Surrey may be known for some big concerts, but possibly its biggest one yet may be Mumford & Sons in Holland Park on May 24.
And sidestepping Surrey’s tradition of free family concerts, this one will be ticketed at $58.
The English folk-rockers have released a list of North American tour dates, and Surrey is the only B.C. city to make the cut.
The chart-topping quartet is expected to draw a crowd of up to 25,000 people, making it one of the largest ticketed shows in Surrey since Lollapalooza in 1994.
Event promoter Live Nation said the popularity of the band led them on a search for “the best possible green space in the Lower Mainland.”
“Given Surrey’s great enthusiasm and solid track record on hosting cultural events, we felt Holland Park was a perfect fit and a nice expansion of our Concerts-in-the-Park summer series,” the company said in an email statement.
Mumford & Sons’ fellow UK acts Michael Kiwanuka and Mystery Jets will warm up the crowd.
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 5 for $58 each (plus taxes, fees, etc.) and will be available online through Live Nation, by phone 1-855-985-5000 or in person at Red Cat Records, Highlife and all Ticketmaster outlets.
Surrey concert fans have been awaiting word about the show since it was teased at a Jan. 28 city council meeting.
The city said it received an unsolicited proposal for an outdoor concert featuring a “major international recording artist who has won and/or been nominated for multiple Grammy, American Music, BRIT and MTV awards.”
The group’s name could not be released due to a confidentiality agreement, however.
A corporate report suggests the licensed, fenced-off event will take up half of Holland Park and run until 10 p.m.
The venue has been used for several outdoor concerts in the past, including the annual Fusion Festival, which featured Hawksley Workman and Los Lobos as headliners in 2012.
Mumford & Sons, formed in West London in 2007 by multi-instrumentalists Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane, will go from their Surrey concert to the Sasquatch Music Festival in Washington and continue their North American tour from there.
— with files from CTV News
