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 29)

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 01, 2013
Boy & Bear Wool Exchange Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Oct 27, 2013
Boy & Bear
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Enmore Theatre Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Oct 26, 2013
Fat As Butter
Battleships / Bliss N Eso / Bombs Away / Booka Shade / Boy & Bear / British India / Cosmo Jarvis / Digitalism / Gold Fields / Gym Class Heroes / Matt Corby / Mickey Avalon / Owl Eyes / Peking Duk / Porter Robinson / Spit Syndicate / The Aston Shuffle / The Holidays / The M Machine / Willow Beats Show all bands
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The Foreshore Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Oct 25, 2013
Boy & Bear Enmore Theatre Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Oct 24, 2013
Boy & Bear ANU Bar & Refectory Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Oct 13, 2013
Boy & Bear

One Tropical Day

Darwin Ski Club Darwin, Australia
Oct 05, 2013
Boy & Bear Caloundra 2013 Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Oct 04, 2013
Caloundra Music Festival
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars / Dumpstaphunk / Mark Moroney / Mason Rack / Alex Lloyd / toni childs / Ash Grunwald / Katchafire / Blue King Brown / Boy & Bear
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Kings Beach Park Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
Jul 26, 2013
Boy & Bear

Splendour in the Grass

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North Byron Parklands Byron Bay, Australia
Jul 26, 2013 –
Jul 28, 2013
Ask That God Tour
Architecture In Helsinki / Tyler Touche / DCUP / Violent Soho / Fat Freddy's Drop / Whitley / Palma Violets / Vance Joy / Something for Kate / Mitzi! / Daughter / Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu / The Growl / Xaphoon Jones / Dune Rats / Frank Ocean / Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes / Deap Vally / Cold War Kids / Paul Abad / Open Records / Flight Facilities / Cloud Control / Bad Ezzy / Alpine / Otologic / Darwin Deez / PVT / Portugal. The Man / Villagers / Songs / Drapht / Flume / Chet Faker / Peking Duk / The Bamboos / The Chemist / Klaxons / You Am I / Cub Scouts / What So Not / Snakadaktal / The Art of Sleeping / Bernard Fanning / The Drones / Alison Wonderland / Yolanda Be Cool / Hermitude / Mumford & Sons / Of Monsters and Men / Passion Pit / The National / Empire of the Sun / James Blake / TV On the Radio / Jake Bugg / Laura Marling / MS MR / Wavves / Birds of Tokyo / Sarah Blasko / The Rubens / Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Surfer Blood / Boy & Bear / Babyshambles / The Presets / Everything Everything / Matt Corby / Robert DeLong / FIDLAR / Jagwar Ma / Airbourne / The Polyphonic Spree / The Jungle Giants / Twinsy / HAIM Show all bands
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North Byron Parklands Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Show Duplicates for Jul 26, 2013
Jun 29, 2013
River Sessions 2013
Boy & Bear / Bliss N Eso / Ball Park Music / Illy / Karnivool / Snakadaktal / Lorde / Grinspoon / Gold Fields / Bob Evans
Mackay Showgrounds Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Mar 02, 2013
Boy & Bear / Dancing Years Knust Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jan 04, 2013
Boy & Bear

Southbound Festival

Sir Stewart Bovell Park Busselton, Australia
Jan 04, 2013 –
Jan 05, 2013
Southbound Festival 2013
Two Door Cinema Club / Hot Chip / The Flaming Lips / Beach House / Bombay Bicycle Club / The Hives / The Vaccines / SBTRKT / Best Coast / First Aid Kit / Coolio / Maxïmo Park / Django Django / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / Boy & Bear / Sharon Van Etten / Hilltop Hoods / San Cisco / Matt Corby / Lisa Mitchell / Ball Park Music / Angus Stone / The Jungle Giants / Cosmo Jarvis / Jinja Safari / Oh Mercy / Bertie Blackman / Loon Lake / Millions / Rainy Day Women Show all bands
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Sir Stewart Bovell Park Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
Dec 31, 2012
The Falls Music & Arts Festival
Jaguar Skills / Hot Chip / The Flaming Lips / Boy & Bear / Beach House / Rodrigo y Gabriela / The Vaccines / SBTRKT / Django Django / Jinja Safari / Ball Park Music / The Art of Sleeping / Oh Mercy / Ash Grunwald / Sharon Van Etten / Cosmo Jarvis / Felicity Ward / The Bamboos / Millions Show all bands
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The Falls Music & Arts Festival Grounds (Marion Bay) Marion Bay, South Australia, Australia
Dec 30, 2012
The Falls Music & Arts Festival
Jaguar Skills / Hot Chip / The Flaming Lips / Boy & Bear / Beach House / SBTRKT / The Vaccines / Willis Earl Beal / The Bamboos / Jinja Safari / Ball Park Music / Fraser A. Gorman / The Art of Sleeping / Grey Ghost / Elizabeth Rose / Peking Duk / Cub Sport / Cosmo Jarvis / Oh Mercy / Ash Grunwald / Millions / Felicity Ward / Regular John / Howlin Steam Train Show all bands
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The Falls Music & Arts Festival Grounds (Lorne) Lorne, Victoria, Australia
Dec 29, 2012 –
Jan 01, 2013
The Falls Music and Arts Festival 2012
Jinja Safari / SBTRKT / Cosmo Jarvis / Hilltop Hoods / Bertie Blackman / First Aid Kit / Boy & Bear / Ball Park Music / Oh Mercy / Matt Corby / Millions / Beach House / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / Loon Lake / San Cisco / Maxïmo Park / Ash Grunwald / Sampology / Sharon Van Etten / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Lisa Mitchell / Angus Stone / The Cuban Brothers / Coolio / Jaguar Skills / DJ Sampology / The Vaccines / Two Door Cinema Club / Hot Chip / The Flaming Lips / Bombay Bicycle Club / The Hives / Best Coast / Django Django / The Jungle Giants Show all bands
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Unknown venue Marion Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Show Duplicate for Dec 29, 2012
Dec 28, 2012 –
Jan 01, 2013
The Falls Music and Arts Festival 2012
Two Door Cinema Club / Beach House / The Flaming Lips / Hot Chip / Bombay Bicycle Club / SBTRKT / The Vaccines / First Aid Kit / The Hives / Best Coast / Coolio / Django Django / Maxïmo Park / Sharon Van Etten / Boy & Bear / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Matt Corby / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / San Cisco / Hilltop Hoods / Lisa Mitchell / Ball Park Music / The Jungle Giants / Angus Stone / The Bamboos / Cosmo Jarvis / Jinja Safari / Loon Lake / Oh Mercy / Bertie Blackman / Ash Grunwald / Willis Earl Beal / Jaguar Skills / Millions / The Cuban Brothers / Sampology / DJ Sampology Show all bands
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Unknown venue Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Show Duplicates for Dec 28, 2012
Dec 05, 2012
Boy & Bear State Theatre Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nov 24, 2012
Boy & Bear

Summer Starter Festival

Tamworth Rugby Park Tamworth, Australia
Nov 03, 2012 –
Nov 04, 2012
Boy & Bear Brigalow Beatz 2012 Clermont, Queensland, Australia
Sep 08, 2012
Boy & Bear BNN That's Live Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands

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Genres:

Indie
Folk
Indie Rock
Ambient
Indie Pop
Folk Rock
Indie Folk
Australian
Stomp And Holler
Australian Pop
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  1. Rockin' in the Free World
  2. Like a Rolling Stone
  3. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
  4. Running on Empty
  5. Night Moves
  6. Where Does Life Begin
  7. Old Town Blues
  8. Suck on Light
  9. Part Time Believer
  10. Harlequin Dream
  11. Lordy May
  12. Vertigo
  13. State of Flight
  14. Feeding Line
  15. Happy Birthday to You
  16. Thunder
  17. A Moment's Grace
  18. Ancestors
  19. Wicked Game
  20. Just Dumb
  21. Fall at Your Feet
  22. Heart of Gold
  23. Hold Your Nerve
  24. Walk the Wire
  25. Southern Sun
  26. Handle with Care

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 29 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 144 concerts
2013 22 concerts
2012 65 concerts
2011 61 concerts
2010 45 concerts
2009 3 concerts
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