The Temper Trap Bring the Sungazer Tour to Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom on August 24, 2026
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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