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!
Bad Religion’s Brian Baker Is More User-Friendly, but Still Kicking Ass
“Punk means you’re not filing it in”When Riot Fest called up Brian Baker — guitarist in Bad Religion, founding member of hardcore punk legends Minor Threat, and cornerstone of the D.C. punk outfit Dag Nasty, just to name a few of his credentials — the punk guitarist was hard at work on his newest project: installing shelves in his new refrigerator. …
Save Your Garbage and Help Build Our Trashterpiece at Riot Fest 2022
In ongoing efforts to keep the Riot Fest grounds clean, we are bringing back the creator of the “trashterpiece,” Jennifer Bachelder-Spears. With the first collage being done at Riot Fest 2019, Jen is back to encourage concert-goers to bring their trash to make some cool art. Want to help out? We need your trash! Let’s…
Riot Fest 2022: Friday Photo Gallery
Check out our favorite shots from Friday, September 17—featuring The Smashing Pumpkins, Coheed and Cambria, and many more.
Riot Fest Lost & Found
Lost something at Riot Fest 2022? We’re here to help you (hopefully) find it. Please contact us no later than October 20th, 2022 with your lost & found claims; all unclaimed items past this date will either be donated or destroyed. You may either fill out the Google Form below, or email [email protected], with the…
So, You’re Going to Riot Fest 2022: A First Timer’s Guide
All your burning questions (mostly) answeredWe get all sorts of questions ranging from sensible to nonsensical, so we’ve put together an all-inclusive First Timer’s Guide in hopes you’ll feel a little less hopeless.
Obscura: The Gothic Burlesque Show That Can’t Be Missed
Sio Bast and Dannie Diesel (AKA Danielle Colby) detail their goth AF Riot Fest Late Night show set for Friday, September 16Among our sixteen Late Night shows for Riot Fest 2022, there’s a one-of-a-kind event that’s a perfect pairing with this year’s very-goth lineup: a gothic burlesque show. A first for the festival, Obscura is co-produced by local goth pinup icon Sio Bast and Dannie Diesel (known widely as Danielle Colby, of American Pickers fame); it’s…
Here’s Your First Look at Our Riot Fest 2022 Merch
Riot Fest is tomorrow! We know how much you love wearing our shirts, socks and other stuff 3 days in a row without showering, so we’ve got tons of brand-new merch for you to take a peek at today. Get your crop tops, tote bags, flip flops and everything else at any of our merch…
Who The Heck Are Sincere Engineer?
The list of things that can follow the phrase “You’re not really from Chicago if…” can be daunting, if not a bit ridiculous. But to us, there’s only one true culture crime if you live here: not knowing who Sincere Engineer is. Don’t fret, though—today’s entry in our Who The Heck series will remedy that.…
