Warped Tour 2026: With Kevin Lyman

The founder of Warped Tour gives The Aquarian a sneak preview into 2026’s lineup and dates!

Few festivals are as universally beloved as Warped Tour. It’s more than a piece of the scene. It’s the foundation and lifeline of it. Thousands of bands got their start by cutting their teeth at the seminal festival. Warped Tour brought emo, pop-punk, metalcore, and hardcore to the spotlight for three decades.

The fans are also ride-or-die. Many lifers in the scene attribute their love of the genre to seeing a Warped lineup. It’s a core moment in most of our musical upbringings.

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