2025 Early Bird Presale Tickets: ON SALE NOW
OMG IT’S HAPPENINGHo ho hold onto your Santa hats, because the Riot Fest Holiday Presale is back!
Photos: Blue Meanies, The Tossers, Weaker Youth Ensemble, DJ Chuck Wren at Concord Music Hall, 07.22.23
Photos from the soldout show at Concord Music Hall
Pitchfork + Lollapalooza Staff Picks
See Riot Fest’s favorite artists from the other major Chicago music festivals this summer!It’s your lucky day. We’ve decided to stop talking about Riot Fest (for once) to complain about the lineups for Chicago’s other major music festivals! Just kidding… Pitchfork and Lollapalooza actually booked some bands we don’t hate. We’ve compiled all of our staff picks from the upcoming alternative rock and pop music festivals. Featuring Carly…
Meet Rising Punk Band, Pinkshift
Drawing on influences My Chemical Romance, Turnstile, Deftones and more, read about a new rock band playing Riot Fest this year!Coming together around music to escape the stress of school, three Johns Hopkins students formed a band that would go on to do shows all over the country, and even the world, and play alongside rock legends. Vocalist Ashrita Kumar, guitarist Paul Vallejo and drummer Myron Houngbedji make up the rising punk group, Pinkshift. (We…
Do312 Presents The Best Worst Riot Fest Lineup Poster Ever Contest
If graphic design is your passion, do we have a contest for you! We’re having a Riot Fest worst lineup poster contest. That means if you can get all of the bands that are going to be at Riot Fest this year onto one poster (in a way that is aesthetically awful), you have a…
Riot Fest Community Spotlight: CHICAT
Our Community Spotlights feature the wonderful food, nightlife, and local businesses found within Douglass Park, home to Riot Fest.
Riot Fest 2023 Ticket Upgrades
Ticket holders, you can now upgrade for more benefitsYou’ve already secured your ticket, but, don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten about you (yet). On top of a weekend of unforgettable live sets, we’re offering you even more to look forward to. You can now upgrade your ticket to get exclusive benefits! VIP, Deluxe and Deluxe+ access includes lounges, comfortable restrooms, food and bar options and even more…
Riot Fest TV Is Here, Just Released On Our App
You can now scroll through music videos, classic commercials and more on the Riot Fest app!Do you love mindlessly scrolling through content? Do you stare at your phone to distract you from awkward social situations? Do you like pooping and looking at your phone? What about wasting time at work to stick it to your boss? If you said yes to any of those questions, our latest app update will…
Get Married at Riot Fest! Our Wedding Chapel Is Back For 2023
Signup for your slot on Thursday at noonBecause here at Riot Fest we just love love, dozens of beautiful couples will be able to walk out of Riot Fest 2023 married. That’s right… our Wedding Chapel is returning for the third year (after 50+ couples tied the knot in 2022)! For our music-loving pairs looking to make it official this September, the Wedding…