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.
After 38 Years, 7Seconds Calls It Quits
After 38 years, more than a dozen albums, and thousands of shows, 7Seconds have announced they are breaking up for good. No more walking together or rocking together anymore. In a very honest Facebook post, Kevin Seconds talks about the reality of being an old punk band and why they are ending an almost four…
Elway Announces New Album, “For The Sake Of The Bit”
Riot Fest alums and Fort Collins natives Elway have a new album coming our way. For The Sake Of The Bit, is scheduled for release on Red Scare Industries on April 27th. You can pre-order For The Sake Of The Bit for only $8, and you can see Elway in Chicago when they play with…
Six Sweet 90s Records that March in Like a Lion and Go Out Like a Lamb
These much-loved records start off hard AF, then reward you for surviving the onslaught with what comparatively amounts to a lullaby.
Pussy Riot Release New Song
Riot Fest alums, Pussy Riot, have released a new song to “commemorate” Vladimir Putin being re-elected as Russia’s President. The totally legitimate and not rigged at all elections this past Sunday, will see Putin become President for a 3rd term and another 6 years. The song, titled “E L E C T I O…
Let’s Listen to Kevin Devine’s New Song From His Split 7-Inch with Craig Finn
Kevin Devine’s 7-inch series returns March 30 with Devinyl Splits No. 7, featuring Craig Finn & the Uptown Controllers on side A, backed with “Kuala Lumpur,” Devine’s first new song since the release of his 2016 LP, Instigator, on side B. Craig Finn & The Uptown Controllers contribute “Galveston,” a song in which the weaving,…
Joey “Shithead” Keithley Is Running For Mayor
D.O.A.’s slogan is Talk Minus Action Equals Zero. So, it should come as no surprise that Joey “Shithead” Keithley, founding guitarist and vocalist for the Canadian hardcore band, is backing up his talk with action by running for mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia. As mayor, Keithley has promised to increase affordable housing, freeze property taxes for…
S. Craig Zahler Explains How Neither His Films, Nor Mel Gibson, Are Horror
An accomplished music journalist (he freelanced for the sadly defunct Metal Maniacs), novelist (his latest, Hug Chickenpenny: The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child, was released via Cinestate in January), screenwriter, and filmmaker, Zahler has suffused the gnarliest exploitation fare with unlikely pathos. Take his sophomore effort, last year’s revelatory, Vince Vaughn-starring Brawl in Cell Block…
Sorry, Late-1900s Shopping Mall Kids: Claire’s Has Filed For Bankruptcy
Ask any suburban Generation Xer who grew up roaming the mall during the 1980s and 1990s where they first had their ears pierced. Without fail, every time they’ll either say that they never had their ears pierced, or they went to Claire’s boutique. Founded in Hoffman Estates, Illinois in 1961, the jewelry retailer began piercing…
