
2026 Early Turkey Ticket + Merch Presale On Sale Now!
Riot Fest 2026 Early Bird Presale is on sale NOW! Get your tickets, gobble gobble.

Alkaline Trio, Patti Smith, The Flaming Lips, and More Added to Riot Fest 2021
Check out the full lineup, get the scoop on our Preview Party attractions, and grab your tickets nowWe’re thrilled to share some more band additions for Thursday and Sunday today, as well as some juicy details on our Preview Party plans we think you’ll love. Tickets are ON SALE NOW!

Meet Me @ The Altar and the Haunting at Irving Theatre
Catch the band’s Riot Fest performance this Friday, September 17A bone-chilling Meet Me @ The Altar comic by Bianca Xunise. See the band perform this Friday, September 17 at Riot Fest 2021!

Riot Fest x Weedmaps Present: The Trailblazer Sweepstakes
Enter to win one of our biggest prize packs ever!we’ve partnered up with our Official Map Sponsor for a huge giveaway that could lead you to two years in a row of Riot Fest Deluxe tickets and experiences in Douglass Park

Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Reina
When Reina came to Orphans of the Storm, she was in terrible shape. She had bad skin, bad fur, long nails, and was underweight. For a while, she was food obsessed- and for good reason. She would just stare at her shelter friends and cry for food, and didn’t seem interested in anything else. Fast…

Check Out Our Full Schedule of Riot Fest 2021 Late Night Shows
Six more Late Night shows go on sale today at 11:00 a.m. CDTMr. Bungle, Taking Back Sunday, Dinosaur Jr., New Found Glory and Simple Plan, plus more go on sale tomorrow (6/25) at 12pm CST. More shows to be announced soon!

New Headliners Announced! Slipknot Headlines Sunday, Morrissey Headlines Thursday Preview Party
Nine Inch Nails cancels all 2021 shows; 3-day & Sunday ticket holders receive Thursday Preview Party accessNine Inch Nails has cancelled all 2021 shows, including this year’s fest. With that, Morrissey will play Thursday and curate some very special guests—and Slipknot will close out the Riot Stage on Sunday! Plus more…

Flogging Molly and Violent Femmes to Co-Headline Aragon Ballroom This September
Tickets are on sale nowON SALE NOW! Chicago will welcome the pair to the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom on September 14, 2021, with special guests Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and THICK.

The De-Evolution Will Be Televised: A Devo Comic, Part 2
see what Mick Jagger thought of the band’s unorthodox take on the StonesWhat did Mick Jagger think of Devo’s iconic reinvention of a Stones classic? Find out in the conclusion to this two-part comic on the band’s history.