Riot Fest is a 5-day music festival in Chicago that continually draws audience attention nationwide. The festival, now in its sixth year, prides itself on cultivating a diverse lineup consisting of buzzed-about reunions, one-offs, special guest appearances and popular punk mainstays.
Ticket Price: $135 (Congress Pass); $145 (Festival Pass)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- ALL
- Banner Pilot
- Cheap Girls
- Chines Telephones
- D Generation
- Danzig
- Descendents
- Down By Law
- Flatfoot 56
- Helmet
- Larry And His Flask
- Mabacre
- Nachtmystium
- Neutron Bombs
- Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band
- Shot Baker
- Social Distortion
- Strike Anywhere
- The Business
- The Copyrights
- The Crombies
- The Flatliners
- The Holy Mess
- The Infected
- The Menzingers
- The Pavers
- The Suicide Machines
- The Tossers
- Van Buren Boys
- Weezer
- X performing 'Los Angeles'
- Youth of Today
Festival News and Rumors
Insane Clown Posse Announce Otherworldly 2023 Edition of Gathering of the Juggalos
The festival promises such such attractions as "ICP's Alien Probe Adventure"
Bryan Kress May 22, 2023
Hopscotch 2023: Pavement, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast Top Lineup
Alvvays, Digable Planets, Soccer Mommy, and more will also hit the Raleigh fest this September.
Abby Jones May 19, 2023
Live Nation Offering $99 All-In Festival Tickets During Festival Weekend
Governors Ball Roots Picnic, Sound on Sound, and more are participating in the discount.
Carys Anderson May 17, 2023
The National's Homecoming 2023 Lineup Led by Patti Smith, Pavement, & The Walkmen
Weyes Blood, Snail Mail, and Bartees Strange will also play the Cincinnati festival.
Eddie Fu May 17, 2023
Riot Fest's Killer 2023 Lineup Led by Foo Fighters, The Cure & The Postal Service
Carys Anderson May 16, 2023
Guns N' Roses, Billie Eilish, and P!NK to Headline Music Midtown's 2023 Lineup
P!NK, The 1975, Flume, Incubus, and Tove Lo are also set to play the Atlanta festival.
Scoop Harrison May 16, 2023