Dreaming About Warped Tour? Us, Too.

Arts Weekly

Buzz

October 23, 2024

Especially since they’re coming back for the 30th anniversary…

This year we reached our fifth summer without a Vans Warped Tour rolling into town. Granted, there have been iterations of alternative rock, pop punk, and diverse yet rock-based festivals trying to fill the space left in the summer tour industry. However, few have come to match the history, style, and overall energy of the one-and-only Warped Tour. That was the original, punk-y touring festival that took the world by storm, but as the phrase goes “you can’t out-do the doer,” and Warped was the doer – without a doubt. Lucky for us, the cross country festival is returning – June 14-15 in Washington, D.C., July 26-27 in Long Beach, California, and November 15-16 in Orlando, Florida. (Although no bands, guests, or lineups have been announced yet, pre-sale tickets can be purchased starting this Thursday on the Vans Warped Tour website. Hopefully NJ/NYC/PA will see a weekend, too… we have our cans of soup ready to be donated! #IYKYK.)

Let’s look back at what we thought was going to be our “very last, very final” Vans Warped Tour (in Atlantic City, 2019) via some exciting, barely-before-seen photographs from our very own Anthony Cosentino.