Riot Fest is a 5-day music festival in Chicago that continually draws audience attention nationwide. The festival, now in its sixth year, prides itself on cultivating a diverse lineup consisting of buzzed-about reunions, one-offs, special guest appearances and popular punk mainstays.
Ticket Price: $135 (Congress Pass); $145 (Festival Pass)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- ALL
- Banner Pilot
- Cheap Girls
- Chines Telephones
- D Generation
- Danzig
- Descendents
- Down By Law
- Flatfoot 56
- Helmet
- Larry And His Flask
- Mabacre
- Nachtmystium
- Neutron Bombs
- Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band
- Shot Baker
- Social Distortion
- Strike Anywhere
- The Business
- The Copyrights
- The Crombies
- The Flatliners
- The Holy Mess
- The Infected
- The Menzingers
- The Pavers
- The Suicide Machines
- The Tossers
- Van Buren Boys
- Weezer
- X performing 'Los Angeles'
- Youth of Today
Festival News and Rumors

Austin City Limits' 2022 Livestream to Feature Paramore, Kacey Musgraves, The Chicks & More
You can also watch sets by Marcus Mumford, The War on Drugs, Billy Strings, Flume, and Goose.
Consequence Staff October 6, 2022

The What Podcast: Mat Kearney Talks Cover Songs, His Career Journey, and More at Moon River Festival
Barry and Lord Taco also touch on how the festival handled its Sunday rainout.
Ben Kaye September 14, 2022

First Pantera Reunion Shows Announced for Slipknot's South American Knotfests and Mexico's Hell & Heaven Fest
Jon Hadusek August 25, 2022

2022 Zona Music Festival: Beach House, Portugal. the Man, and Bleachers Lead Lineup
Carys Anderson August 24, 2022

Police Believe They Stopped Potential Mass Shooting at Bass Canyon EDM Festival
Abby Jones August 21, 2022