The Sack Has Been Named! #RiotFestmas’ Grand Prize Winner Will Walk With THE HO HO HAUL
The #RiotFestmas grand prize sack has been named THE HO HO HAUL! Get it?! Mary LaDoux thought of this gem, and for naming the sack stuffed with all 12 Riot Festmas prizes — such as tickets, pizza, records, tickets, pizza, coal, and much more — Mary wins a pair of Holiday Presale Tickets to Riot…
Help Us Name That Sack (of #RiotFestmas Grand Prizes)!
Have you ever had a grand prize sack so big, so rich, so rad, so grand, that you had trouble thinking of the perfect name with which to market it? That’s the conundrum we’re facing over here at #RiotFestmas HQ on this Riot Festmas Eve, so we’re seeking your help. As you surely already know,…
It’s #RiotFestmas! Time For Tickets! Time For Contests! Time For Prizes! Time For Joy!
It’s beginning to look a lot like #RIOTFESTMAS! Starting tomorrow, it’s… 12 consecutive days of different contests! 12 Elf-tastic days of fabulous prizes! including over 100 tickets to riot fest 2018 (GA, VIP, and Deluxe VIP) AND THE FINAL 12 DAYS TO BUY RIOT FEST 2018 HOLIDAY PRESALE TICKETS Limited quantities of Riot Fest 2018 Holiday Presale Tickets…
Want A Christmas Card From The Riot Fest Staff? VIP Tickets To Riot Fest 2018? Then Click This Bait
In the spirit of #RiotFestmas, we’d like to send a signed Christmas card to the first 500 people who sign up below. All who sign up will also get the chance to win a pair of three-day VIP tickets to Riot Fest, which takes place in Chicago from September 14-16, 2018. What’s #RiotFestmas, you ask?…
Video Premiere: New Stuff from Chicago’s Favorite Celtic Punks, Flatfoot 56
The positive Celtic punks Flatfoot 56 have been making their hometown of Chicago proud since the year 2000. Therefore, Riot Fest is thrilled to premiere the video for “Odd Boat,” the title track from the band’s new album, out now on Sailor’s Grave Records. Frontman Tobin Bawinkel shared a few words about the video. This…
Get in the Van: The Riot Fest Gift Guide for Touring Musicians
If you believe the rock ‘n’ roll mythology, touring is a nonstop party on wheels. In reality, it’s usually a tedious, uncomfortable endeavor that will wear you down both physically and mentally. That is, if you’re not properly prepared. Here are a few simple, affordable items that can drastically improve the experience of spending weeks…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy Of The Week: Lola
I asked her name, and in a dark brown voice, she yelped “Lola”Lola A171894 • Spayed, 2-year-old Female Available for Adoption at Chicago ACC Come to CACC any day from 12-6pm and meet Lola, our little jumping bean with cute crooked ears. She’s got a nice, happy, playful energy and is interested in everything going on around her. She seems either confused or young; likely both as…
Mick Jagger as a Saggy-Lipped Hippo: 13 Creatures Named After Rock Stars
Researchers have the godly power to name new organisms they discover whatever the hell they want. That’s why a cockroach named for Jerry Garcia roams the earth, and why a trio of slime-mold beetles are named for George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld. But scientists aren’t mad, just people who love rock. A tarantula was…
