A Warped Tour tribute show in October sounds like it should be off-season. But The Warped Band has been proving all year that the energy of that festival — the chaotic, genre-hopping, crowd-singing energy — does not need July heat to land. They’re back at Buffalo Iron Works on Friday, October 16, and if you were at the last one, you already know you need to be there.
About The Warped Band
The Warped Band is not just any tribute act. They are the only officially endorsed tribute to the Vans Warped Tour, with the backing of Kevin Lyman — the man who built the festival. That distinction matters, because it shows in how they approach the show: not just playing the songs, but recreating the full experience, with lighting, video production, and the kind of crowd energy that made Warped Tour a summer institution for a generation.
The setlist spans every genre the festival touched — pop punk, emo, ska, hardcore, metalcore, skate punk — pulling from Blink-182, Green Day, Good Charlotte, Papa Roach, NOFX, Goldfinger, Avril Lavigne, Linkin Park, Pierce the Veil, Taking Back Sunday, 3OH!3, and more. And here is the part that actually changes the show: you vote on the setlist ahead of time. The band carries 150-plus songs and the audience shapes which ones get played. Every night is a different show, which is exactly how the original festival worked — every stage, every city, something you hadn’t heard before.
This is a Fall Tour 2026 stop, which means the production is road-ready and the band has been running this material all year across a coast-to-coast run.
About Buffalo Iron Works
Buffalo Iron Works is a 500-capacity club at 49 Illinois St in Buffalo — a room that suits a show like this well. The Warped Band has played here before, which means the room knows how this goes. Doors and show at 8:00 PM.
Tickets
Tickets start at $20 and are available through Buffalo Iron Works. Grab them early — a show with fan-voted setlists and a crowd that has been to this before tends to move.