Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027

Boy & Bear have not announced an Australian or New Zealand tour for 2027. As of 9 October 2026 there are no confirmed 2027 dates, venues or festival appearances on record, and no presale has been scheduled.

The Sydney band have just come off one of the busiest years of their career. The Tripping Over Time tour of Australia and New Zealand ran from Fremantle on 1 May to the Powerstation in Auckland on 13 June 2026, taking in Hamer Hall in Melbourne and the Riverstage in Brisbane, and a Regional Tour 2026 followed from Cairns in July to Anita's Theatre in Wollongong on 12 September 2026.

This page explains what is and is not known about 2027 and gives a detailed account of Boy & Bear on stage in Australia and New Zealand, from their early triple j years and Homebake to the anniversary tours for Moonfire and Harlequin Dream. It also covers their six albums, the songs that end up in every set, and how to approach tickets when dates are announced.

Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

There is no official Boy & Bear tour of Australia or New Zealand for 2027. No city, venue, festival or sale date has been announced, so any site already listing 2027 dates or selling 'presale codes' is not working from an official source.

The band's recent pattern has been to tour a new album in the capitals and then return to the regions. In 2023 the tour for the self-titled album played the Palais Theatre in Melbourne, Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and Perth Concert Hall, followed by a long regional run from Castlemaine to Townsville. In 2026 the same shape repeated: the Tripping Over Time dates in May and June, then the Regional Tour 2026 from July to September.

Tripping Over Time, the band's sixth studio album, peaked at No. 13 in Australia. Its title track came out in October 2025. Having toured it in both countries in 2026, the band have not said what comes next, and no 2027 plans have been announced.

Until an official announcement appears, the accurate answer to 'Are Boy & Bear touring in 2027?' is that nothing is confirmed. Signing up for the alert on this page is the simplest way to hear when that changes.

Before the Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Boy & Bear grew out of the Sydney live scene. Dave Hosking's song 'The Storm' was featured on triple j Unearthed in February 2009, and the band that formed around him, with Killian Gavin and brothers Tim and Jon Hart, won the 2009 Unearthed competition and a spot at Homebake that December. They then toured Australia supporting Angus and Julia Stone and Hungry Kids of Hungary, and in 2010 supported Mumford & Sons on their Australian tour. In 2011 their Moonfire Tour had Ball Park Music as main support.

Between the release of Harlequin Dream in August 2013 and the end of 2014, the band completed three international tours covering Australia, New Zealand, North America, the UK and Europe, a total of 168 shows. The setlist archive's earliest Australian and New Zealand rows from this period are in Auckland, at the Powerstation on 29 March 2012 and again on 18 September 2014, with Bodega in Wellington the following night.

The archive becomes detailed in 2022, when the State of Flight Tour marked ten years of Moonfire with a national and regional run in June and July: Miami Marketta on the Gold Coast on 9 June, The Tivoli in Brisbane, NightQuarter on the Sunshine Coast, Lion Arts Factory in Adelaide, the University of Canberra Refectory, the Forum Theatre in Melbourne on 1 July and the Torquay Hotel on 2 July 2022. Late 2022 brought Sirromet Winery at Mount Cotton, Bimbadgen Estate in the Hunter Valley, the Bridge Hotel in Forth and the Uni Bar in Hobart.

The self-titled album came out on 26 May 2023 with a burst of launch shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, including Manly Beach, the Lansdowne Hotel, Northcote Social Club and an in-store at Oh! Jean Records. The album tour followed: the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on 16 June, Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on 17 June, two nights at San Fran in Wellington, the Powerstation in Auckland on 24 June, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 30 June, Perth Concert Hall and Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide in July 2023. A regional run from September to November took them to Castlemaine, Torquay, Albury, Wollongong, Newcastle, Gosford, Margaret River, Fremantle, Mackay, Airlie Beach, Townsville, Caloundra and the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba.

The Harlequin Dream 10 Year Celebration Tour of 2024 was their biggest recent theatre run. It opened in New Zealand at The Opera House in Wellington on 9 May, Auckland Town Hall on 10 May and the James Hay Theatre in Christchurch on 11 May, then played two nights at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, two at the State Theatre in Sydney, three at the Astor Theatre in Perth, Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide on 15 August and three nights at The Tivoli in Brisbane from 16 to 18 August 2024.

Since then they have played the Sydney Coliseum Theatre in September 2024, two nights at Taronga Zoo in February 2025, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne on 14 March 2025, The Beach Hotel in Byron Bay, the Forecourt in Sydney on 14 December 2025 and the 2026 tours described above: Fremantle Arts Centre, Thebarton Theatre on 2 May, Riverstage on 8 May, Hamer Hall on 15 May, Kununurra, Meow Nui in Wellington, the James Hay Theatre in Christchurch and the Powerstation in Auckland, then the regional dates through Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland and New South Wales.

The table below lists 110 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Boy & Bear between 2012 and 2026, with the most shows in Sydney (10), Melbourne (10), Brisbane (8), Auckland (6), Torquay (4), Christchurch (4). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027 setlist: the songs played most often in Australia and New Zealand

Across the 15 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (30 May 2024 to 3 September 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Feeding Line — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Lordy May — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Southern Sun — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. Walk the Wire — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. A Moment's Grace — played at 14 of 15 shows
6. Harlequin Dream — played at 14 of 15 shows
7. Old Town Blues — played at 14 of 15 shows
8. State of Flight — played at 14 of 15 shows
9. Fall at Your Feet — played at 11 of 15 shows
10. Hold Your Nerve — played at 9 of 15 shows
11. Just Dumb — played at 9 of 15 shows
12. Part Time Believer — played at 9 of 15 shows
13. Bridges — played at 8 of 15 shows
14. Suck on Light — played at 8 of 15 shows

Before the Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• Regional Tour 2026 (2026): 20 Australia/NZ shows — Cairns, Airlie Beach, Torquay, Barwon Heads, Melbourne, Warrnambool, Bendigo, Ballarat, Traralgon, Archies Creek, Silverton, Hobart….
• Tripping Over Time - Australia and NZ 2026 (2026): 9 Australia/NZ shows — Fremantle, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Kununurra, Glenworth Valley, Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland.
• Harlequin Dream 10 Year Celebration Tour (2024): 14 Australia/NZ shows — Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane.
• Boy and Bear Album Tour 2023 (2023): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Melbourne, Brisbane, Wellington, Auckland, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide.
• State Of Flight Tour 2022 (2022): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, Torquay.
• Get Up & Dance (2014): 2 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Wellington.

Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Homebake in December 2009 was the band's first major festival, the prize for winning triple j Unearthed. The setlist archive adds Woodfordia, home of the Woodford Folk Festival, on 28 December 2022, the festival site at Queenscliff on 26 November 2023, Churchill Island in January 2025, Glenworth Valley on 7 June 2026 and the Mundi Mundi Plains near Silverton on 21 August 2026.

Other outdoor and festival-style shows include Hagley Park in Christchurch on 6 February 2016, Seafront Oval in Hervey Bay in March 2023, the Esplanade Reserve in Fremantle in October 2023, Ferrymead Heritage Park in Christchurch in February 2025 and Pambula Beach in October 2025.

Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Boy & Bear formed in Sydney in 2009, starting as a solo project for Dave Hosking. Killian Gavin, Tim Hart and Jon Hart joined, with Jake Tarasenko on bass until 2012, when David Symes replaced him. The name comes indirectly from Randy Newman's 'Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear'. Their cover of Crowded House's 'Fall at Your Feet', recorded for a Tim and Neil Finn tribute album, reached No. 5 in the triple j Hottest 100 of 2010.

Their debut album, Moonfire, recorded in Nashville with Joe Chiccarelli and released on 5 August 2011, reached No. 2 and went platinum. At the 2011 ARIA Awards it won five categories, including Album of the Year and Best Group, and 'Feeding Line' reached No. 4 in the Hottest 100.

Harlequin Dream (2013), led by 'Southern Sun', debuted at No. 1 and later went platinum. Limit of Love (2015), recorded live to tape with Ethan Johns at Real World Studios in England, also debuted at No. 1. Suck on Light (2019), produced with Collin Dupuis in Nashville, reached No. 7 and included 'Hold Your Nerve'. An acoustic album, At Golden Retriever Studios, followed in 2020.

The band went independent with 'State of Flight' in April 2022. The self-titled fifth album came out on 26 May 2023 and reached No. 4, followed by the Lost Dreams EP of Harlequin Dream-era recordings. Tripping Over Time, their sixth album, reached No. 13.

Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand nights

New Zealand is a regular stop for Boy & Bear. The Powerstation in Auckland appears in the archive in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2023 and 2026, and Wellington has seen them at Bodega in 2014, San Fran on two nights in June 2023, The Opera House in May 2024 and Meow Nui in June 2026. Christchurch has hosted them at Hagley Park in 2016, the James Hay Theatre in 2024 and 2026 and Ferrymead Heritage Park in 2025.

The 2024 anniversary tour began in New Zealand, and the 2026 tour ended there, at the Powerstation on 13 June. No New Zealand date has been announced for 2027.

Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027: the anniversary tours

Two of the band's recent tours were built around older albums. In 2022 the State of Flight Tour celebrated ten years of Moonfire, and in 2024 the Harlequin Dream 10 Year Celebration Tour opened each night with eleven Harlequin Dream songs, from 'Old Town Blues' and 'Harlequin Dream' through 'Bridges', 'End of the Line' and 'Real Estate' to 'Arrow Flight' and 'Southern Sun'.

Limit of Love, released in October 2015, turned ten in October 2025, and the band have not announced a similar celebration for it. Any such plan for 2027 would be a matter for an official announcement, not this page.

Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027: touring the regions

Boy & Bear spend a lot of time outside the capitals. The 2023 regional run and the Regional Tour 2026 together reached Castlemaine, Albury, Margaret River, Mackay, Airlie Beach, Townsville, Toowoomba, Cairns, Torquay, Barwon Heads, Warrnambool, Bendigo, Ballarat, Traralgon, Archies Creek, Hobart, Forth, Brunswick Heads, Caloundra, Canberra and Wollongong.

These shows are often in pubs, beach hotels and regional theatres such as the Empire Theatre in Toowoomba, Ulumbarra Theatre in Bendigo and the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre in Traralgon. They tend to be smaller than the city dates, which makes them some of the best places to see the band.

Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027: Brisbane and The Tivoli

Brisbane has a special place in the archive. The Tivoli hosted the band in June 2022 and for three nights in a row from 16 to 18 August 2024, the longest single-venue run in their recent Australian history. Fortitude Music Hall had them in June 2023, and the Riverstage on 8 May 2026 had one of the longest logged sets, 20 songs.

Sydney's Enmore Theatre and State Theatre, Melbourne's Forum Theatre and Hamer Hall, and Perth's Astor Theatre have all hosted multi-night or key city shows, but none matched the three Tivoli nights.

Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A Boy & Bear headline show runs to 17 to 20 songs. On the 2026 Tripping Over Time dates the logged set opened with 'Where Does Life Begin' and 'Old Town Blues', went through 'Suck on Light', 'Part Time Believer', 'Harlequin Dream', 'Lordy May', 'Vertigo', 'State of Flight', 'Feeding Line', 'Thunder', 'A Moment's Grace' and 'Ancestors', and finished with 'Fall at Your Feet', 'Hold Your Nerve', 'Walk the Wire' and 'Southern Sun'.

Across all the sets in the archive, 'Southern Sun' is the most played song, followed by 'Feeding Line', 'Old Town Blues', 'State of Flight', 'Harlequin Dream' and 'Walk the Wire'. Covers are part of the show too: 'Fall at Your Feet', often paired with 'Heart of Gold', 'Wicked Game', 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' on the 2023 tour, and 'Back to Black' at the Powerstation in 2016.

The live sound leans on the five-part harmonies and the interplay of two guitars, keys and mandolin or banjo, which is why the band suit both theatres and outdoor stages.

Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no Boy & Bear tickets for Australia or New Zealand in 2027 on sale, because no 2027 dates have been announced. No presale or general sale date has been set.

When dates are announced, buy from the official seller named in the announcement or from the venue's own box office, and for festivals from the festival itself. Mobile tickets are often linked to the buyer's name and account, so check transfer rules before buying for others. Treat resale listings for unannounced shows and any 'presale code' sold for money with suspicion.

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Boy & Bear Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are Boy & Bear touring Australia in 2027?

Nothing has been announced as of 9 October 2026. There are no confirmed 2027 dates, venues or presales.

When did Boy & Bear last play in Australia?

The latest show in the setlist archive is at Anita's Theatre in Wollongong on 12 September 2026, the end of the Regional Tour 2026.

When did Boy & Bear last play New Zealand?

On the Tripping Over Time tour in June 2026: Meow Nui in Wellington on 11 June, the James Hay Theatre in Christchurch on 12 June and the Powerstation in Auckland on 13 June.

When did they last play Sydney?

The Barracks Precinct on 11 September 2026, after the Forecourt on 14 December 2025.

When did they last play Melbourne?

The Pier Bandroom on 8 August 2026, after Hamer Hall on 15 May 2026.

What is Boy & Bear's latest album?

Tripping Over Time, their sixth studio album, which peaked at No. 13 in Australia.

Which songs do they always play?

'Southern Sun', 'Feeding Line', 'Old Town Blues', 'State of Flight', 'Harlequin Dream' and 'Walk the Wire' are the most played in the archive.

How many ARIA Awards did Moonfire win?

Five at the 2011 ARIA Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Group.