Festival Hub: Riot Fest
The Scene: For fans of punk, alt rock, and artists you won’t see on other festival lineups, Riot Fest should be on your bucket list. Started as a showcase festival in Chicago in 2005, Riot Fest has transformed into a multi-day outdoor festival and has spawned editions in Toronto and Denver. The original in Chicago’s Humbolt Park remains the best and most solid lineup of the bunch.
- 070 Shake
- 100 Gecs
- AFI
- Ani DiFranco
- Balance and Composure
- Bayside
- Bearings
- Black Angels
- Bowling For Soup
- Braid
- Calva Louise
- Caroline Rose
- Cassyette
- CK Vassi
- Code Orange
- Corey Feldman
- Cults
- Death Cab For Cutie
- Death Grips
- Drain
- Earth Crisis
- Empire State Bastard
- Enola Gay
- Enter Shikari
- Eshu Tune
- Fade ‘Em All
- Fake Names
- FEA
- Finch
- Fleshwater
- Flogging Molly
- Foo Fighters
- Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
- Free Throw
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Gorilla Biscuits
- H20
- Hawthorne Heights
- Head Automatica
- High Vis
- Hotline TNT
- Insane Clown Posse
- Jehnny Beth
- Just Friends
- Just Mustard
- Kim Gordon
- L.S. Dunes
- Microwave
- Mr. Bungle
- Nothing
- Nothing
- Nowhere.
- Olivia Jean
- Origami Angel
- Oso Oso
- Parliament Funkadelic Ft. George Clinton
- Pennywise
- Pinkshift
- Plosivs
- Pool Kids
- Pup
- Quasi
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Quicksand
- Ride
- Rival Schools
- Say Anything
- Screaming Females
- Silverstein
- Sleep Token
- Sludgeworth
- Snapcase
- Spitafield
- Steve Ignorant Band / Crass
- Tegan and Sara
- The Aquadolls
- The Bobby Lees
- The Breeders
- The Bronx
- The Cure
- The Dresden Dolls
- The Exploited
- The Gaslight Anthem
- The Interrupters
- The Mars Volta
- The Postal Service
- The Used
- The Wrecks
- Thursday
- Total Chaos
- Turnstile
- Viagra Boys
- Warpaint
- White Reaper
- Yard Act
- Young Culture
- 7 Seconds
- Action Bronson
- Alexisonfire
- Algiers
- Alice Glass
- Alkaline Trio
- Anberlin
- Aviva
- Bad Religion
- Bauhaus
- Bleachers
- Bob Vylan
- Boston Manor
- Brae
- Bridge City Sinners
- Bully
- carolesdaughter
- Charlotte Sands
- Chastity
- Cliffdiver
- Cloud Nothings
- Concrete Castles
- Descendents
- Destroy Boys
- FEAR
- Foxy Shazam
- GWAR
- Holy Fawn
- Ice Cube
- Jake Hill
- Jawbox
- Jeff Rosenstock
- Jimmy Eat World
- Joey Valence
- Josh A
- Juliana Theory
- jxdn
- Kid Sistr
- Lagwagon
- Less Than Jake
- LS Dunes
- Lucky Boys Confusion
- Lunachicks
- Madball
- Mannequin Pussy
- Midtown
- Mom Jeans
- Moon Kissed
- Movements
- My Chemical Romance
- Night Spice
- Nine Inch Nails
- No Trigger
- Pale Waves
- Placebo
- Poorstacy
- Portugal. The Man
- PVRIS
- Real Friends
- Renforshort
- Rocket From The Crypt
- Save Face
- Sincere Engineer
- Sitting On Stacy
- Skating Polly
- Sleater-Kinney
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- Surfbort
- The Academy Is…
- The Bombpops
- The Front Bottoms
- The Get Up Kids
- The Joy Formidable
- The Linda Lindas
- The Maine
- The Menzingers
- The Misfits
- The Story So Far
- The Wonder Years
- Thick
- together PANGEA
- Treaty Of Paris
- War On Women
- WARGASM
- Weathers
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Yellowcard
- Yungblud
- Morrisey
- Slip Knot
- Alex G
- Anti-Flag
- Bayside
- Beach Bunny
- Beach Goons
- Best Coast
- Big Freedia
- Boston Manor
- Chubby and the Gang
- Circa Survive
- Circle Jerks
- Coheed and Cambria
- DEVO
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Dirty Heads
- Don Broco
- Faith No More
- FEVER 333
- Fishbone
- Fucked Up
- Gogol Bordello
- Gogol Bordello
- Hepcat
- Holy Fawn
- Jawbox
- Joywave
- Just Friends
- K.Flay
- KennyHoopla
- L7
- Les Savy Fav
- Living Colour
- Lupe Fiasco
- Mayday Parade
- Mayday Parade
- Meet Me @ the Altar
- Meg Myers
- Motiona City Soundtrack
- Mr. Bungle
- New Found Glory
- NoFx
- PUP
- Radkey
- Radkey
- Run The Jewels
- Saves the Day
- Simple Plan
- Simple Plan
- Sublime with Rome
- SWMRS
- Taking Back Sunday
- The All-American Rejects
- The Ghost Inside
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- The Sounds
- Thrice
- Thursday
- Toots and the Maytals
- Vic Mensa
- White Lung
- Blink-182
- Slayer
- BIKINI KILL
- THE RACONTEURS
- Rise Against
- The Flaming Lips
- JAWBREAKER
- Ween
- Bloc Party
- Wu-Tang Clan
- PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND
- TAKING BACK SUNDAY
- Rancid
- Violent Femmes
- DESCENDENTS
- MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA
- THE B-52s,
- DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL
- THE STORY SO FAR
- AVAIL
- THE STRUTS
- AGAINST ME!
- PVRIS
- PENNYWISE
- THE STARTING LINE
- COCK SPARRER
- STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO
- Anthrax
- NECK DEEP
- BOB MOULD
- HOT SNAKES
- AMERICAN FOOTBALL
- Guided By Voices
- Ride
- LUCERO
- TESTAMENT
- ANDREW W.K.
- SENSES FAIL
- THE GET UP KIDS
- VILLAGE PEOPLE
- Less Than Jake
- HOT WATER MUSIC
- GLASSJAW
- GWAR
- THE SELECTER
- ANTI-FLAG
- NICK LOWE w/LOS STRAITJACKETS
- TURNOVER
- THE DAMNED THINGS
- CURSIVE
- TURNSTILE
- SURFER
- BLOOD
- THE ERGS!
- SAVE FERRIS
- FRANK IERO AND THE FUTURE VIOLENTS
- WHITE REAPER
- GRANDSON
- H2O
- I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
- HOT MULLIGAN
- THE HU
- TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET
- PROF
- CHERRY GLAZERR
- DAVE HAUSE & THE MERMAID
- THIS WILD LIFE
- THE GARDEN
- DRAKULAS
- DEAD SWORDS
- CAN’T SWIM
- CAROLINE ROSE
- THE BEACHES
- MAT KEREKES
- ANGEL DU$T
- MICROWAVE
- PKEW PKEW PKEW
- SINCERE ENGINEER
- SKATING POLLY
- NO PARENTS
- ULTRA Q
- LANDO CHILL
- CLEOPATRICK
- ELDER BROTHER
- THIN LIPS
- CHAOS CHAOS
- KALI MASI
- YOURS TRULY
- GANSER
- RAMONA
- ADOLESCENTS
- ALKALINE TRIO
- ANDREW W.K.
- Arkells
- Atmosphere
- Bad Religion
- BADFLOWER
- Beck
- Bleachers
- BLONDIE
- BOUNCING SOULS
- Bullet For My Valentine
- BULLY
- CALPURNIA
- Cat Power
- Clutch
- COBRA SKULLS
- Cypress Hill
- DIGABLE PLANETS
- Dropkick Murphys
- ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS
- FEAR
- FACE TO FACE
- Father John Misty
- Flogging Molly
- FLOR
- GWAR
- GARY NUMAN
- HEALTH
- HOBO JOHNSON & THE LOVEMAKERS
- HOT SNAKES
- Incubus
- Interpol
- JD MCPHERSON
- JERRY LEE LEWIS
- JOHNNY MARR
- JULIAN CASABLANCAS & THE VOIDZ
- K.FLAY
- KEVIN DEVINE
- KILLING JOKE
- LAGWAGON
- LIZ PHAIR
- MANNEQUIN PUSSY
- Matt and Kim
- MOOSE BLOOD
- PIEBALD
- PUSSY RIOT
- REIGNWOLF
- Run The Jewels
- SWMRS
- SPEEDY ORTIZ
- Suicidal Tendencies
- SUM 41
- SUPERCHUNK
- TAKING BACK SUNDAY
- THE AQUABATS
- THE DILLINGER FOUR
- THE DISTRICTS
- THE EXPLOITED
- THE FEVER 333
- THE FRONT BOTTOMS
- THE JESUS LIZARD
- THE WONDER YEARS
- TWIN PEAKS
- UNDEROATH
- Weezer
- WOLFMOTHER
- Young the Giant
- Nine Inch Nails
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Jawbreaker
- New Order
- Paramore
- Prophets of Rage
- I.A.
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Mike D (DJ Set)
- A Day To Remember
- Gogol Bordello
- Taking Back Sunday
- Vic Mensa
- Dirty Heads
- TV on the Radio
- Ministry
- Dinosaur Jr.
- New Found Glory
- FIDLAR
- Bad Brains
- Death From Above 1979
- Action Bronson
- Pennywise
- Built to Spill
- X
- Peaches
- The Lawrence Arms
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- The Orwells
- Bayside
- Say Anything
- Mayday Parade
- The Cribs
- Streetlight Manifesto
- Dead Cross
- Minus the Bear
- The Menzingers
- LIARS
- GWAR
- Buzzcocks
- GBH
- Real Friends
- Hot Water Music
- Shabazz Palaces
- Andrew W.K.
- Fishbone
- The Story So Far
- State Champs
- Four Year Strong
- Beach Slang
- that dog.
- Knuckle Puck
- Chon
- Slaves
- The Hotelier
- The Flatliners
- Dessa
- Saul Williams
- Engine 88
- Nothing More
- Alice Bag
- Tobacco
- Sleep On It
- Downtown Boys
- The Smith Street Band
- The Regrettes
- HDBeenDope
- Gazebos
- Kitten Forever
- Hellzapoppin’ Circus Sideshow Revue
- Ramones T-Shirt
- Meat Is Burger
- Ughh My Kids Are Here
- The Port-A-Parties
- THE ORIGINAL MISFITS (FEATURING GLENN DANZIG JERRY ONLY AND DOYLE WOLFGANG VON FRANKENSTEIN)
- MORRISSEY
- WEEN
- DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
- ROB ZOMBIE
- SOCIAL DISTORTION
- BRAND NEW
- NAS
- THE SPECIALS
- DEFTONES
- FITZ & THE TANTRUMS
- JIMMY EAT WORLD
- DESCENDENTS
- REFUSED
- NOFX
- BAD RELIGION
- PIERCE THE VEIL
- ALL TIME LOW
- UNDEROATH
- MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK
- THURSDAY
- JAKE BUGG
- THE HIVES
- DEATH GRIPS
- CHEVY METAL
- BOB MOULD
- THE HOLD STEADY
- GLASSJAW
- ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES
- PEPPER
- TIGER ARMY
- MEAT PUPPETS
- GZA
- THE WONDER YEARS
- METHOD MAN & REDMAN
- DAN DEACON
- DEE SNIDER
- ANDREW W.K.
- JOEY BADA$$
- GWAR
- LEFTÖVER CRACK
- BILLY TALENT
- THE ANNIVERSARY
- NECK DEEP
- HIGHLY SUSPECT
- SMOKING POPES
- FUCKED UP
- THE VANDALS
- THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN
- GIRLS AGAINST BOYS
- FU MANCHU
- THE FALCON
- I THE MIGHTY
- THE TOASTERS
- SET YOUR GOALS
- JULIETTE LEWIS & THE LICKS
- FRNKIERO ANDTHE CELLABRATION
- TIGERS JAW
- BASEMENT
- CITIZEN
- SWINGIN’ UTTERS
- BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE
- DIARRHEA PLANET
- POUYA
- TOUCHÉ AMORÉ
- HIPPO CAMPUS
- BALANCE & COMPOSURE
- PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
- WHITE LUNG
- DENZEL CURRY
- JESSICA HERNANDEZ & THE DELTAS
- TURNOVER
- VIOLENT SOHO
- DEE-1
- BLEACHED
- BRICK + MORTAR
- NIGHT RIOTS
- PLAGUE VENDOR
- OFF WITH THEIR HEADS
- HOLY WHITE HOUNDS
- LAURA STEVENSON
- SOMOS
- TANCRED
- MICROWAVE
- DEAL’S GONE BAD
- DEATH SPELLS
- 3TEETH
- BLACK FOXXES
- THE WANS
- CREEPER
- THE WALTERS
- JULE VERA
- MARINA CITY
- WORRIERS
- NOTS
- BIG UPS
- ALL DOGS
- THE DIRTY NIL
- ESKIMEUAX
- WAR ON WOMEN
- HARD GIRLS
- A WILL AWAY
- CAN’T SWIM
- WITH OUR ARMS TO THE SUN
- DONNA MISSAL
- BAD COP / BAD COP
- TASHA THE AMAZON
- BLACKBOX
- HIGH WAISTED
- PARTNER
- SLEEPY KITTY
- SCHOOL OF ROCK
- AND FEATURING HELLZAPOPPIN CIRCUS SIDESHOW REVUE.
- Against Me!
- Alexisonfire
- Alkaline Trio
- American Nightmare
- Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness
- Andrew W.K.
- Anthrax
- Atreyu
- Babes In Toyland
- Bayside
- Billy Idol
- Bootsy Collins’ Rubber Band
- Coheed and Cambria
- Cypress Hill
- Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
- De La Soul
- Desaparecidos
- Drive Like Jehu
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Echo & The Bunnymen
- Faith No More
- FIDLAR
- Flogging Molly
- GWAR
- Ice Cube & Special Guests
- Iggy Pop
- Jimmy Cliff
- KONGOS
- L7
- Lee Scratch Perry
- Less Than Jake
- Manchester Orchestra
- Mayday Parade
- Merle Haggard
- Mest
- Millencolin
- Modest Mouse
- Motorhead
- New Politics
- No Doubt
- Pennywise
- Rancid
- Rodrigo Y Gabriela
- Slightly Stoopid
- Snoop Dogg
- Stephen “Ragga” Marley
- Swervedriver
- System Of A Down
- Taking Back Sunday
- Tenacious D
- The Academy Is…
- The Airborne Toxic Event
- The Damned
- The Dead Milkmen
- The Devil Wears Prada
- The Dirty Heads
- The Expendables
- The Joy Formidable
- The Lawrence Arms
- The Prodigy
- Thrice
- Yelawolf
- Andrew WK
- Billy Bragg
- Blue Meanies
- Bouncing Souls
- Bring Me The Horizon
- Buzzcocks
- Cheap Trick
- Circa Survive
- City and Colour
- Clutch
- Cock Sparrer
- Dashboard Confessional
- Descendents
- Die Antwoord
- Dropkick Murphys
- Face To Face
- Failure
- Gogol Bordello
- GWAR
- Hot Snakes
- Jane’s Addiction
- KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS
- Lucero
- Mastodon
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
- Metric
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Motion City Soundtrack
- Mudhoney
- Naked Raygun
- New Found Glory
- NOFX
- Of Mice & Men
- Patti Smith
- Paul Weller
- Primus
- Pussy Riot (Nadya Tolokonnikova & Masha Alekhina)
- Rise Against
- Samhain
- Saosin (w/ Anthony Green)
- Say Anything
- Slayer
- Social Distortion
- Stiff Little Fingers
- Streetlight Manifesto
- Superchunk
- Taking Back Sunday
- Tegan and Sara
- The Afghan Whigs
- The Cure
- The Dandy Warhols
- The Flaming Lips
- The Get Up Kids
- The Hold Steady
- The Murder City Devils
- The National
- The Offspring
- The Used
- Thurston Moore
- Tokyo Police Club
- Weezer
- Wu-Tang Clan
- AFI
- Against Me!
- Andrew W.K.
- Atmosphere
- Bad Books
- Bad Religion
- Bayside
- Best Coast
- Blink-182
- Blondie
- Bob Mould
- Brand New
- Chuck Ragan
- Deal’s Gone Bad
- Dessa
- Devotchka
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Fall Out Boy
- FLAG
- Glassjaw
- Guided By Voices
- GWAR
- Hatebreed
- Hostage Calm
- Joan Jet & The Blackhearts
- Kitten
- Masked Intruder
- Mephiskapheles
- Mission of Burma.
- Nativ
- New Beat Fund
- Off With Their Heads
- Pennywise
- Pet Symmetry
- Peter Hook & The Light
- Pixies
- Public Enemy
- Quicksand
- Rancid
- Rocket From The Crypt
- Saul Williams
- Say Anything
- Screeching Weasel
- Smoking Popes
- Stars
- Sublime with Rome
- Suicidal Tendencies
- Surfer Blood
- T.S.O.L.
- Taking Back Sunday
- The Broadways
- The Dear Hunter
- The Dismemberment Plan
- The Flatliners
- The Interrupters
- The Lawrence Arms
- The Lillingtons
- The Replacements
- The Selecter
- Violent Femmes
- X
- More TBA
- A Day to Remember
- A Wilhelm Scream
- Alkaline Trio
- Andrew W.K.
- August Burns Red
- AWOLNATION
- Built To Spill
- Chiodos
- Coheed and Cambria
- Dead Sara
- Deals Gone Bad
- Descendents
- Dropkick Murphys
- Elvis Costello & The Imposters
- Environmental Encroachment
- Fireworks
- Fishbone
- Frank Turner
- Gogol Bordello
- GWAR
- Hot Water Music
- Iggy And The Stooges
- Imagine Dragons
- Japanther
- Larry And His Flask
- Less Than Jake
- Minus the Bear
- Neon Trees
- Nobunny
- NOFX
- Off With Their Heads
- Pegboy
- Reverend Horton Heat
- Rise Against
- Screaming Females
- Sister Crayon
- Slapstick
- Teenage Bottlerocket
- The Adicts
- The Gaslight Anthem
- The Henry Clay People
- The Infected
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- The Offspring
- The Promise Ring
- The Story So Far
- White Mystery