Photo Gallery: Riot Fest 2024 By YOU
Who needs professional photographers, right?Ah, fan-submitted photos: where “artistic vision” often translates to “I took this on my phone in bad lighting.” We love getting more content from the year, though, so kudos to you all for capturing something—even if that something is a perfectly framed picture of your shoe or a spectacularly awkward selfie. Thanks for the unique…
Photos: Gorilla Biscuits, Big Laugh, and Get Rad at Vivarium, 10.12.24
Pics of the bands and you at Vivarium on October 12th, 2024Photos from the Gorilla Biscuits show at Vivarium with Big Laugh, Get Rad, and Instill.
Staff Picks: Pets in Costumes
While we’d love to have you all trick-or-treat at Riot Fest HQ, there’s not enough room in the office for that. So, since we can’t give you candy, here’s the next best thing – cute pictures of our pets in their best Halloween attire. Maybe this gallery will give you some inspiration for your pet’s…
Your New Favorite Band: Four Year Strong
For fans of Fall Out Boy, Pierce the Veil, Måneskin, and Breaking BenjaminNever before have we used our collective brain power as a staff to recommend music, one person at a time, but that all changed in 2024…
Riot Fest Day at the Chicago Red Stars – Win Tickets to the match and passes to Riot Fest 2025
Music and soccer fans, it’s time to pretend we get along. Riot Fest and the Chicago Red Stars are teaming up for a special match on 11/3 at SeatGeek Stadium. See the Chicago Red Stars battle the Kansas City Current on Sunday, November 3rd at 2pm just one week before the start of the NWSL…
Perfectly Filipino: Restaurants to Support for Filipino-American History Month
It’s October! That means scary movie marathons and pumpkin carving, but that also means its Filipino-American History Month. Much like any other pinoy, I have an immense love for my home country and culture. Generations upon generations of Filipino-Americans have cultivatednew definitions on what it means to be Filipino and how to pay homage to…
Your New Favorite Band: Miss May I
For fans of Slayer, Sepultura, and The Devil Wears PradaNever before have we used our collective brain power as a staff to recommend music, one person at a time, but that all changed in 2024…
Photos: The 44 Couples Who Got Married at Riot Fest 2024
Cue the wedding bells! This year, 44 couples said “I do” in our stained-glass-paneled Riot Fest Wedding Chapel. These weddings were extra special as they marked the first ever nuptials in RiotLand. And a little rain on Sunday didn’t stop us from getting all of our couples hitched by our resident officiant Bleacher Jeff, who…
