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.
Pussy Riot Continue World Cup Protest With “Track About Good Cop”
They’re Currently Serving 15-Day Jail SentencesWith the eyes of the world focused on Pussy Riot in the wake of their World Cup protest, the Russian art collective has dropped the new electropop single that’s all about taking it to the streets.
Jawbreaker’s Coming Back to Chicago, And We’re Telling Everyone
November 4 at Aragon Ballroom. Pass it on.We have a message: Jawbreaker will return to the Windy City for the first time since reuniting at Riot Fest 2017. On November 4, the band returns to Aragon Ballroom.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Marley
Marley is a water dog. Marley is also the kid that pees in the pool with no shame. He proceeded to frolic in the water often biting at it. All joking aside, Marley caught a tough break. He was adopted in April 2017 and returned 14 months later, no reason given. He appears to have…
Alkaline Trio Announce New Album and Release New Song
Alkaline Trio announced a new album today and they were kind enough to release the first single off that new album for our listening pleasure. Is This Thing Cursed? is scheduled for release on August 31st via Epitaph Records and now you can listen to “Blackbird,” the first song off that album. There’s a good…
Riot Fest Horoscopes – Week of July 16, 2018
The phrase “better to fart and bear the shame, than not to fart and bear the pain” will take on a whole new meaning at work this week.
Riot Fest Gives This Year’s Pitchfork Music Festival Lineup a 10.0, and Here’s Why
As our friends at Pitchfork Music Festival get Union Park ready for their big party this weekend, us Riot Fest folks have been carefully studying their lineup in anticipation of another great weekend in Chicago. Despite the diverse musical taste of the Riot Fest staff—look closely, and you’ll find a John Mayer fan or two…
Happy National Hot Dog Day. Let’s Celebrate Encased Meats.
If Riot Fest bands were hot dogsToday is National Hot Dog Day, a day in which we celebrate the miracle of encased meats. Hotdogs! You know what they make those things out of? You know? Lips and assholes! Well we don’t care what they’re made of, give us more lips and assholes please. To honor this great American holiday, we made…
Win A Scholarship to Riot Fest University
The winner has been notified. CONGRATS TO MIRANDA VOJAK FROM MINNESOTA. You have been accepted to Riot Fest University! Riot Fest University was founded in 2005 on the basic principals of knowledge, honor, and service, and is widely regarded in scholarly circles to be the highest institution in the land. To combat the stressors of…
