Photo Credit: Jeff Callen
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.
2012 Artist Lineup
- 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