Vans Warped Tour returns to Montréal for its 2026 edition, taking over Parc Jean-Drapeau on August 21–22. Known for its long history in alternative and punk music, the festival offers a dense, multi-stage lineup that spans decades of the scene, from early pop punk to contemporary hardcore and emo.
This year’s Montréal roster includes more than 100 acts, including veterans like Simple Plan, Bowling For Soup, Yellowcard, Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, Pennywise, MXPX, The Ataris, and Thrice alongside heavy-hitting acts such as Flogging Molly, Escape The Fate, All Time Low, The Devil Wears Prada, and Ice Nine Kills. Hardcore and metalcore are well represented with Despised Icon, Madball, Bruiserweight, Spite House, and Four Year Strong, while melodic punk and pop-rock appear via Mad Caddies, Bigwig, The Menzingers, and Boston Manor.
Emerging voices and regional talent also feature prominently. Montréal-based Béton Armé share the bill with bands like Jutes, LØLØ, Peer Pressure, Suckerpunch!, Sudden Waves, and Colorsfade, offering attendees a look at the next wave of alternative music.
Other acts include Bad Cop Bad Cop, Bearings, Cartel, Chiodos, Concrete Vehicles, Cross Check, Desecrate, Drug Church, Fair Warning, GOB, Good Sleepy, Hawthorne Heights, IllScarlett, Initiate, Joyce Manor, K-Man & The 45s, Letlive., Microwave, Mulch, Nothing,Nowhere., Of Mice & Men, Origami Angel, Oxymorrons, Punchline, 13 Sace6, Scorching Tomb, Silverstein, Sleep Theory, Spike and The Gimme Gimmes, Strung Out, Sunami, The Last Mile, and The Planet Smashers.
Montréal joins stops in Washington, D.C., Long Beach, Orlando, and Mexico City as part of the tour’s 2026 expansion. For nostalgic, elder emos who got to live the magic of the 90s and 2000s iterations of the tour, it's a chance to see some of the favorite acts from their youth, many of whom have since then acquired a legion of younger fans.
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