By Will McGuirk
Hey when you’re on to a good thing keep it going . . . the Vans Warped Tour 2026 just dropped its Montreal line-up and its all that skate thrash gnarly punk thats been delivering it for well since 1995 when it started and my kid, the skater in the fam jam, is in his early thirties so he grew up with this and its a rad community and a rad time. When you see a school of skaters ride through town it is indeed a thing of beauty. So great to see Warped still going, I took the kid one time when Protest The Hero were on it, and anyway nice to see pals, the Anti-Queens, on the bill now.
Dates are Aug 21 and 22 2026, gig takes place at Parc Jean-Drapeau and if I was to go I’d be checking obv the Anti-Queens, but of course there are some fab international acts such as Comeback Kid, Flogging Molly, Joyce Manor, Good Riddance, Jimmy Eat World, Strung Out, and Sublime - yes please to all of it. So start oiling up those ollies, slip on the Vans and get thee to Montreal.