Garth Brooks adds third Hamilton show; tickets on sale today

Garth Brooks has added a third concert at Hamilton’s TD Coliseum, and tickets for all three Dec. 4 to 6 shows went on sale at 10 a.m. ET on Friday, with every seat priced at $199.95.

The newly announced Dec. 6 performance is a Sunday matinee. It joins previously announced shows on Dec. 4 and 5, according to TicketNews. The Music Universe reported the extra date was added “due to demand”.

The Hamilton stop is part of his “Blame It All On My Roots” arena tour. The Music Universe reported that the price covers every seat in the arena: $199.95, made up of $177.45 including tax, a $5 facility fee and a $17.50 service fee. The shows feature both end-stage and in-the-round seating, all seats are reserved, and there is an eight-ticket limit per purchase. There are no presales or advance box office sales, and all tickets were released at the same time.

TicketNews reported the tour launched in August at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and has stopped in Denver, Rosemont, Ill., Washington, D.C., Orlando, Salt Lake City and Tulsa. Brooks plays Kansas City on Friday and Saturday, then four shows in Seattle from Nov. 12 to 15, before heading to Hamilton. TicketNews’ published itinerary lists no other Canadian dates before Stagecoach in California on April 25, 2027.

Hamilton has a long history with the country star. Brooks’s own website said he last played Copps Coliseum in Hamilton on Sept. 5, 1996, and that his March 26, 2016, concert at the same building, by then called FirstOntario Centre, was his first in the city in 19 years. In a Jan. 15, 2016, news release, his team said he had sold 54,048 tickets for Hamilton after the first day of sales, more than the 47,910 he sold in Hamilton and Toronto combined in 1996.

Prices have risen sharply since then. His team listed the 2016 Hamilton ticket at $79.98 including fees and HST. The 2026 price is $199.95 a seat, about two and a half times as much, and it is the same for every seat in the building.

Fans who missed Friday’s on-sale are likely to turn to resale sites, where listings are set by sellers and can run far above face value. Official tickets are sold through the tour’s ticketing partner; fans can check garthbrooks.com for details.

For other major tours heading to Canadian arenas, see our coverage of Nickelback’s seven Canadian arena dates.

File photo of Garth Brooks. Public-domain U.S. State Department photo, 2022.

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