The Halifax Pop Explosion is a music festival that takes place every fall, two weeks after Thanksgiving, in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. Since forming in 1993, the festival has expanded its programming to support other genres within the independent music community as well as the power pop that it is best known for. It now features acts from hip hop and electronica to folk rock and alt-country to punk and hardcore and everything in between. With shows all around town over five days the festival exhibits considerable breadth in presenting new music.
Ticket Price: $50 - $250
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Bad Vibrations
- Basia Bulat
- Bloodhouse
- Boats
- Boxer the Horse
- Cuff the Duke
- First Aid Kit
- Forest City Lovers
- GWAR
- Gramercy Riffs
- Great Lake Swimmers
- Grimes
- Handsome Furs
- High on Fire
- Hot Panda
- Imaginary Cities
- Iron Giant
- Isis (of Thunderheist)
- Jason Collett
- Kylesa
- Monogrenade
- My Brightest Diamond
- Quivers
- Radio Radio
- Sloan
- So Cow
- Teenanger
- The Casualties
- The Darcys
- The Hoa Hoa's
- The Hold Steady
- The New Pornographers
- The Pack A.D.
- The Pink Noise
- Tokyo Police Club
- Torche
- Twin Peaks
- Ty Segall
- Young Rival
Festival News and Rumors
Corona Capital 2023 Lineup Brings The Cure, Blur, and Pulp to Mexico City
Scoop Harrison June 5, 2023
Insane Clown Posse Announce Otherworldly 2023 Edition of Gathering of the Juggalos
The festival promises such such attractions as "ICP's Alien Probe Adventure"
Bryan Kress May 22, 2023
Hopscotch 2023: Pavement, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast Top Lineup
Alvvays, Digable Planets, Soccer Mommy, and more will also hit the Raleigh fest this September.
Abby Jones May 19, 2023
Live Nation Offering $99 All-In Festival Tickets During Festival Weekend
Governors Ball Roots Picnic, Sound on Sound, and more are participating in the discount.
Carys Anderson May 17, 2023
The National's Homecoming 2023 Lineup Led by Patti Smith, Pavement, & The Walkmen
Weyes Blood, Snail Mail, and Bartees Strange will also play the Cincinnati festival.
Eddie Fu May 17, 2023
Riot Fest's Killer 2023 Lineup Led by Foo Fighters, The Cure & The Postal Service
Carys Anderson May 16, 2023