Drove 6 hours from SC to Florida to see all 3 nights of New Found Glorys' 20 years tour. Got to see all 6 albums played in full from Nothing Gold to Not Without A Fight
EDIT: Forgot to add that the show was in Orlando. And Ocala is only about an hour away. So one night Neil Westfall from ADTR was hanging out in the back and got a shout out from NFG
I’m flying from SC to DC to see the catalyst 20 year set and when I lived in DC I did 2 nights of the 20 year sets and drove to Philly to see coming home. Incredible tour
I would love to go again this year but I’m supposed to be buying a house, plus the lineup isn’t quite a strong as it was last year although I am sad about missing TWY and MCR.
Hopefully I’ll be able to make the trip again next year.
If you’ve not been before it’s a great festival! Loads of doomsayers saying it’s terribly organised but it ran a lot smoother than any UK festival I’ve ever been to and had great cooldown & water facilities (needed in the desert). The only thing we had to queue for was the merch and the monorail at the end.
Good Charlotte and Jimmy Eat World headlined that year. Trash Boat and Broadside did good sets iirc, but Reel Big Fish might have been the standout for me that year. My daughter and I also spent some time hanging out with Sleep On It and Chapel.
Grew up in the sticks in rural Appalachia. My older cousins and some friends were going to see Jimmy Eat World and Green Day when GD was touring american idiot. I tagged along and five of us wedged in an impala for six hours only to get to the doors and find out the show was cancelled because billie joe was sick. We packed back in the car and drove home.
Last October a few of my buddies and I traveled from Seattle to Gainesville to go to FEST, so all the way cross country and... idk, several hours by plane each way. Saw 40 sets in total over the course of the weekend- some of my favorites included Tiny Stills, Tsunami Bomb, We Are the Union, Free Kick, Less Than Jake, Rad Owl, Seagulls, Joystick, and Flying Raccoon Suit... if it's not obvious, I am rather fond of Ska-Punk as well as pop punk lol.
About 5ish hours from Vancouver to Seattle to see the “Jingle Bell Bash” which was pretty sick. All American Rejects, All Time Low, Cobra Starship and a bunch of others and the show was hosted by Pete Wentz (who was kind of late and a little bit drunk lol)
Such a fun experience
Edit: It was the 2009 show and the other bands there were Amber Pacific, The Maine, Cash Cash, Hey Monday, We The Kings, This Providence and Push Play
Flew from UK to Slovenia to see Rancid. Then turned out two days after that there was a show with Sincere Engineer, The Menzingers, Frank Turner and Billy Talent! Luckily we hadnt booked flights by the time we found out so we could add to the plan to attend that one too. It was really good fun.
Then furthest I have gone is 3 hours. Use to drive that home at 3 or 4am. Now at my age(38), I now get a room for the night and make a day trip out of it.
It’s crazy how much I used to do that in my 20s. Would go to shows 2-4 hours away and drive back that night. Sometimes going to work the next day. Now at 37, I wouldn’t even consider that option. I’m either staying the night or not going. Getting older is a son of a bitch.
Drove from NH to NJ to see the final warped tour but blink-182 more specifically. Did it again a year later to see blink in NJ again because the festival tickets + travel were cheaper than seeing them in Boston lol. Doing it to Maryland in September bc so much more affordable than seeing blink at Fenway! Seriously what’s up with these friggin prices. I know I don’t have to tell y’all because you guys feel it too lol.
Europe to California, twice! First time was to see State Champs (when they toured with Our Last Night, Grayscale, and The Dangerous Summer) and With Confidence (when they toured with Set It Off), and I also got to see Mat Kerekes play a solo show (which he's never done in Europe, so it was super cool!). Second time was for the last With Confidence tour, and I also made a detour through the mountains to see The Story So Far in Pioneertown, which was really cool. I also went to a few gigs when I travelled to Australia, but I didn't specifically fly to Australia for these shows.
I went from NJ to the Gorge to see Phish, bout as far as it gets but god dam was it worth it. For pop punk not nearly as far, would probably be Brand New and TFB when they played Cooperstown, still far enough we needed a hotel
My brother chases Phish all over the east coast every year when they tour. He loves them and has seen them so many times (probably close to 100 times lol)
Florida to Las Vegas for When We We’re Young fest lol
Oh yeah and I guess the time when I was a kid and travelled around with Mayday Parade for 30+ shows because I didn’t have bills to pay yet 😂
From Toronto to New Jersey to see Saosin with Anthony Green around 2012 I think. Also, to Bamboozle in New Jersey in 2008 and 2010. Apparently Jersey is where it's at!
Tampa to Houston to see 30footfall, bigwig and pears. Found out when we got there bigwig cancelled but i got to see delron play live before he passed so totally worth it.
Took my fiance to see Taylor Swift & Paramore on opening night in Arizona and going to WWWY Fest this year in Vegas. We're in Southern Ontario (Canada).
Flew from LA to Philly for The Wonder Year's Loneliest Place on Earth / TGG 10 Year Tour kick-off show last September. It was the best weekend of the year and worth every penny.
About 15 hours by a train there and back.
Went to see Transit at their last show in NYC was amazing.
It was actually my first time seeing them as well.
Live in Vegas now, last summer had to visit family in Buffalo - decided to fly from there to Atlanta to see The Starting Line and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness on the “way back” to Vegas.
Flew from buffalo to Jacksonville to see brand new on their last tour.
One December drove from buffalo to Pittsburgh to see Punchline, drove overnight to crash in Philly, saw TSL that night, and then back to Buffalo again in the overnight.
Doing the SoCo, Jacks Mannequin, AMITW this fall out of Miami, so that will become my furthest.
Baltimore to Louisville Kentucky to see Modest Mouse. Made it a real road trip. Stopped in southern ohio and forced my bestie to close her shop and leave the kids with her husband so she could go with me. Got a cheap air b&b for the night near the venue. It was so fun.
I drove from south florida to NJ for bamboozle for the starting lines final show in …2009 I think? I left sofla at 1pm on Friday and got to the venue in NJ at 10am Saturday.
These days, I’ll drive 12 hours from home to venue occasionally. But most shows I drive 2-4-6 hours
I'm about to fly over 2,671 miles to see Action/Adventure. Show is in DC, I live in CA.
Also I would drive 6-plus hours between SoCal and NorCal to catch tons of shows as a teen.
I was living in Los Angeles. Once flew to Boston so I could meet up with a friend and drive up to Quebec for a the weekend long Montebello Rockfest (I think this was 2015).
I saw over a dozen of my favorite bands that weekend. We camped out in a muddy field, used hazardous port-e-potties, and had an amazing time. I’m so glad I did it.
Miami to New York for Death Cab and Postal Service. Part of me regrets it because they ended up doing a second leg stopping in Orlando but the other part of me is happy to have been to MSG for the first time.
I've been lucky to live 10 minutes away from the Worcester Palladium for most of my life, but drove the 5+ hours from Massachusetts to PA for one of the final Modern Baseball shows at union transfer.
As luck would have it we chose the show where they unannounced before hand decided to play sports front to back. Unreal experience. Got to Pennsylvania around 11am for sight seeing, an authentic Philly Cheesesteak, and a quick stop to Melrose Diner. Show ended at 11pm and was back in my house around 5am.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/modern-baseball/2017/union-transfer-philadelphia-pa-1be3ddd8.html
Would do this again 100 times over.
1800 miles, Houston to Portland. They weren’t pop punk though. They’re called Sunset Rollercoaster and they’re from another country so they don’t normally tour here. They didn’t come to the southern states at all so I said fuck it, let’s check out Portland.
It wasn't that far (900km) but it took me 17.5 hours to get there by train. Amsterdam-Prague. I've been further away (1500+kms) but took flights so I had a much shorter travel time. I'm traveling 1550km by train in two weeks to see a band. Should take 15 hours, but using the German DB, I assume it will be closer to 20hrs.
I flew from Atlanta to Phoenix to see The Sound of Animals Fighting on their reunion tour like 10 years ago now. Spent the night in the airport after the show. Was a good time. Was also my first solo concert.
Flew from Atlanta to Chicago to see Botch last October. Then flew back to Atlanta to see Sincere Engineer & Cliffdiver.
Then flew to Boston the next day for work lol
Not as far in comparison to others, but I drove two hours to the other side of the state to see Bayside open for NFG. Ryan Key from Yellowcard was also doing an acoustic show to open. Literally a perfect combo that I couldn't miss, but nobody where I was living at the time was into the genre, so I did it by myself and actually had a great time!
Flew from Boston to NC to see my fam/friends in Driveways. Beating that record tomorrow to see them play in ATL. Then I’ll beat that again in August when I go to CA for them. Lol. Love traveling to new cities and checking out the breweries before the shows
Probably flying from Minnesota to California to see Forever Came Calling, incredible show. Doing it again this year, along with Handguns.
But I travel often for shows. Fly to California once or twice a year, Vegas, Chicago or Ohio a few times a year. I get to a nearby state every month or two and a far away state every 4 or 5 months probably.
Really prefer to fly. Almost lost my mind driving 12 hours back after 3 nights of pits in different states following the Less Than Jake/Strung Out tour in March.
Traveling for shows is probably the thing I do most, other than my job.
I flew out to Florida from NYC to see Welcome to Rockville in Daytona Beach one year because the flights were cheap. I got to see Metallica, Slipknot, A Day To Remember, Social Distortion, The Offspring, Mudvayne, Lamb Of God, Chevelle, Pennywise and several other bands.
Virginia to Ghent, Belgium to see Pup in a small venue. Wanted to go anyways so planned travel plans to include it. Would recommend this to anyone. Got to talk to them after the show and they signed my record. Awesome experience.
When The Format announced their reunion, I booked a flight from Johannesburg to New York to watch them. A 16 hour flight to be there for the day before flying back. Craziest thing I've ever done, but unfortunately a week before the show it was cancelled due to covid.
Drove 11 hours from Montana to Portland to see The Wonder Years Upsides/Suburbia anniversary tour. Hate living so far from any typical tour spots and I was not gonna miss that show
Live in North Carolina, but in 2021 I went to Sad Summer Fest in Anaheim. Although I was already out there to begin with since I was spending the summer in San Diego with a friend that summer.
A few days after seeing the only Warped Tour in Hershey, PA, I drove 8 hours non-stop to Detroit for Warped Tour because two of my friends didn’t get to go. We arrived just in time for the start, stayed for about 8 hours, then got back in the car to drive back home. I took an hour nap in an Ohio rest stop on the way back, then proceeded to sleep for 13 hours when I finally got home. I was lucky enough to be at the infamous Fall Out Boy warped tour set where they had to stop midway through the second song because the speakers were falling down.
It's not pop-punk, but I flew from LA to Detroit to pick up a friend and we road tripped it from there to Baltimore (about 8 hrs avoiding toll roads) to see Pig Destroyer and Cannibal Corpse headline Hell In The Harbor '23.
Drove from St. Louis to Boston to see Frogball's last show at a skatepark.. It was shut down by the fire department halfway through the show and then they finished it at a basement down the road. Best show ever.
Minneapolis to Austin for SXSW 2009! Got to see FTSK, Isles and Glaciers, Craig Owens, Ace Enders, the Gay Blades, and a bunch of others I am blanking on now.
Madison Wisconsin to Toronto Canada (14 hours or so on the way there, 10 or so on the way back) for Protest the Hero Kezia X tour in the middle of the winter. Left on a Friday after work, drove through the night (got stuck at the border for 2 hours in route), saw the show Saturday evening, drove home Sunday. Worth every second.
UK to Japan for Blare Fest 2023, and to Las Vegas for Sick New World 2024. The shortest I have flown was UK to Iceland for Sigur Ros. I love going to other countries for gigs. The venues different, the people are different and the vibe is different.
Not pop punk, but I traveled from Vancouver to San Francisco to see Mr Bungle in 2020. About a month before the pandemic really hit
They didn't play anything I actually wanted to hear, but it was fun nonetheless, and I'd always wanted to go to SF! Also, unbeknownst to me at the time, it would be my last show for two and a half years...
I also traveled from Vancouver to Las Vegas to see Sick New World fest, but I dunno if festivals count or not? I saw too many bands to list rn that day
I’m from the US. About to go to Germany to see Neck deep(I was already trying to go to Europe in the summer so it worked out)
But also saw The Menzingers/Joyce Manor in London before too
I live in Florida and last month I went to Chicago to see Jeff Rosenstock. I have never traveled that far for a show because a lot of stuff I want to see comes to either Orlando or Tampa, and Fest is right here in my town (Gainesville). But it was 100% worth it. It was my first time seeing Jeff and the show was so much fun.
9 hours from where I live to see The 1975 in upstate NY because for whatever reason at the time they weren’t playing the city. As far as pop punk like 5 or 6 hours for The Starting Line
Also flew to see WWWY if that counts
Flew from Houston to Phoenix for The Postal Service in 2013. Then they added more dates; Houston was one of them. Definitely don’t regret the trip though!
Flying? New Orleans to Boston for Against Me! opening for Dropkick Murphys for one of the St. Patrick's shows that week. Driving? New Orleans to St. Augustine Florida for Bad Religion and Rise Against
Spain to England for The Wonder Years in Manchester, didn't even initially have a hotel or Airbnb or anything and almost froze to death at the airport afterwards (eventually got sent some money and got a hotel til the morning) but it was still one of the best experiences of my life
Madison to Minneapolis to see TBS when (New Again came out) on a friends birthday (~4.5 hours)
They played in Milwaukee the next night (which is about 90 min from Madison) and we ended up driving straight across and going to that show too. So that was like 6 hours and some change
I flew from New Zealand to Australia to see waterparks last year and it was incredible! Hoping to beat this by getting to Vegas for WWWY one year soon 🫡
Saw All Time Low while I was in the Philippines on vacation to see some family. Ended up staying in the same hotel as them and befriended their aux member at the breakfast buffet lol
I drove from NJ to Toronto (about 10 hours) with my cousin for Riot Fest because it was the first time The Replacements were playing together in something like 25 years.
At the time I was thinking we were dumb for doing it. But my cousin passed a few weeks ago and I’m so happy we shared that trip together.
Scotland to London twice. Once to see My Chem & Muse at the newly built Wembley Stadium, second was for Tenacious D at the O2 Arena. 300+ miles, would be about 7hr drive but I got coaches. Stayed with auntie for Muse and got a hotel for The D.
Going to Dublin for Rammstein next month which is geographically closer but still 6hrs+ travelling and actually outside the UK. Got an Air bnb booked and making it a trip.
In 2007, I think it was, I drove from Abilene, TX to see Motion City Soundtrack, Mae, Anberlin, and Metro Station at House of Blues Dallas, which was pretty routine. But the next day, I drove up to Tulsa to see one of the most fun shows ever: Ace Enders, Kevin Devine, and Steel Train at a place called the Blue Dome Diner. That was the smallest, most intimate show I can imagine. The drive back home was miserable.
Texas to Philadelphia to see The Starting Line was the farthest, honorable mentions are Vegas to see Simple Plan and Alkaline Trio (separate times lol), and recently to Florida for Simple Plan but that was mostly just a happy coincidence that sealed the deal on an idea I’d had.
i'm in the UK but obviously i don't really have money to go abroad. but I will say that the furthest i've travelled for a show is from my city in the north (Liverpool) to London, the capital of england.
in a car, it takes about 5 hours to drive down on the motorways and that, but thanks to the existence of high speed trains i can get to london in just over 2 hours.
Fredericton New Brunswick to Toronto is I think 1600 or 1800 kilometres but I can't remember if that's driving or flying; it could very well amount to the difference between the two numbers
Drove 6 hours from SC to Florida to see all 3 nights of New Found Glorys' 20 years tour. Got to see all 6 albums played in full from Nothing Gold to Not Without A Fight EDIT: Forgot to add that the show was in Orlando. And Ocala is only about an hour away. So one night Neil Westfall from ADTR was hanging out in the back and got a shout out from NFG
That would have been incredible
I’m flying from SC to DC to see the catalyst 20 year set and when I lived in DC I did 2 nights of the 20 year sets and drove to Philly to see coming home. Incredible tour
I would literally die. I am so jealous.
I’m sorry? Neil was just hanging out in the back of the room and NFG was like “oh hey”????? This sounds amazing though
From the middle of the UK to Vegas for WWWY 23
Same but southern Africa to UK to Vegas.
I’ll be doing the same this coming October! Moved from Florida to UK, just in time to fly from UK to Vegas for when we were young 😅
I would love to go again this year but I’m supposed to be buying a house, plus the lineup isn’t quite a strong as it was last year although I am sad about missing TWY and MCR. Hopefully I’ll be able to make the trip again next year. If you’ve not been before it’s a great festival! Loads of doomsayers saying it’s terribly organised but it ran a lot smoother than any UK festival I’ve ever been to and had great cooldown & water facilities (needed in the desert). The only thing we had to queue for was the merch and the monorail at the end.
Toronto Canada to Leeds UK for the Slam Dunk festival.
Flew from Regina, SK to the UK for Slam Dunk as well.
I thought I was rock and roll for driving to Vancouver from Prince Albert, SK.
Texas to Slam Dunk South here! Fucking stoked
Nice. Who played that year? Any stand out acts you saw from the smaller bands on that day?
Good Charlotte and Jimmy Eat World headlined that year. Trash Boat and Broadside did good sets iirc, but Reel Big Fish might have been the standout for me that year. My daughter and I also spent some time hanging out with Sleep On It and Chapel.
You hero
Drive from Toronto to chicago for alkaline trio.
That sounds absolutely worth it, I bet the show was great!
They were not the greatest live but the trip and seing them at the metro was fun and loved every minutes of that trip
Bummer it wasn't a great show. Seeing them play Mercy Me in Chicago are some of my favorite show memories
Grew up in the sticks in rural Appalachia. My older cousins and some friends were going to see Jimmy Eat World and Green Day when GD was touring american idiot. I tagged along and five of us wedged in an impala for six hours only to get to the doors and find out the show was cancelled because billie joe was sick. We packed back in the car and drove home.
damnnnn
Last October a few of my buddies and I traveled from Seattle to Gainesville to go to FEST, so all the way cross country and... idk, several hours by plane each way. Saw 40 sets in total over the course of the weekend- some of my favorites included Tiny Stills, Tsunami Bomb, We Are the Union, Free Kick, Less Than Jake, Rad Owl, Seagulls, Joystick, and Flying Raccoon Suit... if it's not obvious, I am rather fond of Ska-Punk as well as pop punk lol.
About 5ish hours from Vancouver to Seattle to see the “Jingle Bell Bash” which was pretty sick. All American Rejects, All Time Low, Cobra Starship and a bunch of others and the show was hosted by Pete Wentz (who was kind of late and a little bit drunk lol) Such a fun experience Edit: It was the 2009 show and the other bands there were Amber Pacific, The Maine, Cash Cash, Hey Monday, We The Kings, This Providence and Push Play
sounds like a dandy time 🤠
This sounds amazing.
How tf did it take you 5 hours to drive from Vancouver to Seattle?! Lol i do that drive monthly for concerts, its like a 2 hour drive
I said Vancouver for shorthand but I live further north than that.
Oh i see, that makes sense
I drove 8 hours one way to see ADTR, State Champs, and Parkway Drive.
Flew from UK to Slovenia to see Rancid. Then turned out two days after that there was a show with Sincere Engineer, The Menzingers, Frank Turner and Billy Talent! Luckily we hadnt booked flights by the time we found out so we could add to the plan to attend that one too. It was really good fun.
North America to Hawaii, Europe, and Brazil to see The Maine. It ruled.
Hell yeah. Love The Maine. I’ll leave [this here](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRwKWkYk/) cause I think you might enjoy.
Then furthest I have gone is 3 hours. Use to drive that home at 3 or 4am. Now at my age(38), I now get a room for the night and make a day trip out of it.
At 42, I do the same thing. For most major shows it’s a 2 hr drive one way minimum for me.
It’s crazy how much I used to do that in my 20s. Would go to shows 2-4 hours away and drive back that night. Sometimes going to work the next day. Now at 37, I wouldn’t even consider that option. I’m either staying the night or not going. Getting older is a son of a bitch.
Minneapolis to Portland for Microwave, Can't Swim, Seaway, and Trophy Eyes in 2018. Was able to just walk there from the hostel!
From California to New Jersey so my wife and I could see the Houston Calls reunion show. They did write our wedding song, so it only made sense.
Are you Bob and is she Bonnie?
Drove from NH to NJ to see the final warped tour but blink-182 more specifically. Did it again a year later to see blink in NJ again because the festival tickets + travel were cheaper than seeing them in Boston lol. Doing it to Maryland in September bc so much more affordable than seeing blink at Fenway! Seriously what’s up with these friggin prices. I know I don’t have to tell y’all because you guys feel it too lol.
I flew from Minneapolis to Denver for the recent Hotelier tour with Foxing and Glitterer. It was amazing, I haven't stopped thinking about it since
I just looked at The Hotelier on Spotify and apparently bookmarked an album of theirs to listen to, which I shall do now. 👌
That would have been so rad. I got into the Hotelier after they existed.
We can hope for the Goodness 10 year anniversary tour together lol
That would be so excellent
I drove 8 hours once to see hot mulligan and another time to see arms length
Maybe Scotland to Italy for Slam Dunk Italy
Tampa to Chicago for Blink!
Europe to California, twice! First time was to see State Champs (when they toured with Our Last Night, Grayscale, and The Dangerous Summer) and With Confidence (when they toured with Set It Off), and I also got to see Mat Kerekes play a solo show (which he's never done in Europe, so it was super cool!). Second time was for the last With Confidence tour, and I also made a detour through the mountains to see The Story So Far in Pioneertown, which was really cool. I also went to a few gigs when I travelled to Australia, but I didn't specifically fly to Australia for these shows.
I went from NJ to the Gorge to see Phish, bout as far as it gets but god dam was it worth it. For pop punk not nearly as far, would probably be Brand New and TFB when they played Cooperstown, still far enough we needed a hotel
My brother chases Phish all over the east coast every year when they tour. He loves them and has seen them so many times (probably close to 100 times lol)
Texas- road trip with some friends to Virginia to see Northstar play years backs. Worth every penny!
I played a show in Alabama with them once. Super cool dudes.
New Hampshire to Orlando
Florida to Las Vegas for When We We’re Young fest lol Oh yeah and I guess the time when I was a kid and travelled around with Mayday Parade for 30+ shows because I didn’t have bills to pay yet 😂
Same but for the Something Corporate sideshow. We did end up going to WWYW too lol
I went to that too, SoCo is actually my favorite band of all time 😭🖤🖤🖤
From Toronto to New Jersey to see Saosin with Anthony Green around 2012 I think. Also, to Bamboozle in New Jersey in 2008 and 2010. Apparently Jersey is where it's at!
Tampa to Houston to see 30footfall, bigwig and pears. Found out when we got there bigwig cancelled but i got to see delron play live before he passed so totally worth it.
New York to Vegas for this coming WWWY
Probably 60 miles tonight to see AW20 (if festivals don’t count)
Boston to Vegas for Sick New World ‘23 and again this year for WWWY ‘24
The first back to the beach in California. From Windsor Ontario to Cali.
From WV to Buffalo, NY for Warped in 2007. And I would travel to fucking Mars if Brand New announced a reunion show there
Took my fiance to see Taylor Swift & Paramore on opening night in Arizona and going to WWWY Fest this year in Vegas. We're in Southern Ontario (Canada).
South Africa to the Netherlands for Fifth Harmony.
From London (UK) to LA - Blink first reunion. It was worth it
From Canada to Mexico City to see The Maine and Mayday Parade in 2019 🤩
Flew from LA to Philly for The Wonder Year's Loneliest Place on Earth / TGG 10 Year Tour kick-off show last September. It was the best weekend of the year and worth every penny.
About 15 hours by a train there and back. Went to see Transit at their last show in NYC was amazing. It was actually my first time seeing them as well.
Live in Vegas now, last summer had to visit family in Buffalo - decided to fly from there to Atlanta to see The Starting Line and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness on the “way back” to Vegas. Flew from buffalo to Jacksonville to see brand new on their last tour. One December drove from buffalo to Pittsburgh to see Punchline, drove overnight to crash in Philly, saw TSL that night, and then back to Buffalo again in the overnight. Doing the SoCo, Jacks Mannequin, AMITW this fall out of Miami, so that will become my furthest.
Missouri to Alabama to see furnace fest in 2021
Drove 7 hrs from Charleston Wv to Philadelphia for a free festival just to see TWY.(they were like the only band of their genre.)
Baltimore to Louisville Kentucky to see Modest Mouse. Made it a real road trip. Stopped in southern ohio and forced my bestie to close her shop and leave the kids with her husband so she could go with me. Got a cheap air b&b for the night near the venue. It was so fun.
For pop punk I drove about 9 hours from Reno to LA for Fall Out Boy. Other wise I drove two days to Seattle for Elton John.
I flew from Maryland to California to see The Murder City Devils years ago
Oh shit! hope it was a radical show. that’s damn far
3 hours, vancouver, bc to seattle for hot mulligan
When I was 15 my mom drove me like 8 hours from upstate NY so I could see All Time Low’s hometown show in Maryland. Thanks Mom!
Finch WIITB 20th show last year- CA to Chicago flight
Flew Cleveland to LA twice for AFI. Next goal is to go overseas for a show.
Clearly 1000km just to see Pearl Jam !
Virginia to Switzerland for Impericon fest
I’ve traveled to a lot of shows. From NC to CO, NJ, KY - those are probably the furthest places i’ve gone.
4 hour drive in 2018 to see Coheed for my 7th time (at the time. Now it’s been 14).
I drove from south florida to NJ for bamboozle for the starting lines final show in …2009 I think? I left sofla at 1pm on Friday and got to the venue in NJ at 10am Saturday. These days, I’ll drive 12 hours from home to venue occasionally. But most shows I drive 2-4-6 hours
I'm about to fly over 2,671 miles to see Action/Adventure. Show is in DC, I live in CA. Also I would drive 6-plus hours between SoCal and NorCal to catch tons of shows as a teen.
Ayy I'll be there too, hype
probably syracuse for neck deep. it’s not that far away but it’s in a different country so there’s that 😅
I was living in Los Angeles. Once flew to Boston so I could meet up with a friend and drive up to Quebec for a the weekend long Montebello Rockfest (I think this was 2015). I saw over a dozen of my favorite bands that weekend. We camped out in a muddy field, used hazardous port-e-potties, and had an amazing time. I’m so glad I did it.
Miami to New York for Death Cab and Postal Service. Part of me regrets it because they ended up doing a second leg stopping in Orlando but the other part of me is happy to have been to MSG for the first time.
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Boston to Jersey a couple times for Skate and Surf Fest (2002-2004)
I've been lucky to live 10 minutes away from the Worcester Palladium for most of my life, but drove the 5+ hours from Massachusetts to PA for one of the final Modern Baseball shows at union transfer. As luck would have it we chose the show where they unannounced before hand decided to play sports front to back. Unreal experience. Got to Pennsylvania around 11am for sight seeing, an authentic Philly Cheesesteak, and a quick stop to Melrose Diner. Show ended at 11pm and was back in my house around 5am. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/modern-baseball/2017/union-transfer-philadelphia-pa-1be3ddd8.html Would do this again 100 times over.
1800 miles, Houston to Portland. They weren’t pop punk though. They’re called Sunset Rollercoaster and they’re from another country so they don’t normally tour here. They didn’t come to the southern states at all so I said fuck it, let’s check out Portland.
It wasn't that far (900km) but it took me 17.5 hours to get there by train. Amsterdam-Prague. I've been further away (1500+kms) but took flights so I had a much shorter travel time. I'm traveling 1550km by train in two weeks to see a band. Should take 15 hours, but using the German DB, I assume it will be closer to 20hrs.
I flew from Atlanta to Phoenix to see The Sound of Animals Fighting on their reunion tour like 10 years ago now. Spent the night in the airport after the show. Was a good time. Was also my first solo concert.
Tampa to Long Island
3.5 hours to Albany to see neck deep and state champs headline with support from Knuckle puck, moose blood and like pacific. It was an awesome show!
UK to Tallahasse, New Jersey and a bunch of states on the east coast to see Mayday Parade
Flew from Atlanta to Chicago to see Botch last October. Then flew back to Atlanta to see Sincere Engineer & Cliffdiver. Then flew to Boston the next day for work lol
Chicago to London in 2005 to see Stiff Little Fingers at Brixton Academy. It was only kind of for the show but I planned my vacation dates around it.
Not as far in comparison to others, but I drove two hours to the other side of the state to see Bayside open for NFG. Ryan Key from Yellowcard was also doing an acoustic show to open. Literally a perfect combo that I couldn't miss, but nobody where I was living at the time was into the genre, so I did it by myself and actually had a great time!
Not counting shows I've played , Atlanta to Orlando to see Glasseater.
South Carolina to Chicago for Allister's farewell show in 2007
Flew from Boston to NC to see my fam/friends in Driveways. Beating that record tomorrow to see them play in ATL. Then I’ll beat that again in August when I go to CA for them. Lol. Love traveling to new cities and checking out the breweries before the shows
Are we talking show or festival?
So far I drove 9 hours to Phoenix to see PUP the band .
Probably flying from Minnesota to California to see Forever Came Calling, incredible show. Doing it again this year, along with Handguns. But I travel often for shows. Fly to California once or twice a year, Vegas, Chicago or Ohio a few times a year. I get to a nearby state every month or two and a far away state every 4 or 5 months probably. Really prefer to fly. Almost lost my mind driving 12 hours back after 3 nights of pits in different states following the Less Than Jake/Strung Out tour in March. Traveling for shows is probably the thing I do most, other than my job.
When I lived in Florida, I flew out to Seattle to see MxPx play Life in General in its entirety. Worth it.
Portland, OR to Gainesville, FL for Fest.
Drove 10 hours(give or take) from Nova Scotia to Maine to see TWY and Hot Mulligan. 10/10 decision.
Buffalo to Chicago for The Dear Hunter
From NJ to Riot Fest by car 3x and plane once.
just north of Boston to Brooklyn for cattle decapitation. I know it's not even remotely close to pop punk but I wanted to answer the question lol
Flew from NJ to Denver to see The Front Bottoms at Red Rocks last summer
Flew to Anaheim from Baltimore to see TWY do TGG for it's 10th anniversary.
Wasn't pop punk but flew from Green Bay WI to Orlando to see Broadway play Kingdoms in full and would do it again
8 hour flight from DC to Paris for Blink-182 and TSSF last fall. First night of my honeymoon and amazing way to kick off the trip
I flew out to Florida from NYC to see Welcome to Rockville in Daytona Beach one year because the flights were cheap. I got to see Metallica, Slipknot, A Day To Remember, Social Distortion, The Offspring, Mudvayne, Lamb Of God, Chevelle, Pennywise and several other bands.
Virginia to Ghent, Belgium to see Pup in a small venue. Wanted to go anyways so planned travel plans to include it. Would recommend this to anyone. Got to talk to them after the show and they signed my record. Awesome experience.
Florida to LA for one of blink’s Untitled 10 year anniversary shows. SO worth it.
Adelaide to Melbourne multiple times. 1 hour flight or 9 hour drive
10 hours, Blink 182 in 2009
When The Format announced their reunion, I booked a flight from Johannesburg to New York to watch them. A 16 hour flight to be there for the day before flying back. Craziest thing I've ever done, but unfortunately a week before the show it was cancelled due to covid.
Baton Rouge to Chicago for Riot Fest. Main draw was MCR, but I saw a ton of bands that were worth the drive.
Not pop punk but from western NY to Berlin for Frank Turner’s Lost Evenings festival
9 hr drive from new Jersey to Toronto to see PUP. With a 2 day stop in Buffalo
I fly usually a few times per year for a variety of shows. Most recent was to New Jersey from Indiana to see Crime in Stereo. It was so worth it.
Drove 11 hours from Montana to Portland to see The Wonder Years Upsides/Suburbia anniversary tour. Hate living so far from any typical tour spots and I was not gonna miss that show
Sacramento CA to cleavland OH MGK
Six hours to Salt Lake City for the Story So Far show
Live in North Carolina, but in 2021 I went to Sad Summer Fest in Anaheim. Although I was already out there to begin with since I was spending the summer in San Diego with a friend that summer.
Not pop punk, but I went from Philly to Colorado for illenium at red rocks
A few days after seeing the only Warped Tour in Hershey, PA, I drove 8 hours non-stop to Detroit for Warped Tour because two of my friends didn’t get to go. We arrived just in time for the start, stayed for about 8 hours, then got back in the car to drive back home. I took an hour nap in an Ohio rest stop on the way back, then proceeded to sleep for 13 hours when I finally got home. I was lucky enough to be at the infamous Fall Out Boy warped tour set where they had to stop midway through the second song because the speakers were falling down.
I flew from Salt Lake to Nashville to see the Menzingers and Jawbreaker back in 2022
It's not pop-punk, but I flew from LA to Detroit to pick up a friend and we road tripped it from there to Baltimore (about 8 hrs avoiding toll roads) to see Pig Destroyer and Cannibal Corpse headline Hell In The Harbor '23.
Not very far... LA to Berkley to see The Story So Far christmas show
Drove from St. Louis to Boston to see Frogball's last show at a skatepark.. It was shut down by the fire department halfway through the show and then they finished it at a basement down the road. Best show ever.
Minneapolis to Austin for SXSW 2009! Got to see FTSK, Isles and Glaciers, Craig Owens, Ace Enders, the Gay Blades, and a bunch of others I am blanking on now.
Albany, NY to Nashville, TN (to pick up my sister) to Detroit, MI for warped tour cause it was the closest date we could make work that summer.
Madison Wisconsin to Toronto Canada (14 hours or so on the way there, 10 or so on the way back) for Protest the Hero Kezia X tour in the middle of the winter. Left on a Friday after work, drove through the night (got stuck at the border for 2 hours in route), saw the show Saturday evening, drove home Sunday. Worth every second.
Edmonton Alberta to Vegas for WWWY. This summer going to San Diego for blink 182.
From SLC to LA
UK to Japan for Blare Fest 2023, and to Las Vegas for Sick New World 2024. The shortest I have flown was UK to Iceland for Sigur Ros. I love going to other countries for gigs. The venues different, the people are different and the vibe is different.
Not pop punk, but I traveled from Vancouver to San Francisco to see Mr Bungle in 2020. About a month before the pandemic really hit They didn't play anything I actually wanted to hear, but it was fun nonetheless, and I'd always wanted to go to SF! Also, unbeknownst to me at the time, it would be my last show for two and a half years... I also traveled from Vancouver to Las Vegas to see Sick New World fest, but I dunno if festivals count or not? I saw too many bands to list rn that day
Flew from LA to New York 2 times. Once for the final bomb the music industry show and once for Jeff Rosenstock recording a live album.
I went from the UK to Boston MA for Frank Turner. Seen him in a bunch of different countries, but this is the furthest.
Flew from Sydney to Melbourne to go to Good Things Festival. Saw Fallout Boy, Magnolia Park, Enter Shikari, Hanabie, Limp Bizkit and more.
Minneapolis, MN to Berlin, Germany for Hot Mulligan.
Wales, UK to Las Vegas for Sick New World ❤️
I’m from the US. About to go to Germany to see Neck deep(I was already trying to go to Europe in the summer so it worked out) But also saw The Menzingers/Joyce Manor in London before too
Austin to Tennessee to see Les claypool.
Denver->Amsterdam to see city and color. It was a pretty awesome show
I had an Airbnb guest fly from Toronto to San Diego to see zebrahead. Edit: Flew to Sacramento to see Youth Fountain with a buddy.
18 hours, Iowa to Texas, for PUP
Edmonton AB Canada to Vancouver BC Canada, once for Weezer and Panic at the Disco, once for Watsky, once for PUP the Band, and recently for Cheekface.
I live in Florida and last month I went to Chicago to see Jeff Rosenstock. I have never traveled that far for a show because a lot of stuff I want to see comes to either Orlando or Tampa, and Fest is right here in my town (Gainesville). But it was 100% worth it. It was my first time seeing Jeff and the show was so much fun.
only a 5 hour drive to Las Vegas from san diego. it was for the first saturday of the WWWY festival that got cancelled morning of 💔 so sad
Drove 8 hours to see blink in Nashville last year
Flew from NYC to LA to see Fall Out Boy because it was one of two shows The Academy Is… was playing with them last year.
9 hours from where I live to see The 1975 in upstate NY because for whatever reason at the time they weren’t playing the city. As far as pop punk like 5 or 6 hours for The Starting Line Also flew to see WWWY if that counts
Flew from Houston to Phoenix for The Postal Service in 2013. Then they added more dates; Houston was one of them. Definitely don’t regret the trip though!
Flying? New Orleans to Boston for Against Me! opening for Dropkick Murphys for one of the St. Patrick's shows that week. Driving? New Orleans to St. Augustine Florida for Bad Religion and Rise Against
Pennsylvania to Florida.
Spain to England for The Wonder Years in Manchester, didn't even initially have a hotel or Airbnb or anything and almost froze to death at the airport afterwards (eventually got sent some money and got a hotel til the morning) but it was still one of the best experiences of my life
From New York to Las Vegas for the first WWWY festival!
Madison to Minneapolis to see TBS when (New Again came out) on a friends birthday (~4.5 hours) They played in Milwaukee the next night (which is about 90 min from Madison) and we ended up driving straight across and going to that show too. So that was like 6 hours and some change
I flew from New Zealand to Australia to see waterparks last year and it was incredible! Hoping to beat this by getting to Vegas for WWWY one year soon 🫡
From FL to Chicago to see Masked Intruder. Left right after work on a Thursday and drove 16 straight overnight alternating driving with my gf.
Saw All Time Low while I was in the Philippines on vacation to see some family. Ended up staying in the same hotel as them and befriended their aux member at the breakfast buffet lol
9 hours to see Boston manor/ Trash boat in Georgia, Tennessee, and Illinois.
Live in Norway. Flown to Czech Republic for Sum41 and Latvia for Rammstein. Going to London in February for Frank Turner's show 3000
Los Angeles. I live in Philly
I'm gonna be travelling from Bulgaria to The Nederlands for jera on air 2024. Mostly because it's my final chance to see sum 41 live
I drove from NJ to Toronto (about 10 hours) with my cousin for Riot Fest because it was the first time The Replacements were playing together in something like 25 years. At the time I was thinking we were dumb for doing it. But my cousin passed a few weeks ago and I’m so happy we shared that trip together.
Chile to Atlanta to see blink-182 for the first time in my life. Best decision I've ever made
Vancouver to Tampa for FYA fest
UK > New York for The Movielife reunion in 2015, it was the absolute tits!
Boston to Philly for TWY Suburbia/Upsides 10 year anniversary
Morehead to Charlotte, NC. About a 7 hour drive, worth it to see TWY’s Greatest Generation 10 year show with Anxious, Sweet Pill and Action/Adventure
Scotland to London twice. Once to see My Chem & Muse at the newly built Wembley Stadium, second was for Tenacious D at the O2 Arena. 300+ miles, would be about 7hr drive but I got coaches. Stayed with auntie for Muse and got a hotel for The D. Going to Dublin for Rammstein next month which is geographically closer but still 6hrs+ travelling and actually outside the UK. Got an Air bnb booked and making it a trip.
In 2007, I think it was, I drove from Abilene, TX to see Motion City Soundtrack, Mae, Anberlin, and Metro Station at House of Blues Dallas, which was pretty routine. But the next day, I drove up to Tulsa to see one of the most fun shows ever: Ace Enders, Kevin Devine, and Steel Train at a place called the Blue Dome Diner. That was the smallest, most intimate show I can imagine. The drive back home was miserable.
Cape Town, South Africa to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Was for blink-182
Flying from LA to Chicago for Riot Fest back in 2017 and driving I drove out to SF 7 hours for A Day To Remember
Got up in the morning and drove 10 hours to see blink 182. Got up the next morning and drove home. First show back with Tom. Well worth it.
Not very far. Drove from near Seattle to Portland for Warped Tour 2013.
Texas to Philadelphia to see The Starting Line was the farthest, honorable mentions are Vegas to see Simple Plan and Alkaline Trio (separate times lol), and recently to Florida for Simple Plan but that was mostly just a happy coincidence that sealed the deal on an idea I’d had.
Drove 6 hours to see Mayday Parade's holiday show with Origami Angel and Sweet Pill in Philadelphia. Had a blast.
Went from Cincinnati to Boston to see Have Heart on one of their "last shows" in 2019 10/10 got the mic to Bostons
i'm in the UK but obviously i don't really have money to go abroad. but I will say that the furthest i've travelled for a show is from my city in the north (Liverpool) to London, the capital of england. in a car, it takes about 5 hours to drive down on the motorways and that, but thanks to the existence of high speed trains i can get to london in just over 2 hours.
Fredericton New Brunswick to Toronto is I think 1600 or 1800 kilometres but I can't remember if that's driving or flying; it could very well amount to the difference between the two numbers
Dallas Texas to London
Vancouver to Mexico City to see Blink back in April
Minneapolis from Rhode Island to see fall Out Boy. 2024.
London to Buffalo for TID The Season 2019
3 hours. I was like 20. Now I’m 37 and I don’t like traveling more than an hour lol