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Concerts in Vancouver Tonight
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Best Shows in Vancouver Next Week
Top picks 7–14 days out. Headliners on sale now, sorted by date.
Sold-Out Vancouver Shows This Month
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Cheapest Vancouver Concert Tickets
Lowest face-value primary tickets in Vancouver, starting from $15. Upper-level and balcony seats sorted by price.
Top Vancouver Concert Venues — Capacity, Parking, Tips
The most-booked venues in Vancouver based on this month's tour activity. Tap any venue to jump to its next show on Ticketmaster.
Vancouver Concert Calendar — Upcoming Months
Month-by-month breakdown of every confirmed show in Vancouver. Tap any month to see the full lineup.
Live Concerts in Vancouver — 199 Upcoming Shows on Sale
Looking for concerts in Vancouver tonight, this weekend, or later this month? Vancouver is one of the busiest live-music markets in Canada — every official Vancouver concert ticket, comedy show, sports game, and festival on sale right now, pulled live from Ticketmaster every 6 hours. No resale markups, no scalpers, no broken links.
From arena tours at Rogers Arena to club shows and theatre runs across Vancouver, this is the fastest way to see what’s on tonight, what’s touring this month, and which Vancouver dates are still available before they sell out. Tap any show below for live pricing, seat maps, and the official Ticketmaster checkout.
People Also Ask — Vancouver Live Events
What concerts are in Vancouver tonight?
No same-day shows confirmed for Vancouver tonight, but last-minute holds often release before doors. See the full list at the top of this page.
When is the next Canucks game in Vancouver?
Check the Sports filter above for the next Canucks home game at Rogers Arena. The Ticketmaster feed refreshes every 6 hours so the schedule is always current.
How much are Vancouver concert tickets?
Vancouver concert tickets typically range from $35 (upper-level) to $300+ (floor / VIP). Mid-week shows often run 15–30% lower than weekend headliners.
Where can I buy cheap Vancouver tickets?
Every event card on this page links directly to Ticketmaster's primary checkout — face-value pricing, no resale markup. Use the "Cheapest" section above to find lowest-priced shows.
What time do Vancouver concerts start?
Most Vancouver concerts start between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM local, with doors opening 60–90 minutes earlier. Canucks home games typically start 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Are Vancouver shows sold out?
0 Vancouver shows are marked sold out right now. The "Sold Out" section above shows resale-only listings via Ticketmaster Fan-to-Fan.
What's the best venue for concerts in Vancouver?
Rogers Arena hosts the biggest tours, but The Pearl has the most variety this month with 25 shows confirmed.
Can I get last-minute Vancouver tickets?
Yes — sold-out shows often release additional inventory 24–48 hours before doors. Bookmark this page or save events to your watchlist to track price drops.
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Vancouver runs a tighter live-events calendar than its population suggests, and that is mostly down to geography. The city is squeezed between the North Shore mountains, the Salish Sea and the Fraser River, which forces almost every major venue into a walkable downtown corridor and pushes the cultural energy outward into a ring of distinct neighbourhoods. Rogers Arena on Griffiths Way is the city’s only true arena room, holding 18,910 for Canucks hockey and just under 20,000 for end-stage concerts. Across Pacific Boulevard, BC Place handles stadium tours, MLS soccer with the Whitecaps and the BC Lions of the CFL under its inflated white roof. The Queen Elizabeth Theatre next to QE Plaza hosts Broadway-style touring musicals and Vancouver Opera, and the historic Orpheum Theatre on Smithe Street is the long-time home of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. The Commodore Ballroom on Granville Street holds 990 on its sprung dance floor and is regularly named one of the best mid-size rooms in North America. Around the edges sit the Vogue, the Rickshaw on the Downtown Eastside, the Hollywood Theatre in Kitsilano and a dense scrum of breweries, comedy clubs and indie venues. Summers run cool and dry and turn the city into a full outdoor festival market, with Stanley Park, the seawall and PNE Amphitheatre all in heavy rotation. Winters are mild but persistently rainy, which pushes audiences indoors from late October through early April. Vancouver is a mid-tier touring market by North American standards, but a non-negotiable West Coast stop for any act routing through the Pacific Northwest.
What’s happening in Vancouver this week
Weeknights in Vancouver tilt toward the indie rooms and comedy clubs while the arena saves itself for weekend headliners. Monday is usually a soft night across the city, although the Comedy Mix shows at the Rickshaw and open mics around Mount Pleasant keep things moving. Tuesdays and Wednesdays bring the bulk of small-venue touring, with the Biltmore Cabaret, Fox Cabaret and the Wise Hall taking acts that are routing between Seattle and Calgary. Thursdays load up fast as the weekend ramps, with the Commodore Ballroom and Vogue Theatre both running shows most weeks and DJ residencies kicking off on the Granville Strip after 10 p.m. Rainy nights, which is most of them from November through March, push audiences into the indoor rooms and lift attendance at Yaletown lounge programming and Gastown speakeasies. On clear evenings the rooftops at the Permanent, Reflections at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia and the Cactus Club on English Bay all fill quickly. Sports schedules drive a lot of the city’s rhythm too. A Canucks home stand pulls thousands into the Stadium-Chinatown corridor for early-evening dinner and post-game pubs, while Whitecaps and Lions Saturdays do the same on the BC Place side. Check the city’s nightly listings before you commit to a plan, because the venue mix shifts considerably between a touring-heavy week and a quiet residency stretch.
Things to do in Vancouver this weekend
Friday is the city’s loudest night of the week, with the Commodore, Vogue, Rickshaw, Fortune Sound Club and the Orpheum all typically running concerts simultaneously. Doors at the bigger rooms cluster around 7 to 8 p.m., which lines up with the Canucks faceoff time at Rogers Arena and creates a downtown bottleneck around Stadium-Chinatown SkyTrain. Saturdays expand outward. In summer the calendar fills with street festivals like the Khatsahlano Street Party along West 4th in Kitsilano, the Italian Day on the Drive in Commercial Drive, the Vancouver Mural Festival in Mount Pleasant and the Car-Free Day takeovers across multiple neighbourhoods. Bard on the Beach runs nightly Shakespeare under a tent at Vanier Park from June through September, with two stages and a sunset view of English Bay. Stanley Park summer concerts at Malkin Bowl host indie and folk headliners from Music in the Park and the occasional Live Nation date, and shows at the PNE Amphitheatre out at Hastings Park run through August and the Labour Day fair. The Aquabus ferry from Yaletown’s Hornby Street dock or the False Creek Ferries from the West End run continuously to Granville Island, which is the easiest way to combine a Public Market dinner with an Improv Centre or Granville Island Stage show. Sundays slow down but the brunch-and-matinee combination is strong, especially around Granville Island, Main Street and Commercial Drive.
Events in Vancouver today
The fastest way to see what is on in Vancouver tonight is to check the live event listings on this page, which pull tonight’s concerts, comedy, sports and theatre by date. Ticketmaster, the Commodore’s own calendar, Live Nation Western Canada and the Georgia Straight Listings page are the four standard cross-references for any local. Weeknight programming is lighter than weekends but rarely empty. The Yuk Yuk’s comedy club in the West End runs Wednesday through Sunday, Blue Mondays at Guilt and Co. in Gastown have been a fixture for years, and DJ residencies at Celebrities, Twelve West and the Roxy fire up after 10 p.m. on Granville. Weekday touring shows usually post a 7 p.m. door and an 8 p.m. start, which is early by North American standards and lets the city’s transit-dependent crowd catch the last SkyTrain home around 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights run later, with the Granville Strip clubs open until 3 a.m. and late-night food carts and ramen shops on Robson keeping the post-show traffic fed. If you are downtown without a plan, walking south on Granville Street from Robson to Davie passes most of the city’s late-night options inside fifteen minutes, and a single SkyTrain ride from Stadium-Chinatown reaches almost every other major event location in the central city.
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Concerts
Vancouver’s concert scene runs from the 990-capacity Commodore Ballroom and the 1,200-seat Vogue Theatre at the small end, through the Orpheum at 2,688 seats and the Queen Elizabeth Theatre at 2,765, up to Rogers Arena and BC Place for the largest tours. The Commodore in particular punches well above its weight, regularly ranked among the busiest mid-size rooms in North America and a routing fixture for any Pacific Northwest indie, rock or alternative act. Outdoor summer concerts move to the PNE Amphitheatre out at Hastings Park, Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park and the Vancouver Folk Music Festival site at Jericho Beach Park. Routing patterns are predictable: most tours play Seattle the night before or after Vancouver, with Calgary or Portland on the other end of the swing.
Comedy shows
Comedy in Vancouver runs through a small number of dedicated rooms and a long list of bar-back stages. Yuk Yuk’s in the West End is the city’s longest-running comedy club and rotates touring headliners Wednesday through Sunday. The Improv Centre on Granville Island runs short-form improv most nights and is the standard pre-show option for visitors. Comedy Here Often, the Underground Comedy Club at China Cloud and the Little Mountain Gallery shows handle the indie and alt-comedy crowd. Larger touring stand-up tours from Kevin Hart, Sebastian Maniscalco, Ali Wong, Trevor Noah and Hasan Minhaj land at Rogers Arena, the Orpheum or the Queen Elizabeth Theatre depending on size, with most playing one or two nights.
Theater
Vancouver’s theatre scene is small but consistent. Broadway Across Canada tours and big-name musical sit-downs play the Queen Elizabeth Theatre at QE Plaza. The Arts Club Theatre Company runs three rooms — the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage on Granville Street, the Granville Island Stage and the Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre — and is the city’s leading regional producer. Bard on the Beach handles a full summer season of Shakespeare in two tents at Vanier Park from June through September. Smaller experimental work shows up at the Cultch on Venables Street, the Firehall Arts Centre on the Downtown Eastside and Performance Works on Granville Island. Vancouver Opera, Ballet BC and Vancouver Symphony all anchor the Orpheum and Queen Elizabeth Theatre seasons.
Sports games
Vancouver’s three big pro teams all play within walking distance of each other downtown. The Vancouver Canucks run a 41-game NHL home schedule at Rogers Arena from October through April, the longest and most consistent driver of downtown event-night traffic. The Vancouver Whitecaps of MLS play roughly seventeen home matches a year at BC Place from late February through October, and the BC Lions of the CFL share the same stadium from June through November. The Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League play single-A baseball out at Nat Bailey Stadium in Riley Park, a much smaller and more affordable summer night out. PWHL Vancouver joined the women’s professional hockey league at Rogers Arena starting in the 2025-26 season.
Festivals
Vancouver’s festival calendar is heavily weighted to summer, when the dry stretch from late June through early September turns the city into a near-continuous outdoor event. The Honda Celebration of Light, a three-night international fireworks competition over English Bay in late July and early August, draws hundreds of thousands to the West End beaches. The Vancouver Folk Music Festival fills Jericho Beach Park in mid-July, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival spreads across downtown venues and outdoor stages at the end of June, and the Pacific National Exhibition runs the Fair at the PNE for the last two weeks of August into Labour Day. Winter shifts the energy to PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in January and February and the Vancouver International Wine Festival at the Convention Centre.
Free events
Free events in Vancouver lean heavily on the parks and the seawall. Robson Square hosts free outdoor concerts and films through the Summer Spotlight series each July and August, and the downtown VAG plaza next door runs intermittent pop-up programming. The Khatsahlano Street Party in July, Italian Day on the Drive in June, the Vancouver Mural Festival paint-up week and the Powell Street Festival in Japantown all run free outdoor stages. The Honda Celebration of Light is fully free to watch from English Bay, Sunset Beach and Kitsilano Beach. Most public library branches host free author events and the Vancouver Public Library central branch on Robson runs a strong rotating program of talks. The PNE’s twilight free concerts at the Chevrolet Stage in August are included with general fair admission.
Live music
Beyond the marquee concert rooms, Vancouver has a deep bench of small live-music venues that run six or seven nights a week. The Biltmore Cabaret on Kingsway, the Fox Cabaret on Main, the Wise Hall on East Hastings and the Rickshaw on East Hastings cover indie rock, garage, electronic and alt-country touring. Guilt and Co. in Gastown and Frankie’s Italian Kitchen near Yaletown handle jazz residencies most nights of the week. The LanaLou’s rockabilly stage and the Princeton on the Downtown Eastside cover the heavier local circuit. Steamworks Brewing in Gastown, Strange Fellows Brewing in Strathcona and several Mount Pleasant breweries run live music in their taprooms with no cover most weeknights.
Nightlife
Vancouver’s nightlife concentrates on three corridors. The Granville Entertainment District between Smithe and Davie holds the city’s biggest clubs — the Roxy, Twelve West, Caprice, Cabana Lounge and the Library Square — and runs loud until the 3 a.m. close. Gastown along Water Street and Cordova trades clubs for cocktail bars and small venues, with Guilt and Co., the Diamond, Pourhouse and the Keefer Bar leading the list. Yaletown’s rooftop and waterfront lounges — including Reflections at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, the Permanent and the Cactus Club on English Bay — handle the upscale crowd. Davie Village from Burrard to Jervis is the city’s LGBTQ+ nightlife hub, anchored by Celebrities, Junction, the Junction Public House and 1181.
Top neighborhoods
Downtown / Entertainment District
Downtown Vancouver between Granville Street and the BC Place / Rogers Arena complex on Pacific Boulevard is the dense centre of the city’s major event nights. Rogers Arena, the Vogue Theatre on Granville, the Commodore Ballroom one block north and the Orpheum on Smithe all sit within a ten-minute walk of each other. The Stadium-Chinatown and Granville SkyTrain stations both empty into the corridor, and almost every downtown hotel is in range. On a Canucks home night or a Commodore sold-out show, the surrounding restaurants from Cardero’s and Joe Fortes through the Keg Steakhouse on Hamilton stay full from 5 p.m. through to last call. This is also the safest part of downtown to walk after midnight, with steady foot traffic on Granville until 3 a.m.
Granville Strip
The Granville Entertainment District between Smithe and Davie Streets is Vancouver’s designated late-night club zone. The street is closed to vehicles on Friday and Saturday nights from late spring through early fall, and the half-dozen big clubs — the Roxy, Twelve West, Caprice Nightclub, Cabana Lounge, the Granville Room and Library Square — all run until 3 a.m. with door queues that build hard after 11 p.m. The corridor leans loud and young, with bottle service, DJ residencies and a steady mix of touring and resident acts. Yuk Yuk’s and the Vogue Theatre sit at the southern edge, and several late-night pizza joints and shawarma counters handle the post-club traffic.
Yaletown
Yaletown south of Smithe along Mainland and Hamilton Streets converted from warehouse district to upscale loft neighbourhood in the years after Expo 86, and the bar and lounge scene now leans premium. Rooftops at the Permanent on Cambie, Reflections on the seventh floor of the Rosewood Hotel Georgia and the patio at Cactus Club on English Bay all draw a polished after-work crowd. The Yaletown Brewing Company on Mainland is the longest-running neighbourhood anchor, and the Glowbal Group restaurants on Mainland fill nightly. Yaletown-Roundhouse SkyTrain station and the Aquabus dock at Davie make this the easiest neighbourhood to reach without a car for visitors staying in Kitsilano or the West End.
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant along Main Street and Kingsway has been the city’s indie music and brewery centre for over a decade. The Biltmore Cabaret on Kingsway hosts touring indie, garage and electronic acts five or six nights a week, and the Fox Cabaret on Main runs DJs, comedy and small live bands. The Wise Hall a short bus ride east is a 350-capacity community hall that hosts everything from indie folk to punk to fundraising shows. Brassneck, 33 Acres, R&B Brewing and a dozen other Mount Pleasant breweries cluster within a few blocks, and most run live music in their taprooms several nights a week with no cover. The neighbourhood is twenty minutes from downtown on the 3 or 19 bus, or a short ride to Main Street-Science World SkyTrain.
Granville Island
Granville Island under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge is a converted industrial peninsula that now holds the Granville Island Public Market, several theatres and a year-round arts and crafts scene. The Improv Centre runs short-form improv comedy most nights, the Granville Island Stage and Performance Works host Arts Club productions and touring small theatre, and the Vancouver International Children’s Festival takes over the island in late May. The Public Market hosts free busker stages along the boardwalk through summer. The easiest way in is the False Creek Ferries from the West End or the Aquabus from Yaletown’s Hornby Street dock, both of which run continuously and turn a show night into a small adventure across the inlet.
East Van / Strathcona
East Vancouver and Strathcona east of Main Street hold the city’s rougher, looser, more DIY end of the live music scene. The Rickshaw Theatre on East Hastings is a 1970s former cinema turned 700-capacity rock room, and a routing fixture for heavier touring acts from Sub Pop and Polyvinyl bands through hardcore and metal. Strange Fellows Brewing on Clark Drive, Powell Brewery on Powell Street, Parallel 49 and Off the Rail run live music in their taprooms with no cover most weeks. China Cloud and the Astoria Hotel on East Hastings handle warehouse-style shows and underground programming. The neighbourhood is a fifteen-minute bus ride from downtown on the 14 or 16, or the Main Street-Science World SkyTrain plus a short walk.
What's on by month
January
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival runs from mid-January through early February with experimental theatre, dance and performance at venues across the city. Dine Out Vancouver takes over restaurant menus citywide for several weeks. The post-holiday concert calendar is quiet but the Canucks home schedule is in full swing at Rogers Arena, and the Commodore Ballroom restarts indie touring after the holiday lull.
February
PuSh Festival wraps in early February and the Vancouver International Wine Festival fills the Vancouver Convention Centre West for a week. The Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival runs all month across dozens of cafes and chocolatiers. Lunar New Year celebrations spread across Chinatown and Richmond. The Canucks run a heavy February home stretch.
March
Vancouver International Dance Festival lands in the second half of the month. The Vancouver International Wine Festival finishes if it carries into early March. St. Patrick’s Day fills the Irish pubs from the Blarney Stone in Gastown through Mahony and Sons. Spring touring season begins ramping at the Commodore and Vogue.
April
The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival takes over the city through most of April with the Big Picnic at David Lam Park as the centrepiece. The Vancouver Sun Run, the largest 10K road race in Canada, runs in mid-April. The Canucks regular season wraps and the NHL playoffs may carry into the back half of the month at Rogers Arena.
May
The Vancouver Craft Beer Week runs late May into early June at the PNE Forum. Bard on the Beach opens its summer season under the tents at Vanier Park. The Vancouver International Children’s Festival takes over Granville Island in the last week of May. Whitecaps and Canadians schedules are both in full swing.
June
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival fills downtown venues and outdoor stages at David Lam Park and Robson Square at the end of June. Italian Day on the Drive closes Commercial Drive for a Sunday street party. Bard on the Beach is in full swing. The BC Lions open their CFL home season at BC Place.
July
Canada Day on July 1 fills Canada Place and Granville Island. The Khatsahlano Street Party closes ten blocks of West 4th in Kitsilano. The Vancouver Folk Music Festival runs three days at Jericho Beach Park. The Honda Celebration of Light fireworks begin in late July over English Bay. Vancouver Pride builds toward the end-of-month parade through the West End.
August
The Honda Celebration of Light wraps in early August. The Pacific National Exhibition opens the Fair at the PNE for the last two weeks of the month, with twilight concerts at the Chevrolet Stage included in admission. The Powell Street Festival celebrates Japantown and the Vancouver Mural Festival paints up Mount Pleasant. Outdoor concert season at Malkin Bowl and the PNE Amphitheatre is at peak.
September
The PNE Fair runs through Labour Day. The Vancouver International Film Festival opens in late September and runs into early October at the Cinematheque, the Vancouver Playhouse and several downtown screens. The Whitecaps push toward MLS playoffs, the Canucks open the NHL preseason and the BC Lions head into the CFL playoff race.
October
The Vancouver International Film Festival wraps in the first half of October. Diwali Fest celebrations spread across the city with events at the Vancouver Playhouse, Yaletown Roundhouse and Surrey Civic Plaza. Halloween fills the Granville Strip clubs with major themed nights. The Canucks NHL regular season opens at Rogers Arena.
November
Eastside Culture Crawl opens artist studios across East Vancouver in mid-November. The Vancouver Christmas Market opens at Jack Poole Plaza next to the Vancouver Convention Centre. The Cornucopia food and wine festival in nearby Whistler pulls some Vancouver weekend traffic. Indoor concert programming at the Commodore and Vogue runs heavy through the holiday lead-up.
December
The Vancouver Christmas Market runs through December 24 at Jack Poole Plaza. Bright Nights at Stanley Park lights up the miniature railway through the Christmas season. The Canucks run a heavy holiday home stand. New Year’s Eve fills the Granville Strip clubs, BC Place hosts the Concord New Year’s Eve fireworks and lounges across Yaletown and Gastown run ticketed midnight parties.