Arkells Expand “Between Us” City Takeovers Across Canada This Fall

Three Nights, Three Venues and a Different Show Each Night in Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Ottawa

Arkells are taking a different approach to touring Canada this fall.

The Hamilton band has announced additional dates for its “Between Us” City Takeover Tour, bringing a series of three-night residencies to Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Ottawa in November 2026.

Rather than settling into the same venue for several evenings, Arkells will move to a different venue each night. The format gives the band an opportunity to dig deeper into its catalogue while creating a more intimate experience than fans might expect from one of Canada’s biggest live acts.

Nine concerts are planned across the three cities, and according to frontman Max Kerman, no two shows will be alike.

Taking Arkells Back to the Clubs

Arkells have become accustomed to large stages, festivals and major concert venues. However, the City Takeover concept deliberately changes the scale.

The newly announced dates follow previous City Takeover shows in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton earlier in 2026. According to the announcement, the sold-out spring concerts allowed fans to see the band in club settings for the first time in many years.

For the band, that smaller environment creates possibilities that a conventional tour does not.

“When you’re in a band, all you can do is try to meet the moment.”
— Max Kerman

Kerman explains that playing several nights in one city gives Arkells the opportunity to stretch out and perform songs from throughout their catalogue. That is an important part of the concept.

Instead of building one setlist and carrying essentially the same production from city to city, the band can respond to the room, change songs and give returning fans something different the following night.

Three Nights in Saskatoon

The first newly announced takeover begins in Saskatoon in early November.

Arkells will play:
November 5, 2026 — Amigos
November 6, 2026 — Capitol Music Club
November 7, 2026 — Coors Event Centre

Moving through three different Saskatoon venues should give each performance its own character. It also makes the three-night run something closer to a musical residency spread across the city rather than three conventional stops on a tour.

Three Nights in Winnipeg

Arkells then head to Winnipeg, where another three venues will host the band.

November 10, 2026 — Side Stage
November 11, 2026 — The Park Theatre
November 12, 2026 — Burton Cummings Theatre

The progression is particularly interesting because the venues provide distinctly different environments. For fans who attend more than one night, that changing atmosphere becomes part of the experience.

Three Nights in Ottawa

The final announced takeover arrives in Ottawa later in November.

November 25, 2026 — The 27 Club
November 26, 2026 — The Bronson
November 27, 2026 — HISTORY Ottawa

That brings the newly announced portion of the tour to nine performances across nine venues in three Canadian cities.

No Two Shows Will Be Alike

For longtime Arkells fans, the biggest attraction may be what the format allows the band to play. With multiple nights available in each market, there is less pressure to fit every familiar concert staple into a single evening.

Kerman says the band wants the opportunity to pull material from across its catalogue.

“We want a chance to stretch out and play songs from across our catalogue.”
— Max Kerman

That could make the City Takeovers especially appealing to listeners who have followed Arkells through different stages of their career. There is another promise in the announcement that may encourage fans to consider more than one performance: “No two shows will be alike.”

Exactly how different the concerts become remains part of the fun.

A New Chapter With Between Us

The tour also arrives as Arkells introduce music from their new album, Between Us.

The announcement highlights the album’s songs “Money” and “Next Summer,” giving the City Takeovers an opportunity to place newer material alongside favourites and deeper selections from the band’s catalogue. That combination of new music and older material fits the takeover concept particularly well.

Rather than treating the shows solely as an album tour, Arkells can use the extended stays to look backwards and forwards at the same time.

When Tickets Go on Sale

The artist presale begins Wednesday, September 16 at 10 a.m. local time.

Tickets for the newly announced Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Ottawa dates go on sale to the general public on Friday, September 18 at 10 a.m. local time. Fans can also register through Arkells for artist presale access.

With the earlier City Takeover dates described as sold out, fans interested in the smaller-venue performances may want to plan accordingly.

Meeting the Moment

The City Takeover concept offers Arkells something increasingly difficult to achieve as a band’s audience grows: the energy and unpredictability of a smaller room. It also gives audiences something increasingly uncommon on major tours.

Instead of knowing that the concert in one city will largely resemble the concert played the night before, fans are being invited into an evolving series of performances. Different rooms. Different nights. Potentially different songs.

For a band with a catalogue built over more than a decade, that’s an opportunity to revisit music that might otherwise struggle to find its way into a standard set. As Kerman puts it, the challenge is part of the attraction.

For Arkells fans in Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Ottawa, November could offer three opportunities to find out just how different they can be.