Best of Riot Fest 2024 Photo Gallery + 3-Day Recap Video
So many great pictures, it’ll probably crash your tabsRiot Fest is over, and yeah, we’re bummed too. But don’t worry, the memories live on (and so do the porta-potty lines). There were crowdsurfing newlyweds, reunions, anniversaries, and of course, you beautiful maniacs. We’ll have a few more galleries, videos, and cool shit to share in the coming weeks, and we can’t wait until…
Couldn’t Get That Black Hoodie? Preorder Riot Fest 2024 Merch Now
Did you not go to Riot Fest but want to pretend you did?Are you already regretting not picking up some of our 2024 merch? Was your favorite design sold out by the end of the weekend? Did you not go to Riot Fest but want to pretend you did? We got you covered. Riot Fest 2024 merch is now live. Merch items typically ship in 2-3 weeks…
Riot Fest 2024: Sunday Photo Gallery
Riot Fest 2024 is over, but the memories will live on forever if you want them to. See the pics from day three, and don’t delete the app! We’ll have our Best Of Riot Fest Gallery, People Of Riot Fest Gallery, and a few more videos and photos coming your way soon. Plus, if you…
Riot Fest 2024: Saturday Photo Gallery
Gates open 12 PMIt’s the beginning of the end – Sunday of Riot Fest 2024 is here. Take a look at our Saturday photo gallery, and get ready to end this festival weekend with a bang. Today’s schedule and map are below; stay up-to-date throughout the day via the Riot App. Take a look at the final Late Night…
Riot Fest 2024: Friday Photo Gallery
Gates open at 11amRiot Fest 2024 Day One. If you can’t remember what happened, watch the video recap and see how good you look in all the photos. Today’s schedule and map are below; stay up-to-date throughout the day via the Riot App. We’ve also got daily schedules, Late Night Aftershows, transportation and neighborhood guides so you know where to get late night…
Check out Westword’s “Broke Music Fan’s Guide to Denver”
Live music can be a costly habit. If you’re saving your pennies for Riot Fest & Rodeo next weekend and want to feed your live music cravings between now and then without breaking your budget, our friends at Denver’s Westword have the perfect solution for you with their guide to music channels on the web. While writer…
10 Questions with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Few punk fans out there in the world are unfamiliar with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, the all cover song “supergroup” consisting of vocalist Spike Slawson, Fat Mike of NOFX on bass and vocals, Lagwagon vocalist Joey Cape (on guitar) and drummer Dave Raun , and Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters on lead…
Sleigh Bells Announce New Album
Sleigh Bells have announced a release date for their following up album to 2013’s Bitter Rivals. Jessica Rabbit is set for release on November 11 and will include the song “Hyper Dark” which was released last month. Listen to “Hyper Dark”, check out the full tracklist, and make sure to see them at Riot Fest…
Lemmy Statue Unveiled At Rainbow Bar & Grill
A statute of the one and only Lemmy was unveiled last night at Rainbow Bar & Grill in West Hollywood. Fans of the late Motörhead frontman Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister raised over $22,000 for a life-size statue at his favorite bar. It wasn’t unusual to see him sitting at the end of the bar playing his favorite…
Denver “Name Your Stage” Contest Winner Announced
Are you ready to rage at the Nicole Hoffman Stage?Congratulations to Nicole Hoffman of Boston, who has been selected as the winner of our “Name Your Stage” contest with Denver’s Westword to have a stage at Riot Fest & Rodeo named in her honor. Nicole is a lifelong punk fan with a passion for what she describes as “geriatric” but what we might instead refer…
Would You Drink Punk Wheatgrass?
DC exhibition “Permacounterculture” will cultivate wheatgrass with music.Plants and animals kingdom have complex relationships that are often quite reciprocal with one another. Think flowers and bees, trees and birds, wheatgrass and punks… Wait, what? That’s what we thought too, when we first heard about artist Naoko Wowsugi’s new exhibition, “Permacounterculture.” The project, which will take place at the Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington,…
The Secret To A Long Life Is Beer
According to this 102-year-old you should drink a beer every day.Ask 102-year-old Millie Bowers what the secret to a long life is and she’ll tell you “have a beer, doctor’s orders”. Mildred Bowers, Millie to her friends, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, has lived through the Great Depression and two world wars, and credits a daily beer with living to over 100 years. Every day…
10 Questions with Night Riots
The California pop band is playing Riot Fests in Denver and Chicago this yearCalifornia pop-rockers Night Riots is comprised of childhood friends who formed a band together in high school and, with the exception of a brief split after graduation, have been playing together ever since. The current lineup of vocalist Travis Hawley, guitarists Nick Fotinakes and Matt DePauw, bassist Mikel Van Kranenburg, and drummer Rico Rodriguez released…