Dermot Kennedy will finish his 2026 The Weight of the Woods Tour at Rogers Arena on Thursday, October 29, 2026. Vancouver is the final stop on a North American run that opened September 4 in Minneapolis, and tickets are on sale now.
Key details
- Artist: Dermot Kennedy, the Irish singer-songwriter behind "Outnumbered" and "Giants"
- Tour: The Weight of the Woods Tour, named after his third studio album
- Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
- Venue: Rogers Arena, 800 Griffiths Way, Vancouver
- Support: Jonah Kagen is billed on most dates of the run, with Hunter Metts on select shows
- Tickets: On sale now via Ticketmaster
- Why it matters: Vancouver hosts the last night of the tour
Full tour dates
The Weight of the Woods Tour runs through North America in fall 2026, with Jonah Kagen supporting on most dates and Hunter Metts on select shows.
- Sep 4 - Minneapolis, MN - The Armory
- Sep 5 - Milwaukee, WI - Landmark Credit Union Live
- Sep 8 - Indianapolis, IN - Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park
- Sep 9 - Maryland Heights, MO - Saint Louis Music Park
- Sep 11 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
- Sep 12 - Sterling Heights, MI - Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
- Sep 15 - Toronto, ON - RBC Amphitheatre
- Sep 16 - Laval, QC - Place Bell
- Sep 18 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway
- Sep 21 - Washington, DC - The Anthem
- Sep 22 - Philadelphia, PA - Skyline Stage at Highmark Mann
- Sep 24 - Gilford, NH - BankNH Pavilion
- Sep 26 - Syracuse, NY - Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview
- Sep 29 - Queens, NY - Forest Hills Stadium
- Oct 1 - Richmond, VA - Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
- Oct 3 - Charlotte, NC - Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Oct 4 - Raleigh, NC - The Red Hat Amphitheatre
- Oct 6 - Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewing Company
- Oct 8 - Tampa, FL - Yuengling Center
- Oct 10 - Atlanta, GA - Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park
- Oct 11 - Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater
- Oct 13 - Austin, TX - Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
- Oct 14 - Irving, TX - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
- Oct 16 - Bellvue, CO - Mishawaka Amphitheatre
- Oct 17 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- Oct 19 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
- Oct 21 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Financial Theatre
- Oct 22 - San Diego, CA - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
- Oct 24 - San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
- Oct 26 - Seattle, WA - The Paramount Theatre
- Oct 27 - Portland, OR - Theater of the Clouds
- Oct 29 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
A tour that ends where the map runs out
Kennedy announced the fall run in March, and the routing tells its own story: a long crawl from the Midwest through Canada and the Northeast, down the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, then west through Colorado for a Red Rocks night on October 17 before Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland. Rogers Arena is the terminus. Closing nights tend to be loose in the best way, and for a performer whose live reputation rests on the size of his voice rather than production spectacle, that usually means a longer set and a band with nothing left to save.
The album behind it arrived on April 3 through Interscope and Island. The Weight of the Woods is Kennedy's third studio record, and it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, making him the first Irish solo artist to top that chart with each of his first three studio albums. It is a deliberately rooted record: the credits run to uilleann pipes, bodhran, tin whistle, concertina and a chamber choir from Maynooth University, and the writing keeps circling back to Ireland rather than away from it.
Three singles set it up. "Funeral" landed in January, "Refuge" in February and "Honest" in March, and together they sketch the shape of the album: grief and steadiness handled at the same volume. Kennedy has always worked in that register, somewhere between folk balladry and the rasp of hip-hop-influenced phrasing he picked up busking in Dublin, and the new material gives him more acoustic space to fill than the arena-pop production of his earlier records did.
Vancouver audiences have followed him up the venue ladder for years, from club shows to theatres, and an arena finale is a reasonable measure of how far that has gone. If you want to plan the rest of your fall around it, our Vancouver concert calendar has the full slate of shows at Rogers Arena and every other room in the city.
Frequently asked questions
When is Dermot Kennedy playing in Vancouver?
Thursday, October 29, 2026 at Rogers Arena, 800 Griffiths Way. It is the only Vancouver date on The Weight of the Woods Tour.
Who is opening for Dermot Kennedy on The Weight of the Woods Tour?
Jonah Kagen is billed as support on most dates of the North American run, with Hunter Metts appearing at select shows. Check the ticket listing for the confirmed Vancouver bill.
Is the Vancouver show really the last night of the tour?
Yes. The fall North American run opened September 4 in Minneapolis and finishes October 29 in Vancouver.
Are tickets still available?
Tickets went on general sale in April and remain available through Ticketmaster at the time of writing.
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