So far, two nights in, Pacific Coliseum has been pretty packed for the Summer Night Concerts at the 2025 PNE Fair, as music fans also fill the fairgrounds before and after the arena shows.

Counting Crows kicked things off Saturday night (Aug. 16), followed Sunday by southern-rock trailblazers Lynyrd Skynyrd.

With the PNE closed Monday, the concerts return Tuesday with the upbeat pop-rock of Jack Antonoff's Bleachers, with Nicolas Reyes and his Gipsy Kings on Wednesday. The price of a concert ticket includes admission to the fair in Vancouver.

This summer's hottest PNE concert ticket is Leon Bridges (Saturday, Aug. 23), PNE creative director Patrick Roberge told me on Sunday, with Foreigner not far behind (Aug. 28).

We all know that '70s-era bands are dying off, so seeing Lynyrd Skynyrd

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