
2026 Early Turkey Ticket + Merch Presale On Sale Now!
Riot Fest 2026 Early Bird Presale is on sale NOW! Get your tickets, gobble gobble.

RIP Steve Soto: Punk Rock Mourns the Adolescents Founder
Soto was one of the founding fathers of SoCal hardcore punk rock, and a friend to manyIn honor of punk’s latest void, we dove into the socials to compile some of the nice things that our community’s been saying—and feeling—about this legend.

It’s Casual Friday. What Should I Wear?
Happy Casual Friday! Here’s a handy guide to some of the more popular items seen around the office this season.

It’s National Paul Bunyan Day, We’re Celebrating In A Big Way
Celebrating National Paul Bunyan Day with these very real, untouched photos of musicians playing their axes in honor of our favorite growth hormone addict.

Do Your Part to Help Keep Douglas Park Beautiful
Join the Douglas Park Beautification Initiative; Plus: Free Tickets for the Community!In partnership with the Riot Fest Foundation, we’re looking for volunteers to help out this summer with mulching trees, pulling weeds, planting flowers, and more.

Cat Power’s ‘Moon Pix’ Album is The Greatest
… or How Chan Marshall turned a fever dream into her masterpieceFor the series premiere of ‘The Greatest’, Annie Fell explores the darkness—and the light—surrounding Cat Power’s 1998 masterpiece, ‘Moon Pix’.

Listen to “Keep Your Chin Up” From The Upcoming Face to Face Acoustic Album
Check out the second single from the band’s new stripped-down albumHold Fast. “Keep Your Chin Up” originally appears on 2016’s Protection.

Check Out Spike Slawson’s Outsider Music Playlist, and the First New Song from the Re-Volts in 11 Years
The Me First & the Gimme Gimmes frontman wrote “Wages” with the Dwarves Blag DahliaPunk rock’s own Pony Boy, outsider Slawson chats with us about obscure music, including his long-dormant band, the Re-Volts.

















