As the city recovers from the Swift-sized hangover from the Eras Tour, and the battle for tickets, lets look ahead and see what music concert events are coming up to please the music fan on your Christmas list!
1 – CONTACT Winter Music Festival, for the 13th year Canada’s largest indoor music festival brings the tops in electronic music including Deadmau5, Seven Lions, Eli Brown, James Hype and more to Vancouver, at Vancouver Convention Centre December 27 & 28, 2024
2 – SUM 41 the soon-to-be Canadian Hall of Fame inductee’ farewell Tour of the Setting Sum, supporting their final album Heaven x Hell, makes a stop at Rogers Arena January 11, 2025
3 – INVICTUS GAMES CEREMONIES in addition to the global athletes coming to Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025, Opening Ceremony features Katy Perry, Noah Kahan, Nelly Furtado, Roxane Bruneau and more, while the Closing Ceremony features Jelly Roll, Barenaked Ladies, and The War And Treaty. Opening Ceremony @ BC Place February 6, 2025 / Closing Ceremony @ Rogers Arena February 16, 2025
3 – NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS‘ South of Here Tour brings the folk, rock, R&B act to Rogers Arena February 13, 2025
4 – JELLY ROLL along with Josh Ross, Savannah Dexter & Brabo Gator bring The Beautifully Broken Great Northern Tour to Rogers Arena March 8, 2025
5 – THE BEACH BOYS Endless Summer Gold is the tour and feeling you’ll have when you see the icons live at UBC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre March 23, 2025
6 – JUNOS 2025, hosted by Michael Buble who also performs along with Canadian Hall of Fame inductees SUM 41, at Rogers Arena March 30, 2025
7 – AC/DC the legendary Aussie rockers take to the road for the first time in nine years on The 2025 Power Up North American Tour, at BC Place Stadium April 22, 2025
8 – KYLIE MINOGUE Aussie April continues when the pop icon brings her Tension Tour, supported by Rita Ora, to the Pacific Coliseum April 26, 2025
9 – JACK WHITE plays theatres and concert halls all over the world on his NO NAME Tour including a stop at Commodore Ballroom May 22 & 23, 2025
10 – OMD Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark take their British synth sound on tour in support of their latest album Bauhaus Staircase at The Orpheum Theatre June 9, 2025
11 – KATY PERRY The Lifetimes Tour the pop artist’s first tour in 7 years kicks off its Canadian leg in Vancouver at Rogers Arena July 22, 2025
12 – SUNFEST COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL returns with headliners Tim Hicks, Jordan Davis, Ashley Cooke, Bailey Zimmerman, Chase Rice, Brothers Osborne, Sawyer Brown and more at Laketown Ranch Music and Recreation Park July 31 to August 3, 2025
13 – TATE MCRAE‘s Miss Possessive Tour, supported by Zara Larsson, brings the Canadian star back home for 2 nights in Vancouver at Rogers Arena August 4 & 5, 2025
14 – TEDDY SWIMS brings his blend of R&B, Soul, Country, Pop to town when his I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Tour stops at UBC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre August 30, 2025
These are just as taste of the hundreds of concerts already on the calendar for 2025