Halifax Urban Folk Festival Presents: Billy Raffoul & The Halifax All Stars W/ Chris Murphy + Ria Mae + Mat Hughes

HUFF is absolutely giddy about bringing Leamington (that’s right, Leamington) Ontario’s Billy Raffoul (pronounced ra-fowl) to play on Canada’s East Coast for the first time. He’ll be performing solo and with The Halifax All Stars and we cannot wait for you to catch him live at The Carleton on Saturday, October 3rd. The night also features an opening songwriters’ circle with Friday night’s headliner, Sloan’s Chris Murphy, Thursday night’s headliner Ria Mae & local Mat Hughes. Show time is 8 PM and tickets are $72.50 + HST. FUN FACT: Billy would be the first HUFF artist with over a billion collective streams on Spotify and upwards of two billion views on YouTube 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…