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…
The Riot Fest 2024 Map Is Here
Never get lost again.Never get lost again with this trusty map for Riot Fest 2024 in Douglass Park. Riot Fest is back in Douglass Park with five large stages, exclusive VIP and Deluxe lounges, Deluxe viewing areas near the stages, and RiotLand, a top-secret world featuring Logan Arcade, the Riot Pop!! skate ramp, and some surprise attractions you’ll…
The Riot Fest 2024 Schedule is Here.
See what time your favorite bands are playing, at the same time, on opposite sides of the parkWith just 36 days until Riot Fest, it’s time to know who’s playing when and what bands you have to painstakingly decide between. Take a look below to see who’s playing when on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and we’ll see you in Douglass Park! Schedule is subject to change.
Watch a New Blind Adam and The Federal League Video Ahead of ANTIfest
Listen to “There Was A Ballgame” ahead of their Chicago show with Anti-Flag on November 4Ahead of their opening slot for ANTIfest in just two weeks, Blind Adam and The Federal League have released a brand new video for their song “There Was A Ballgame.” Watch it below. The track is off Blind Adam’s 2021 record An Act of Desperation, which was produced by Chris #2 Barker of Anti-Flag. Singer…
Bundle Up: Riot Fest Hoodie Orders Get Free Shipping
The best time of the year is finally here: FALL. Sorry, but we love light jackets and Halloween more than we love our own festival. (Can you really blame us? It’s a lot of work…) Anyways: it’s chilly out, so we’ve added free shipping on all RiotBrand.org orders with a hoodie included (U.S. orders only).…
Violence, High Heels, and “the Sexiest Band in the World”: Girls Against Boys’ Scott McCloud Revisits ‘House of GVSB’
The 90s alternative rock boom produced a lot of surprising success stories. For instance, post-hardcore outfit Girls Against Boys, which was born out of the DC Dischord scene before landing on MTV, Kevin Smith soundtracks, and (in poster form) Meadow Soprano’s bedroom wall. It was a strange rock star moment from a band whose shadow-y…
Staff Picks: 20 Businesses & Orgs to Support for Filipino-American History Month
Along with being the start of the spooky season, October is also when we celebrate Filipino-American History! Like many other Filipinos, the pride I have for my home country and culture stays spilling at the seams. I miss the Philippines and my family every single day, but the community I have found in America has…
Photos: The 50+ Couples Who Got Married at Riot Fest 2022
You’re all making our NO CRYING policy very hard to follow in the office todayLast year, the Riot Fest Wedding Chapel opened its doors after years of requests. It didn’t actually have doors, but it did look beautiful—and needless to say, it was a massive success. We married 32 couples at Riot Fest 2022, and you guys sure did save the date for this year: over 50 couples tied…
The Best of Riot Fest 2022
It’s hard to believe that Riot Fest 2022 is over, but we’re still thinking about what an incredible weekend it was. Hopefully, you all feel the same (after all, you guys sure looked like you had a good time). To help you remember it forever, we’ve put together our biggest photo gallery of the year…
We Got the New Dan Vapid & the Cheats Album a Day Early
Listen to Welcome to Dystopia before it drops September 23 (and don’t miss the band at Cobra Lounge on November 19)Today, we’re happy to share the latest release from Dan Vapid (Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales, Sludgeworth) a day early. Welcome to Dystopia is the fifth full-length album from Dan Vapid & the Cheats—and it arrives just in time for their show with The Methadones this November. Listen below. Eccentric Pop Records · Dan Vapid and…
People of Riot Fest 2022
We put together a gallery of all the beautiful faces of the Riot Fest crowd, as a token of our appreciation.