Hans Zimmer plays Rogers Arena on Thursday, April 8, 2027 as part of Hans Zimmer Live - The Next Level, the composer's new arena production. It is the only Western Canadian date on the North American run. Presales begin Tuesday, September 23 at 10 am local time, with the general on-sale Friday, September 25 at 10 am.
Key details
- Who: Hans Zimmer, the film composer behind Dune, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lion King
- What: Hans Zimmer Live - The Next Level, a new arena production with Zimmer joined on stage by a large touring ensemble
- When: Thursday, April 8, 2027, 7:30 pm
- Where: Rogers Arena, 800 Griffiths Way, Vancouver
- On sale: Presales Tuesday, September 23 at 10 am local; general on-sale Friday, September 25 at 10 am
- Tickets: Ticketmaster and hanszimmerlive.com
- Canadian dates: Ottawa (February 26), Quebec City (February 28), Hamilton (March 2), Vancouver (April 8)
Full tour dates
The North American run of Hans Zimmer Live - The Next Level covers 30 arena dates from February 17 to April 11, 2027, with Vancouver on the final West Coast swing.
- Feb 17 - Hartford, CT - PeoplesBank Arena
- Feb 19 - Belmont Park, NY - UBS Arena
- Feb 21 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
- Feb 23 - Philadelphia, PA - Xfinity Mobile Arena
- Feb 24 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
- Feb 26 - Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre
- Feb 28 - Quebec City, QC - Videotron Centre
- Mar 2 - Hamilton, ON - TD Coliseum
- Mar 3 - Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
- Mar 5 - Chicago, IL - United Center
- Mar 7 - Cincinnati, OH - Heritage Bank Center
- Mar 9 - Charlotte, NC - Spectrum Center
- Mar 11 - Orlando, FL - Kia Center
- Mar 13 - Miami, FL - Kaseya Center
- Mar 14 - Tampa, FL - Benchmark International Arena
- Mar 16 - Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena
- Mar 17 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
- Mar 19 - Kansas City, MO - T-Mobile Center
- Mar 21 - Oklahoma City, OK - Paycom Center
- Mar 22 - Fort Worth, TX - Dickies Arena
- Mar 25 - Denver, CO - Ball Arena
- Mar 27 - Salt Lake City, UT - Delta Center
- Mar 30 - Phoenix, AZ - Mortgage Matchup Center
- Apr 1 - Los Angeles, CA - Crypto.com Arena
- Apr 2 - Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
- Apr 4 - San Francisco, CA - Chase Center
- Apr 5 - Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center
- Apr 8 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
- Apr 9 - Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena
- Apr 11 - Portland, OR - Moda Center
Vancouver gets the only stop west of Hamilton
The North American leg of The Next Level opens February 17 at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford and closes April 11 at Portland's Moda Center. Four of those dates are Canadian, and three of them are clustered in the east in late February and early March: Ottawa's Canadian Tire Centre, Quebec City's Videotron Centre and Hamilton's TD Coliseum. Zimmer then spends five weeks working across the United States before returning north for Rogers Arena on April 8, sandwiched between Sacramento on April 5 and Seattle on April 9.
For anyone in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba, that makes the Vancouver show the one. There is no Calgary, Edmonton or Winnipeg date on this itinerary, which is the kind of detail that tends to move tickets quickly in a 19,000-capacity room. The Rogers Arena date also lands a month before Metallica's M72 stop at BC Place on May 8, 2027, giving Vancouver two genuinely large-scale arena and stadium bookings inside the same spring.
What The Next Level actually is
This is not a symphony-plays-the-movies night. The Next Level is a purpose-built touring production that leans on electronic soundscapes and an elaborate lighting design as much as on orchestration, with Zimmer performing alongside a multi-instrumental ensemble rather than conducting from a podium. The show has already run through Europe, where the production's own promotional material notes it ranked among the top 10 tours worldwide in the first half of 2026, and it continues through Asia and Australia before reaching North America.
Zimmer has been blunt about the effect he is chasing. "I want the fans to get a feeling like they're at a rave or riding a roller coaster," he says on his website, adding that "the biggest challenge is the status quo - you must do everything in your power to leave that behind and find and create something new." Setlists on previous runs of his live show have drawn from across the catalogue, and Vancouver can reasonably expect material spanning Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight, Interstellar and Dune.
The credentials behind all of it are not in dispute: two Academy Awards, five Grammys and three Golden Globes across four decades of scoring, plus a second career as one of the few composers who can fill arenas under his own name.
Frequently asked questions
When do Hans Zimmer tickets go on sale in Vancouver?
Presales start Tuesday, September 23 at 10 am local time and the general on-sale is Friday, September 25 at 10 am. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and the official tour site.
When and where is the Hans Zimmer Vancouver concert?
Thursday, April 8, 2027 at Rogers Arena, 800 Griffiths Way, with a 7:30 pm start listed.
Is Hans Zimmer playing anywhere else in Western Canada?
No. Vancouver is the only Western Canadian date announced on this tour. The other Canadian stops are Ottawa, Quebec City and Hamilton. Everything else coming to town is on our Vancouver concert calendar.
Scene in the Dark has covered Vancouver's live-music scene since 2010.
