[dpc59]

Vans warped tour hasn't had much to do with punk culture for like 15 years, unless you consider using it as a marketing tool as what punk really is. I saw anti-flag and face to face at a free show in Montreal this summer and punk rock certainly felt alive. The US has punk in drublic fest going on which is probably quite authentic considering it's thrown by fat wreck chords.

[mieseratte]

> punk in drublic fest

> which is probably quite authentic considering it's thrown by fat wreck chords

I believe it's actually throw some random investor types, who kicked NOFX and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes off of all Punk In Drublic events after Fat Mike, the owner and founder of Fat Wreck Chords, made a crass joke at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas this year. I will concede the Punk in Drublic fest has a lot of big-name punk acts, but I would suggest The Fest in Gainsville or Punk Rock Bowling which, alongside the big name / main stage acts, have a lot of small, intimate club shows with big and small acts alike.

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[rjbwork]

The last time I went to warped tour (2004 i think?) Anti-Flag played. Great show - being part of 5000 people chanting lyrics is very much like a religious experience. Such things are actually used to induce religious/trance states among many niche and ethnic religions (see Kecak/Sanghyang, which you may know from the movie Baraka).

[dethstar]

US has Fest and Canada has Pouzza Fest.