The Riot Fest 2026 Late Night Shows Are Here
The Riot Fest 2025 Late Night Shows are HereWho needs sleep… when you have live music?
The Riot Fest 2026 Schedule is Here.
See what time your favorite bands are playing, at the same time, on opposite sides of the parkSee what time your favorite bands are playing, at the same time, on opposite sides of the park.
Riot Fest 2026 Single Day Tickets On Sale Now
1-Day, 2-Day, & 3-Day Tickets On Sale Now!
From GA to Deluxe VIP — the Quick Guide for Choosing the Right Ticket
Not trying to steer you one way or another but… VIP does have air-conditioned bathrooms..
First Time Coming to Riot? Here’s Your Guide
All your burning questions (mostly) answered.Here’s an all-inclusive First Timer’s Guide in hopes you’ll feel a little less hopeless.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Cookie
Cookie recently went to an adoption event in the suburbs and did sooooo well in the car going and returning. She chewed on a ball on the way there and passed out on the way back. At the event, she was interested in all the activity and met some dogs she did ok with. She…
Please Watch This Video From Atmosphere’s Just-Announced New Album, ‘Mi Vida Local’
The New Track is Called “Virgo.” Happy First Day of Virgo Season, Everybody!Rap duo Atmosphere has revealed the details for its upcoming album today. It’s called ‘Mi Vida Local’, and it’ll be out October 5. Check out the new video for the lead single “Virgo” (noticeably released on the first day of Virgo season).
30 Years On, Bad Religion’s ‘Suffer’ Continues to Define the SoCal Punk Brand
Bad Religion’s 1988 classic Suffer remains one of the quintessential archetypes of southern California punk rock. Here’s how we see it.
Technical Difficulties: JBTV’s Jerry Bryant is Fighting Cancer with a Smile
Over the past 35 years, Jerry Bryant has defied all kinds of odds to turn his televised music showcase JBTV from a DIY passion project into the longest running rock ‘n’ roll TV show in history, and a Chicago musical institution. Now Bryant is facing a hell of a new challenge: stage 4 colon cancer.
Take Me Out To Riot Fest Night With The Chicago White Sox
We’ve teamed up with the Chicago White Sox to knock it out of the park with Riot Fest Night at Guaranteed Rate Field.
This Year’s Riot Fest Artists Make Great Collaborators, and Here’s the Proof
These Folks Have Left Their Fingerprints All Over the PlaceThe performers at this year’s Riot Fest are a creatively profligate bunch with a kink for getting outside their comfort zones to team up with musicians from across every corner of the musical landscape.
Flip Off Riot Fest and Win Riot Fest Tickets
Would you like to win Riot Fest tickets? Probably, I guess. Maybe? Then head on over to where North Avenue meets Western Boulevard in Chicago and give us the bird.
Aretha Franklin’s Final Chicago Show Proved The Power Of Live Music
Throughout the show, Franklin’s genuine adoration for Chicago was front and center. It is here, after all, where she famously earned her “Queen of Soul” moniker from WVON’s Pervis Spann after he watched her sing at the venerable Regal Theater in the 1960s.
