Riot Fest is a punk, rock and alternative music festival formed in Chicago in 2005. The festival proposes a diverse lineup consisting of buzzed-about reunions, one-offs, special guest appearances and popular punk mainstays. Incarnations of Riot Fest are also held in Denver and Toronto. Despite the multi-city expansion Chicago has remained the festival’s flagship event with nearly three times as many bands as the others.
Ticket Price: $149.98 (GA); $299.98 (VIP)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- 88 Fingers Louie
- Against Me!
- Alexisonfire
- Alkaline Trio
- Alvvays
- American Nightmare
- Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
- Andrew WK
- Anthrax
- Atreyu
- Babes in Toyland
- Bayside
- Beach Slang
- Benjamin Booker
- Billy Idol
- Bootsy Collins' Rubber Band
- CIV
- Chef’Special
- Coheed and Cambria
- Cypress Hill
- Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
- De La Soul
- Death
- Desaparecidos
- Dirty Fences
- Doomtree
- Drive Like Jehu
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Echo and the Bunnymen
- Everytime I Die
- FIDLAR
- Faith No More
- Flogging Molly
- GWAR
- Gateway Drugs
- Hum
- Ice Cube (performing (Straight Outta ComptonRemix)
- Iggy Pop
- Indian Handcrafts
- Into It. Over It.
- Jazz Cartier
- Jimmy Cliff
- Joyce Manor
- Kevin Devine
- Kongos
- L7
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Less Than Jake
- Living Colour
- Main Attrakionz
- Manchester Orchestra
- Mariachi El Bronx
- Marmozets
- Mayday Parade
- Merle Haggard
- Mest
- Millencolin
- Modest Mouse
- Motorhead
- Mustard Plug
- New Politics
- No Doubt
- OK Go
- Pennywise
- Rancid (performing ...And Out Come the Wolves)
- Rodrigo y Gabriela
- Slightly Stoopid
- Snoop Dogg (performing Doggystyle)
- Stephen "Ragga" Marley
- Swervedriver
- System of a Down
- Taking Back Sunday
- Teenage Bottlerocket
- Tenacious D
- The Academy Is... (performing Almost Here)
- The Airborne Toxic Event
- The Ataris
- The Damned
- The Dead Milkmen
- The Dear Hunter
- The Devil Wears Prada
- The Dwarves (performing Blood Guts and P*ssy)
- The Expendables
- The Joy Formidable
- The Lawrence Arms
- The Prodigy
- Thrice
- Thrice
- Thurston Moore Band
- Tommy Stinson
- Yelawolf
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