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…
It’s Bandcamp Friday Again
100% of Bandcamp’s revenue cut goes straight to artists, every first Friday of the monthBandcamp’s wildly successful Bandcamp Fridays now extend to every first Friday of the month for the rest of the year.
A Reimagined, Orchestrated Version of Bad Religion’s “Faith Alone” Appears
The track, originally off Against the Grain, gets a symphonic new takeBad Religion has just released a new orchestrated version of “Faith Alone,” a song originally released on 1990’s classic ‘Against the Grain.’
Chicago is Getting… a Meme Museum
A free exhibition of internet history is coming to 6th Dimension Space + GalleryIt’s all a joke, isn’t it?
Band Name Bureau and the 15-Year Effort to Catalog Terrible Band Names
Former A.V. Club editor Kyle Ryan revives his Year In Band Names column as a newsletterSince the early MySpace days, writer and former A.V. Club editor Kyle Ryan has been collecting terrible band names. He’s keeping his 15-year effort going with a newsletter called Band Name Bureau.
A Guide to Making Smashing Pumpkins Cocktails
Drink through the band’s discography with our cocktail (and mocktail) recipesIt doesn’t feel like it’s been too long since Smashing Pumpkins’ 2018 release of the ragbag, indie-genre mashup work Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1—and with any luck, we should be getting a double album later this year, one that Billy Corgan describes as being “back in the lane of taking a risk.” Well,…
Floating Movie Theaters are Coming to Chicago This September
Floating Boat Cinema docks at Lake Michigan September 9–13Come September, a new form of moviegoing might just drift into Chicago: floating movie theaters.
Contest: Show Us the Worst Concert Footage on Your Phone
Use #MyWorstConcertVideo and you could win Riot Fest ticketsWe miss live music so much that we want to watch all of your horrible, horrible concert footage from your phone. Show us your lousy camerawork and you could win Riot Fest tickets.