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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Violet Miller

Flood warnings, weather put Riot Fest into rain delay on final day

Water pools on the ground near Riot Fest’s Rise Stage during a rain delay on the final day of the festival, Sunday, September 17, 2023. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Chicago is under a flash flood warning until 2 p.m. Sunday. Parts of the city have taken on between two and five inches of rain, with another one to two inches expected, according to the National Weather Service.

The weather was enough to send the Douglass Park-based Riot Fest into a rain delay on the third and final day of the festival, though it announced on social media it expects gates to be open around 2 p.m.

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