All 15 PNE concerts at new amphitheatre: Boy George & Culture Club, ‘Weird Al’ & more
Published 7:00 am Thursday, April 16, 2026
All 15 headliners are now revealed for the 2026 PNE Fair’s Summer Night Concerts series, happening at the new Freedom Mobile Arch open-air venue for the first time.
Added to the list Thursday were “Weird Al” Yankovic (Sept. 3), Earth, Wind & Fire (Sept. 4), Pierce The Vail (Sept. 5), Sarah McLachlan (Sept. 6) and Boy George & Culture Club (Sept. 7).
Earlier, event organizers annnounced Blue Rodeo (Aug. 22), The Guess Who (Aug. 23), The Beaches (Aug. 25), Nelly (Aug. 26) and Zedd (Aug. 27) as the first five concerts in the PNE’s summer series, running Aug. 22 to Sept. 7, 2026.
Other concerts will feature Mt. Joy (Aug. 28), Wicked star Cynthia Erivo with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Aug. 29), Punjabi Versa (Aug. 30), “Drops of Jupiter” hitmakers Train (Sept. 1) and beloved Canadian quartet Barenaked Ladies (Sept. 2).
Starting at $49 plus fees, Summer Night Concert tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Monday, April 20 on TicketLeader.ca, or visit pne.ca for more about this year’s fair in East Vancouver.
Fair admission is included with the price of tickets for the 15 concerts, announced five at a time this week (April 14-16, 7 a.m. daily).
The 10,000-seat Freedom Mobile Arch, designed by Revery Architecture with a free-span mass timber roof, will stage a number of concerts this summer including FIFA Fan Festival, held during the 2026 World Cup soccer tournament (Mötley Crüe, Kx5, Metric, Flo Rida, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Bob Moses and many others will headline). Live Nation Canada-booked summer concerts at the amphitheatre feature Alabama Shakes, Weird Al (during the PNE) and Myles Smith.
Other PNE attractions for 2026 include a new “Wizard of Oz” ice show at Pacific Coliseum, Superdogs “Fairy Tails” 50th-anniversary shows at the Agrodome, British Columbia Tattoo military bands (also at Agrodome), West Coast Lumberjacks, The Nerveless Nocks daredevil circus, Dueling Piano Kings, Breaking Battle Live dancers and DJs, Music Bingo and more.
2026 PNE Summer Night Concerts by date and artist:
August 22 – Blue Rodeo
August 23 – The Guess Who
August 25 – The Beaches
August 26 – Nelly
August 27- Zedd
August 28 – Mt. Joy
August 29 – Cynthia Erivo with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
August 30 – Punjabi Virsa
September 1 – Train
September 2 – Barenaked Ladies
September 3 – “Weird Al” Yankovic
September 4 – Earth, Wind & Fire
September 5 – Pierce The Vail
September 6 – Sarah McLachlan
September 7 – Boy George & Culture Club