Live music returns to Vancouver’s PNE for 2021, August 21 to September 6
The Paperboys, Soulstream among the participating local musical acts

The Paperboys. Photo via Bandcamp
DESPITE ANOTHER SUMMER where things are not normal, live music is making a return to the 2021 PNE.
Here’s what’s on the lineup: R&B Allstars, Groove & Tonic, Dr. Strangelove, the Motown Show featuring the Hitsville Band, Soulstream, Bobby Bruce’s Nearly Neil and the Solitary Band, ABRA Cadabra – A Tribute to the Music of ABBA, the Paperboys, and March Hare Band Beach Party.
Rather than its typical format of a paid, seated venue, the PNE will set up a stage at the Revel District with day-long programming. Tickets need to be purchased in advance for a specific date.
Things kick off on August 21, when the fair opens its gates for the 111th time. The PNE runs to September 6 but will be closed on August 23 and 30.
For more information, see the PNE.
Related Articles
Most decorated female Latin Grammy winner in history and mind behind the beloved Chief Inspector Gamache series will appear in Vancouver this fall
Coastal Jazz also announced the second year of the New Improvisers Studio
Summer concerts return to Vancouver parks, plus the new year includes Steve Hackman’s epic synthesis of Radiohead’s seminal OK Computer with Brahms’s First Symphony
Vancouver concert is nearly sold out, but great seats are still up for grabs in Surrey
Also on the program at Holy Rosary Cathedral is Benevoli’s Missa Tu Es Petrus
Raised on bluegrass and the warmth of her Bowen Island community, the Montreal-based folksinger comes full circle with songs about close emotional bonds
Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs presents the emotional composition with text by English soldier and war poet Wilfred Owen
Formed by a pair of musical duos, the group blends jazz, tango, African, classical, and more through mutual trust and constant curiosity
In her vibrant new show, the Vancouver singer illuminates and performs the timeless, barrier-breaking music that built Berry Gordy’s sonic empire
Set of antique and newly composed music by Hyeronimus Kapsberger and Claudio Ambrosini evokes the sounds of Venice