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…
Jawbreaker’s Coming Back to Chicago, And We’re Telling Everyone
November 4 at Aragon Ballroom. Pass it on.We have a message: Jawbreaker will return to the Windy City for the first time since reuniting at Riot Fest 2017. On November 4, the band returns to Aragon Ballroom.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Marley
Marley is a water dog. Marley is also the kid that pees in the pool with no shame. He proceeded to frolic in the water often biting at it. All joking aside, Marley caught a tough break. He was adopted in April 2017 and returned 14 months later, no reason given. He appears to have…
Alkaline Trio Announce New Album and Release New Song
Alkaline Trio announced a new album today and they were kind enough to release the first single off that new album for our listening pleasure. Is This Thing Cursed? is scheduled for release on August 31st via Epitaph Records and now you can listen to “Blackbird,” the first song off that album. There’s a good…
Riot Fest Horoscopes – Week of July 16, 2018
The phrase “better to fart and bear the shame, than not to fart and bear the pain” will take on a whole new meaning at work this week.
Riot Fest Gives This Year’s Pitchfork Music Festival Lineup a 10.0, and Here’s Why
As our friends at Pitchfork Music Festival get Union Park ready for their big party this weekend, us Riot Fest folks have been carefully studying their lineup in anticipation of another great weekend in Chicago. Despite the diverse musical taste of the Riot Fest staff—look closely, and you’ll find a John Mayer fan or two…
Happy National Hot Dog Day. Let’s Celebrate Encased Meats.
If Riot Fest bands were hot dogsToday is National Hot Dog Day, a day in which we celebrate the miracle of encased meats. Hotdogs! You know what they make those things out of? You know? Lips and assholes! Well we don’t care what they’re made of, give us more lips and assholes please. To honor this great American holiday, we made…
Win A Scholarship to Riot Fest University
The winner has been notified. CONGRATS TO MIRANDA VOJAK FROM MINNESOTA. You have been accepted to Riot Fest University! Riot Fest University was founded in 2005 on the basic principals of knowledge, honor, and service, and is widely regarded in scholarly circles to be the highest institution in the land. To combat the stressors of…
A Giant Shirtless Sexy Jeff Goldblum Statue Has Been Erected In London To Celebrate Jurassic Park
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of “Jurassic Park” a giant shirtless sexy statue of Jeff Goldblum has been erected (yes we said “erected”) in front of Tower Bridge in London. Taking over six weeks and 250 painstaking hours to make, the majestic statue was erected by UK streaming service Now TV. It’s approximately 10 feet…