Bonobo plays Vancouver's PNE Forum on Monday, November 16, 2026, the only Western Canadian date on the Distance in Static Live North American Tour. The 21-date run supports Simon Green's eighth album as Bonobo, due September 11 on Ninja Tune, and carries a completely new stage production designed by Pierre Claude. Tickets are on sale now.
Key details
- Artist: Bonobo (Simon Green)
- Date: Monday, November 16, 2026
- Venue: PNE Forum, Hastings Park, Vancouver
- Tour: Distance in Static Live North American Tour
- Album: Distance in Static, out September 11, 2026 on Ninja Tune
- Status: On sale
- Tickets: Live Nation
Full tour dates
The Distance in Static Live North American Tour runs from November 5 to December 5, 2026.
- Nov 5 - Austin, TX - Emo's
- Nov 6 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
- Nov 7 - Dallas, TX - The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
- Nov 9 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
- Nov 11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
- Nov 12 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
- Nov 14 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
- Nov 15 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
- Nov 16 - Vancouver, BC - PNE Forum
- Nov 17 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
- Nov 19 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom
- Nov 20 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen
- Nov 24 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
- Nov 25 - Chicago, IL - Radius
- Nov 26 - Toronto, ON - HISTORY
- Nov 27 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS
- Nov 28 - Boston, MA - Citizens House of Blues
- Nov 30 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Ballroom
- Dec 3 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring
- Dec 4 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
- Dec 5 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Paramount
An eighth album, and a stage show built from scratch
Distance in Static is the first full Bonobo record since 2022's Fragments, and it was assembled the long way around. Green tracked it across sessions in Los Angeles, Tokyo and London, with a large share of the work completed at Neil Young's Broken Arrow Ranch in northern California. The guest list is unusually wide even by his standards: Arooj Aftab, Joy Crookes, Nilüfer Yanya, Ichiko Aoba, Nicole Miglis and Aanya Martin all appear, and the lyrics move between English, Urdu and Japanese. "Me and You" was the first piece of it made public.
The touring half of the project matters just as much. Green has commissioned an entirely new Bonobo live show from Pierre Claude, the designer behind productions for Air, Gesaffelstein, Phoenix and Caroline Polachek. That is a meaningful signal for anyone who saw the Fragments shows: this is not the same rig with a fresh playlist, but a ground-up rebuild timed to the record.
The routing opens November 5 at Emo's in Austin and closes December 5 at Brooklyn Paramount in New York, taking in Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago and Boston along the way. Only three Canadian dates were announced: Vancouver on November 16, Toronto's History on November 26 and Montreal's MTELUS on November 27. If you live west of Ontario, the PNE Forum is the show.
Vancouver has a habit of getting Bonobo in rooms that suit him. He filled the Commodore Ballroom in 2013 on the The North Borders run, and he last played the PNE Forum in March 2022, a barn of a space that gives a production like this the ceiling height and sightlines it needs. Hastings Park is not a subtle room, but it has repeatedly worked for artists whose sets are built around lighting and low end, and Claude's design should have room to breathe there.
Frequently asked questions
When does Bonobo play Vancouver?
Monday, November 16, 2026 at the PNE Forum in Hastings Park. Tickets are on sale through Live Nation.
Is this the only Bonobo show in Western Canada?
Yes. The announced Canadian dates on the Distance in Static Live North American Tour are Vancouver on November 16, Toronto on November 26 and Montreal on November 27.
Is the new Bonobo album out yet?
Not quite. Distance in Static arrives September 11, 2026 on Ninja Tune, roughly two months before the Vancouver date, so the material should be well settled by the time the tour reaches the PNE Forum.
What else is on in Vancouver that week?
Check our full Vancouver concert calendar for every announced show, on-sale and venue.
Scene in the Dark has covered Vancouver's live-music scene since 2010, from club shows at the Rickshaw to stadium nights at BC Place.
