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: $99.98 (Early Bird)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Against Me!
- Alexisonfire
- All Time Low
- Andrew WK
- Atmosphere
- Babes in Toyland
- Bayside
- Bleachers
- Cancer Bats
- Coheed and Cambria
- Courage My Love
- D.O.A.
- Die Mannequin
- Doomtree
- Drive Like Jehu
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Echo and the Bunnymen
- FIDLAR
- Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls
- GWAR
- Indian Handcrafts
- Jazz Cartier
- Motorhead
- Prodigy
- Rancid (performing ...And Out Come the Wolves)
- Ritual
- The Airborne Toxic Event
- The Dead Milkmen
- The Joy Formidable
- Thrice
- Thurston Moore Band
- Tyler the Creator
- Weezer
- Wu-Tang Clan
- 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