Trident Booksellers & Cafe

Live Music & Art: It's Sparrow!
2026-08-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax)
Drumroll please!!
The moment you’ve all been waiting for – the debut of Summer Sparrow!
You are cordially invited to an evening of live music, art perusing, mingling, drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic!) chatting, dancing, live-laugh-loving, and enjoyment of Sparrow’s first solo art and music event.
What to expect:
– the walls of Trident adorned with art (paintings, photographs, and more!)
– a table with prints, small sculptures, and other original pieces for sale!
– Sparrow himself on stage, singing to you his merry tunes
– Drinks and treats for purchase from our very own Trident Cafe.
– Mingle, or even bring a book or sketchpad and listen from the sidelines!
Come along, bring a pal or two, (or more!) and relish in the revelry of your very own local art scene doing what it does best.
When: Thursday, August 6th 2026 @ 7pm
Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 1256 Hollis St. Halifax

Live Music: Nathaniel Sutton with Rebecca Fairless & Frankie Mae!
2026-08-13 18:30 - 20:30
Join us this Thursday for Nathaniel Sutton, an Edmonton-based singer-songwriter, delivering a unique blend of soulful, upbeat folk with influences of alt/country, indie rock, and moody tones. He’ll be joined tonight by Rebecca Fairless and Frankie Mae!
Cover is PWYC ($15 recommended!)
When: Thursday, August 13th 2026 @ 6:30pm
Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 1256 Hollis St. Halifax

Live Music! Gourmet Club!
2026-09-03 19:00 - 20:30
This Thursday, join us for a performance from Gourmet Club, a project from local musician Vincent Baur! COver is PWYC ($15 recommended)
When: Thursday, September 3rd 2026 @ 7pm
Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 1256 Hollis St. Halifax

Live Music: Kate Ferguson!
2026-09-10 18:30 - 20:30
This Thursday, join us for local singer-songwriter, Kate Ferguson! Show starts at 6:30, cover is PWYC ($15 recommended)!
When: Thursday, September 10th 2026 @ 6:30pm
Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 1256 Hollis St. Halifax

Adam Otmar: Farewell to Nova Scotia (with Marlo Day)
2026-09-11 18:30 - 20:30
This Friday, join us to bid musician Adam Otmar Farewell to Nova Scotia, with special guest, Marlo Day!
Tickets for $10 in advance or $15 at the door, available at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/adamotmar/2301329!
When: Friday, September 11th 2026 @ 6:30pm
Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 1256 Hollis St. Halifax

Live Music: Paige Ballagh & Kale Penny!
2026-09-23 18:30 - 20:30
This Wednesday, join us for Stratford-based folk musicians, Paige Ballagh & Kale Penny, visiting on their Maritime tour!
Ontario-born singer, songwriter, and poet Paige Ballagh performs original folk-pop rooted in storytelling, warmth, and melodic ease. Joined by her multi-instrumentalist brother Mike Ballagh and her husband, CFMA-winning guitarist Kyle Waymouth, she delivers an inviting, grounded live show shaped by performances across Canada, the U.S., and Ireland — from theatres and festival stages to Ireland tours and Florida’s Kravis Center. A former Summerfolk Youth Discovery Artist, Paige is also the author of Waking Up, an Amazon #1 best-selling poetry collection (2022). Her album Shoes Untied and EP Oh Maggie — recorded with Juno Award–winner Jake Charron — showcase her clear, expressive voice and lived-in songwriting. Balancing heartfelt lyricism with humour and human connection, Paige’s work bridges house-concert intimacy with festival-stage presence.
Kale Penny is a west coast musician and actor based in Stratford, Ontario. In 2017, he released his debut EP, The Tracks, a collection of heartfelt songs that later inspired a stage adaptation by Mark Weatherley with Here for Now Theatre Company in 2021, starring Kale and his wife Lauren Bowler. Known for his honest lyrics and engaging performances, Kale’s music is delighting audiences around the world. His recent singles, You Deserve Love and Work It Out, are lauded as music that feels like a hug, receiving radio spins in Canada and the UK, as well as being streamed in 60 countries. He has also racked up millions of views on Instagram and TikTok in the past 6 months with his viral too high/too low song series, combining vocal talent with self-effacing humour. His latest single Gonna Be Somebody is a folk/pop/EDM collaboration with Swedish House Producer Henwall, with 25000 streams on Spotify in the first 3 weeks, and spins on Swedish and German radio.
When: Wednesday, September 23rd 2026 @ 6pm
Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 1256 Hollis St, Halifax

Poetry Night! Jaime Forsythe, Conyer Clayton, and Lisa Richter!
2026-10-09 19:00 - 20:30
Join three Canadian poets – from Toronto, Ottawa, and Halifax – for readings from their recently released collections. All are welcome. Books for sale by King’s Co-op Bookstore.
When: Friday, October 9th, 2026 @ 7pm
Where: Trident Café & Booksellers, 1256 Hollis St, Halifax
Lisa Richter is a Toronto-based poet, writer, and educator. She is the author of two previous poetry collections, including Nautilus and Bone, winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry, the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry in the U.S., and the Robert Kroetsch Award. Her work has been a finalist for a National Magazine Award, longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize, and appeared widely in literary journals and anthologies. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and will be serving as the 2026-2027 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer-in-Residence at McMaster University.
Conyer Clayton is a queer writer, editor and bookseller from Louisville, Kentucky, living in Ottawa. They are the author of But the sun, and the ships, and the fish, and the waves (Winner of the Archibald Lampman Award), We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite (Winner of the Ottawa Book Award) and many chapbooks. Conyer’s fiction has been supported by a MacDowell Fellowship and a McCormack Writing Center Scholarship. the lake-shaped excuse is their third book.
Jaime Forsythe is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently Yield (Wolsak & Wynn/ Buckrider Books, 2026). A collaborative chapbook with Stuart Ross, Disposable Adult Emergency Raincoat, will be out with Proper Tales Press in Fall 2026. Jaime is the recipient of a 2026-27 Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia sponsored residency at Jampolis Cottage. She holds an MFA from the University of Guelph and currently lives close to where she grew up in Nova Scotia/ Mi’kma’ki with her family.
