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.
Five Proto-Punk Films that are Pretty Punk
Though the term punk rock has been appropriated by any number of disparate subcultures over the years—often for outright contradictory purposes—the initial concept is generally understood as one built around willful bad taste… a grand subversion of hippie self-seriousness. Though this was greeted as a new thing in the late 1970s, punk was actually something…
Have A Cup Of Coffee At Sip Of Hope, And Help Save A Life
Having a cup of coffee at this Chicago coffee shop could literally save a life. Sip of Hope, located at 3039 West Fullerton Avenue in Logan Square, is the first coffee shop where 100 percent of the proceeds go to support proactive suicide prevention and mental health education. Sip For Hope—a partnership with Hope For The…
The Stories Behind Five Banned Album Covers
In 1985, Tipper Gore, her husband Al, and a handful of their fellow human buzzkills that made up the Parents Music Resource Center declared a handful of current pop songs the Filthy Fifteen, because they were simply too lewd for radio airplay. In addition to demonizing such occult anthems as “She Bop” by Cyndi Lauper and…
Geeking Out with Albüquerque’s Metalhead Mayor
Tim Keller claims to listen to metal four hours a day. This is one politician who’s not lying.In one regard, it doesn’t matter who holds the most powerful elected office in the country—we’ll always need all the good politicians we can get on the federal, state, and local level. Short of that, we’ll settle for someone who shares our stupid taste in music! Kidding! Especially kidding when it comes to newly elected…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: ALL OF THE PUPPIES
Usually we only feature one Riot Fest Puppy of the week, but the shelter is very full, and all of these good boys and girls need to find their forever homes. The best breed of puppy is adopted and rescuing a puppy will literally change your life, and literally save the life of a puppy.…
The Interrupters Fight the Good Fight to Keep Ska Exciting with New Album
Check out “She’s Kerosene” from ‘Fight the Good Fight’, coming June 29 via HellcatThe Interrupters are back, and they’re playing with fire. Yesterday, it was revealed that Fight the Good Fight, the always-fun LA-based power quartet’s first album since 2015’s Say It Out Loud, is coming our way June 29 via Hellcat Records. The new record was produced live to tape by longtime collaborator and friend Tim Armstrong from Rancid,…
Listen to the New EP from Dead Cross
The supergroup’s new release leaves fans super surprised.Since playing Riot Fest late last year, Dead Cross—the supergroup featuring Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Misfits), Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) Justin Pearson (The Locust, Retox), and Michael Crain (Retox)—has been hard at work. The result? A previously-unannounced new release that dropped today. This self-titled EP builds upon the the self-titled LP…
Happy Cinco de Cuatro! Season Four of ‘Arrested Development’ has Been Remixed
Apparently they made a huge mistake when editing the most recent season of Arrested Development. Creator Mitch Hurwitz just announced on Twitter that this Friday, May 4, “a premature holiday the Bluth family know as ‘Cinco de Cuatro’, Netflix will be releasing a remix of season 4 of Arrested Development.” Why do a new edit now?…
