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Summer School Tour returns with Warped Tour ethos, emerging acts
Pop-punk fans looking to scratch their Warped Tour itch since the touring festival ended in 2019 should attend the Summer School Tour.
The intrigue: The show, featuring emerging acts like Taylor Acorn, Rain City Drive and Charlotte Sands, stops at the Agora on Sunday.
Summer School embodies a similar ethos to Warped by featuring up-and-coming artists while promoting advocacy through partnerships with organizations like peta2 and Save the Music Foundation.
Flashback: The tour is the brainchild of longtime music manager Michael Kaminsky (3OH!3, Neck Deep) and Hopeless Records executive Eric Tobin.
Fittingly, the duo brought Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman on board to help launch Summer School last year.
What they're saying:"When Warped ended, the culture and community built around it no longer had this pillar to hold it up," Kaminsky tells Axios.
Tobin sees Summer School as "an opportunity to raise awareness, give back and create a functional, positive culture younger people can identify with."
What's next: The tour runs through Aug. 10 and includes a stop at Lyman's revamped Warped Tour on July 26 in Long Beach, California.
