The Latest Breaking News from Riot Fest

Riot Fest 2023: Entry rules, how to get there, last minute tickets

Chicago’s annual punk/alt rock festival returns to Douglass Park Sept. 15-17.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 12, 2023

Riot Fest 2023: Who we’re seeing, set list predictions

Here’s our best guess of what some of the acts we’re seeing at Riot Fest will play at Douglass Park this weekend.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 12, 2023

Riot Fest owner says ‘things finally made sense’ after his recent autism diagnosis

Mike Petryshyn, whose festival returns this week for its 17th edition, connects the condition to his early love of punk music and his tendency to think of solutions but have trouble executing them.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 11, 2023

Foo Fighters, The Cure among Riot Fest 2023 lineup at Douglass Park festival

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday for the festival running Sept. 15–17 in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 16, 2023

The Linda Lindas are ready to rock the Hollywood Bowl. Even though it’s a school night

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Linda Lindas had just gotten back from a quick weekend trip to Chicago to play Riot Fest, racing home to Los Angeles after opening the main stage Sunday because they had someplace to be Monday morning.

The Orange County Register · Sep 29, 2022

Rapper Coolio, known for hit ‘Gangsta’s Paradise,’ dies at 59

The rapper was in Chicago last month for a set at Riot Fest.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 29, 2022

Picture Chicago: 22 must-see images from Sun-Times photographers this past week

A blast in Austin tears through an apartment building, pieces of history arrive at the Field Museum, Chicagoans rock out at Riot Fest and more in our best unseen photos of the week.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 23, 2022

Oust Riot Fest from Douglass Park? Some neighbors, including this church, want music festival to stay

“I don’t think they see the opportunities that it brings to the community,” Shameka Barnes, of Mt. Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, said about area residents seeking to have the annual event moved elsewhere.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 20, 2022

Riot Fest 2022: Day 3 photo gallery

Nine Inch Nails leads the lineup on the festival’s final day, which also includes sets by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Coolio, Jawbox, Zola Jesus and The Linda Lindas.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 18, 2022

Riot Fest reviews Day 3: Linda Lindas play with youthful innocence

Nine Inch Nails, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Coolio, Jawbox also set to play during festival’s finale at Douglass Park.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 18, 2022