Gus Dapperton brings '4 Dear Life' to Wonder Ballroom

Two weeks after his fourth album landed, Gus Dapperton books a Saturday-night Portland return for April 10 — his first show here since 2024.

The last time Gus Dapperton played the Portland area, it was a July night at McMenamins Edgefield in 2024. The next one moves indoors and closer in: Saturday, April 10, 2027, at Wonder Ballroom, a 778-capacity room that puts everybody within shouting distance of the stage.

The date was announced Oct. 26, and it arrives on the back of a new record. The show starts at 8 p.m., with tickets from $34 to $137.45 through eTix, where the run is billed as the 4 Dear Life Tour.

That's the hook. Dapperton announced *4 Dear Life* in September, as The Line of Best Fit reported alongside the single "Queen," and the album came out Oct. 23 via ALTER Music, per Melodic Magazine. It's his fourth studio album, following 2023's *Henge* and the 2024 EP *Tunes for Late Spring*, according to Clash.

So the gap since his last Portland stop isn't empty time. When he played Edgefield in July 2024, *Tunes for Late Spring* was the newest thing in the catalog. By April, fans here will have had five-plus months to live with a full new album before hearing it in a room this size.

Five months to live with the record, then one Saturday night to hear it up close.

Wonder Ballroom is a different kind of night than Edgefield. Edgefield shows are an outing, a lawn-chair-and-picnic kind of evening out past the city line. Wonder is the opposite: a standing-room hall where the sound hits you square and the crowd is close enough to sing along with each other as much as with the stage. For an indie artist touring a new album, it's the room where the new songs get tested against people who already know every word of the old ones.

The pricing reflects that range. The low end of the ticket spread is a standard general-admission night out; the top of it suggests premium options for fans who want more than a spot on the floor. Either way, a 778-person room on a Saturday doesn't leave much margin, and shows on a new-album tour tend to move once the record has had time to settle in.

What to expect: plenty of *4 Dear Life*, which is the point of the tour, set against the songs that built his following. If you only know the singles, the album has been out long enough by now to catch up before spring. Start with "Queen," then work outward.

The tour has other stops on the books as well; a listing for the 4 Dear Life Tour at HI-FI in Indianapolis turned up on Discotech, a reminder this is a full run rather than a one-off. For Portland, though, April 10 is the night.

April is a long way off in a November column, but this is a small room and a Saturday. The JamBase listing is here. Put it on the calendar before the album's stuck in your head and the room's sold out.

Sources: JamBase: Gus Dapperton at Wonder Ballroom (jambase.com); The Line of Best Fit: Gus Dapperton announces new album 4 Dear Life and shares Queen (thelineofbestfit.com); Melodic Magazine: Gus Dapperton 4 Dear Life (melodicmag.com); Clash: Gus Dapperton Announces New Album '4 Dear Life' (clashmusic.com); Discotech: Gus Dapperton 4 Dear Life Tour at HI-FI (app.discotech.me); eTix: Gus Dapperton 4 Dear Life Tour, Portland, Wonder Ballroom (etix.prf.hn)