2026 Early Turkey Ticket + Merch Presale On Sale Now!
Riot Fest 2026 Early Bird Presale is on sale NOW! Get your tickets, gobble gobble.
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams A171689 • Female • Looking for a Foster or Adoptive Home Oh My Heart, have you seen these ears? Hayley Williams has found herself in some Hard Times ending up at Chicago Animal Control to no fault of her own. She was likely dumped by someone and was brought in as a stray.…
Mayday Parade’s Alex Garcia Talks 10 Years of ‘A Lesson In Romantics’
For Mayday Parade guitarist Alex Garcia, his band’s 2007 debut full-length album A Lesson In Romantics is essentially a time capsule. “I was definitely younger when we wrote [the record], so there are some things I would shy away from,” he says. “Some of my parts are a bit immature to me now. I don’t…
Late Night At The Riot Feast
If 10:00pm rolls around this weekend and you’re sick of watching bands, but still wanna party heartily and eat chicken wings, then Riot Fest Late Night DJ events at The Riot Feast are your tickets to paradise. Tonight’s installment of a Feast favorite—Emo Karaoke—will be packed to the gills, so get there early. The gentlemen…
Fishbone’s Angelo Moore Speaks of ‘Truth and Soul’
A Track-By-Track Analysis of the Seminal 1988 Album, ‘Truth and Soul’On this day in 1988, Guns n’ Roses had the number one song in the country with “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” the Cold War was thawing out, and Fishbone released Truth and Soul—a seminal collection of genre-bending tunes that would come to define the band and stand the test of time. When I discovered this…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Fidlar
FIDLAR A171644 • Young Male • Looking for a Foster or Adoptive Home FIDLAR knows that life’s a risk, and this guy has been fighting to live since we met him. He came into the shelter when a good samaritan found him in an alley, not eating. He was just skin and bones, weighing in…
Who The Heck Should I See At Riot Fest?
Riot Fest Staff Picks For Riot FestAs the Riot Fest staff gets ready for the culmination of a very long year and a lot of hard work, we asked them to tell us about some of the artists they are most looking forward to see this weekend (not that they actually get to see many of the performances). Obviously, Nine Inch…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, September 12th, 2017Wondering how to get to Riot Fest? https://riotfest.org/2017/09/heck-get-riot-fest/ You’ll probably be wondering where to go once you arrive at Douglas Park. Lucky for you, we live to serve… https://riotfest.org/2017/09/how-the-heck-do-i-find-anything-at-riot-fest/ Tomorrow, the Riot Fest staff will tell you which bands you need to see at Riot Fest this weekend. Great advice like this is hard to…
How The Heck Do I Get To Riot Fest?
How the heck do I get to Riot Fest in Douglas Park? First, you’re going to need to get tickets. The entrance to Riot Fest is located at the intersection of W. Ogden Ave. & S. Sacramento Dr. Chicago, IL 60623 We suggest taking public transportation, riding a bicycle, taking a cab, or using a…