National Edge Day Timeline

The 2000s

​Some added veganism

​By the early 2000s many people in the movement added veganism to their straight edge lifestyles. Although not officially part of the movement, some began to refer to themselves as vegan straight edge — or with the symbol xVx.

​1999

National Edge Day was born

Although people had begun to live the straight edge lifestyle in the 1980s, the movement gained traction in the 1990s. National Edge Day was created in 1999 in Boston during an event called Edge Fest.

​June 1981

A punk band went "straight"

​​The hardcore punk band Minor Threat first released the song "Straight Edge" in 1981. The term was soon adopted as a title for the movement to refrain from using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.