When We Were Young Announces Official Sideshows

Kaiya Vandemark
Aug 11
2 min read

Updated: Aug 18

When We Were Young, the pop-punk and emo focused festival, has just revealed this year's sideshows to accompany its main event taking place on Oct. 18th and 19th at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds! These sideshows will take place between Oct 17-19th at various venues across Las Vegas! Join these select bands at their more intimate shows and get ready to party all weekend long!

Friday, October 17th

Taking Back Sunday with letlive. & Straylight Run – Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Ice Nine Kills with The Plot In You – Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
Story Of The Year & The Cab with The Rocket Summer & Her Leather Jacket – Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
The Story So Far with Sunami & Set Your Goals – Area15

Saturday, October 18th

Emo Night Brooklyn – Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas

Sunday, October 19th

Emo Night Brooklyn – Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas

All tickets to these side shows will be up for presale starting August 13th at 10AM PDT. You can access all ticket links here!

When We Were Young 2025 features a stacked lineup with artists such as Blink-182, Avril Lavigne, Panic at the Disco, Weezer, and many more. This is also an extremely special edition of the fest because Panic! At The Disco will revive for a one-off performance! 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of A Fever You Can't Sweat Out and according to a press release, this will be the “only chance” to see them live. Some other special performances will include Jack’s Mannequin reuniting for their first performance in nine years, a rare appearance from Set Your Goals, and a reunion/farewell show from Letlive.