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
GeneralAdmission VIP Deluxe Deluxe+ BACKSTAGE Experience the festival like never before with our exclusive Backstage Pass, designed to give you top-level access and insider perks. A Backstage Pass includes all the amenity benefits of Deluxe+, Deluxe, VIP, and GA ★★★ PLUS! ★★★ Interested? Email us at [email protected] with the subject line “Backstage Pass 2026” to inquire about availability and purchase details.…
Payment Plans still Available… For a limited time
So you want Riot Fest tickets AND the ability to make a few smaller payments with no interest instead of up front all at once. Done.
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.
The Anniversary’s Würst Interview Ever
Josh Berwanger is a busy guy. He’s a dad. He’s a friend to many. And he’s also a member of three currently active bands: The Anniversary, Radar State and Berwanger. He’s playing three shows in Chicago with two of those bands over the next nine days—The Anniversary is headlining Würst Music & Beer Fest this…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Peaches
PEACHES A049984 • Neutered 6 year-old Female • Available for Adoption at Chicago ACC Peaches was adopted from CACC when she was just a puppy and unfortunately she found herself back here as a stray. No one came for her. Peaches is very eager to come out of her cage. She almost knocked me over…
Foo Fighters Release New Song ‘The Line’
Foo Fighters have released the third track from their new album Concrete and Gold coming September 15th. Listen to to ‘The Line’ above. Concrete and Gold Track Listing 1. “T-Shirt” 2. “Run” 3. “Make It Right” 4. “The Sky Is a Neighborhood” 5. “La Dee Da” 6. “Dirty Water” 7. “Arrows” 8. “Happy Ever After…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Wednesday, September 6th, 2017Check out this shitty interview we just did with Diarrhea Planet. It’s the Würst! Primus tore it up at North Coast Music Festival last weekend, and now we have another new song from the band’s new album, The Desaturating Seven. The album comes out September 29th, it’s based on a children’s book from 1978 called…
Dennis Rodman Has Offered To “Straighten Things Out” Between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
In an interview with Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, Dennis Rodman, 5x NBA Champion with the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons, said he would like to “straighten things out” between President Donald Trump and his karaoke buddy the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un. “For me to go over there…
Stay at BANGTEL During Riot Fest to be the Envy of your Peers
If you’re coming to Chicago soon for Riot Fest and you’re tired of the mundane mundanity of hotel rooms, and terrified of the frights that could potentially await you at an AirBnB, then you need to check out BANGTEL. Founded by Chicago creative-type Liz Klafeta in 2014, BANGTEL puts a modern, hip, and often hilarious…
The End Of The World Will Begin On Sept. 23rd And I Feel Fine
Fortunately, we only have a few more weeks before the end of the world and the end of civilization as we know it, and I feel fine. The good news, or bad news depending on how you see it, is that the end of the world won’t begin until after Riot Fest weekend. According to…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, September 5th, 2017HAPPY NATIONAL CHEESE PIZZA DAY! Click here to look at pictures of cheese pizza. We have a winner in the Goldfinger/Aston Microphones contest! Mazel tov to High Wire, who will be opening for Goldfinger at Concord Music Hall on September 11th and will get a free Aston Origin condenser microphone as well! Be sure to…
