Meltt play the Commodore Ballroom on Friday, October 2, 2026, the hometown stop on the North American tour behind Pathways, the Vancouver quartet's first album since 2023's Eternal Embers. Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster, and the band close the Canadian run at Victoria's Capital Ballroom on November 21.
Key details
- Who: Meltt, the Vancouver alternative psych-rock quartet of Chris Smith, James Porter, Ian Winkler and Jamie Turner
- What: The North American headline tour behind Pathways, released June 12, 2026 on Nettwerk Music Group
- When: Friday, October 2, 2026
- Where: Commodore Ballroom, 868 Granville Street, Vancouver
- Tickets: On sale via Ticketmaster
- Also on this run: Victoria, Capital Ballroom, November 21, 2026
Full tour dates
Meltt's 2026 North American tour behind Pathways opened in Calgary on August 14 and reaches the Commodore Ballroom on October 2, with a Victoria date to follow on November 21.
- Aug 14 - Calgary, AB - Commonwealth Bar & Stage
- Aug 15 - Edmonton, AB - The Starlite Room
- Aug 17 - Winnipeg, MB - Sidestage
- Aug 18 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
- Aug 19 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
- Aug 20 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
- Aug 21 - Ferndale, MI - The Loving Touch
- Aug 22 - Toronto, ON - The Mod Club
- Aug 24 - Ottawa, ON - The 27 Club
- Aug 25 - Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
- Aug 27 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
- Aug 28 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
- Aug 29 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry at The Fillmore Philadelphia
- Aug 30 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis
- Sep 1 - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall
- Sep 2 - Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
- Sep 3 - Nashville, TN - The Blue Room
- Sep 4 - Atlanta, GA - Purgatory at The Masquerade
- Sep 5 - Orlando, FL - The Social
- Sep 7 - Houston, TX - Meow Wolf Houston's Radio Tave
- Sep 8 - Austin, TX - Antone's
- Sep 9 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
- Sep 10 - Mexico City, Mexico - House of Vans
- Sep 12 - Denver, CO - The Bluebird Theater
- Sep 13 - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
- Sep 14 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
- Sep 16 - San Diego, CA - Quartyard
- Sep 17 - Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room
- Sep 18 - Ojai, CA - Ojai Deer Lodge
- Sep 19 - Felton, CA - Felton Music Hall
- Sep 20 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
- Sep 22 - Portland, OR - Polaris Hall
- Sep 23 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
- Oct 2 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
- Nov 21 - Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom
A tour that started in Calgary and ends up back on Granville
Meltt have been on the road since August 14, when this tour opened at Commonwealth Bar & Stage in Calgary. From there the four-piece worked east through Winnipeg, Chicago, Toronto and Montreal, down the Atlantic seaboard to New York's Bowery Ballroom and Washington's The Atlantis, across the south through Nashville, Atlanta and Austin, into Mexico City, then back up the Pacific coast by way of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. The Commodore date is what all of that has been pointing at: the first Vancouver headline show of the Pathways cycle, in the room that tends to mark the moment a local band stops being a local band.
That framing is not marketing. Meltt are from here in the most literal sense. Singer Chris Smith and drummer Jamie Turner met in kindergarten on the North Shore, bassist Ian Winkler went to the same school, and guitarist James Porter joined the circle in high school after moving to Canada from England. The band formalised itself in 2015, put out the Visions EP in 2017, self-released the debut album Swim Slowly in 2019, and signed to Nettwerk before Eternal Embers arrived in 2023. Along the way they have become a fixture of the Vancouver summer, including a set at the Khatsahlano Street Party in 2025.
What Pathways changed
Pathways is the first Meltt record the band produced entirely themselves, and they have been candid that the shift was as much circumstantial as artistic. Much of Eternal Embers was assembled remotely during the lockdown years; Pathways was built in a room together, with improved home-recording setups meaning a lot of the writing-stage takes survived onto the finished thirteen-track album. Chris Coady, whose mixing credits include Beach House and TV on the Radio, handled the mix through remote listening sessions from California.
Thematically the band have described it as a record about a specific stretch of life. "Pathways is about four men leaving their 20s and figuring out their paths and lives," Winkler told Noise11 around the June release. "There are moments of optimism and hope, but we also let some darkness in this time." Porter framed the writing as a shared discovery: "There are so many things we experience individually, but when we get in the studio, it becomes clear that we're on a journey together." The result keeps the shoegaze textures and synth haze the band are known for while leaning harder on acoustic rhythm and warmer, more organic arrangements.
Live, that combination suits the Commodore better than almost any other room in the city. The sprung dance floor and the 990-capacity sightlines reward bands whose music depends on volume and wash rather than spectacle, and a set drawn from four releases of steadily thickening atmosphere should land well there. Expect Pathways to carry the bulk of the night, with the streaming-era favourites from Swim Slowly still doing heavy lifting.
Frequently asked questions
When do Meltt play Vancouver?
Friday, October 2, 2026 at the Commodore Ballroom, 868 Granville Street. Doors and set times are listed on the venue's event page.
Is Meltt a Vancouver band?
Yes. All four members grew up in the Vancouver area, most of them on the North Shore, and the band formed in the city in 2015.
Are Meltt playing anywhere else in British Columbia?
Yes. The band play the Capital Ballroom in Victoria on November 21, 2026. More BC dates as they are announced are on our Vancouver concert calendar.
Scene in the Dark has covered Vancouver's live-music scene since 2010.
