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!
The Top 5 Riot Fest Sets Of All Time, as Voted by Fans
The people have spoken.In anticipation of the 20th Riot Fest coming up next year, we asked fans to vote for the top 5 Riot Fest sets of all time. The response was overwhelming – over 10,000 of you voted and left heartfelt notes on what made your favorite show so special. While you all cast votes for hundreds…
Chicago Red Stars x Riot Fest Ticket Giveaway
Music fans and soccer fans unite! Riot Fest and the Chicago Red Stars are teaming up for a special ticket giveaway to this year’s festival AND the Chicago Red Stars’ home match on 11/3 at SeatGeek Stadium. See the Chicago Red Stars battle the Kansas City Current on Sunday, November 3rd at 2pm just one…
Your New Favorite Band: Sepultura
For fans of Slayer, Lamb of God, GojiraNever before have we used our collective brain power as a staff to recommend music, one person at a time, but that all changed in 2024…
It’s one hell of Riot Fest giveaway! Win 6 3-Day Deluxe Passes to Riot Fest 2024 AND 6 3-Day Deluxe+ Passes to Riot Fest 2025!
It’s hard to believe this year’s Riot Fest in Chicago is officially less than two weeks away, but we’re also just one year away from our 20th Riot Fest! To celebrate a little early, we’re giving away the biggest prize in Riot Fest history: Six Deluxe+ Tickets to Riot Fest this year AND next year.…
Under The Radar: Episode 16 – Scarlet Demore, Drug Church, Prize Horse
While we contend with some bald-headed-bitches coming in hot with ALL CAPS YELLING in the comments section, Taylor’s been sifting through a metaphorical pile of unlistenable, “artistic” crap to bring you three more bands to listen to, and at least one of them playing a show in just 10 days!
The Riot Fest 2024 Map Is Here
Never get lost again.Never get lost again with this trusty map for Riot Fest 2024 in Douglass Park. Riot Fest is back in Douglass Park with five large stages, exclusive VIP and Deluxe lounges, Deluxe viewing areas near the stages, and RiotLand, a top-secret world featuring Logan Arcade, the Riot Pop!! skate ramp, and some surprise attractions you’ll…
Sincere Engineer and Hot Mulligan Collab for Corn Dog Sonnet No. 7 Remix
Sincere Engineer is back with a re-release of one of their most iconic tracks, “Corn Dog Sonnet No. 7” with an all new remix featuring Hot Mulligan. The two bands join forces in a blaze of Midwest pop-punk + emo glory for a fresh take on Sincere Engineer’s 2017 single. Read our interview with Deanna…
“This Could Be Us” at Riot Fest Giveaway
Photoshop your friends’ faces into one of the images below for a chance to win a pair of 3-day passes to Riot Fest 2024Is graphic design your passion? Are you willing to waste precious minutes of your life editing faces onto one of these templates for a small chance to win Riot Fest tickets? For everyone that is still dragging their feet and hasn’t purchased tickets to this year’s fest (How dare you wait this long), this is…