Riot Fest—one of the largest remaining independent festivals in the country—is ready to return to Douglass Park this fall. The festival has just revealed a jam-packed lineup, spread across three days (September 16–18) and five stages, that is rich in punk, indie rock, hip hop, goth, industrial and more. Now in its 17th year, the […]
Riot Fest has unveiled its first round of Late Night after shows to coincide with this year’s festival, September 17–19, 2021. Tickets for the Late Night shows revealed today will go on sale this Friday, June 25 at 12:00 p.m. CDT via RiotFest.org. (Only Friday and Saturday tickets remain for the 2021 edition of the […]
CHICAGO, IL: Riot Fest is gearing up for a strong return to Douglass Park this fall (September 17–19) with a pair of announcements both for this year, and next year. In an unprecedented move, festival organizers are revealing the lineup for 2021, along with tickets for 2022. Three-day passes for both years are now on […]
Joey Cape is an absolute punk rock legend. From fronting the iconic Lagwagon, to playing in Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, working on solo music, producing bands and being a dad his calendar year is pretty full. Joey is no stranger to Australian shores and September 2018 sees him return to the land […]
ILLINOIS and TEXAS — April 1, 2018 — INITECH (NYSE: [ITCH]) and Riot Fest Corporation announced today the completion of a new partnership, through which Initech assumes a controlling interest in Riot Fest and all of its valuable assets. “The addition of Riot Fest builds on Initech’s world-leading portfolio of over 600 marquee festivals […]
Riot Fest continues the time-honoured tradition of RIOT FESTMAS, an age-old holiday treasured by its legions of fans. Starting Wednesday, December 13 and ending Monday, December 25, the spirit of Riot Festmas lives with a limited quantity of low-priced Riot Fest 2018 Holiday Presale Tickets being made available for sale for the very last […]
What would happen if Riot Fest opened a restaurant? Well, we’ll soon find out, because the brain trust behind the immensely popular Saved by The Max pop-up diner have teamed up with the Chicago-based music festival to open The Riot Feast at the current Saved by The Max address (1941 W. North Ave, Chicago) on […]
A group art show celebrating the magic of John Stamos ? Yes thats correct readers Riot Fest are proud to announce HAVE MERCY! The John Stamos Art Show. Imagine a place where walls will be covered with paintings, drawings and sketches in tribute to one of our favourite humans: The stunning, inspiring and legendary actor/musician […]
DANZIG will Release his New Album ‘Black Laden Crown’ on May 26th. This is the 1st DANZIG Album of All New Material in 7 years, since 2010’s Critically Acclaimed ‘Deth Red Sabaoth’. The Cover was painted Art by Long-Time Collaborator Simon Bisley and Produced by Glenn Danzig himself. Following on his historic reunion with the […]
Chicago’s Riot Fest (September 15-17 at Douglas Park) has teamed up with local independent record store Championship Vinyl to bring you their Top 10 Riot Fest Albums series. Riot Fest has a long tradition of iconic bands performing full albums and this year is no exception. Highlights of today’s announcement of the first eight of […]