2026 Early Turkey Ticket + Merch Presale On Sale Now!
Riot Fest 2026 Early Bird Presale is on sale NOW! Get your tickets, gobble gobble.
The Best Riot Fest Acts Ever, Voted by Fans: #11–15
You voted, and the results are in. We’ll be sharing the results over the next few days, focusing on five sets at a time—each paired with a handful of fan testimonials.
Photos: Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties at Cobra Lounge — 6.8.19
Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties always put on a memorable show, but this past Saturday’s sold-out Cobra Lounge show felt extra special.
Mongolian Metal Group The HU Shares New Single “Shoog Shoog”
Debut LP The Gereg releases September 13Mongolian folk metal heroes The HU have a new single called “Shoog Shoog.” It’s off their debut LP ‘The Gereg’ arriving September 13—just in time for Riot Fest.
Selling Slacker Culture: ‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ 30 Years Later
Reflecting on era of slacker comedies—and how depicting adolescence on the big screen has changed—as Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure turns 30.
Blink-182 to Perform ‘Enema of the State’ In Full at Riot Fest 2019
The album celebrates its 20th anniversary this monthJust announced: Blink-182 will perform its 1999 classic Enema of the State in full at Riot Fest this year, celebrating the record’s 20th anniversary.
“Beautiful and Weird and Cool”: Three Stories From the World of Retro Arthouse Toys
Three figures from the arthouse toy industry describe a shared passionWe talked to three figures in the business of making “arthouse toys”—small runs of nostalgic, vintage-style action figures—about their shared passion.
Photos: Hot Mulligan at Bottom Lounge — 6.2.19
Check out photos from Hot Mulligan’s sold-out show last night at Bottom Lounge.
“Juggalo Country” is a Refreshingly Different Take on the Posse
A review of a book seeking the other side of clown life“If I don’t understand what Juggalos do, I think I can understand why they do it.” Author Craven Rock‘s ethnographic Juggalo novel attempts to dissect the Posse like few others have.