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Slayer, Sublime and Something Corporate reunite during ferocious Riot Fest finale

No amount of rain could dampen the Riot Fest finale, especially considering it featured some of the season’s most immensely anticipated reunions, including thrash metal [More…]

Slayer and more: Riot Fest at Douglass Park

Click here, here and here for reviews of Riot Fest at Douglass Park. For upcoming Riot Fest announcements, visit RiotFest.org. [Show [More…]

Riot Fest resumes with another NOFX farewell, plus Waxahatchee, Spoon and Descendants

The freight train of Riot Fest kept right on rolling into the weekend, allowing even more attendees a lengthy chance to soak in the alternative sounds, wonderfully wild [More…]

Hometown heroes Fall Out Boy, The Offspring, The Marley Brothers, Cypress Hill rev up Riot Fest

The opening night of the alternative-minded Riot Fest would’ve been enough to pack Douglass Park on any given year, but it was surely bolstered by a spectacle-heavy [More…]

Riot Fest gets ready to rumble into Douglass Park starring Slayer, Beck, St. Vincent, NOFX’s farewell

Summer may be winding down, but there’s no better way to wrap the season than with the weekend-long roar of Riot Fest, which is steadily becoming every alternative music [More…]

“Just Like Heaven” when gothic gods The Cure wrap Riot Fest alongside The Dresden Dolls, AFI

As epic and electrifying as it was when Riot Fest rolled into the weekend, anticipation grew exponentially as every second ticked towards The Cure, an act so colossal in both [More…]

Turnstile and more: Riot Fest at Douglass Park

Click here and here for reviews of Riot Fest at Douglass Park. For upcoming Riot Fest announcements, visit RiotFest.org. [Show [More…]

George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, Turnstile rev up Riot Fest

The stars were out long before the sunset for the start of Riot Fest, the annual alternative extravaganza that draws a capacity crowd from all across America and otherwise to [More…]

Riot Fest reunions, entire albums, all shades of alternative and an extra chance to catch The Cure

There’s no event on earth quite like Riot Fest, which will of course draw a humongous crowd from all around Chicago, but throngs of tourists as well thanks to a ton of [More…]

Industrial leaders Nine Inch Nails and N.W.A.’s gangsta rap trailblazer Ice Cube close Riot Fest

The final installment of Riot Fest followed in the footsteps of the prior when it came to hosting the hugest and most significant artists representing several angles of the [More…]