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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.
Festival Poster
2015 Artist Lineup
De La Soul
Faith No More
- 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