Halifax police are investigating a stabbing at Taboo nightclub in downtown Halifax early Saturday morning.

Following an assault inside the club, police say bar staff escorted a man outside where he discovered he'd been stabbed in the abdomen.

Police were called to the Grafton Street bar at 2:50 a.m.

The man is expected to be released from hospital Sunday. Police say the hospital went into a temporary lockdown while the man was there.

No arrests have been made.