Summer Circus Tour, Dallas TX, 08/13/2025
Dallas Morning After: Summer Circus Tour Leaves City in Mild, Joyful Ruins
Dallas police confirmed no arrests but “several cases of excessive skanking” after the Summer Circus Tour hit The Studio at The Factory on August 13th. Witnesses reported Catbite “weaponizing upstrokes,” The Suicide Machines causing “localized pogo-related tremors,” and Fishbone deploying “crowd-surfing projectiles” in the form of frontman Angelo Moore.
Emergency services were called—not for injuries, but to rehydrate attendees who’d lost 30% of their body weight in sweat. The final act, Less Than Jake, reportedly “unleashed a TP event” visible from Interstate 30.
City officials are urging calm, noting that while the ska-punk quake shook the metroplex, the only lasting damage is an unexplained horn riff echoing through Deep Ellum. Cleanup crews expect to finish removing stray trombones by Thursday.
