Last weekend, Riot Fest celebrated its 20th anniversary at Douglass Park in Chicago, hitting the Windy City with three rousing days of loud rock and roll (and some softer, surfier stuff, too).

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Photos from Riot Fest 2025 at Douglass Park on Sept. 19-21, 2025. While its 20th anniversary year’s lineup leans into emo, metalcore and a healthy amount of nostalgia, it celebrates Chicago — its sole ...

Riot Fest this year featured both Blink-182 and Chicago's very own Alkaline Trio. And while the two acts have been touring together in recent weeks, Riot Fest must have seemed like the perfect ...

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John Stamos finally made his debut at Chicago’s Riot Fest on Saturday, performing alongside the Beach Boys in an appearance that was a dozen years in the making. Organizers had been pursuing Stamos ...

“We had a record that turned 25 this year,” said Alkaline Trio singer and guitarist Matt Skiba on stage Friday at Riot Fest, referencing the group’s sophomore studio effort Maybe I’ll Catch Fire as ...

Twenty years into its punk-rock-carnival experiment, Riot Fest stands as Chicago’s largest, longest-running independent music festival. From its humble beginnings in the since-shuttered Congress ...

Riot Fest 2025 has begun. Here's all you need to know, from the schedule to the best way to get to Douglass Park for the music festival's 20th anniversary. Riot Fest is held in Douglass Park in ...

In 2005, what began as a modest multi-venue, fan-driven punk event in Chicago has morphed into a large-scale outdoor event that continues to mark its territory as one of the most impressive ...

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