Oct 16– Oct 20, 2012
Halifax, Nova Scotia
$50 - $225
The Halifax Pop Explosion is a music festival that takes place every fall 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.
| Adventure Club | official |
| Al Tuck | official |
| Atlas Sound | official |
| Bane | official |
| Black Lips | official |
| Born Ruffians | official |
| Cauldron | official |
| Ceremony | official |
| Clinic | official |
| Cold Specks | official |
| Dan Mangan with Symphony Nova Scotia | official |
| Deer Tick | official |
| DJ Craze | official |
| Each Other | official |
| El-P | official |
| Elliott Brood | official |
| Eugene Mirman | official |
| King Tuff | official |
| of Montreal | official |
| Parlovr | official |
| Purity Ring | official |
| Southern Shores | official |
| The Dudes | official |
| The Helio Sequence | official |
| The Pack AD | official |
| The Spring Standards | official |
| The Super Friendz | official |
| The White Buffalo | official |
| Wintersleep | official |
| Zola Jesus | official |
No one is attending this festival yet