The Riot Fest 2023 Lineup Is Here
Tickets On Sale Now!The Riot Fest 2023 lineup has been revealed and tickets are on sale now. Stop reading, and go buy your tickets now. Already got your tickets? Follow the playlists on Spotify, Apple Music, and keep an eye on the Riot Fest app for an update coming soon! Stay tuned for even more announcements about our […]
Meet Transfigure Print Co. – A Queer and Trans-Owned Screen Print Studio
Celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility Today, March 31st!March 31st is the International Transgender Day of Visibility. It’s a day dedicated to celebrating transgender people, their unyielding joy and tenacity, and raising awareness to the discriminations they face across the world. Riot Fest would like to draw your attention to our friends at Transfigure Print Co, a LGBTQAI+ and trans-owned and operated screen-printing […]
Riot Fest Community Spotlight: Mestiza
Our Community Spotlights feature the wonderful food, nightlife, and local businesses found within Douglass Park, home to Riot Fest.
It’s Spring, Time To Live Laugh Riot Fest
Available while supplies lastYou know what time of the year it is… today is Black Friday, and we’ve got deals, exclusive (and limited quantity) holiday merch, re-stocked popular items from this year’s Riot Fest, and a few of our greatest hits from the past
Your Favorite Bands’ Favorite Band – An Interview with Jimmy Flemion of The Frogs
The world had never experienced a band quite like The FrogsBrothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion emerged from Milwaukee with a joyful love of music and a defiant, provocative spirit that made them impossible to ignore. (The silver lamé suits and giant bat wings didn’t hurt, either.) While their work courted controversy and ruffled feathers in right-wing circles, it also resonated with some of the era’s […]
Photos: The Wonder Years, Hot Mulligan, Carly Cosgrove at Concord Music Hall, 03.16.23
Pics of the bands and you at Concord Music HallPhotos from the weekday soldout show at Concord Music Hall with The Wonder Years, Hot Mulligan, and Carly Cosgrove. Photos by Michael Herrick. Did you take pics at the show? Include it in the gallery by uploading it to us here. The Related Rabbit Hole Photos: Thrice at Concord Music Hall, 1.31.20 Photos: The All-American […]
Music For Mall Goths – A Playlist By Softcult
See Softcult + Soft Blue Shimmer in a few weeks at Cobra LoungeIn just a few weeks, Softcult will stop in Chicago at Cobra Lounge for a show with Soft Blue Shimmer–capping off the end of another season of intermittent sunshine, rain, or snow, or hail and rain.. and snow here in the Midwest. And what better way to embrace your inner darkness than with a dreary […]
Who The Heck Is Softcult?
See Softcult at Cobra Lounge March 24th with Soft Blue ShimmerIf you spent any part of your teenage years trying to ride escalators in platform boots, Softcult is for you. But while the Canadian duo describes themselves as “music for mall goths,” they might be selling themselves a bit short. Their sound transcends food courts and fluorescent lighting with layered sonic landscapes that will remind […]
Photos: Free Throw + Can’t Swim at Cobra Lounge, 03.09.23
Pics of the band and you crowd swimming on FridayPics from the weekday punk show at Cobra Lounge with Free Throw, Can’t Swim, Equipment, and Early Humans. Did you take pics at the show? Include it in the gallery by uploading it to us here. The Related Rabbit Hole Photos: Dune Rats, Devon Kay & The Solutions, Telethon at Cobra Lounge, 02.18.23 Photos: Radkey […]
2023 CYCSE Book Drive
UPDATED 3/28: We’re extending the book drive to April 15th so you have another few weeks to drop off books at our locations listed below. We’ve also got a contest kicking off on April 6th, where you could win a pair of tickets to Riot Fest 2023, just for donating one book! (See contest details.) […]
Frozen Pizzas Ranked By Resident Pizza Experts: The Riot Fest Staff
Almost any keyword search for pizza on the RiotFest.org website will show how you just how much the Riot Fest staff loves pizza and pizza-centric content. But one thing no one can agree on is: which frozen pizza is the best? Since there’s absolutely nothing to do in Chicago during the winter, we took time […]
Under The Radar: Episode 2 – Hoity-Toity, Arrows in Action, + Mallavora
The March episode of Under The Radar featuring bands you missed while you mindlessly scroll TikTokThis week’s episode features a band so under the radar that their debut album hasn’t even dropped yet…
Photos: Prince Daddy & The Hyena, Drug Church, Anxious, + Webbed Wing at Bottom Lounge, 03.03.23
Pics of the band and you crowd swimming on FridayPunks swimming through the crowd with inflatable inner tubes at the Prince Daddy & The Hyena, Drug Church, Anxious, and Webbed Wing show at Bottom Lounge last Friday night. If you took a picture at the show and want to include it in the gallery below, upload it here. The Related Rabbit Hole Prince Daddy […]
