Riot Fest 2023 Artists Playing Covers Roundup + Playlist
A tribute to your influences. An inside joke. A way to pad the setlist, because you’re supposed to play for an hour and you don’t have nearly enough original material yet. When an artist performs someone else’s songs, it can mean a lot of different things. Whether it’s a painstakingly faithful recreation or a bold…
Braid’s Bob Nanna Talks Favorite Memories from Riot Fest & His Favorite Venues in Chicago
If you’ve been coming to Riot Fest for a while, there’s a decent chance you’ve encountered Bob Nanna at some point. Best known as the guitarist/vocalist in bands like Braid, Hey Mercedes and Lifted Bells, he’s played a pivotal role in the local scene and the evolution of emo over the years. He’s also something…
Riot Fest 2023 Yearbook – Now Available For Preorder
Commemorate your time at Riot Fest, available for pre-order on-site at Riot Fest today!Remember high school? Remember how cool and popular you were? Now you can relive those glory years with the Riot Fest Yearbook! We are making a real life yearbook to commemorate your time at Riot Fest. Picture our massive photo galleries from 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017 and even 2016 in two parts, except not…
AFI Essentials Playlist
See AFI on Sunday at Riot Fest!The greatest artists are the ones who create without any regard for what they’re supposed to sound like. Whether you’re talking about The Beatles, Prince, Nine Inch Nails or Dolly Parton, these musicians are always unapologetically themselves. It keeps the creative process fun, and, to be honest, makes things infinitely more interesting for their fans.…
If You Like The Mars Volta…
Then you should listen to this playlist and then go see the bands at Riot Fest on September 15-17!Personal, political and all-around transcendent, The Mars Volta are trailblazers in every sense of the word. They formed in the wake of At The Drive-In’s sudden breakup, combining their hardcore work ethic with a newfound prog-rock curiosity. Songs started stretching well past the 10-minute mark and their albums grew into emotionally complex science fiction sagas.…
If You Like Turnstile…
Then you should listen to this playlist and then go see the bands at Riot Fest on September 15-17!While they’ve been around for more than a decade, things have definitely been different for Turnstile lately. After releasing GLOW ON in 2021, they went from being reliable punk rock workhorses to one of the biggest alternative bands in the world, earning Grammy nominations and touring arenas with heavy hitters like My Chemical Romance and…
The Riot 2023 Band Schedule is Here!
See what time all the bands are playing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Riot Fest!In case anyone was wondering what time each band plays on what day, we have just the announcement for you. We even heard that some on you are planning to make a whole schedule for your weekend at Riot Fest. Update 9/17 2 PM The Sunday schedule has been updated below! Catch a FREE aftershow…
Walter Schreifels Is Pulling Triple Duty – Three Album Plays, Three Different Bands
Ready for all three of Walter Schreifels’ sets this year? Listen to our playlist and get your 3-day ticket while they last!While it’s rare, it isn’t totally unheard of for an artist to perform twice during Riot Fest weekend. Last year saw Frank Iero play with L.S. Dunes in their live debut ahead of My Chemical Romance’s headlining set, and Ben Gibbard will perform a pair of classic albums with both Death Cab for Cutie and…
