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…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, July 25th, 2017Buckle up: Circa Survive and Thrice have just announced a fall co-headline tour that kicks off in LA in November. The pair will metaphorically burn down Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom on Thursday, December 7th, with support from Balance & Composure. Presale for the Chicago show is this Thursday, July 27th at 10AM CDT, password will be…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
7/24/17Nadya Tolokonnikova from Pussy Riot is teaming up on a seemingly awesome new immersive theater project alongside Les Enfants Terribles, a London-based theater company. Inside Pussy Riot will “take the audience into the journey [that] the rad-but-persecuted Russian punk band endured during their epic 2012 ordeal, when they were unjustly arrested for some straight-up bullshit, forced…
Why DIY? Vol IV: How To Write Your Own Press Release
Anyone with news can write a press release. As a DIY band, your job is to communicate upcoming tours, releases, and music videos to journalists who have the power to amplify your message to an even larger audience. While a hired publicist can be a pipeline to a valuable network of public relations, many bands…
Not Allowed At Arcade Fire Show: Cellphones, Shorts, Flip Flops, Tank Tops, Crop Tops, Baseball Hats
UPDATE: Band announces, “Wear whatever you want to any show.” This has been an actual band announcement. Statement faxed in from Tannis Wright, social media strategist for @EverythingNowCo re: Brooklyn “rules.” If you’re planning on attending the intimate Arcade Fire record release show at Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn on Thursday, make sure you dress…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Friday, July 21st, 2017Add Violence, the second in a series of three EPs by Nine Inch Nails, is out today, and you can stream right here! Goldfinger released The Knife today, its first new album in nine years, and you can stream it below. John Feldmann’s impressive backing back on the LP includes MXPX’s Mike Herrera and Travis…
The Juggalos Are Coming. Are You Ready?
To fight the oppression of Juggalos everywhere, Juggalos from around the world will be marching on Washington D.C. and there’s a very good chance that it will be the largest gathering of people on the National Mall in all of 2017. Thousands and thousands of Juggalos are set to descent on Washington D.C. on September…