Vans Warped Tour 2018

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Months and months ago my daughter talked me into buying tickets for her and so to the Warped Tour when it came to a city nearest us. Later on I found out I get in free with her ticket as she is under 18. They wouldn’t refund the money. My boyfriend and his son said they would go. Two days before the concert he realized he couldn't get the day off so he asked me take his son which I was nervous but agreed. Then at midnight I got a text saying his son saw who was playing and all the bands suck so he didn’t want to go. I wish I had tried selling the ticket after I knew I didn’t need it. It was a waste of $45 dollars. I’d have rather given it away for free then it just go to waste like that! As soon as we parked a traveling monk approached my van and lured $1 from me then didn’t appreciate the small amount. I’m still irritated about it over 24 hours later lol. All the food was expensive so I ate saltines I brought with me as a snack and then just bought my daughter lunch and dinner. We had bottles of water we kept refilling for free at the hydration stations. We had some girls who rudely squished their way between us then we couldn’t see as well as people smoking right next to us in the crowd of people listening to the show. I put sunblock on but even reapplying it I got a sunburn. One of the vendors was an animal rights thing where you watched a 4 minute video and would be given $1. I had no idea what the video was about until we started watching it and was horrified. It was called Compassion over Killing, Beyond the lies. It definitely needed a warning before watching. Two girls hung up the head phones and walked away without finishing! I couldn’t blame them it was really hard to watch. Those were the only things about the day that weren’t good. My daughter had such an awesome time and it made it all totally worth it. We got to watch 8 bands. Palaye Royale was my favorite for sure! Simple Plan and Falling in Reverse were good too. My daughter bought 8 cds with the money she earned from the yard sale. She also got to meet the singer from With Confidence. We watched WaterParks first and they were an adorable boy band. We also saw State Champs but I don’t recall much about their songs or performance. Each band had about 20 minutes to play songs before packing up and the next band setting up. The photo is of the huge blow up sign with the times the bands were playing. There were a lot to choose from a you can see. It was a very long day of walking around and standing and watching the shows. In the 16 hours we were gone we maybe sat for only 2 1/2 hours and that includes the drive there and back. It might not sound like a good time but like I said my daughters happiness made it all worth it!