The Bouncing Souls Wreck the Halls in San Antonio
a straightforward entry into the band’s catalog, which has carried them through more than three decades of touring.
Vibes Event Center brought in a four-band bill on Sunday, December 7, 2025, led by The Bouncing Souls. The show landed near the close of their 2025 routing, arriving in the middle of renewed attention around the group’s recent activity. Earlier this year, they released a new video for “Power,” highlighted by New Noise Magazine for its direct, unfussy approach to the band’s songwriting identity (New Noise).
The Souls’ leaned on that —which longtime listeners expected. For newer attendees, it was a straightforward entry into the band’s catalog, which has carried them through more than three decades of touring.
H2O brought much attention, offering a sharper, more percussive contrast as direct support. Their inclusion added a familiar through-line to the night, as both groups have shared similar circles across the punk and melodic-hardcore landscape. Dave Hause & The Mermaid followed with a shift toward singer-songwriter-driven material, setting up The Mercy Union’s opening performance that blended alternative and punk elements to keep the dynamic.
The timing of the stop came shortly before the band’s annual Home for the Holidays event, a long-running New Jersey tradition that PunkNews recently revisited in detail (PunkNews). While San Antonio’s event was far from their home base, it still felt like high energy holiday party —but one that would absauoirty wreck an ordinary office.
The success of the tour seems to rely on continuity—bands delivering sets they’ve been performing for decades, audience engagement driven by familiarity, and the type of connection that defines much of the now vintage punk movement.