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Long Beach 2026 Lineup Released
March 12th, 2026 by Kevin Gomez
Pack the sunscreen, grab your clear festival bag and make plans to have your mom drop you off, because the Vans Warped Tour is coming back again to Long Beach. Actually, if you were there for some of the original Warped Tour years, your kids might be old enough to drop you off this time.
After a resounding success of 80,000 people at last year’s Long Beach date, founder Kevin Lyman is bringing the festival back again with even more dates, and this year he’s going international. The Vans Warped Tour will make the rounds again at Washington, D.C., Long Beach, and Orlando, and this year expands to Montreal and Mexico City.
As they did last year, the Warped Tour slowly began releasing bands for the past 30 days. Gradually, a solid lineup started to unveil, with the full official lineup dropping Tuesday. Now, there are still eight bands whited out presumably for bands that cannot be named yet due to proximity clauses but will be revealed as the date gets closer. My guess for the band after Hot Chelle Rae and Hot Milk is Hot Mulligan.
Part of the magic of the Warped Tour was that this was a stage for some of the biggest names in punk, alternative, hardcore, hip-hop, and everything in between, while being a showcase for the younger bands coming up.
Some of the biggest bands playing the Long Beach dates are Jimmy Eat World, Papa Roach, Flogging Molly, Simple Plan, The Used, All Time Low, and Bowling for Soup. There’s also a throwback to bands who used to play Warped Tour in the ‘90s and 2000s like Bayside, MxPx, Lagwagon, Mad Caddies, and The Ataris.
We even have some repeat offenders who played last year’s Long Beach show including The Used, Honey Revenge, Taking Back Sunday, and Plain White T’s. As for newer up and coming bands, you will definitely want to catch sets from Codefendants, Winona Fighter, Holy Wars, and carolesdaughter.
The Long Beach dates will be July 25th-26th. Tickets have been on sale for a bit including a blind sale before any bands were announced. Act quickly because all three of last year’s dates sold out, and 2026 should be no different.
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