Photos by: Katie Kuropas & Anthony Linh Phuong Nguyen (Green Day Only) Day three of Riot Fest 2025 wrapped up on Sept. 21st at Douglass Park in Chicago with performances by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Award-winning pop-punk band Green Day, who released their newest album, Saviors, on January 19th, 2024 via … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Day two of Riot Fest 2025 kicked off on Sept. 20th at Douglass Park in Chicago with performances by Pop-Rock band Weezer, who released their newest EP, SZNZ: Winter, on December 21st, 2022 via Atlantic, which featured the single “I Want a Dog”, pop-punk band All Time Low, who are expected to … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Riot Fest 2025 kicked off on Sept. 19th at Douglass Park in Chicago with performances by pop-punk legends Blink-182, who released their newest album, One More Time.., on October 20, 2023 via Columbia, Celtic punk band The Pogues, who released a compilation album titled The Stiff Records B-Sides (1984–1987) on April 22, … Continue reading
Photos by: Hayley Mikell – Alt-Pop artist DeathByRomy, who released her newest album, HOLLYWOOD FOREVER, on April 25th, 2025, performed at Beat Kitchen in Chicago on May 17th.
By: Staff – What’s my age again? Riot Fest is turning the big 2-0, and to celebrate it’s throwing the biggest party yet, headlined by Green Day, Blink-182, Weezer, Jack White, and a total of over 90 bands performing throughout the festival weekend. “I just wanted to put a show together with all of my … Continue reading
Photos by: Elliott Deseure – Pop-Rock band Chicago, who released their newest album, Chicago XXXVIII: Born for This Moment, on July 15th, 2022 via BMG, performed at Budweiser Stage in Toronto on July 23rd.
Photos by: Jenna Whalen – Post-hardcore band Movements, who released their newest album, Ruckus, on August 18th, 2023 via Fearless, performed at the Concord Music Hall in Chicago on September 30th with punk band Mannequin Pussy, who released their newest EP, Perfect, on May 21st, 2021 via Epitaph, and Canadian grunge duo Softcult, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Riot Fest 2023 wrapped last night (Sept. 17th) at Douglass Park in Chicago with performances by Goth rock legends The Cure, who released their newest studio album, 4:13 Dream, in 2008 via Suretone/Geffen, punk rock band The Gaslight Anthem, who are expected to release their new album, History Books, on October 27th, … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Riot Fest 2023 continued last night (Sept. 16th) at Douglass Park in Chicago with performances by synthpop band The Postal Service, who released a live album titled Everything Will Change on November 14th, 2014, alt-rock band Queens Of The Stone Age, who released their newest album, In Times New Roman…, on June 16th, … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Riot Fest 2023 kicked off last night (Sept. 15th) at Douglass Park in Chicago with performances by hardcore punk band Turnstile, who released their newest album, Glow On, on August 27th, 2021 via Roadrunner, which featured the singles “Mystery”, “Alien Love Call”, “Blackout”, and “Fly Again”, LA-based pop-punk band Say Anything, who … Continue reading