I have never been to Warped Tour. The one summer I was planning to finally attend the festival, I was 18 and working at a sleep away camp, and subsequently wasn't allowed to switch my scheduled day off to coincide with the tour's local stop because so many other counselors had the same idea. Warped Tour is known to be a space for teens to see their favorite bands in an inexplicably dust-filled parking lot of an amphitheater, complete with reverse daycare for parents that were dragged by their children to said parking lot.
Over the weekend, I noticed my Twitter feed begin to light up with photos of a tent in the middle of the Warped Tour dedicated solely to pro-life/All Lives Matter organization Rock For Life. Many tweeters were appalled that Warped Tour, whose target demographic consists mostly of individuals still in their teens, would allow this tent -- which, it has been noted is being run by mostly men -- to ask young, impressionable festival-goers when they think rights should begin for a fetus.
https://twitter.com/mariasherm/status/751829967676190720
Between FPS being let on, and now Rock for Life how do people support Warped Tour anymore?
— chef goldblum (@BrahNick) July 9, 2016
Warped Tour continues its two-month trek through the US until mid-August, featuring several of the acts from the mall punk resurgence.
UPDATE: Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman emailed an explanation for why Rock For Life is not listed on the tour's website:
27 of over 100 non-profits are listed on the site since only 27 are sponsors of the tour and the rest are tabling for free. All 100 are not at every show but that was the last count I got and more have been added since.
