Pictures From Vans Warped Tour 2009

Vans Warped Tour 2009 celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this year and shows no signs of slowing down. The annual music and extreme sports festival tours Australia, Japan, Europe, Canada, and the United States with the likes of artists in the skate punk, metalcore, post-hardcore, and ska (among other) genres. If you have the chance to go to this festival, you absolutely should; combine the experience of seeing dozens of kick ass bands, running between stages to catch everyone you want to see, the insanity of the mosh pit and the sense of community that Warped Tour creates and you have one hell of a day. It's even more fun in the rain. UpVenue was at the Montreal show on July 11 to present you with exclusive photos and interviews.

Here are some of the bands we had the pleasure to see. Click on their pictures to enter their corresponding galleries.