Riot Fest
The Riot Fest is a music festival that has been held in Chicago in the US state of Illinois since 2005 and specializes mainly in punk and its subgenres. However, in the last few years, groups from the metal sector have increasingly appeared at the multi-day festival.
In 2011, the Riot Fest expanded to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . In 2012, an offshoot of the Riot Fest was held in Brooklyn , Toronto and Dallas . In 2013, offshoots were held in Toronto and Denver . For the first seven years, Riot Fest was held in multiple event centers across Chicago. From 2012 to 2014 the Riot Fest took place in Humboldt Park . Douglas Park has been the new venue since 2015.
Participating artists (since 2012)
2012
Visitors: 60,000
Among others: Iggy and The Stooges , Rise Against , Elvis Costello & The Imposters , The Offspring , Descendents , A Day to Remember , Coheed and Cambria , Dropkick Murphys , Gogol Bordello , NOFX , Andrew WK , Alkaline Trio , Hot Water Music , Slapstick , The Jesus and Mary Chain , The Gaslight Anthem , Awolnation , Minus the Bear , Imagine Dragons , Neon Trees , The Promise Ring , Chiodos , Gwar , August Burns Red , Less Than Jake , Pierce the Veil , Built To Spill , Frank Turner , Cursive , Reverend Horton Heat , The Addicts, and Fishbone
2013
Friday, September 13th: Fall Out Boy , Sublime with Rome , Danzig with Doyle , Joan Jett & the Blackhearts , Bad Religion , Atmosphere , Yellowcard , Screeching Weasel , Andrew WK , Gwar , Hatebreed , Smoking Popes , Dessa , Saul Williams , The Flatliners , Masked Intruder, Flatfoot 56 , Environmental Encroachment
Saturday September 14th: Blink-182 , Violent Femmes , Rancid , Blondie , Public Enemy , FLAG, Guided by Voices , Taking Back Sunday , Dinosaur Jr. , X , DeVotchKa , Pennywise , Best Coast , The Lawrence Arms , Glassjaw , The Devil Wears Prada , The Selecter , TSOL , Stars , The Dear Hunter , Surfer Blood , The Interrupters , Empires , New Beat Fund, Radkey , Mephiskapheles , Kitten, Environmental Encroachment
Sunday, September 15: The Replacements , Pixies , AFI , Brand New , All Time Low , Pierce the Veil , Rocket from the Crypt , The Dismemberment Plan , The Broadways , Against Me! , Bob Mold , The Lillingtons , Suicidal Tendencies , Quicksand , Bad Books , Mission of Burma , Saves the Day , Bayside , Peter Hook and The Light , Reggie and the Full Effect , The Wonder Years , Maps & Atlases , Chuck Ragan , Memphis May Fire , Peelander-Z , Touché Amoré , Off with Their Heads , Deal's Gone Bad , Twin Peaks, White Mystery , Direct Hit !, Pet Symmetry, Hostage Calm , Environmental Encroachment
2014
Friday September 12th: Jane's Addiction , Rise Against , Slayer , The Offspring , NOFX , Gogol Bordello , Of Mice & Men , Mastodon , The Murder City Devils , Failure , Circa Survive , Clutch , GWAR , Stiff Little Fingers , Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears , We Came as Romans , Senses Fail , All , Title Fight , Emarosa , Pity Sex , From Indian Lakes , The Hotelier, Radkey , Pianos Become the Teeth , Red City Radio , Baby Baby, Wounds, Plague Vendor, Somos, ¡Vamos!
Saturday September 13th: The National , The Flaming Lips , Wu-Tang Clan , Samhain , Descendents , Metric , Taking Back Sunday , Die Antwoord , City and Color , Paul Weller , The Used , The Afghan Whigs , Cock Sparrer , Dashboard Confessional , Television , Saosin , Say Anything , The Mighty Mighty Bosstones , Tokyo Police Club , The Dandy Warhols , The Get Up Kids , Me First and the Gimme Gimmes , Streetlight Manifesto , Buzzcocks , Face to Face , Wavves , The Orwells , RX Bandits , Samiam , 7 Seconds , Anti-Flag , FrnkIero And The Cellabration , Citizen , The World Is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die , Lemuria , The Pizza Underground, Nostalghia, Skaters , The Unlikely Candidates , Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas , The Bots, Broncho, The American Scene, Restorations, The Picturebooks , Rose's Pawn Shop , The Crombies, Ex Friends , Daniel Wade, Buffalo Rodeo
Sunday, September 14th: The Cure , Weezer , Social Distortion , Primus , Tegan and Sara , Cheap Trick , Patti Smith , Bring Me the Horizon , Dropkick Murphys , Naked Raygun , Superchunk , Billy Bragg , The Hold Steady , Blue Meanies , Lucero , New Found Glory , Mudhoney , Hot Snakes , Motion City Soundtrack , Andrew WK , The Bouncing Souls , Kurt Vile & the Violators , Mineral , La Dispute , Only Crime , The Menzingers , The Front Bottoms , Cerebral Ballzy , Pup , Dads, Silverstein , The Whigs , In the Valley Below, Modern Baseball , I Am the Avalanche , Laura Stevenson , ShowYouSuck , Lucki Eck $, My Gold Mask, Tiny Moving Parts, Team Spirit, Survay Says! , Chumped, Archie Powell & the Exports, Netherfriends, Mutts, The Grizzled Mighty
2015
Friday, September 11th: No Doubt , Faith No More , Motörhead , Ice Cube with DJ Yella and MC Ren , Alkaline Trio , Coheed and Cambria , Flogging Molly , Slightly Stoopid , Thrice , Dirty Heads , Anthrax , Eagles of Death Metal , Against Me! , Bayside , Mest , Atreyu , Lee "Scratch" Perry , The Expendables , Living Color , Fishbone , Death , Mariachi El Bronx , CIV , Every Time I Die , Real Friends , 88 Fingers Louie , Mustard Plug , Into It. Over It. , Post Malone With FKi , Chef'Special , Barb Wire Dolls , The Coathangers , Prayers , Speedy Ortiz , White Mystery , Ground Up, Skinny Lister , Alex Wiley , Heems , Psalm One , Dreamers , Faulkner
Saturday, September 12th: System of a Down , Iggy Pop , Rancid , Billy Idol , Taking Back Sunday , Drive Like Jehu , Merle Haggard , Alexisonfire , The Academy Is ... , The Lawrence Arms , Echo & the Bunnymen , Bootsy Collins 'Rubber Band, The Damned , Pennywise , The Devil Wears Prada , Mayday Parade , Babes in Toyland , Desaparecidos , The Joy Formidable , The Dead Milkmen , FIDLAR , Millencolin , American Nightmare , Swervedriver , Gwar , Lifetime , Joyce Manor , The Movielife , Steve Ignorant and Paranoid Visions, The Dear Hunter , The Ataris , Modern Life Is War , Fit for Rivals , Flatfoot 56 , Teenage Bottlerocket , Chon , Counterpunch, Direct Hit! , Dirty Fences, Sleep on It , The Brokedowns, Meat Wave, Elway, Indian Handcrafts , Pears, Clowns
Sunday, September 13: Modest Mouse , The Prodigy , Snoop Dogg , Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley , Tenacious D , Rodrigo y Gabriela , L7 , Stephen Marley , Kongos , Cypress Hill , Yelawolf , The Airborne Toxic Event , Manchester Orchestra , De La Soul , Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, New Politics , Jimmy Cliff , Andrew WK , Less Than Jake , The Thurston Moore Band, Morgan Heritage , Doomtree , Hum , Tarrus Riley , The Dwarves , Tommy Stinson , Kevin Devine , Jo Mersa , Alvvays , The White Buffalo , Black-Am-I, Skip Marley , Knuckle Puck , Jazz Cartier , Have Mercy , Superheaven , Foxing , Beach Slang , Cayetana , Blis, Northern Faces, Souvenirs, Skating Polly , Signals Midwest , Modern Chemistry, Tasha the Amazon, Foxtrot , Twin River, Indian School
2016
Friday, September 16: The Flaming Lips , Ween , Julian Marley , The Specials , Jimmy Eat World , NOFX , Refused , Pierce the Veil , All Time Low , Glassjaw , Pepper , Meat Puppets , Dan Deacon , Gwar , The Anniversary , Set Your Goals , Neck Deep , Highly Suspect , Fu Manchu , Girls Against Boys , The Dillinger Escape Plan , Tigers Jaw , Basement , Touché Amoré , Diarrhea Planet , Big D and the Kids Table , Citizen , Turnover , Violent Soho , Off with Their Heads , Holy White Hounds , Laura Stevenson , Somos , 3Teeth , The Wans, Jule Vera, Worriers , Eskimeaux , The Far East, Bad Cop / Bad Cop, Stellar West
Saturday, September 17th: Morrissey , Death Cab for Cutie , Social Distortion , Nas , Brand New , Fitz and the Tantrums , Descendents , Motion City Soundtrack , The Hives , Bob Mold , The Hold Steady , Method Man & Redman , GZA , Smoking Popes , The Vandals , Fucked Up , I the Mighty , The Toasters , Hippo Campus , Balance and Composure , People Under the Stairs , White Lung , Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas , Dee-1 , Brick + Mortar , Night Riots , Plague Vendor, Microwave , Death Spells , Deal's Gone Bad , Black Foxxes, The Walters , Nots , Donna Missal, Tasha the Amazon, Blackbox, High Waisted, Summer Cannibals , Partner, Kitten Forever , Sleepy Kitty, School of Rock
Sunday, September 18: Misfits , Rob Zombie , Sleater-Kinney , Deftones , Bad Religion , Underoath , Thursday , Jake Bugg , Death Grips , The Julie Ruin , Joey Badass , Chevy Metal , Me First and the Gimme Gimmes , Tiger Army , The Wonder Years , Dee Snider , Andrew WK , Leftöver Crack , Billy Talent , The Falcon , Juliette and the Licks , frnkiero andthe patience , The Bronx , Pouya, Swingin 'Utters , Denzel Curry , Bleached , Creeper , Tancred, Marina City, Syd Arthur , The Dirty Nil , The So So Glos , Big Ups, All Dogs , War on Women , Hard Girls, A Will Away , Can't Swim , With Our Arms to the Sun , The Gallow Walkers, School of Rock
2017
Friday: Nine Inch Nails , New Order , A Day to Remember , Dirty Heads , Vic Mensa , Ministry , Death from Above , Action Bronson , X , Mayday Parade , The Cribs , Liars , Buzzcocks , The Story So Far , State Champs , Four Year Strong , INVSN , Chon , The Hotelier , Saul Williams , Nothing More , Radar State, Tobacco , Seaway , Like Pacific , Sleep on It , Grayscale , Skating Polly , Warm Brew, and Hdbeendope
Saturday: Queens of the Stone Age , Wu-Tang Clan , Mike D , At the Drive-In , Danzig , Gogol Bordello , Taking Back Sunday , New Found Glory , Fidlar , Bad Brains , Peaches , The Lawrence Arms , Bayside , Dead Cross , Streetlight Manifesto , GBH , Shabazz Palaces , Fishbone , Knuckle Puck , Black Pistol Fire, Slaves , Versus , RVIVR , The Smith Street Band , Potty Mouth , The Regrettes , Cold Beat, Turnspit, and Gin Rummy
Sunday: Jawbreaker , Paramore , Prophets of Rage , MIA , TV on the Radio , Dinosaur Jr. , Pennywise , Built to Spill , The Mighty Mighty Bosstones , The Orwells , Best Coast , Cap'n Jazz , Minus the Bear , Say Anything , The Menzingers , Gwar , Hot Water Music , Real Friends , Andrew WK , Beach Slang , That Dog , Mad Caddies , The Flatliners , Dessa , The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black , Engine 88 , Downtown Boys , Culture Abuse, Gazebos, Kitten Forever , and upset
2018
Run the Jewels , Weezer , Taking Back Sunday , Beck , Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Incubus , Young the Giant , Interpol , Blondie , Alkaline Trio , Father John Misty , Jerry Lee Lewis , Dropkick Murphys , Bleachers , Atmosphere , Flogging Molly , Cypress Hill , Bad Religion , Underoath , Matt and Kim , The Jesus Lizard , Sum 41 , The Voidz , The Front Bottoms , Twin Peaks , K.Flay , Suicidal Tendencies , Bullet for My Valentine , Clutch , The Wonder Years , Digable Planets , Liz Phair , Cat Power , Gary Numan , Killing Joke , Hot Snakes , Wolfmother , SWMRS , Johnny Marr , Superchunk , JD McPherson , Reignwolf , Lagwagon , Pussy Riot , Fear , Andrew WK , Gwar , The Aquabats , Hobo Johnson & the LoveMakers, Face to Face , The Exploited , The Bouncing Souls , Dillinger Four , Conflict , Piebald , Adolescents , The Avengers , Cobra Skulls , Health , Calpurnia , Kevin Devine , The Frights , The Districts , Arkells , The Audition , Spitalfield , Flor , Speedy Ortiz , Bully , lower class Brats , Total Chaos , The Fever 333 , Direct Hit! , Mom Jeans , Mannequin Pussy , Pronoun, Beach Goons, The Bombpops , Badflower , Save Face , Super Whatever, Beach Bunny, and No Small Children.
2019
Friday, September 13th: Blink-182 , The Flaming Lips , Jawbreaker , Rancid , Violent Femmes , Descendents , Dashboard Confessional , Pennywise , Cock Sparrer , Neck Deep , Lucero , Senses Fail , Glassjaw , The Get-Up Kids , Hot Water Music , Anti-Flag , H20 , Hot Mulligan , I don't know how but they found me , Caroline Rose, Mat Kerekes, Angel Dust, The Garden, Pkew Pkew Pkew, Pink Fly, No Parents, Thin Lips, Yours Truly, Can 't swim
Saturday, September 14: Slayer , Rise Against , Bloc Party , Wu-Tang Clan , Manchester Orchestra , The Story So Far , Avail , The Struts , Pvris , Anthrax , Testament , Andrew WK , Gwar , Turnover , Senses Fail , The Selecter , The Damned Things , Grandson, Turnstile , Surfer Blood, Cursive, The Hu , Prof, Cherry Glazerr, Masked Intruder, Drakulas, Microwave, Lando Chill, Cleopatrick, Elder Brother, Monarchy Over Monday
Sunday, September 15: Bikini Kill , The Raconteurs , Ween , Patti Smith , Taking Back Sunday , The B-52s , Against Me! , The Starting Line , Streetlight Manifesto , Bob Mold , American Football , Village People , Ride , Guided by Voices , Less Than Jake , Nick Lowe , Frank Iero , Save Ferris , The Ergs !, White Reaper, Teenage Bottlerocket , Dave home, This Wild Life, Dead Swords, The Beaches, Sincere Engineer, Skating Polly , Ultra Q, Kali Masi, Ganser, Ramona
