Download The Riot App
It’s not just for Riot Fest weekend…
- Get a 5-minute heads-up on our lineup announcement
- During Riot Fest weekend, see where you are on the map, the band schedule, and nearby restaurants/businesses
- Buy tickets year-round from our upcoming shows calendar
- View photos and videos from Riot Fest + club shows
- Watch music videos from artists playing at a Riot show near you
- Mindlessly swipe through thousands of curated videos on RFTV and the “Riot Fest Sucks Network.”
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When it’s Riot Fest Weekend…
Lost? Get found on the app.
The Riot Fest app can pinpoint your exact location on our map, if only you’ll allow it. Perfect for figuring out which stage starting with the letter “R” you’re at. (The location services are through Google, so blame them if it doesn’t work…)
Want to see the schedule? It’s in the app. Need something to eat? Check out the GPS-enabled Google Map with nearby food, late-night eats, and Riot Fest Late Night Aftershow venues.
Douglass Park Neighborhood Guide
Need to wake up with some coffee before the fest? Leaving for the night, and looking for some dinner? Our Neighborhood Guide is fully integrated into our app, showing you the best restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies and local businesses surrounding Douglass Park. Get to know the neighborhood and see what’s near Riot Fest this year!
Late Night Aftershows
Need help getting to an aftershow? The festival map is here to help. Every one of our Late Night shows is laid out on the map, ready for you to plan your exit from the festival—and your arrival to some of Chicago’s best local venues—just in time for doors. (You can make it! We swear!)
Upcoming Shows
When we’re not running around like crazy people getting ready for Riot Fest, we’re promoting 150+ shows at venues all over Chicago and our favorite suburb, Milwaukee.
There are even little share buttons to peer pressure your festie bestie into attending the show.
Riot Fest TV
Tap the RFTV tab for music video playlists of past Riot Fest artists, local bands, upcoming Riot Fest Presents artists, and curated video content to help you discover new music or kill time while sitting on the CTA.
We’ve got a ton of channels for you to swipe through, including your favorite Riot Fest artist music videos, live shows by some of our favorite bands, classic commercials, movie clips (including a feature-length Shrek re-told fan-created masterpiece), Riot Fest TikToks, and of course, some really weird shit.
RFTV Channel Guide
- CH01 Channel Guide
- CH02 Riot Fest 2024 Music Videos
- CH03 At The Fest
- CH04 Upcoming Shows Music Videos Shuffle
- CH05 Upcoming Shows Music Videos By Date
- CH06 Riot Fest TikTok’s Under The Radar
- CH07 TikTok Vertical Video Heroes
- CH08 TikTok Listening to some of your bands
- CH09 Local Music!!
- CH10 Movies
- CH12 For Music Nerds and Gearheads
- CH13 Classic Commercials
- CH14 Shutup & Eat
- CH23 Old TV
- CH26 Kid-Friendly Music Videos
- CH27 Cartoons
- CH68 Live Shows
- CH99 Really Weird Shit
Music Videos
Calling back to the original MTV era, we’ve queued up hundreds, maybe even thousands of music videos on RFTV. This includes visuals from musicians on the Riot Fest lineup, Chicago-based artists, bands playing upcoming shows and more. Check out music videos from Queens of the Stone Age, Death Cab For Cutie, The Gaslight Anthem, AFI, Turnstile and many others.
Skip Videos. Change Channels. Fullscreen or Letterbox view
Swipe up or down to change channels, or tap the arrow buttons.
Swipe right to skip or tap the skip button in the navigation.
Tap the [ ] icon to toggle full vs boxed screen view.
Random Shit
Of course, RFTV wouldn’t be complete without some random shit. Riot Fest TikToks, funky cartoons and just about every strange video we’ve enjoyed on the internet recently are loaded on RFTV. Turn off your brain and turn on the firehose of random shit tube coming at you whenever you’re in that next awkward social situation.
Classic Commercials
Commercials just aren’t what they used to be (smh). But, lucky for you, we’ve gathered all of our favorite nostalgic ads for RFTV. This includes the 90s Cocoa Puffs cereal factories video, the bubble tape commercial, Crest’s classic ‘sparkle mania’ ad and more.
