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MUSIC

Listen to the 8 Halifax Musicians who will power your playlists this summer

From powering road trips to setting the atmosphere on the back deck, playlists are fuel for summer’s sunshine-y days. No pressure, but the right song in the right moment is what takes a moment and turns it into a memory, fuelling your main character aspirations with a dose of cinematic energy.

Here, Team Coast is sharing a slew of new releases—from folky albums to hip hop singles—that will help you build the ultimate summer 2023 playlist, whatever that looks like for you.

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Need to know

🩺 Doctors will vote on a new tentative agreement next month that was recently reached between Doctors Nova Scotia and the province.

✅ Another sign summer has arrived: weekly green cart collections will begin on July 3 in the HRM. 

🚘 The speed limit will be reduced from 50km/h to 40km/h on Osborne Street, Herring Cove Road and Walter Havill Drive as well as in the Brookview neighbourhood in Eastern Passage.

🎭 Let’s Dance! The Musical celebrates the greatest pop songs of the 1960’s. At the Neptune Theatre Fountain Hall, July 27-30. Get your tickets today!*

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SPONSORED BY SONIC CONCERTS

See Feist with special guest Jenn Grant on July 11

Join us on the Halifax Waterfront to kick off the TD Halifax Jazz Festival! Performing the only date in the Maritimes on her Multitudes Tour, Feist takes to the TD Main Stage for opening night in just two weeks. Hear songs from her new album and nostalgic favourites from her catalogue, plus an opening set from Nova Scotia’s own Jenn Grant, whose latest release, Champagne Problems, is out now!

In partnership with the TD Halifax Jazz Festival, Sonic Concerts proudly presents the July 11 and 16 shows on the TD Main Stage—1521 Lower Water Street.

Get your advance price tickets today!

In case you missed it

SPONSORED BY QUINPOOL ROAD

Halifax Mural Festival starts July 3

Quinpool Road and Halifax Mural Festival are teaming up once again to bring Halifax Mural Festival to Quinpool Road. Visit Quinpool Road July 3-9 to see amazing artists add even more colour to the most cosmopolitan street in Halifax.

Join in the festivities during their Big Reveal Day Saturday, July 8, 11am-3pm.

In other news

🗣 The parents of Ryan Sawyer—the 31-year-old man who was killed outside of the Halifax Alehouse in December 2022—are demanding change. CBC has the story.

🦪 Thanks to a warm winter in Atlantic Canada, scientists are keeping a close eye on the waters for an increase in slimy marine invertebrates—an invasive species that has a major impact on the shellfish industry.

🏒 Halifax Mooseheads coach, Sylvain Favreau, has resigned. Global News has the story.

🥾 Cape Breton is getting a new (almost) 50km, $6.4 million, coastal hiking trail. Read the official provincial release.

🏐 Tynan Gannett, a beach volleyball player from Dartmouth, was recently scouted for Volleyball Canada’s Beach Next Gen. National Team.

🏏 The Atlantic Champions Cup Fundraising Cricket Tournament took place in Dartmouth this weekend and cricket enthusiasts used the tournament as an opportunity to voice the need for a proper cricket field in the province.

🎥 Check out the winners of the Atlantic International Film Festival’s Youth Film Competition.

CARBON TAX

July 1 could be the beginning of the end of the carbon tax

Sure things

Looking for something to do this week? Check out these Coast picks:

🗓 The Queers w/Teenage Bottlerocket: Problematic punk princes The Queers stop in Halifax as part of an extensive Canadian tour. Opening act Teenage Bottlerocket brings silly, Blink-182 vibes | June 28 | 8pm | $30-$40.

🗓 Harbourside Ribfest 2023: Ribfest is back at Alderney Landing for the long weekend! Try delicious food from over 15 vendors and enjoy live performances all weekend long | June 30-July 3 | 11am-10pm | $1.

🗓 The Wind in the Willows: Two Plants and A Passion Theatre—the outdoor outpost of drama in Canning, NS—kicks off its 2023 season on June 30. This new musical adaptation of the all-ages classic The Wind in the Willows, is a tale of friendship and belonging | July 1 | 6pm | $25.

Find more Halifax events in The Coast listings

Shop talk

🍻 Annapolis Valley brewery, Smokehouse, has expanded to Halifax. Check out its new taproom at 2710 Agricola Street.

Eat this

🍔 Armview’s feature burger of the week is a must-try: A smashed patty, cheddar cheese, battered onion rings and pickles all topped with honey bbq sauce, mustard and garlic mayo!

🍨 Looking for a new dessert to try? Finbar’s Irish Pub in Bedford is offering a special menu item, a salted caramel tart with honeycomb gelato topped with toffee sauce.

Read this

💅 Sunshine Nails, being published on July 4, follows Mai Nguyen’s experiences growing up in her parent’s business, Halifax’s Lee Nails. It touches on second-generation Vietnamese experiences and gentrification. Nguyen recently sat down with CBC to talk about her new novel.