Like a lot of good music, Riot Fest began in a basement, when a rabid fan wanted to connect his favorite bands with like-minded music lovers in Chicago. Fifteen years and 1,500+ bands later, Riot Fest returns to Douglas Park with a stacked array of bands to score the festivities—featuring many friends of Riot Fest returning to pay tribute to the festival and its loyal fans, alongside iconic and emerging artists who reflect the broad musical tastes the festival is known for.
Ticket Price: $149.98 (GA); $249.98 (VIP)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- AVAIL (performing Over the James)
- Against Me! (performing Reinventing Axl Rose and Transgender Dysphoria Blues)
- American Football
- Andrew W.K.
- Angel Du$t
- Anthrax
- Anti-Flag
- Bikini Kill
- Blink-182
- Bloc Party (performing Silent Alarm)
- Bob Mould
- Caroline Rose
- Chaos Chaos
- Cock Sparrer
- Cursive
- Dashboard Confessional (performing The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most)
- Dave Hause & The Mermaid
- Dead Swords
- Descendents
- Die Antwoord
- Elder Brother
- Frank Iero and the Future Violents
- GWAR
- Glassjaw (performing Worship & Tribute)
- Guided By Voices
- H2O
- Hot Snakes
- Hot Water Music
- I Don't Know How They Found Me
- Jawbreaker
- Less Than Jake
- Lucero
- Manchester Orchestra
- Neck Deep
- Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets
- PVRIS
- Patti Smith and Her Band
- Pennywise
- Prof
- Rancid
- Ride
- Rise Against
- Save Ferris
- Senses Fail (performing Let It Enfold You and From The Depths Of Dreams)
- Skating Polly
- Slayer
- Streetlight Manifesto
- Surfer Blood
- Taking Back Sunday (performing Tell All Your Friends and Louder Now)
- Teenage Bottlerocket
- Testament
- The B-52s
- The Beaches
- The Damned Things
- The Ergs!
- The Flaming Lips (performing Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)
- The Get Up Kids
- The Hu
- The Raconteurs
- The Selecter (performing Too Much Pressure)
- The Starting Line
- The Story So Far
- The Struts
- Turnover
- Turnstile
- Village People
- Violent Femmes
- Ween (performing The Mollusk)
- White Reaper
- Wu-Tang Clan
Festival News and Rumors
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