Latest Events in Saint John(February Updated)

Calling all Brats!! Let's end this Brat Summer with a bang! On Sept 27th come out to Haven Music Hall for the Brat Summer End Bash! We'll be BUMPIN' all your favorite Charli xcx hits and girly bop bangers DRAG style! Featuring performances from your number ones: Justin Toodeep, Dia Monde, Dahlia Dior and making their debut, Veohla! 19+ Doors 8:30pm/show 9pm Tickets are $10 in advance, or $15 at the door, so get them while they last! Come dressed to impress in your best neon green and let's party! See you all there 😘 This event is combination standing and seated, seats will be cleared after the performances for a dance party! ---- Accessibility Haven Music Hall is a street-level small music venue without fixed seating. This show is combination standing and seating room only. Our entrance exterior is a 34 wide door that has a small lip/step up from the street. Once inside, our entrance vestibule has three steps up into the space with an interior entrance opening of 70 . We have two single-use washrooms with toilets. If you'd like more information about accessing our space please email abigail@havenmusichall.com. Safer Spaces Policy/Code of Conduct Haven Music Hall (HMH) is committed to ensuring a safer show experience for musicians, audiences, staff, and volunteers. If you see or experience any form of harassment or abuse please inform the bar staff on site. If you experience harassment or abuse and wish to inform us after the fact please email abigail@havenmusichall.com. This email is read by the HMH owners only and any reports of safety violations will be treated as confidential. Incidents that are reported in real time are written up by the handling staff member and are confidential and kept on file. Abuse and harassment of an audience member, musician, HMH staff, security, or volunteers will result in immediate ejection from the premises, potential probationary period, and potential banning from the premises. As event coordinators we prioritize the experiences of the musicians, staff, and audience members, so patrons who are being disruptive to the performance or bothering staff will be asked to stop their disruptive actions, and may/or be asked to leave the premises. Information Source: eventbrite

Celebrate the publication of North of Main with Hub City Writers Project! Join Hub City Writers Project to celebrate the publication of North of Main: Spartanburg's Historic Black Neighborhoods of North Dean Street, Gas Bottom, and Back of the College. Residents of each of the neighborhoods featured in the book will be signing copies of the book from 5pm to 6pm. There will be a 30 minute panel with the authors, as well as members of the neighborhoods, moderated by Dr. Glory Boozer. Books will be available for purchase at the event. About the BookNorth of Main: Spartanburg's Historic Black Neighborhoods of North Dean Street, Gas Bottom, and Back of the Collegeis the most in-depth Spartanburg Black history book ever produced, particularly for the years post-emancipation. This beautiful 300-page hardcover book also includes over 150 historic photographs and maps. New neighborhoods began emerging north of Main Street in Spartanburg, South Carolina in the 1870s as emancipated Black men and women spent their hard-won post-slavery wages to purchase lots and build homes. As the decades rolled by, they and their descendants established a string of neighborhoods encompassing hundreds of houses, stretching from modern-day Barnet Park to the edge of Spartanburg Medical Center. North of Main is the story of how this district rose and how it disappeared. In its pages, meet the pioneering Black men and women who lived and worked in these early neighborhoods: clergymen, educators, newsmen, artisans, attorneys, physicians, activists, musicians, caregivers, and more. In the face of frequent oppression, they laid a strong foundation for those who followed them. The history of the place they built is extraordinary in its demonstration of the heroism, courage, determination, and pride of Black citizens of Spartanburg who built dynamic and historically significant neighborhoods in treacherous times. North of Main is a sequel to the classic 2005 Hub City Press book, South of Main. Major sponsors include the City of Spartanburg, the Spartanburg Public Libraries, and Wofford College. Information Source: Hub City Writers Project | eventbrite

A collective of community driven hip hop artists from across the maritimes are bringing their music on tour this fall in a joint effort to fight homelessness. Artists Aquakultre, Wolf Castle, Stephen Hero and DJ Uncle Fester are uniting for several live performances to support precariously housed folks in the communities they visit. Halifax-based Aquakultre and DJ Uncle Fester join New Brunswick MC Stephen Hero and Pabineau First Nation’s Wolf Castle to create new music and raise money for shelters directly supporting at-risk populations along the way. The Better Together Tour, which is sponsored by North Brewing, kicks off October 24th in Halifax and will hit Saint John and Fredericton New Brunswick as well as a matinee in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. North Brewing will release a brand new beer named “Better Together” in honor of this community driven artistic collaboration. 50 cents from the sale of each can will go directly to Out of The Cold Halifax. Oct 25 at Haven Music Hall Doors 7pm/show 8pm Advance: $25 Student Discount: $20 (show student ID at the door) Doors: $30 Accessibility Haven Music Hall is a street-level small music venue without fixed seating. This show is combination standing and seating room only. Our entrance exterior is a 34 wide door that has a small lip/step up from the street. Once inside, our entrance vestibule has three steps up into the space with an interior entrance opening of 70 . We have two single-use washrooms with toilets. If you'd like more information about accessing our space please email abigail@havenmusichall.com. All Ages Show Details This is a wet/dry show, meaning both alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks are served. All patrons will be ID'd upon entry and given a coloured bracelet corresponding with their ticket type (19+ or -19). Bartenders will also be checking IDs at the bar. During all ages shows we are careful not to serve multiple drinks to one person, so if you're buying your 19+ friend a beer please bring them to the bar to order with you! All ages are welcome but only 19+ patrons with ID's may purchase alcohol. Patrons aged 15 and under must be accompanied by a guardian. Safer Spaces Policy/Code of Conduct Haven Music Hall (HMH) is committed to ensuring a safer show experience for musicians, audiences, staff, and volunteers. If you see or experience any form of harassment or abuse please inform the bar staff on site. If you experience harassment or abuse and wish to inform us after the fact please email abigail@havenmusichall.com. This email is read by the HMH owners only and any reports of safety violations will be treated as confidential. Incidents that are reported in real time are written up by the handling staff member and are confidential and kept on file. Abuse and harassment of an audience member, musician, HMH staff, security, or volunteers will result in immediate ejection from the premises, potential probationary period, and potential banning from the premises. As event coordinators we prioritize the experiences of the musicians, staff, and audience members, so patrons who are being disruptive to the performance or bothering staff will be asked to stop their disruptive actions, and may/or be asked to leave the premises. Information Source: HMH | eventbrite

Calling all cooks and foodies, Toni Tipton Martin and Morgan Bolling will be in Spartanburg on Thursday, November 14th at 6:00 PM presenting their new cook book When Southern Women Cookby America's Test Kitchen! When Southern Women Cook showcases the hard work, hospitality, and creativity of women who have given soul to Southern cooking from the start. Join us for this evening of delicous food and fun conversation. Sign up today. Your ticket includes one copy of When Southern Women Cook. About the Book:A first-of-its-kind Southern cookbook featuring more than 300 Cook's Country recipes and fascinating insights into the culinary techniques and heroes of the American South. Tour the diverse history of Southern food through 200+ stories of women who've shaped the cuisine! Shepherded by Toni Tipton-Martin and Cook's Country Executive Editor and TV personality Morgan Bolling, When Southern Women Cook showcases the hard work, hospitality, and creativity of women who have given soul to Southern cooking from the start. Every page amplifies their contributions, from the enslaved cooks making foundational food at Monticello to Mexican Americans accessing sweet memories with colorful conchas today. 70+ voices paint a true picture of the South: Emmy Award–winning producer and author Von Diaz covers Caribbean immigrant foodways through Southern stews; food journalist Kim Severson delves into recipes' power as cultural currency; mixologist and beverage historian Tiffanie Barriere reflects on Juneteenth customs including red drink.300 Recipes—must-knows, little-knowns, and modern inventions: Regional Brunswick Stew, Dollywood Cinnamon Bread, Pickle-Brined Fried Chicken Sandwiches, Grilled Lemongrass Chicken Banh Mi, and Oat Guava Cookies bridge the gap between what Southern cooking is known for and how it continues to evolve.Recipe headnotes contextualize your cooking: Learn Edna Lewis’ biscuit wisdom. Read about Waffle House and fry chicken thighs to top light-as-air waffles. Meet Joy Perrine, the Bad Girl of Bourbon. Covering every region and flavor of the American South, from Texas Barbecue to Gullah Geechee rice dishes, this collection of 300 recipes is a joyous celebration of Southern cuisine and its diverse heroes, past and present. Authors and ContributorsCurrently residing in Texas, Julia Child Award recipient, journalist, and Cook’s Country Editor-in-Chief Toni Tipton-Martin is the force behind the James Beard– and IACP Award–winning book Jubilee as well as The Jemima Code and the newly released Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs & Juice. North Carolina–born Morgan Bolling is a Cook’s Country TV personality and executive editor. She is a Southern cooking and barbecue expert. Together, their knowledge spans the culinary traditions of the South, which they aim to promote and share. Information Source: Hub City Writers Project | eventbrite

World record magician and stunt man Ian Stewart is bring his show to Saint John NB. You may have seen Ian on : Riley's Believe it or Not, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Americas Got Talent, Penn and Tellers Fool us, The Late Show with David Letterman, The History Channel, The Discovery Channel and more. From juggling chainsaws and fire to magic and hypnosis this is going to be a night to remember. Ian even sprinkles in a bit of comedy throughout his act too making a show that's truly one of a kind. All of this is happening live at The Kent Theatre November 28th,2024. Be sure to get your tickets now as these won't last long. Information Source: Antler Entertainment | eventbrite

Gerdan is an amazing sixteen member folk singing group from Chernivtsi, Ukraine and their arrangements of traditional folk songs are reinvigorating authentic Ukrainian music and astounding audiences everywhere! Details about the concert in St. John: 📍Stone Church 87 Carleton St, Saint John, NB E2L 2Z2 📅 December 10, 2024 ⏰ Doors open: 6:15 PM 🎵 Show starts: 7:00 PM 🎵 Show ends: 9:00 PM There is a primal vibration in the ancient songs from villages across Ukraine. As they wash over you... you can feel the connection with your ancestors and others from times gone by. On this Canadian tour, Gerdan will thrill and astound you with their energy and soulfulness as well as their passion for a culture that has for too long been under threat. In addition, this tour is happening to support families in Ukraine affected by the war that will need support and rehabilitation in the months and years to come. You will feel uplifted and enchanted by the power and connection that is generated between the singers and the audience and show your support for Ukraine! Don't miss your chance to see Gerdan! Information Source: KAZKA ENTERTAINMENT | eventbrite

Grand Theft Bus is coming to Haven Music Hall this holiday season to celebrate the release of their new LIVE album!! Recorded this summer at the AREA 506 Container Village in Saint John, this album is in support of the Friars Family “Celebrate” Fund (c/o the GSJ Community Foundation). The Friars Family Fund is near and gear to Grand Theft Bus, this fund helps to alleviate causes of generational poverty in Saint John. 100% of the proceeds of this LP-only album will go to the fund. Tickets on sale now for their December 21st show at Haven Music Hall! Doors 7pm, show 8pm 19+ Accessibility Haven Music Hall is a street-level small music venue without fixed seating. This show is combination standing and seating room only. Our entrance exterior is a 34 wide door that has a small lip/step up from the street. Once inside, our entrance vestibule has three steps up into the space with an interior entrance opening of 70 . We have two single-use washrooms with toilets. If you'd like more information about accessing our space please email abigail@havenmusichall.com. Safer Spaces Policy/Code of Conduct Haven Music Hall (HMH) is committed to ensuring a safer show experience for musicians, audiences, staff, and volunteers. If you see or experience any form of harassment or abuse please inform the bar staff on site. If you experience harassment or abuse and wish to inform us after the fact please email abigail@havenmusichall.com. This email is read by the HMH owners only and any reports of safety violations will be treated as confidential. Incidents that are reported in real time are written up by the handling staff member and are confidential and kept on file. Abuse and harassment of an audience member, musician, HMH staff, security, or volunteers will result in immediate ejection from the premises, potential probationary period, and potential banning from the premises. As event coordinators we prioritize the experiences of the musicians, staff, and audience members, so patrons who are being disruptive to the performance or bothering staff will be asked to stop their disruptive actions, and may/or be asked to leave the premises. Information Source: HMH | eventbrite

Shakespeare is the story of Shakespeare as it has never been told before: in a single play that covers his entire life, from childhood to death. Remarkably (but truly), there has never been a biographical play, or biodrama, that tells the whole story of the greatest playwright who ever lived. Until now… Shakespeare captured the essential truth about humanity, so it is perhaps unsurprising that his own life should resemble one of his plays, or more accurately a series of plays: Comedy, in which he and his fellow players steal a theatre; History, in which they become involved, unwittingly or otherwise, in a plot to overthrow the Queen, Elizabeth I; and, finally, Tragedy, in which he faces a long-overdue reckoning with his past. Shakespeare is a lifetime’s labour of love by playwright Martin Keady; the culmination of more than 30 years of study and research. It has already been performed at The Rose Theatre in London, on the remains of an Elizabethan theatre in which Shakespeare himself performed, and the aim in 2025 is that it will receive both its first full stage production and an audio/podcast recording, ideally in The Rose or another Elizabethan theatre. Freshfest 2025 has a series of play readings and that is completely in keeping with Shakespeare’s world, which was more verbal and auditory than ours; Elizabethans went to hear a play, not see it. Consequently, we hope that you enjoy hearing Shakespeare. For more information, please visit: https://theshakespeareplays.com Information Source: FreshFest 2025 | eventbrite

Claire and Zara once discussed starting a family together. But when 'keen-to-crack-on' Claire invites a colleague round to assess his credentials as a potential sperm donor, Zara's horror at his unexpected arrival catapults the night into a terrible spiral. Suddenly forced to confront the reality of what a family means to them, they soon discover the lengths, however violent, they'll go to in order to get one. A dark comedy set over the course of one night, five characters grapple with the notion of 'family'. But as their values collide, their realities shatter. Information Source: FreshFest 2025 | eventbrite

Well Behaved Women is an upcoming event set to take place at the Old Red Lion Theatre Pub in London. Scheduled for January 26, 2025, this event aims to celebrate and showcase the achievements of women who have defied societal norms. Attendees can expect an empowering and thought-provoking experience for a ticket price of £6.13. Join us in honoring the resilience and success of women who have paved the way for future generations.

Eigengrau is a play about two debut authors who have written the exact same book and fight over its originality and ownership within the imagined world of their manuscript. It’s a response to the debate around AI, the writers’ strikes and the idea/myth of the sole author. Cecilia (She/Her) is a theatre-maker, composer and writer from the Netherlands. She has studied Directing at Toneelacademie Maastricht and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and is based in London. An earlier version of Eigengrau was written as part of her master’s degree. Information Source: FreshFest 2025 | eventbrite

At the heart of this imagined encounter, in 1950, between two titans of historical romance, the meticulous Georgette Heyer and the flamboyant Barbara Cartland, lies an accusation of plagiarism. Where lies the line between creativity and imitation? The setting reflects the stark contrast between the two icons - Heyer’s orderly study, steeped in scholarly research, against Cartland’s lively workspace, brimming with the chaos of dictated novels. From Heyer’s mock fencing sessions with her husband to Cartland’s musings on romance and reincarnation, their opposing personalities come to life, as they seek to find weaknesses in the other’s armour before that deadliest of encounters – afternoon tea with biscuits, When the two meet, polite pleasantries quickly give way to sharp exchanges. Heyer presents a compelling case for plagiarism, pointing out uncanny similarities between their works, down to the exact phrases that define the Regency romance genre. Cartland, ever defiant, defends herself with flamboyant claims and a shrewd understanding of audience desires, until a critical slip forces her into retreat. As the dust settles, both women confront the roles they play in crafting escapist worlds for readers hungry for love and happy endings. Heyer emerges triumphant but conflicted, while Cartland, though bested, remains unapologetic. They both, though, believe that their romances will bring succour to women in a post-war world where traditional roles are under threat. The play, with a mix of drama and comedy, celebrates the enduring allure of romance in a literary showdown - where pens, not swords, decide the victor. Information Source: FreshFest 2025 | eventbrite

Paint and Sip at Fusion East Taproom. Join us for a fun-filled evening of painting and laughter at Fusion East Taproom in Saint John, NB. Whether you're an experienced artist or a beginner, this event is perfect for all skill levels. Grab a paintbrush, unleash your inner Picasso and create beautiful art! Love is in the Air - Grab your bestie or your significant other to create a partner painting! Each person will complete their own painting as part of a set. Hang them together as a set or separately in your own homes. It's a fun way to remind each other of how much you care about them even when you're apart. No experience necessary. You will be surprised what you can create in a supportive environment. Difficulty level: Easy/Beginner Please note a ticket is required for each participant. Information Source: Teresa | eventbrite

DOUBE BILL. The Mourning After written by Mark Brennan An anonymous city. An unnamed era. The Occupation has ended. But before life can return to normal, some scores have to be settled. The Mourning After is a tense, sometimes darkly comic, portrayal of the aftermath of war; and how peace time isn't always everything that it is cracked up to be. Cube, Three Walls written by David Donovan Four friends reunite for a dinner party as chaos and hilarity ensue. Charlie and Peter are doing their best to be the hosts with the most. But Charlie keeps worrying about Peter relapsing while Peter is concerned about any lingering feelings Charlie has for the man of the hour Andrew. The birthday boy and failing poet Andrew is at an impasse in his life and hopes that reuniting with old friends and former flame Sarah will set his life back on track. Sarah wants to reconnect with her old college friends but worries about upsetting Andrew now that she’s moved on with her life. Classic farce dinner party shenanigans unfold as snippets of canned audience laughter and sitcom sound effects can be heard gradually infiltrating the audience as the group starts to become aware of the artificial nature of their world. Cube, Three Walls is an experimental piece of theatre that combines horror, drama, and comedy to turn a conventional premise into a nightmare. Information Source: FreshFest 2025 | eventbrite