
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 Cribs Talk About Chicago on the Ferris Wheel
The Cribs are huge in their native U.K., but Wakefield’s band of brothers have yet to break through in North America. And while this is a damn shame, it hasn’t stopped the band from making Chicago their home away from home. The Cribs’ Windy City roots run deep: their self-titled debut full-length record was produced…

Don’t Have A Crap Attack, But A ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Movie Is Coming In 2020
I am having a crap attack right now. A Bob’s Burgers movie will be released on July 17, 2020. “A Bob’s Burgers film fits perfectly with our initiative to redouble our family and animation efforts,” said Twentieth Century Fox Film chairman and CEO Stacey Snider. “We’re grateful to [Fox Television Group chairmen Gary Newman and…

Josh Homme and Dean Fertita Perform A Haunting Stripped Down Version of ‘Villains of Circumstance’
Queens of the Stone Age, who just kicked our butts with an amazing performance at Riot Fest a few weeks ago, are in the UK in support of their new album Villains. On tonight’s episode of BBC Two show ‘Later… With Jools Holland,’ Josh Homme and Dean Fertita performed and amazing stripped down version of…

Dogs and Cats Wearing Taco Costumes
Taco Cat spelled backwards is Taco Cat. Taco Dog spelled backwards is God o Cat. Here are some photos of dogs and cats wearing taco costumes. They all look so happy. And delicious.

Listen to Kali Masi’s New Album While Reading This Interview
Sam Porter and John Garrison’s first collaboration was an Against Me! cover band that found the two-piece tearing through cuts from the Florida punk outfit’s early catalogue. That project was short-lived, but Laura Jane Grace’s mastery of mingling infectious melodies with a punk snarl certainly made an impression on the young musicians. As members of…

I Got Lucky, Babe, When Tom Petty Found Me
We are all too shocked and saddened at the sudden passing of our musical hero to write about it, so we’ve asked Archie Powell—frontman for Chicago rock band Archie Powell & The Exports and one of the biggest Petty fans out there—to eulogize Tom Petty for us. My uncle Gordy took me to see Tom…

Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017The only real news of the day… https://riotfest.org/2017/10/great-tom-petty-passed-away/ Here’s some new music from the Breeders for the first time in eight years! This single will be released over three different 7-inches, with each having a different cover song as the B-side and only available for purchase at the band’s upcoming concerts. I’m in. Fuck, that’s…

One More Riot Fest 2017 Photo Gallery For You
Photos by by Chris Casella, George Mulcahy, Sebastian Hagan, and Christopher Andrew.