Chicago reportedly won't enforce new smoking ban at Riot Fest
On Wednesday, Chicago Park District's Board Of Commissioners voted to ban all smoking (including vaporizers) within the city's 580 parks. However, despite the ban, officer's supposedly won't be enforcing it at this weekend's Riot Fest in Humboldt Park. According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times, festival attendees will not be ticketed for smoking within the park grounds throughout the course of this coming weekend.
Chicago Park District Superintendent Mike Kelly commented saying, “People at Riot Fest this weekend, they don’t need to worry about…a man tapping on their shoulder and saying, “You’re under arrest.” That’s not the point of this. It’s about awareness. It’s about people taking the dangers of smoking seriously and making their own choices.”
He added, “I don’t see in the foreseeable future police with a ticketbook at Lollapalooza walking around, writing tickets. That’s not what this is about.”
Riot Fest Chicago is set to take place this weekend, September 12-14, on seven stages in Humboldt Park. You can check out the full lineup, along with daily set times below. Too many to choose from? No worries, check out 15 bands you absolutely must see this weekend.
CHICAGO:
Friday, September 12:00pm
Riot Stage
3-3:30 PM: Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
4-4:45 PM: Circa Survive
5:15-6 PM: Failure
7-7:45 PM: Gogol Bordello
8:45-10 PM: Jane's Addiction
Roots Stage
3:30-4 PM: Title Fight
4:45-5:15 PM: Stiff Little Fingers
6-7 PM: NOFX
7:45-8:45 PM: The Offspring
Rock Stage
4-4:40 PM: All
5-5:45 PM: Senses Fail
7:30-8:15 PM: Murder City Devils
9-10 PM: Rise Against
Riot Fest Speaks Stage
5:45-7 PM: Pussy Riot panel
Rebel Stage
4:15-5 PM: Gwar
5:30-6:15 PM: Clutch
7-7:45: Mastodon
8:45-9:45 PM: Slayer
Rise Stage
3:45-4:15 PM: Ur Lineup Sux, Bro
5-5:30 PM: Emarosa
6:15-7 PM: We Came as Romans
7:45-8:45 PM: Of Mice & Men
Rev Stage
3-3:30 PM: Somos
4-4:30 PM: Plague Vendor
5-5:30 PM: Hotelier
6-6:30 PM: From Indian Lakes
7-7:30 PM: Pianos Become the Teeth
8-8:30 PM: Pity Sex
The Radicals
3:30-4 PM: Vamos!
4:30-5 PM: Baby Baby
5:30-6 PM: Wounds
6:30-7 PM: Radkey
7:30-8 PM: Red City Radio
Saturday, September 13:
Riot Stage
12:05-12:35 PM: Pizza Underground
1:05-1:50 PM: Orwells
2:30-3:15 PM: Dandy Warhols
4-4:45 PM: Die Antwoord
5:30-6:15 PM: Paul Weller
7:15-8 PM: Metric
9-10 PM: The National
Roots Stage
12:35-1:05 PM: Wavves
1:55-2:40 PM: Tokyo Police Club
3:15-4 PM: City & Colour
4:45-5:30 PM: Afghan Whigs
6:15-7:15 PM: Wu-Tang Clan
8-9 PM: Flaming Lips
Rock Stage
12-12:30 PM: Frank Iero
1-1:45 PM: RX Bandits
2:15-3 PM: Streetlight Manifesto
3:30-4:15 PM: Saosin with Anthony Green
4:45-5:30 PM: Say Anything
6-6:45 PM: Dashboard Confessional
7:15-8:15 PM: The Used
8:45-9:45 PM: Taking Back Sunday
Rebel Stage
1:10 PM-1:40 PM: Samiam
2:20-2:50 PM: Buzzcocks
3:45-4:25 PM: Face to Face
5:10-5:55 PM: Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
6:55-7:55 PM: Cock Sparrer
8:55-9:55 PM: Samhain
Rise Stage
7:55-8:55 PM: Descendents
5:55-6:55 PM: Get Up Kids
4:25-5:10 PM: Mighty Mighty Bosstones
2:50-3:55 PM: Television
1:40-2:20 PM: 7 Seconds
12:25-1:10 PM: Anti-Flag
Rev Stage
12-12:30 PM: Picturebooks
1-1:30 PM: Rose's Pawn Shop
2-2:30 PM: The Bots
3-3:30 PM: The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
4-4:30 PM: Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas
5-5:30 PM: Lemuria
6-6:30 PM: Nostalghia
7-7:30 PM: Skaters
8-8:30 PM: Citizen
The Radicals
11:45-12:15 PM: Buffalo Rodeo
12:45-1:15 PM: Dan Wade
1:45-2:15 PM: Ex Friends
2:45-3:15 PM: Broncho
3:45-4:15 PM: American Scene
4:45-5:15 PM: Restorations
5:45-6:15 PM: Crombies
6:45-7:15 PM: Unlikely Candidates
Sunday, September 14:
Riot Stage
1:45-2:15 PM: Kurt Vile & the Violators
2:55-3:35 PM: Superchunk
4:30-5:15 PM: Tegan and Sara
6-6:45 PM: Patti Smith
7:45-10 PM: The Cure
Roots Stage
11:45-12:30 PM: Menzingers
1-1:45 PM: Bouncing Souls
2:15-2:55 PM: Billy Bragg
3:35-4:30 PM: Naked Raygun
5:15-6 PM: Dropkick Murphys
6:45-7:45 PM: Social Distortion
Rock Stage
1:15-1:45 PM: Only Crime
2:15-3 PM: Silverstein
3:30-4:15 PM: La Dispute
4:45-5:30 PM: Mineral
6-6:45 PM: Blue Meanies
7:15-8:15 PM: New Found Glory
8:45-9:45 PM: Bring Me the Horizon
Rebel Stage
1:10-1:40 PM: Front Bottoms
2:10-3 PM: The Hold Steady
3:45-4:25 PM: Motion City Soundtrack
5:05-5:55 PM: Hot Snakes
6:40-7:40 PM: Cheap Trick
8:40-9:55 PM: Weezer
Rise Stage
12:40-1:10 PM: Laura Stevenson
1:40-2:10 PM: Whigs
3-3:45 PM: Andrew W.K.
4:20-5:05 PM: Lucero
5:55-6:40 PM: Mudhoney
7:40-8:40 PM: Primus
Rev Stage
12-12:30 PM: Chumped
1-1:30 PM: Survay Says!
2-2:30 PM: Pup
3-3:30 PM: Tiny Moving Parts
4-4:30 PM: Cerebral Ballzy
5-5:30 PM: Dads
6-6:30 PM: Modern Baseball
7-7:30 PM: I Am the Avalanche
The Radicals
11:30-12 PM: Grizzled Mighty
12:30-1 PM: Mutts
1:30-2 PM: Team Spirit
2:30-3 PM: Netherfriends
3:30-4 PM: Lucki Ecks
4:30-5 PM: ShowYouSuck
5:30-6 PM: My Gold Mask
6:30-7 PM: In the Valley Below
7:30-8 PM: Archie Powell & the Exports
