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.
2018 Artist Lineup
- 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