The Temper Trap return to Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom on Monday, August 24, 2026, bringing the Sungazer Tour - named for their first new album in roughly a decade - to the historic dance floor. It's an intimate room for a band that once ruled festival main stages, and tickets are on sale now.
Key details
- Who: The Temper Trap
- What: The Sungazer Tour, supporting the 2026 album Sungazer
- When: Monday, August 24, 2026 - 7 p.m.
- Where: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver
- Tickets: On sale via Ticketmaster
A decade later, back on the road
Formed in Melbourne, The Temper Trap became an unlikely global name on the strength of one incandescent song: "Sweet Disposition," the soaring, delay-drenched anthem from their 2009 debut Conditions that soundtracked (500) Days of Summer and countless montages after it. Dougy Mandagi's falsetto and the band's widescreen, reverb-heavy sound made them a festival fixture for the better part of a decade.
Then they went quiet. Sungazer is their first full-length since 2016's Thick as Thieves, and the tour behind it trades arenas and festival fields for a run of theatres and clubs - Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom among them. For longtime fans, a night on the Commodore's famous sprung dance floor is about as good a room as the city offers to hear those big choruses up close.
Expect a set that leans on the new record while still delivering the songs that made the band's name - the kind of show where a slow-burning build eventually explodes into a full-room singalong. If you missed The Temper Trap the first time around, their return is a rare chance to catch a band that helped define a certain strain of late-2000s indie in a genuinely intimate setting.
Frequently asked questions
When do The Temper Trap play Vancouver?
The band headlines the Commodore Ballroom on Monday, August 24, 2026, with a 7 p.m. start.
What is the Sungazer Tour?
It's the tour supporting Sungazer, The Temper Trap's 2026 album and their first new full-length in roughly ten years.
Where can I get tickets?
Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. Browse more upcoming shows on our Vancouver concert calendar.
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