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Stars show moved from Parade Square to Saint Antonio’s Olympic Centre

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Out of respect for the peaceful protest taking place at Parade Square, Halifax Pop Explosion has moved the Stars concert on Saturday, October 22 to Saint Antonio’s Olympic Centre (2304 Hunter St.). The show is a free, all ages event. Performance times have changed to the following:

Doors 11:45am

12:00pm - Papermaps

12:35pm - Carmen Townsend

1:15pm - Plants & Animals

2:30pm - Stars

Torquil Campbell from Stars adds, “Stars are excited to play Halifax and even more excited now that the Occupy NS movement has set up camp in Parade Square. We’re happy to move the concert to show support for the movement and to ensure that the camp is not disturbed in any way by our performance.”

Starting on Tuesday, October 18, the Halifax Pop Explosion has already seen record attendance during its opening two days. Taking place at 20 venues across Halifax, NS, the festival continues until the 22nd and features performances from internationally acclaimed acts such as Fucked Up, JEFF the Brotherhood, Dan Mangan, Chad VanGaalen, and The Thermals.

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Mfest – Alderney Landing – August 7th

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

Presented by Halifax Pop Explosion (HPX) and Live 105, M Fest has announced Broken Social Scene, Hey Rosetta!, Surfer Blood, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Diamond Rings, In-Flight Safety, Carmen Townsend and Glory Glory. The festival takes place Sunday, August 07 at Alderney Landing.

M Fest is the latest musical offering from the Halifax Pop Explosion Association, the people who bring you the annual and award winning Halifax Pop Explosion Music Festival and Conference. It’s a nonprofit society dedicated to presenting the best in new and innovative music and art from Halifax, Canada, and around the world. M is for music. M is for mobile.

M Fest is open to all ages with a licensed beer garden. Doors for the event open at 1pm with the show starting at 2pm.

Sponsors for M Fest include Live 105, Halifax Regional Municipality, Molson Coors, The Coast and Shysheep Entertainment.

M Fest are available now, through Ticketpro.ca, their outlets, and by phone at 1-888-311-9090. Advanced Tickets are $39.50 (+ $5 ticket service fee) and day of show tickets are $44.50 (+ $5 ticket service fee). Buy tickets today and save: https://ww4.ticketpro.ca/achat_ALE07HM11.html?lang=en&aff=hpx

More Details on M Fest here – www.halifaxmfest.com

Broken Social Scene – www.brokensocialscene.ca
Hey Rosetta! – www.heyrosetta.com
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – www.tedleo.com
Surfer Blood – www.surferblood.com
Diamond Rings – www.diamondringsmusic.com
In-Flight Safety – www.inflightsafety.ca
Carmen Townsend – www.carmentownsend.ca
Glory Glory – www.myspace.com/ggmu

Tags: Alderney Landingd, Broken Social Scene, Carmen townsend, dartmouth, Diamond Kings, Festival, GGMU, Glory Glory Man United, Halifax events, Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax Summer events, Hey Rosetta, In-flight Safety, MFEST FC 264 HPX, New Music, Surfer Blood, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
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Enter to Win in the Battle to Warped Tour II

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Music Nova Scotia and Halifax Pop Explosion are thrilled to present an opportunity for one band to perform in front of tens of thousands of screaming fans on The Vans Warped Tour 2011. For the second year in a row, Battle to Warped Tour will give 15 bands the chance to claim one victory: three dates on the world’s largest touring festival. For Battle to Warped Tour II, the grand prize ante has been upped with the addition of a showcase at Halifax Pop Explosion 2011 and a showcase at Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week 2011.

Musicians are encouraged to submit to Battle to Warped Tour II, which takes place at The Seahorse Tavern and consists of three preliminary rounds and one final round. For each battle, a diverse panel of influential industry professionals will select a finalist to move onto the last round, where three finalists and two wildcards will compete for the grand prize. The preliminary rounds take place on January 18, January 25, February 1, and the final battle will be on February 8.

All current members of Music Nova Scotia are eligible to submit. Please visit www.musicnovascotia.ca/warped to fill out the online application and review contest rules. Music Nova Scotia will be accepting applications until January 5th, 2011 at 5pm.

Music Nova Scotia and Halifax Pop Explosion are proud to partner with Live 105, The Coast, Rockopolis, SpinCount, Echo Chamber, and Codapop for Battle to Warped Tour II.

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CBC Radio 3 Sessions Live in Concert at The Paragon from HPX 2010!

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Did you miss the CBC Radio 3 / SIRIUS Satellite Radio Canada show at the Paragon on Sat Oct 23? Not to worry, our friends parked a super duper recording truck out back and recorded it for your listening pleasure. It sounds like your in the front row only better.

Listen to part 3 of 4 with Tokyo Police Club

Tokyo Police Club drove the jam-packed crowd into a wild frenzy with a span of songs that ranged from their original EP ‘A Lesson in Crime’ to their release album ‘Champ’, no doubt taking the prize.

Listen to part 2 of 4 with Cuff the Duke.

Cuff the Duke is tighter than ever and ready for the capacity crowd at the Paragon Theatre in the second of a 4 part series of the CBC Radio3 Showcase at Halifax Pop Explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Listen to part 1 of 4 with Ghostkeeper

Ghostkeeper kicks off the first of a 4 part series of the CBC Radio3 Showcase at Halifax Pop Explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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HUGE Thanks from HPX 2010! You’re AWESOME!!

Monday, October 25th, 2010

Photo Credit: Matt Packman

ZOMG! Where to begin!? THANK YOU to all of the bands, fans and festival sponsors for creating such an amazing festival vibe over the last five days. We owe huge support to all of our great venues, amazing volunteers and festival staff for doing an incredible job over the course of the week. Attendances numbers were great, the festival had a real energy to it, and talk about a week of amazing music!!

What are your highlights? Did you get to meet your favourite band? Crowd surfing for the first-time? Hanging out with great pals from out-of-town? Send us an email to stories@halifaxpopexplosion.com to tell us your favourite moments at Halifax Pop Explosion 2010. We promise to read every submission and possibly even post your story on our website. Your feedback is very important to us!

Many of you have already started to post photos, videos and recordings from Halifax Pop Explosion online! We strongly encourage you to post and check out our Facebook fanpage linked [here], or our twitter account right [here]. Thanks!

The 2010 festival staff is ready for bed, and we’re already dreaming up a bunch of rad ideas for the HPX 2011. It was an absolute pleasure from our end and we hope that all of you had an amazing experience discovering new and exciting music in Halifax.

Get involved with your local music scene by attending shows on regular basis, volunteering your time, starting a band, writing reviews, etc… The effort that you put forth will go along way into building a bigger and better HPX in the years to come!

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