More than 400 people work tirelessly each day to make the Vans Warped Tour a success. They work long hours setting up stages, sound systems, vendor booths, and breaking them down each night. Key roles include bus drivers who transport people and equipment 500 miles each night with little rest, tour nurses who treat over 1000 injuries per tour, caterers who cook meals 5-6 times a day for 400 people, and production engineers who organize over 100 music bands. Other essential roles are security, merchandise vendors, road crew, first aid personnel, and clean-up crew who work through the night to ensure a clean venue for the next day.

1. We are pretty much aware about the tasks of music bands
and the extreme sports athletes at the Vans Warped Tour
but have we ever thought about the people who are
raison d'être for putting together such a great show?

2. With over 100 bands performing live each day on the Vans
Warped Tour, it takes a colossal task to plan and execute
properly, so that things are up and running. Who are the
real heroes behind the success of the grand festival.

3. You will be surprised to know that there are more than
400 people who travel with the tour for the entire
duration of the rock festival. These folks toil all times of
the day, every day to make it happen. Each day they get up
at 6 AM in the morning to set up lighting
rigs, stages, sound systems and vendor booths. They meet
up well before time to schedule the performances for the
day. So, who are these people and what do they do?

4. 1. Bus Drivers: There are more than 17 band buses and 19
productions buses (excluding the extra ones) which run
day and night, from one place to another. These buses and
trucks cover a distance of approximately 500 miles each
night and it requires mettle to drive non-stop with almost
no rest.

5. 2. Tour nurse: A typical tour nurse hands out more than
1000 Band-Aids and drains out more than 4 bottles of
aspirin in each tour. And of course it has to be; after all
they are the only ones accountable for the health of
artists, fans, crew and the athletes.

6. 3. Caterer: It is virtually impossible to cook for more than
400 people 5-6 times a day but the tour caterer has done
it over and over again. With his very own 18 wheeler
mobile kitchen, the caterer is ready to cook almost
anything any time of the day.

7. 4. Production engineers: It takes a challenge to organize
more than 100 music bands and make them perform their
best on 10 different stages on a single tour. Production
engineers are the ones responsible for it.

8. 5. Security: To ensure that everyone has fun and yet are
safe in the entire tour, Vans Warped Tour employs more
than 70 security personnel each day.

9. 6. Merchandise Vendors: Fans often wish to collect a
souvenir, a T-shirt or a CD so that they remember the fun
they had at the tour. For this purpose, merchandise
vendors set up and break down their booths each day of
the tour.

10. 7. Road crew: Road crew members are in charge to test
and tune musical instruments, setting up and breaking
down lighting rigs and arranging things in case of
emergencies.

11. 8. First Aid tent Personnel: They are always there to treat
minor injuries, bandage cuts and even to rehydrate the
drained out folks at the tour.

12. 9. Tour Clean-Up Personnel: Once the show winds up, the
tour clean-up personnel begin with their work. They
collect garbage in large poly-bags and sometimes, the
trash weighs up to four thousand kilograms. The personnel
work all through the night so that the next morning when
the fans return, they find a clean place to hang around.

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