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…
This Year’s Riot Fest Artists Make Great Collaborators, and Here’s the Proof
These Folks Have Left Their Fingerprints All Over the PlaceThe performers at this year’s Riot Fest are a creatively profligate bunch with a kink for getting outside their comfort zones to team up with musicians from across every corner of the musical landscape.
Flip Off Riot Fest and Win Riot Fest Tickets
Would you like to win Riot Fest tickets? Probably, I guess. Maybe? Then head on over to where North Avenue meets Western Boulevard in Chicago and give us the bird.
Aretha Franklin’s Final Chicago Show Proved The Power Of Live Music
Throughout the show, Franklin’s genuine adoration for Chicago was front and center. It is here, after all, where she famously earned her “Queen of Soul” moniker from WVON’s Pervis Spann after he watched her sing at the venerable Regal Theater in the 1960s.
Cool Like Who? Check Out Where the Digable Planets’ Samples Are From
Short Answer: Everywhere. Every-everywhere.We’ve picked one sample from every cut on the group’s debut album, ‘Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space)’, for closer examination.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Frank Turner
Our pup, “Frank” Turner is a true believer in being more kind. He loves everyone! He’s a blast to have outside and is a big, playful galloping, goofy guy.
Saves The Day Reveals Their First New Album in Five Years
Listen To Their New Single “Rendezvous” BelowSaves The Day have announced ‘9, their first new album since the self-titled ‘Saves The Day’ back in 2013. You can check out a fresh new single below.
Mannequin Pussy Talks to Us About Latency, Love, and Life After Music
One of the more interestingly-named bands on the Riot Fest 2018 lineup discusses new material—which could be released some time next year—and why their music never plays by the rules.
I Listened to All Six Hours of Spotify’s ‘Have A Great Day!’ Playlist and Had A Terrible Day
Six Hours of This Miserable Hell Made Me Want to DieHere’s what happened when I shoveled six hours of peppy, relentlessly optimistic songs in one sitting on a crappy Monday morning.