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[Photo by: Riot Fest] Riot Fest are back—with their same sass and what’s bound to be the best lineup. (I mean, remember last year’s lineup?!) The festival will be making its return to Chicago Sept. 14-16, 2018. Read more: Riot Fest Oral History: The unlikely story of punk rock’s most beloved festival And while the […]

[Photo by: Ryan Bakerink] During Riot Fest this past weekend, Bayside discussed their third studio album The Walking Wounded and reflected on what makes the record so special. The album was released in February 2007, and the band recently announced The Walking Wounded 10-year anniversary tour. Read more: 10 more albums turning 10 this year, from Arcade […]

Photographer: Ryan Bakerink From Riot Fest attendees and backstage interviews to onstage performances, AP hit up Riot Fest 2017 in Chicago this year and took a ton of sweet pics. Here's day two, Saturday. (You can take a look at all of Friday's pics here and Saturday's pics here.) Read more: Riot Fest 2017 day 3: Interviews with Sleep […]

AP hit the road to Chicago for Riot Fest 2017 this year! Presented by Rockabilia, APTV correspondent Stevie James had the chance to post up and interview a ton of your favorite bands on-site.  On day one, we interviewed Four Year Strong, Seaway, Like Pacific and more. Day two, we spoke with Gogol Bordello, Knuckle Punk, […]

Photographer: Ryan Bakerink From Riot Fest attendees and backstage interviews to onstage performances, AP hit up Riot Fest 2017 in Chicago this year and took a ton of sweet pics. Here's day two, Saturday. (You can take a look at all of Friday's pics here.) Read more: Riot Fest 2017 day 2: Interviews with Knuckle Puck, Gogol Bordello […]

[Photo by: Ryan Bakerink] AP hit the road to Chicago for Riot Fest 2017 this year! Presented by Rockabilia, APTV correspondent Stevie James had the chance to post up and interview a ton of your favorite bands on-site. So far, we have interviews with Four Year Strong, Seaway, Like Pacific and Nothing More. We’ll continue to update […]

[Photo by: Paul Brown] The last thing you would think to call Glenn Danzig is happy. This is a man, after all, who put on his own festival called The Blackest Of The Black this past May in an a dusty old SoCal ranch. In our eyes, Danzig is supposed to exude total murk and darkness, […]

[Photo by: Sex Pistols/Facebook] Considering that Riot Fest has already reunited Misfits and Jawbreaker, it almost seems like the possibilities are endless on who they could reunite next — like the Sex Pistols. That's right: Riot Fest founder Mike Petryshyn not only, recently, tried to reunite the original Dead Kennedys lineup, but he also tried to reunite […]

Imagine for a moment living in a world where Jawbreaker hasn't announced their Riot Fest reunion yet. It shouldn't be that hard; we all lived in that world a few months ago. Before Jawbreaker's monumental return was known, Cap’n Jazz was also planning to reunite at Riot Fest. However, guitarist Davey von Bohlen didn't want to play the […]

Next weekend is Riot Fest (it’s not like we’ve been counting down the days or anything…), and appearing on their merch tables will be some seriously sick Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, featuring some of our favorite bands. Read more: Riot Fest Oral History: The unlikely story of punk rock’s most beloved festival Last year’s class included […]

Over the past decade, Riot Fest has become one of the most beloved festivals in the world. They have reunited some of punk’s most iconic bands, and, in many ways, set the bar for how genuinely great a music festival can be. But when founder Mike Petryshyn started out in 2005, literally none of this […]

The party doesn’t end at 10 p.m. when Riot Fest headliners wrap up their sets—the festival just announced their late night concert schedule, to take place at small clubs throughout Chicago, and they’re just as epic as the festival itself. Take a peek at the shows announced below! Read more: The Riot Fest schedule has […]

Riot Fest is just over a month away (!!!), and as the excitement continues to build, the festival has announced its daily schedule—it's time to start planning out your daily schedule. See when your favorite bands will be playing below! Read more: From Taking Bark Sunday to Pawbreaker, here’s who the dogs of Riot Fest are […]

With Riot Fest coming up soon, the festival's staff and their dogs are getting as excited as fans are for the weekend in September. We caught up with some of the dogs of Riot Fest to ask what bands in this year's lineup they're most excited to see. Read more: At the Drive-In, Best Coast, […]

Have you ever considered what Riot Fest would be like in restaurant form? Well, that dream’s about to be a reality: the Saved By The Max pop-up diner team have joined forces with Riot Fest to create The Riot Feast. Read on to see more about the pop-up restaurant’s three month run! Read more: Jawbreaker, Paramore, […]

Riot Fest is already known worldwide for having some of the most amazing lineups year after year, but now the festival is trying something new— a pop up restaurant. Check out all the details of Riot Feast below! Read more: At The Drive-In, Best Coast, Seaway, Grayscale, more added to Riot Fest lineup Riot Feast […]

The second wave of bands have been announced for this year’s Riot Fest Chicago, and they’re proving once again that Riot Fest is the place to be. At The Drive-In, Cap'n Jazz, Best Coast, Cockney Rejects, Seaway, Grayscale, Like Pacific, Culture Abuse and many, many more set to make an appearance. Check out the full list of bands announced […]

Riot Fest is offering a new, exciting exhibit at this year's event: The John Stamos Art Show. The exhibit will focus on, as the press release reads, “celebrating the magic of John Stamos,” of course. The best part is they want you to submit your John Stamos artwork to be in the running for some awesome […]