Rogers Arena will sound a little different next season.
Tom Fleming, the Canucks’ in-house DJ, announced Wednesday that he won’t be back with the team after five years behind the decks.
“After five unforgettable years, I’ve decided to turn the page and begin a new chapter in this DJ journey,” Fleming said.
He also thanked the organization, the people he worked with, and the fans who filled the building night after night.
“I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity, the memories, everyone I had the chance to work with along the way, and all of the fans who brought so much energy to Rogers Arena every night. It’s been an experience I’ll never forget.
“Thank you Vancouver.”
Fleming first landed the Canucks job in 2021 after winning a competition for the role. The Halifax native didn’t just apply and wait around - he flew across the country on his own dime to give himself a shot.
“I basically had to fly myself out on my own dime, just to make it happen, because I really wanted it,” Fleming said in an interview with Daily Hive in 2021.
Before joining Vancouver, he had mostly worked in the nightclub world. Now, he’s headed back to that lane in 2026 after confirming to Canucks reporter Daniel Wagner that he has accepted a residency in Bali, Indonesia.
Fleming has already been spending time there this offseason, posting photos and videos from Bali and DJing a show in Seminyak in July.
His run with the Canucks came during a stretch that featured four different head coaches in five years, starting near the end of the Travis Green and Jim Benning era. There wasn’t much team success along the way, but Fleming did get a front-row seat to the club’s 2023-24 surge, when Vancouver came within one game of the Western Conference Finals.
“There were moments when the crowd was screaming so loudly I could barely even hear the music I was playing,” Fleming told Wagner. “You could physically feel the adrenaline in the building. Getting to help soundtrack that was pretty special.”
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