The Vans Warped Tour has announced that 2018 will be the final year of its cross country tour. It will be the tour’s 24th incarnation since beginning in 1995. Dates have been revealed. below.
In an interview with Billboard, founder Kevin Lyman said,
We were doing fine, but we had a pretty big dip last year. It was that younger end of the demo. It was an interesting tour — the bands didn’t feel the dip because the fans that were there were super engaged… Everyone’s lining up at 11 o’clock and they don’t want to miss a band. So that [younger] demo changed, but then I talked to people after the tour and bands did great on merchandise, they had great crowds — everyone had good crowds in front of the stage. But that casual fan that’s learning how to go to a music festival — they were not there last summer,” explained Lyman. “It was a really great show, sponsors were happy, but our attendance was down.
June 21 – Pomona, Calif.
June 22 – San Diego, Calif.
June 23 – Mountain View, Calif.
June 24 – Ventura, Calif.
June 26 – Phoneix, Ariz.
June 29 – Las Vegas, Nev.
June 30 – Salt Lake City, Utah
July 1 – Denver, Colo.
July 3 – St. Louis, Mo.
July 5 – Bonner Springs, Kan.
July 6 – Dallas, Texas
July 7 – San Antonio, Texas
July 8 – Houston, Texas
July 10 – Nashville, Tenn.
July 12 – Virginia Beach, Va.
July 13 – Camden, N.J.
July 14 – Holmdel, N.J.
July 15 – Hartford, Ct.
July 16 – Pittsburgh, Pa.
July 17 – Toronto, Ontario
July 18 – Cincinnati, Ohio
July 19 – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
July 20 – Detroit, Mich.
July 21 – Chicago, Ill.
July 22 – Minneapolis, Minn.
July 23 – Milwaukee, Wis.
July 24 – Indianapolis, Ind.
July 25 – Darien Center, N.Y.
July 26 – Scranton, Pa.
July 27 – Mansfield, Mass.
July 28 – Wantagh, N.Y.
July 29 – Columbia, Md.
July 31 – Charlotte, N.C.
Aug. 1 – Atlanta, Ga.
Aug. 3 – Orlando, Fla.
Aug. 4 – Tampa, Fla.
Aug. 5 – West Palm Beach, Fla.
