WJRR’s annual Earthday Birthday is a daylong, sweat-soaked, outdoor concert celebration – featuring some of the biggest bands in the biz. Christopher Long found much to love on the smaller stages.

Jen Cray returns for a dip in the summertime pool of musical evolution that is Warped Tour – along with a hundred thousand fans or so.

Jen Cray returns for a dip in the summertime pool of musical evolution that is Warped Tour -- along with a hundred thousand fans or so.

The summer time endurance test that is the Van’s Warped Tour is almost old enough to buy cigarettes and to vote (17 this year!). Jen Cray, once again, dives into the sweaty action – willingly.

The lineup isn’t as important as the experience when it comes to the Van’s Warped Tour. Jen Cray smeared on some sunblock and took in the annual summertime tradition when the traveling circus hit Orlando.

Vans Warped Tour 2001, featuring Pennywise, Less Than Jake, The Bouncing Souls, The Vandals, A.F.I., H2O, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Sum 41, Kool Keith, Morgan Heritage, The Ataris, Rancid, and 311 at the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, FL on July 27, 2001. Event review by Phillip Haire. Photos by Jen Lato.