Riot Fest Takeover at The Field Museum
Get legendary at the Riot Fest x Field Museum takeover on August 11
Chicago White Sox Riot Fest Night
SPORTS!
Your Face on a Billboard With William Shatner — Enter To Win!
Get YOUR face on a billboard with William Shatner, as per his rider requirements. Learn how you could win this honor and VIP Riot Fest tickets FOR LIFE!
Riot Fest 2026… Now with 100% more William Shatner
With his heavy metal band The *uckers. Watch his personal message and view his rider. He asks Chicago for… a ship?
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..
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.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: BAE
Bae has had a rough life. She was abused as a puppy, and then after she had her own litter, she was abandoned. What a horrible thing for a dog to go through. We are very appreciative that someone found her and rescued her with hopes of finding her a better life. Bae is tiny…
‘The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ Turns 25
Reminiscing a killer soundtrack’s influence on mall goths“Music Inspired by the Motion Picture” is generally not a disclaimer to be trusted, but the original soundtrack to ‘The Crow’ oozed style. Today marks its 25th anniversary.
The American Dream of Scamming
Navigating through an increasingly inauthentic digital worldWe navigate scammy situations all day long, every day—yet despite spending so much time and energy avoiding hundreds of scams a day, we can’t seem to get enough of scammers.
‘Watered Down Pornos’: Inside The History of Teensploitation Cinema
Exploring cinema’s horniest genre in ‘Teen Movie Hell’Mike “McBeardo” McPadden’s teensploitation anthology ‘Teen Movie Hell’ collects over 350 capsule reviews of the genre’s most titillating films released between ‘American Graffiti’ in 1973 and ‘Dazed and Confused’ in 1993.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Mr. Big
He’s the one who wants to be with you. Deep inside we hope you want to, too.This is Mr. Big, he’s the one who wants to be with you. Deep inside we hope you want to, too. Brace yourself, this guy is large and strong… but he’s SUCH a sweetie pie.
Live Fast, Die Old: Remembering Dick Dale and Andre Williams
Two proto-punk legends who proved the cliche wrongWe lost two legends this week: “King of the Surf Guitar” Dick Dale, and R&B dynamo Andre “Mr. Rhythm” Williams. Both left a big footprint on punk as we know it.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: KINGSBURY
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week! Kingsbury might be big, but he knows his size. He won’t bowl you over, won’t overwhelm you, but he will love you. He enjoys playing with toys, rolling in the mud, butt scratches and hanging out with other dogs.
The Power Hitters of Baseball Punk Bands
Take a swing at one of the wildest cross-genres in recent punk historyThe confluence of baseball with all kinds of heavy music—namely punk, hardcore and grindcore—has spawned outsider art that is deeply offbeat, thoughtfully woke and, more often than not, literally pants-shittingly hilarious.
