Riot Fest is a multi-day music festival specializing in rock, punk, alternative rock, and hip hop. The 2017 festival takes place September 15th – 17th at Douglas Park in Chicago.
Ticket Price: $189.98 (GA); $329.98 (VIP)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- A Day to Remember
- Action Bronson
- Alice Bag
- Andrew W.K.
- At the Drive-In
- Bad Brains
- Bayside (Performing The Walking Wounded)
- Beach Slang
- Best Coast
- Built to Spill (Performing Keep It Like A Secret)
- Buzzcocks
- Cap’n Jazz
- Cockney Rejects
- Danzig performing (Danzig III: How the Gods Kill)
- Dead Cross
- Death From Above 1979
- Dessa
- Dinosaur Jr. (Performing You’re Living All Over Me)
- Dirty Heads
- Downtown Boys
- Engine 88
- FIDLAR
- Fishbone (Performing Truth & Soul)
- Four Year Strong
- GBH
- GWAR
- Gogol Bordello
- Grayscale
- Hot Water Music
- Jawbreaker
- Knuckle Puck
- Liars
- M.I.A.
- Mad Caddies
- Mayday Parade (Performing A Lesson In Romantics)
- Mike D (DJ Set)
- Ministry
- Minus the Bear
- New Found Glory
- New Order
- Nine Inch Nails
- Nothing More
- Paramore
- Peaches
- Pennywise
- Potty Mouth
- Prophets of Rage
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Radar State
- Saul Williams
- Say Anything
- Shabazz Palaces
- Slaves
- Streetlight Manifesto
- TV on the Radio
- Taking Back Sunday
- That Dog. (Performing Retreat From the Sun)
- The Casualties
- The Cribs
- The Flatliners
- The Hotelier
- The Lawrence Arms (Performing Oh, Calcutta!)
- The Menzingers
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Performing Let’s Face It)
- The Orwells
- The Smith Street Band
- The Story So Far
- The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
- Tobacco
- Vic Mensa
- Wu-Tang Clan (performing Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers))
- X
Festival News and Rumors

Netflix Is a Joke Fest Featuring Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, Larry David Debuting in Spring 2022
Eddie Fu December 6, 2021

Post Malone, Halsey, Tame Impala Headline Hangout Music Festival 2022
With additional performances from Megan Thee Stallion, Fall Out Boy, Doja Cat, and Phoebe Bridgers.
Wren Graves December 6, 2021

Arctic Monkeys, Nine Inch Nails to Headline Inaugural Primavera Sound LA
Lorde, James Blake, Stereolab, Mitski, and Clairo are among the other confirmed acts.
Alex Young December 6, 2021

The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre Reunion Headline New Festival This Ain't No Picnic
Wren Graves December 3, 2021

Mad Cool Festival Completes Bonkers 2022 Lineup with Addition of Jack White
Alex Young December 2, 2021

Jack White to Headline 2022 High Water Festival
Marking White's first announced performance in support of his upcoming albums.
Alex Young November 30, 2021