On July 12, touring music festival idobi Radio Summer School Tour made a stop at Bogart’s in Clifton as a part of its third annual tour. This year’s tour, inspired by and partnered with Vans Warped Tour, featured five mainstay independent artists for each show: Honey Revenge, South Arcade, Games We Play, Winona Fighter, and Chase Petra. The tour kicked off last month in San Diego and will end on July 25 in Long Beach, California, where each artist will perform at Warped Tour.
New this year, though, is a local act performing at each tour date. Dayton-based rock band Better Anyway joined the other artists for the show at Bogart’s. “It was a cool realization to see we had a message in our inbox asking if we had any interest in playing at the show,” says Better Anyway via email. “It’s nice to leave a good first impression on an audience that wouldn’t normally see our band. I mostly just hope people can connect with our music.”
Summer School Tour founders Michael Kaminsky, CEO of music management company KMGMT, and Eric Tobin of Hopeless Records created the touring music festival to fill the gap caused when the Warped Tour ceased operations in 2019. (The festival resumed in 2025.) Since then, they’ve partnered with Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman to create an affordable, fun, and exciting experience for both the featured bands and concert-goers…