Best of Riot Fest 2024 Photo Gallery
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…
Find Your 2022 Tickets with Riot Fest’s Shitty Scavenger Hunt
Follow the clues. Find the tickets. Attend our shitty music festival.Contest time! We’ve hidden Riot Fest 2022 tickets across Chicago’s smelliest landmarks. Each location has an envelope containing a pair of 3-Day passes—but you’ll have to find them before anyone else does! Scroll through the photos below for a hint of each location (there’s 8 total); we’ll be dropping hints throughout the day on our…
Riot Fest’s Shitty Merch Dump is Here
Scoop up some fresh new drip (including a limited-edition toilet seat) via RiotBrand.orgNo matter what we do, who we book, or how much we please you people, there’s always someone who sees our lineup and says the same thing every year: “It’s shit.” So today, Chicago’s #2 Music Festival is proud to present the “It’s Shit!” Merch Dump, featuring a collection of new designs—and some very-limited, yes-we-really-made-them…
You’re Wondering Now: JER’s Essential Ska Playlist
Catch JER and Lincoln Hall this Thursday, June 2 at Reggies Rock ClubSka bands get a lot of unnecessary shit. No one knows this better than Jeremy Hunter (AKA JER, of Skatune Network fame), who has been at the forefront of a major ska punk resurgence over past few years—and on the front lines of a major effort to redefine the genre. If one were to seek…
The Douglass Park Beautification Initiative: Volunteer and Get Riot Fest Tickets
Douglass Park and North Lawndale residents can apply to work temporary positions—and for complimentary tickets—at Riot Fest 2022We’re looking for volunteers to help keep Douglass Park beautiful, in exchange for Riot Fest tickets! Information on Community Tickets and our annual Job Fairs are also now available.
Staff Picks: Books to Read for AAPI Heritage Month (Because I Said So)
A majority of my youth was spent reading and writing. Seldom did I see characters with the same complexion as me, were from the places I was from, or who spoke the languages I spoke. But thankfully, now the landscape of media has changed with more representation, due in part to the diverse makers and…
Go Where Eagles Dare: The Genius of the Misfits
How the founding horror punk band defied everything—and became immortalWhen the Misfits first came around, there was nothing in the world like them. The disco and soft rock filling the airwaves at the time was escapist at its core; the Misfits, meanwhile, shoved horrifying visions of violence in your face like a Clockwork Orange torture device. Other punk bands flirted with nihilism, but the…
The Riot Fest 2022 Album Plays: Misfits, Yellowcard, Menzingers, and More
It wouldn’t be Riot Fest without a dazzling array of full album performances, and this year will be no different. This year’s selections will give fans the rare opportunity to hear some unforgettably classic records. Here’s the list for 2022: ✶ THE ORIGINAL MISFITS – Walk Among Us (40th Anniversary)✶ YELLOWCARD – Ocean Avenue✶ THE MENZINGERS – On The Impossible Past (10th…
Coheed and Cambria Drop New Song “Comatose”
Another track off Coheed and Cambria’s next album is here for your listening pleasure. “Comatose” is the fourth single from Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind, the band’s 10th studio album out June 24. Listen below. Clocking in at a tight 3 minutes and 13 seconds, the single is a harmonious, riff-heavy song…