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  • Live Music! Gourmet Club!

    This Thursday, join us for a performance from Gourmet Club! Gourmet Club is the creative playground of Canadian producer and songwriter Vincent Baur. The project is gritty yet lush, a […]

  • Live Music: Kate Ferguson!

    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, […]

  • Adam Otmar: Farewell to Nova Scotia (with Marlo Day)

    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

  • Release Day Cocktail Party at the Trident: Joanne Merriam

    Join Joanne Merriam to celebrate the release of her steampunk Pride and Prejudice retelling Aether and Ego. All are welcome. Books for sale by King’s Co-op Bookstore. Joanne Merriam is a writer and poet from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She is the author of the poetry collection The Glaze from Breaking and her poetry and fiction […]

  • Live Music – L.A. Collins

    Trident Booksellers & Cafe 1256 Hollis St., Halifax, NS

    Enjoy an evening of "quiet-ish" songs with L.A. Collins this Thursday! Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe - 1256 Hollis Street, Halifax When: September 17th, 2026 @ 6:30 PM

  • Live Music: Paige Ballagh & Kale Penny!

    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 […]

  • Neon Sign Comedy Night (Vol. VIX)

    Trident Booksellers & Cafe 1256 Hollis St., Halifax, NS

    Quality stand-up comedy in an intimate setting! Last Thursday of every month at Trident Cafe (1256 Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia). Neon Sign Comedy features some of the best comedians in the country, from CBC, SiriusXM, ABCD, HEHEHAHA, and more! Featuring: Sarah Nicole, Vanessa Allen, Lauchlan MacKinnon, Nigel Grinstead, and IMPROV! Hosted as always by […]

  • Book (Fight) Club – Halifax Edition!

    It's a book club. It's a fight club. 8 books enter the literati Thunderdome, and only 1 leaves. 80% book club. 20% fight club. 100% hilarious. First time in Canada, a joint New Zealand & Guatemala event. It's the Canadian premiere of the world's only hilarious, raucous book fight club from Meegwai Productions! PWYC - […]

  • Live Music – Ghost Tongue & Veryence

    Trident Booksellers & Cafe 1256 Hollis St., Halifax, NS

    Get into the spirit of October by enjoying some "moody, spooky pop music" with Ghost Tongue and Veryence. Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe - 1256 Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia When: Thursday, October 1st, 2026 @ 6:30 PM

  • Short Story Readings – “Visitors” by David Wiseman

    Trident Booksellers & Cafe 1256 Hollis St., Halifax, NS

    Revel in the spooky atmosphere with us as David Wiseman reads out a collection of his paranormal themed short stories. Where: Trident Booksellers & Cafe When: October 2nd, 2026 @ 7:00-8:30 PM Copies of "Visitors" will be available for purchase during the event.

  • Poetry Book Launch – Some of Us May Live

    Trident Booksellers & Cafe 1256 Hollis St., Halifax, NS

    Some of Us May Live by Leigh Kotsilidis Readings by: Leigh Kotsilidis Some of Us May Live (Coach House Books) Jay Ritchie Listening In Many Publics (Invisible) Michelle Elrick Then […]

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