Chris Murphy & The Halifax All Stars W/ Billy Raffoul + Ria Mae + Noah Malcolm

HUFF is happy to finally be able (we've been trying for years) to announce Sloan's Chris Murphy & The Halifax All Stars - with an opening songwriters' circle featuring Saturday night's headliner Billy Raffoul, Thursday night's headliner Ria Mae & PEI's Noah Malcolm - will play The Carleton on Friday, October 2nd. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $72.50 + HST. Chris Murphy has been in the band Sloan for over 30 years. Chris got into the super group game in 2015 when he formed a trio called TUNS (rhymes with buns) with Matt Murphy (Super Friendz/The Flashing Lights) and Mike O'Neill (The Inbreds). Now on a supergroup kick, he formed Trans-Canada Highwaymen in 2017 with Steven Page (ex Barenakedladies), Moe Berg (The Pursuit of Happiness) and Craig Northey (Odds). Then in 2018 some of his other musician friends were complaining they weren't in a super group so Chris went ahead and agreed to make Anyway Gang with Sam Roberts (Sam Roberts Band), David Monks (Tokyo Police Club) and Menno Versteeg (Hollerado). Please don't ask Chris to form a group with you. He doesn't have time. What little time Chris has left over has been earmarked for solo shows where Chris plays songs and tells stories accompanied by acoustic guitar. OPENING SONGWRITERS'CIRCLE Last summer, Billy Raffoul set out to reveal two sides of the same soul, releasing a pair of full-length albums that mirror both intimacy and magnitude. The first, Billy Raffoul, arrived on July 18 as a hushed, acoustic meditation on connection-born from a transformative journey through South Africa and shaped by songs that affirm, challenge, and gently push beyond boundaries. Just weeks later, on August 15, he returned with When I Cross The River, a gritty, rock-leaning counterpart-songs forged in the studio and built to be played at full volume. Together, the records form a single portrait, capturing who Raffoul is in this moment: grounded, expansive, and unafraid. Music, after all, knows no borders. It moves faster than any