Yukon Blonde, The Paint Movement, Slow Down Molasses at Citadel Hotel, Terrace Room, tonight!

Free show for all HPX participants tonight 6pm to 8pm at Citadel Hotel! Presented by Audio Blood: Starting off the showcase are Audio Blood friends and Nevado Records recording artists, YUKON BLONDE! All the way from Vancouver, these friendly fellows play folky rock and roll with balls, and super softy ...


Day 3 – Take Some Vitamins

Points for diversity tonight! At Gus' Pub we've got the Divorce Showcase. Starting with the amazing Secret Colours at 9pm, the night will continue with Husband & Knife at 9:45pm, Dead Wife at 10:30pm, the psych-attack of Grand Trine at 11:15pm, and finally, Toronto's Nadja will veil the crowd in ...


Day 2 – Sleep is for wussies.

10am never felt so early... Last night things got heavy over at Gus' Pub while at the Paragon, Crystal Antlers wrapped things up with a crusher of a set. If you missed these kids from Long Beach (and we almost all did due to some issues at the border) we'll have ...


2009 Halifax Pop Explosion Day 1

Well folks, it's here. The 2009 Halifax Pop Explosion. We're going to ease you into things with just two shows tonight...but these are two shows that will do anything but put you at ease! At the Paragon, we have the Cruzan Rum's/Sauza Tequila Launch Party. We've got A History Of ...


Featured Show of the Day – Wednesday Oct 21 – Mates of State + more – The Pargaon

Wednesday, October 21 The Paragon Theatre 2037 Gottingen St. $20/$25 You can purchase advance tickets here. You can join this event's Facebook group here. Mates of State (New York, NY) www.matesofstate.com Though conceived as a duo, Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel—the he and she music factory known as Mates of State—have never failed to generate a trademark wall of sound built ...


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    Featured Show of the Day – Wednesday Oct 21 – Mates of State + more – The Pargaon

    Wednesday, October 21
    The Paragon Theatre
    2037 Gottingen St.
    $20/$25
    You can purchase advance tickets here.
    You can join this event’s Facebook group here.
    Mates of State
    (New York, NY)
    www.matesofstate.com
    Though conceived as a duo, Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel—the he and she music factory known as Mates of State—have never failed to generate a trademark wall of sound built on dozens of varied voicings [...]


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    Music Matters – Schedule»

    HOME | SCHEDULE | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | FEATURED SPEAKER | PANELS | WORKSHOPS

    Friday

    Time
    Panel
    Workshops

    Terrace Room
    Board Room

    1:00 PM
    Merchandising
    Date With a Demo

    2:00 PM
    FEATURED SPEAKER

    3:00 PM
    Publicity
    Boot Camp: Touring Internationally

    4:00 PM
    Social Media

    Saturday

    Time
    Panel
    Workshop

    Cavalier Room
    Terrace Room

    1:00 PM
    KEYNOTE

    2:00 PM
    Going Green

    3:00 PM
    Copyright
    Boot Camp: Youth Involvement

    4:00 PM
    No Money, No Music


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    wowandflutter»

    Decidedly Jazz Danceworks – wowandflutter
    Presented with support from the Halifax POP Explosion
    October 08, 09, 10 8PM
    SIR JAMES DUNN THEATRE, DAL ARTS CENTRE
    6101 University Ave.
    TICKETS: General $24.00, Seniors $20.00, Students $16.50
    BOX OFFICE: (902) 494-3820 / 1(800) 874-1669
    Website: artscentre.dal.ca/box.html
    MEDIA CONTACT: GAY HAUSER at (902) 420-0003 or liveartgay@eastlink.ca
    (Halifax, NS, August 20, 2009) – Live Art [...]


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    Halifax Film Explosion – Empire 8 Park Lane – Oct 23 & 24

    Halifax Film Explosion
    Friday, October 23, and Saturday, October 24
    Empire 8 Park Lane Cinemas
    Park Lane Mall, 5657 Spring Garden Rd.
    All screenings $8 at the door
    Since the dawn of the silent film, music and movies have been inseparable. The inaugural Halifax Film Explosion aims to highlight that connection, to celebrate and revel in it, to delight in [...]


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