See you back in Douglass Park this September.
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Enter Riot Fest’s Best Bartender Contest
Win a VIP experience at Riot Fest for you and nine friendsAre you a local bartender in Chicago or Denver? Enter Riot Fest’s Best Bartender Contest for your chance to win a VIP experience at Riot Fest for you and nine friends, plus a victory party at your bar courtesy of Riot Fest! The bartender with the most votes in each city wins the grand prize.…
Half Your Friends Don’t Actually Like You Like That
A new study by researchers at MIT analyzed friendships in 84 subjects aged 23 to 38 and found that about half of perceived friendships aren’t mutual. That’s right, according to this study, about half of the people you think are your friends don’t actually like you like that. In a study titled “Are You Your…
Meat is Murder The Video Game
Morrissey and PETA Team Up For 8-Bit Video GameMorrissey and PETA have teamed up to bring us a video game version of “Meat Is Murder”. From the press release: The Smiths’ 1985 classic “Meat Is Murder” is back in 8-bit form for This Beautiful Creature Must Die, PETA’s new online game that features an instrumental arcade-style version of the song on loop. Players…
Violent Soho Releases Video For Blanket
Violent Soho have about as much in common with cult leader David Koresh as an echidna does with a banana, but their hugely anticipated new album Waco — named for the small Texas city that was the site of the Koresh-led Branch Davidian siege with the FBI in 1993 — is similarly dismissive as federal…
Don’t Forget To Book A Hotel For Riot Fest
We know, we know. Searching for hotels takes time, and you don’t have any of that. Curadora is here as our Hotel Accommodations Partner, to help simplify the process. We’ve partnered with Curadora to help you browse the coolest hotel accommodations Denver and Chicago has to offer. With Curadora, you can search all local hotels…
Watch Devo Play Max’s Kansas City In 1977
In July of 1977, Devo played 3 nights at Max’s Kansas City in New York w/ The Cramps and Suicide. Devo would of course play Max’s Kansas City a number of times after this, most famously on November 15th, 1977 when David Bowie introduced them on stage as “the band of the future!” Here is…
A Star Trek Corn Maze Is Boldly Going
Where No Corn Maze Has Gone BeforeIt may seem highly illogical, but you will soon be able to boldly go where lots of people will be going — to a giant corn maze at Richardson Adventure Farm in Spring Grove, IL celebrating 50 years of Star Trek. Venture out into this a-maze-ing creation with Captain Kirk, Spock, and the Star Trek…
Thank You Douglas Park
Douglas Park Beautification Initiative from Stoptime Live on Vimeo. Riot Fest had a great day with our neighbors in Douglas Park on Saturday. Huge thanks to the residents and volunteers who came together for Douglas Park Beautification, the Community Job Fair and Community Ticketing Registration. If you weren’t able to make it, not to worry…
