Boy and Bear live in concert.
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Boy and Bear

60
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

78
%
Based on 
60
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
77
%
Based on 
6
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Based on 60 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Boy and Bear is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths. Boy and Bear concert reviews describe live shows and performances as invigorating, soothing, melodic, consistent, mellow, whimsical, and charming.

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Latest Release

Silver Moon (13 August 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (2009 - present)
Bio
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.
Has Performed With
Wildlife, Jinja Safari, Holy Holy, Battleships, Ball Park Music, Art Of Sleeping

Critic Concert Reviews

Scenestr (Australia)

August 16, 2024
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The 10th anniversary tour celebrating Boy & Bear's 2013 sophomore album 'Harlequin Dream' paid a visit to Adelaide, amidst a slew of heavily sold out concerts across the nation this year.

Scenestr (Australia)

May 29, 2024
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The city seems eerily quiet for a Vivid Sunday, but a crowd mills around the State Theatre to see a glorious folk combination of Boy & Bear opened by Sarah Blasko.

The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

May 11, 2024
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Less than a year after their last Auckland show, Boy & Bear return with their Harlequin Dream 10 Year Celebration Tour.

Scenestr (Australia)

October 11, 2023
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Punters of Margaret River nestled into a cosy fairy light-lit venue The River, to embrace and immerse themselves in the much adored indie folk band, Boy & Bear.

The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

June 25, 2023
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Boy & Bear returned to Auckland’s Powerstation performing at the iconic venue for the third time, but the first since 2016, so there was some catching up to do. The Sydney-based quintet has just released a new, self-titled album, and so they were keen to share the new songs with their Kiwi fans, who quickly sold out

The Music (Australia)

June 17, 2023
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“Melbourne, are you ready to shake?”

Leftlion (UK)

February 29, 2020
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Award-winning Sydney folk-rockers Boy & Bear played their debut Nottingham show in a triumphant return to the international music scene…

Past critic reviews published in

Blues And Soul, Mondo Sonoro (Spain), Blues And Soul

Image Credit

Bruce [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons