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.
2019 Lineup
Anthrax
Blink-182
Rancid
Rise Against
The Flaming Lips
Violent Femmes
- Blink-182
- Slayer
- BIKINI KILL
- THE RACONTEURS
- Rise Against
- The Flaming Lips
- JAWBREAKER
- Ween
- Bloc Party
- Wu-Tang Clan
- PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND
- TAKING BACK SUNDAY
- Rancid
- Violent Femmes
- DESCENDENTS
- MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA
- THE B-52s,
- DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL
- THE STORY SO FAR
- AVAIL
- THE STRUTS
- AGAINST ME!
- PVRIS
- PENNYWISE
- THE STARTING LINE
- COCK SPARRER
- STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO
- Anthrax
- NECK DEEP
- BOB MOULD
- HOT SNAKES
- AMERICAN FOOTBALL
- Guided By Voices
- Ride
- LUCERO
- TESTAMENT
- ANDREW W.K.
- SENSES FAIL
- THE GET UP KIDS
- VILLAGE PEOPLE
- Less Than Jake
- HOT WATER MUSIC
- GLASSJAW
- GWAR
- THE SELECTER
- ANTI-FLAG
- NICK LOWE w/LOS STRAITJACKETS
- TURNOVER
- THE DAMNED THINGS
- CURSIVE
- TURNSTILE
- SURFER
- BLOOD
- THE ERGS!
- SAVE FERRIS
- FRANK IERO AND THE FUTURE VIOLENTS
- WHITE REAPER
- GRANDSON
- H2O
- I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
- HOT MULLIGAN
- THE HU
- TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET
- PROF
- CHERRY GLAZERR
- DAVE HAUSE & THE MERMAID
- THIS WILD LIFE
- THE GARDEN
- DRAKULAS
- DEAD SWORDS
- CAN’T SWIM
- CAROLINE ROSE
- THE BEACHES
- MAT KEREKES
- ANGEL DU$T
- MICROWAVE
- PKEW PKEW PKEW
- SINCERE ENGINEER
- SKATING POLLY
- NO PARENTS
- ULTRA Q
- LANDO CHILL
- CLEOPATRICK
- ELDER BROTHER
- THIN LIPS
- CHAOS CHAOS
- KALI MASI
- YOURS TRULY
- GANSER
- RAMONA
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