Live Review: idobi Radio Summer School Tour @ Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, GA – June 27, 2026

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An In-Depth Look at the idobi Radio Summer School Tour Atlanta Review

The idobi Radio Summer School Tour brought a packed night of pop-punk, alt-rock, and emo-leaning chaos to Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta on Saturday night. With Honey Revenge, Games We Play, Winona Fighter, South Arcade, Chase Petra, and Atlanta’s own Sarah and the Safe Word on the bill, the show had the feel of a mini Warped Tour for newer faces in the scene.

For a six-band bill that started at 6 p.m. and wrapped around 10:20, the night moved fast. Set changes were tight, running close to 15 minutes between bands, and everything stayed almost exactly on time until a guitar issue during South Arcade pushed things back a few minutes. Even with that, the show never really dragged. The crowd was into it from the beginning, the pit stayed active, and there was a lot of jumping throughout the night.

Sarah and the Safe Word opened the Atlanta stop with a solid set, as always. As a local band I have seen a few times now, they know how to turn an opening slot into something that feels bigger than just getting the night started. Their live show has this theatrical edge that almost makes it feel like you are watching a suspenseful musical unfold on stage. There is a little Sweeney Todd feel to it, but through the lens of the

Atlanta music scene.

It gave the early part of the night a different flavor before the touring bands took over. They are not a stand-there-and-play band. There is a lot of character in what they do, and that came through again at Buckhead Theatre.

Chase Petra followed with a set that mixed pop-punk urgency with a more personal, emotional pull. At one point, vocalist Hunter Allen called out someone near the front and told him to dance his ass off to “Soda Pop,” then said Atlanta had the best dancers so far.

The set had good crowd connection, though the mood shifted near the end when the band used the moment before the last song for a few political slogans you hear pretty often from bands in the world today. It was a quick turn in tone, and depending on what someone came to the show for, it may have either landed or felt like a break from the night’s momentum.

Chase Petra Setlist

Famous

405

Soda Pop

Pacific

Your Life Is Worse

Winona Fighter came out with one of the most fired-up sets of the night. The introduction alone set the tone with “Winona Fucking Fighter,” and frontwoman Coco Kinnon looked pumped from the second she hit the stage. There was no slow build. They hit the room fast and kept going.

Kinnon talked about how lucky they felt to be on the tour, while also being honest about how much the scene can suck sometimes and how much it matters when people actually show up. One song was introduced as being about a “disrespectful little fuck,” which fit the attitude of the set pretty perfectly.

They also took a moment to call out the proposed data center near the Nashville Zoo, with the message being about as subtle as “shove it up your ass.” Later, they tore into a cover of Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage,” which fit their sound better than it probably should have. Kinnon also pointed out that her future brother-in-law was in the room and joked that if he was not in the pit, the wedding was off.

Winona Fighter brought a ton of energy and made the room feel louder almost instantly. It was one of the sets that stood out the most from the night.

Winona Fighter Setlist

R U Famous

I Think You Should Leave

Subaru

Drunk Phoebe

I’m in the Market

Bombs Away

Sabotage (Beastie Boys Cover)

WLBRN

Hamms in Glass

South Arcade brought a brighter alt-rock charge to the night and quickly had the crowd clapping along. Early in the set, vocalist Harmony Cavelle told the room they were a long way from home and seemed genuinely surprised by how wild the Atlanta crowd was, telling them, “You guys are mental.”

Then came the guitar problem. While the band waited through the delay, Cavelle kept the room from drifting by asking if anyone had a birthday. When Cayla and Sam were called out, she had the whole crowd sing “Happy Birthday” to them. It turned what could have been dead air into one of the more human moments of the night.

“This is a first,” she said during the issue, joking with the crowd and asking if they had jinxed the band. Once everything was sorted, South Arcade got back on track and kept the room moving. It was a good reminder that a small problem does not have to kill a set if the band can handle the room.

South Arcade Setlist

H2GAWM

FOH

Supermodels

DEADMEAT

Drive Myself Home

Superman

2005

Stone Cold Summer

Games We Play brought one of the most specific stage setups of the night, turning their space into a backyard barbecue with a cooler, grill, and a loose house-show feel inside Buckhead Theatre. It fit the band’s personality perfectly.

Between songs, Emmyn Calleiro talked about what the band had been up to over the past year. He joked that the drummer had learned how to bowl, the bass player had learned how to play bass, and he almost forgot to mention that he had become a dad since the last time he was in Atlanta.

The set also had one of the funnier crowd moments when he brought an audience member named Devin on stage to play keyboard. It could have been awkward, but it fit the loose, half-chaotic, half-sincere feel of the set.

Calleiro also talked about new music coming September 18, saying his friends hated the album, but he liked it, so he decided, “Fuck you, I’m putting it out because I like it.” That kind of blunt honesty is exactly where Games We Playworks best. The set felt messy in the right way, funny without being a joke, and personal without trying too hard.

Games We Play Setlist

The End

ITWMO

Silver Lining

Bring Fan On Stage

The Smash

Right Place Wrong Timing

HYHH

By the time Honey Revenge took over, the room was ready for the headliner. Their set was solid and polished, with Devin Papadol and Donny Lloyd carrying the songs with confidence. It was also a hometown show for Donny, which gave the Atlanta stop a little extra weight.

Earlier in the day, Honey Revenge played an acoustic set at a local Guitar Center, making the Buckhead Theatre set feel like the louder second half of a full Atlanta day for the band. On stage, they kept things bright and controlled, leaning into the catchy, high-gloss side of their sound while still giving the crowd enough movement to stay with them.

The crowd-surf scoreboard returned during the set, with Florida apparently still holding the highest score. Atlanta did not take the top spot, but the band still gave the city an A, which felt fair considering how much movement had already been happening in the room all night.

Honey Revenge closed the night with a clean, confident set that did exactly what it needed to do. It was not the wildest set of the night, but it did not have to be. Devin Papadol sounded strong, Donny Lloyd had the hometown crowd behind him, and the band kept the room moving through the last stretch of a long night. After five bands and more than four hours of music, Atlanta still had enough energy left to jump, sing, and crowd surf, which says a lot about both the crowd and the way Honey Revenge handled the headlining spot.

Honey Revenge Setlist

Technicolor

Run Your Mouth

Seeing Negative

Recipe for Disaster

Interlude

Habitual

Risk

Rerun

Worst Apology

Yap Yap Yap Yap Yap

Butterfly Effect

Hot Commodity

Poison Apple Baby

Distracted

Sunday Scaries

Airhead

By the end, the idobi Radio Summer School Tour felt like a solid showcase for up-and-coming pop-punk and alternative artists. It was quick, loud, colorful, and had enough different personalities on the bill to keep the night from blending together. Atlanta showed up for it too. The pit was bigger than expected, the crowd stayed active, and for a show that packed six bands into just over four hours, it ran better than it had any right to.

Tickets and additional tour information are available through Ticketmaster and the official Summer School Tour site.