Boy & Bear Concert History

Boy & Bear are an Australian folk rock band, based out of Sydney, New South Wales. The band began as a solo project for singer-songwriter Dave Hosking in 2009) before quickly expanding into a full band. In February 2009, Hosking uploaded a track, "The Storm", to the Unearthed program on radio station Triple J, it became a featured song at the station. Hosking had met Killian Gavin who was a singer-songwriter and guitarist in Ovell, and the pair started jamming together.

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Boy & Bear Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 35)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 10, 2011
Boy & Bear / Dear Lions Knitting Factory - Brooklyn New York, New York, United States
Aug 09, 2011
Boy & Bear Mercury Lounge New York, New York, United States
Aug 08, 2011
Boy & Bear Rumsey Playfield, Central Park New York, New York, United States
Aug 07, 2011
Lollapalooza (Day 3 of 3)
Kid Cudi / Titus Andronicus / Foo Fighters / Flogging Molly / Cage The Elephant / Imelda May / Perry Farrell / The Cars / Little Hurricane / Nas & Damian Marley / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Keller Williams / Deadmau5 / The Joy Formidable / Noah and the Whale / Arctic Monkeys / Best Coast / City and Colour / The Cool Kids / Gold Motel / Explosions in the Sky / Manchester Orchestra / Portugal. The Man / Rival Schools / Cold War Kids / Iration / Lissie / Boy & Bear / Modeselektor / Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. / Fences / Daedelus Show all bands
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Grant Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Aug 05, 2011 –
Aug 07, 2011
Lollapalooza
The Cars / Arctic Monkeys / Big Audio Dynamite / OK Go / Foster The People / The Kills / Eminem / Muse / Atmosphere / Cage The Elephant / CeeLo Green / Foo Fighters / Coldplay / Fitz and the Tantrums / Bright Eyes / Death from Above 1979 / Grace Potter & the Nocturnals / Titus Andronicus / Crystal Castles / The Naked and Famous / Local Natives / Imelda May / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / The Pretty Reckless / Deftones / Lykke Li / Reptar / Le Butcherettes / Tinie Tempah / Ratatat / Nas & Damian Marley / Ellie Goulding / Lia Ices / Beirut / Lissie / Best Coast / Noah and the Whale / Flogging Molly / Boy & Bear / Afrojack / The Mountain Goats / Girl Talk / Black Lips / Phantogram / Smith Westerns / Super Mash Bros. / Gold Motel / Mayer Hawthorne and The County / Pretty Lights / Walk the Moon / The Vaccines / A Perfect Circle / Rival Schools / City and Colour / Deadmau5 / Cold War Kids / My Morning Jacket / Friendly Fires / White Lies / Delta Spirit / J Roddy Walston And The Business / Disappears / Maps & Atlases / Ween / Ximena Sariñana / The Joy Formidable / The Kingston Springs / 12th Planet / The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 / Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. / Feed Me / The Glitch Mob / Lord Huron / Skrillex / Skylar Grey / Perry Farrell / Kid Cudi / Portugal. The Man / Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley / Two Door Cinema Club / Christina Perri / Grouplove / Young the Giant / The Drums / Explosions in the Sky / Cults / Manchester Orchestra / Tennis / Collie Buddz / Iration / JR JR / Sammy Adams / Wye Oak / Chuckie / The Cool Kids / Kerli / Modeselektor / Beats Antique / Ana Tijoux / Patrick Stump / Ryan Leslie / The Chain Gang of 1974 / Typhoon / Fences / Daedelus / Keller Williams / Dom / Los Bunkers / Switch / Savoy / Busy P / Night Beats / An Horse / Joachim Garraud / Young Man / Kids These Days / Chico Trujillo / Jackmaster / Ceci Bastida / Deluka / Electric Touch / Midnight Conspiracy / Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses / Black Cards / Ralph's World / Julia Easterlin / Dani Deahl / TAB The Band / DJ Mel / Kyle Lucas & Captain Midnite / Ruby Jane / Brady Rymer / Lady D / Q Brothers / Big Bang Boom / Peter Distefano / Kate Diaz / Northbrook Garage / The Happiness Club / L1ght / Keith Forbes / Perryetty Vs. Chris Cox / Haley Bonar / Little Hurricane / HALEY (MN) / Grace Potter / DJ Neil Armstrong / Sam Adams / Jay Electronica Show all bands
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Grant Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Aug 03, 2011
Boy & Bear Apple Store Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jul 29, 2011
Splendour In The Grass
Kanye West / Ye / The Hives / Modest Mouse / Eskimo Joe / Glasvegas / The Kills / Jebediah / Jinja Safari / British Sea Power / Millions / DJ Shadow / Bluejuice / DCUP / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Kato / The Black Seeds / James Blake / Wax Motif / Phrase / Illy / Mogwai / Gotye / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / Boy & Bear / Warpaint / Wild Beasts / Kimbra / Marques Toliver / Jane's Addiction Show all bands
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Woodfordia Woodford, Queensland, Australia
Jul 29, 2011 –
Jul 31, 2011
Splendour in the Grass Festival 2011
British Sea Power / Cassian / Charlie Chux / Wax Motif / Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan / Devendra Banhart / Flight Facilities / The Black Seeds / Noah and the Whale / Toni Toni Lee / Gareth Liddiard / Guineafowl / Tranter / Oh Mercy / Drapht / The Mars Volta / Marques Toliver / We No Speak Americano / Thievery Corporation / The Hoops / The Aston Shuffle / Leader Cheetah / The Herd / DJ Shadow / Eskimo Joe / Tim & Jean / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Mosman Alder / Friendly Fires / Cut Copy / Hungry Kids of Hungary / Lanie Lane / Cut Off Your Hands / Foster The People / Light Year / Sparkadia / Ghoul / Young the Giant / Illy / Children Collide / Bliss N Eso / Holidays / Wild Beasts / The Panics / Seeker Lover Keeper / Jinja Safari / Liam Finn / Phrase / Grouplove / World's End Press / Alpine / Strange Talk / DZ Deathrays / Bluejuice / Gotye / Vehicle Pass / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / The Grates / Fitz / Fitz and the Tantrums / Boy & Bear / Pnau / The Jezabels / Coldplay / Kanye West / Ye / Modest Mouse / Regina Spektor / Kaiser Chiefs / James Blake / Elbow / The Vaccines / The Hives / The Kills / Jane's Addiction / Mogwai / Pulp / Kimbra / Warpaint / Architecture In Helsinki / Gomez / Glasvegas / The Vines / Yelle / Kele / Cloud Control / The Living End / Mona / Jebediah / Dananananaykroyd / Muscles / Kato / The Middle East / Noah Show all bands
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Woodfordia Woodford, Queensland, Australia
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Jun 12, 2011
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Clune Farm Dores, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jun 04, 2011
Boy & Bear / Jinja Safari / Emma Louise The Hi-Fi Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Jun 03, 2011
Boy & Bear / Jinja Safari
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Metro Theatre Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jun 02, 2011
Boy & Bear / Jinja Safari / Emma Louise Metro Theatre Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jun 01, 2011
Boy & Bear / Jinja Safari / Emma Louise Unibar, University of Wollongong Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
May 27, 2011
Boy & Bear Corner Hotel Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
May 26, 2011
Boy & Bear / Emma Louise / Jinja Safari Corner Hotel Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
May 25, 2011
Boy & Bear Corner Hotel Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
May 20, 2011
Boy & Bear Governor Hindmarsh Hotel Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
May 18, 2011
Boy & Bear Fly By Night Musicians Club Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
May 14, 2011
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Groovin' the Moo Bunbury

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Hay Park Bunbury, Australia
Mar 19, 2011
Boy & Bear

SXSW

Maggie Mae's Austin, Texas, United States
Mar 18, 2011
SXSW
"SXSW" / A Place To Bury Strangers / The Joy Formidable / Boy & Bear / Beach Fossils / Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
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Buffalo Billiards Austin, Texas, United States

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Lollapalooza (Day 3 of 3)
Aug 7, 2011
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Aug 7, 2011
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Aug 7, 2011
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Firefly Music Festival 2016
Jun 16 - 19, 2016
 Dover, Delaware, United States
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Boy & Bear on Jun 13, 2026 [526-small]

Boy & Bear
Jun 13, 2026
 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Fat As Butter on Oct 26, 2013 [057-small]

Fat As Butter
Oct 26, 2013
 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Fat As Butter on Oct 26, 2013 [962-small]

Fat As Butter
Oct 26, 2013
 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Boy & Bear on Nov 15, 2013 [379-small]

Boy & Bear
Nov 15, 2013
 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Boy & Bear on Oct 24, 2013 [378-small]

Boy & Bear
Oct 24, 2013
 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Boy & Bear / Battleships / Dustin Tebbutt on Oct 25, 2013 [377-small]

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Oct 25, 2013
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Boy & Bear on Nov 1, 2013 [376-small]

Boy & Bear
Nov 1, 2013
 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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Nov 2, 2013
 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Genres:

Indie
Folk
Indie Rock
Ambient
Indie Pop
Folk Rock
Indie Folk
Australian
Stomp And Holler
Australian Pop
Australian Indie
Australian Indie Folk
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Latest Setlist (08/15/2026):

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  1. Where Does Life Begin
  2. Old Town Blues
  3. Suck on Light
  4. Part Time Believer
  5. Harlequin Dream
  6. Lordy May
  7. Vertigo
  8. State of Flight
  9. Feeding Line
  10. Thunder
  11. A Moment's Grace
  12. Ancestors
  13. Rabbit Song
  14. Just Dumb
  15. Fall at Your Feet / Heart of Gold
  16. Hold Your Nerve
  17. Walk the Wire
  18. Southern Sun

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 36 concerts
2025 11 concerts
2024 49 concerts
2023 47 concerts
2022 62 concerts
2021 13 concerts
2020 34 concerts
2019 25 concerts
2018 1 concert
2017 3 concerts
2016 108 concerts
2015 22 concerts
2014 145 concerts
2013 23 concerts
2012 65 concerts
2011 61 concerts
2010 45 concerts
2009 3 concerts
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