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.
Festival Info
Headliners
Festival Poster 
2018 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