Editing Warped Tour (section)

==Overview==
[[File:Warped Tour schedule 2010-08-10.jpg|thumb|right|The performance schedule for the August 10, 2010 stop in [[Chula Vista, California]], giving stages and set times for each act. Set times were determined on the day of the show and were posted for attendees on a large inflatable board.]]

Band performance times and sets were posted on an inflatable installation and were available in print for purchase from an on-site information stand.

Every year had a "BBQ Band". In exchange for the privilege of playing on the tour, the BBQ Band prepared the post-show barbecue for the bands and crew most evenings. Past BBQ Bands included the [[Dropkick Murphys]], Art of Shock, and "The Fabulous Rudies".{{citation needed |date=June 2024| reason = the archive linned here previously, titled "Archived copy", was a 404. it was the earliest archive snapshot. there was no other citation information except the deadurl www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=94008, access-date July 10, 2006 }} Similarly, one band, Animo (formerly DORK), was permitted for four years to play on the tour in exchange for working on the setup crew. The "BBQ Band" for the 2016 tour was Reckless Serenade.

The tour began as a [[skate punk]] and [[third wave ska|third-wave ska]] tour but later came to feature largely [[pop punk]] and [[metalcore]] acts. Some [[hardcore punk|hardcore]] and [[street punk]] bands also participated, such as [[the Casualties]], [[the Unseen (band)|the Unseen]] and [[Anti-Flag]].

The tour was not set up in a single fixed format; each show venue dictated a different layout. The event was set up in early morning and struck late the same day. Heading into Canada, a bus transported supplies while another bus held equipment not needed during the brief jaunt over the border.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2014 |title=Oh. Canada. |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3407256/?ref_=tt_ep_ep4 |access-date=September 24, 2016 |website=[[IMDb]] |archive-date=April 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408070833/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3407256/?ref_=tt_ep_ep4 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{user-generated inline|date=June 2024}}

Citing issues like transportation problems for minors and audience demographics trending younger each year, Kevin Lyman decided to let parents attend Warped Tour performances for free beginning in 2013. Parents had their own adult day care,<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 20, 2013 |title=Warped Tour Offering Free Admission for Parents |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/52019/warped-tour-offering-free-admission-for-parents |access-date=2016-09-24 |website=PunkNews.org |archive-date=2015-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316182817/http://www.punknews.org/article/52019/warped-tour-offering-free-admission-for-parents |url-status=live }}</ref> known as Reverse Day Care.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minichino |first=Nick |date=July 24, 2012 |title=Scenes from Warped Tour's "Reverse Daycare": Blazing Saddles, Air Conditioning, and Parents' Memories of Concerts Past &#124; Village Voice |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/07/warped_tour_reverse_daycare_parents.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102045038/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/07/warped_tour_reverse_daycare_parents.php |archive-date=2015-01-02 |access-date=2016-09-24 |website=Blogs.villagevoice.com}}</ref> Grown-ups could spend the day waiting for their children in the Reverse Day Care tent, which offered ample seating, as well as fans or cooling devices to keep parents occupied during the festival.