For a generation of Christian music fans, Warped Tour wasn't just a festival - it was where many first discovered bands like MxPx, Underoath, and Family Force 5 sharing stages with the biggest names in punk and pop-punk. Now, as the festival's 2026 comeback tour rolls through its second stop in Long Beach, California this weekend, organizers have confirmed a lineup that reads like a reunion of Christian rock's biggest names from the genre's early-2000s peak.
The tour's strongest stop for Christian music fans lands November 14-15 in Orlando, featuring Family Force 5 in a reunion show, alongside Emery, Fit For A King, Gideon, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, MxPx, Norma Jean, and Elijah. That lineup sits alongside acts long connected to Christian audiences through shared tours and fanbases, including Thrice, Jimmy Eat World, and Taking Back Sunday.
This weekend's Long Beach stop (July 25-26) also carries a strong Christian-roots lineup, featuring Emery, Norma Jean, The Devil Wears Prada, Underoath, and MxPx. Later stops in Montreal (August 21-22) and Mexico City (November 28-29) each carry their own mix of Christian-rooted and Christian-adjacent acts, including Anberlin in Mexico City.
Warped Tour originally shut down in 2019 after more than two decades on the road, having served for years as one of the few mainstream festivals to consistently welcome Christian rock and hardcore bands into its lineup - often introducing fans of secular pop-punk to faith-driven bands, and vice versa. Its 2025 comeback leaned heavily on newer artists; this year's expanded run marks the closest thing to a full reunion of that era since the festival's return.
For longtime fans, the lineup is a reminder that some of Christian music's most influential rock voices never stopped finding new audiences - they just needed the right stage to bring them back together.
