Jonah Marais reunites with Why Don't We bandmates at The Gov

Jonah Marais is bringing The Dreamer Tour to The Gov on Sunday 15 November 2026, and this one comes with a genuine drawcard beyond his solo catalogue. Fellow Why Don't We founding members Jack Avery and Zach Herron will join him on stage, marking their first Australian performance together since 2019 and their first reunion anywhere since a 2022 New York City show.

For a band that sold millions of records, racked up 3.1 billion streams and passed 870 million YouTube views, that's no small thing to bring to Hindmarsh. Why Don't We built a devoted following on hook-heavy pop, and the Adelaide crowd will get a run of the songs that made that name: 8 Letters, What Am I, Fallin', Don't Wake Me Up, Trust Fund Baby and Hooked, performed together for the first time in years.

Marais has spent the years since carving out his own space as a solo artist, leaning into genre-blending songwriting that puts his voice front and centre rather than layering it into a five-part harmony. The Dreamer Tour is built around that solo material, and the Adelaide date will fold in his own songs alongside the Why Don't We favourites, with what the tour is billing as surprises from Avery and Herron on the night.

It's a smart structure for a show like this. Solo artists touring on the back of a bigger group's legacy can sometimes feel like they're chasing the past. Here, the past is walking on stage with him, which sidesteps that problem entirely and gives longtime fans something they haven't had in years: three-quarters of the reason they fell for this band in the first place, in the same room.

Doors open at 7:30pm at The Gov, 59 Port Road, Hindmarsh. Tickets are $100.85 plus booking fee. For anyone who grew up on Why Don't We's run of hits, or who's followed Marais into his solo work since, this is a rare chance to see the pieces reassembled, even briefly, on Adelaide soil.