Warped Tour 1996

Warped Tour 1996

North American tour by Warped Tour
File:Warped Tour 96 specific event logo.jpg Warped Tour 1996 logo
Start date	July 4, 1996
End date	August 8, 1996
Number of shows	24
Warped Tour concert chronology

Warped Tour 1996 was the 2nd edition of the Vans Warped Tour, and the first Warped Tour to be sponsored by Vans. The 24-date tour began on July 4, 1996 in Phoenix, Arizona and ended August 8, 1996 in Panama City, Florida.

The tour featured a main stage and a second stage, on which bands alternated so that as one band finished playing, the band on the other stage would begin. The band lineups and running orders on the two stages differed between dates. Some shows also featured a third stage with additional bands. The tour headliners included Fishbone, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, NOFX, Pennywise, and Rocket from the Crypt.

This was the first Warped Tour for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, NOFX, Pennywise, and Blink-182, all of which played on multiple future Warped Tours. According to tour founder Kevin Lyman, the addition of punk bands such as NOFX and Pennywise helped establish the tour as a "credible" punk festival, thus making it more successful than the first year's eclectic lineup. A 2011 Warped Tour retrospective article in the Dallas Observer deemed the 1996 lineup one of the four best ever Warped Tour lineups in its 17-year history up to that point.

Vans sponsorship

Lyman sought a sponsor after promoters refused to pay for the tour in its second year because the first edition of the tour the year before had not made money. After a planned meeting with Calvin Klein was delayed by a blizzard, he received a call from Vans who wanted to launch an amateur skateboarding contest at the festival. Lyman, who was "desperate for money to keep the tour going", convinced them to sponsor the tour for $300,000. Vans later gave Lyman an additional $100,000 to buy back merchandising rights to the tour that he had already sold to another company. With the sponsorship, Lyman said that the tour "just survived the second year" and "paid everyone back from the first year."

Bands

• 311
• The Alkaholiks
• Beck
• Blink 182
• CIV
• Dance Hall Crashers
• Deftones
• Dick Dale
• Down By Law
• Face To Face
• The Figgs
• Fishbone
• Fluf
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• NOFX
• Mushroomhead
• Pennywise
• Reel Big Fish
• Rocket From the Crypt
• Unwritten Law
• Lagwagon
• White Kaps

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
July 4, 1996	Phoenix, Arizona	United States	Desert Sky Pavilion
July 5, 1996	San Diego, California		San Diego Sports Arena
July 6, 1996	Carson, California		Olympic Velodrome
July 7, 1996	San Francisco, California		Crissy Field
July 9, 1996	Salem, Oregon		LB Day Amphitheatre
July 10, 1996	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Plaza of Nations
July 11, 1996	Tacoma, Washington	United States	Tacoma Dome
July 13, 1996	Salt Lake City, Utah		Utah State Fair
July 14, 1996	Morrison, Colorado		Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 16, 1996	Bonner Springs, Kansas		Sandstone Amphitheater
July 19, 1996	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Eagles Ballroom
July 20, 1996	Maryland Heights, Missouri		Riverport Amphitheatre
July 21, 1996	Tinley Park, Illinois		New World Music Theatre
July 22, 1996	Clarkston, Michigan		Pine Knob Music Theatre
July 23, 1996	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		IC Light
July 24, 1996	Cleveland, Ohio		Drive-In
July 25, 1996	Cincinnati, Ohio		Riverbend Second Stage
July 26, 1996	Buffalo, New York		La Salle Park
July 27, 1996	Bowmanville, Ontario	Canada	Mosport Park
July 28, 1996	Verdun, Quebec		Verdun Auditorium
July 30, 1996	Northampton, Massachusetts	United States	Northampton Airport
July 31, 1996	Columbia, Maryland		Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 4, 1996	Asbury Park, New Jersey		Stone Pony Area Parking Lot
August 8, 1996	Panama City, Florida	United States	Club LaVela