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

Dethklok and Run the Jewels Top the Bill for 2022 Adult Swim Festival Block Party
The three-day fest will be staged across multiple venues August 5th-7th in Philadelphia.
Spencer Kaufman May 18, 2022

Music Midtown 2022: Jack White, MCR, Fall Out Boy, and More to Play Atlanta Fest
Alex Young May 17, 2022

Chemical Brothers, M.I.A., Flume, Jamie xx to Play Inaugural Portola Music Festival in San Francisco
Alex Young May 16, 2022

Reunited Sunny Day Real Estate Added to Furnace Fest Lineup
The emo pioneers are making their first live appearances since 2010.
Jon Hadusek May 12, 2022

Riot Fest 2022 Lineup: MCR, Misfits, Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, Sunny Day Real Estate & More
Carys Anderson May 11, 2022