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.
2011 Lineup
- WEEZER
- SOCIAL DISTORTION
- DANZIG LEGACY
- DESCENDENTS
- X (PLAYING LOS ANGELES IN FULL)
- YOUTH OF TODAY
- SUICIDE MACHINES
- ALL (SCOTT
- CHAD AND DAVE)
- HELMET
- 7 SECONDS
- DOWN BY LAW
- THE BUSINESS
- STRIKE ANYWHERE
- THE TOSSERS
- MACABRE
- NACHTMYSTIUM
- LEFTOVER CRACK
- THE FLATLINERS
- FLATFOOT 56
- THE MENZINGERS
- BANNER PILOT
- THE PAVERS
- REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND
- SHOT BAKER
- THE COPYRIGHTS
- CHEAP GIRLS
- LARRY AND HIS FLASK
- DUSTY GROOVES
- CHINESE TELEPHONES
- THE CROMBIES
- THE HOLY MESS
- THE VAN BUREN BOYS
- NEUTRON BOMBS
- THE INFECTED
- BLACK ACTRESS