Posted by Zenae Zukowski on May 11, 2022
The lineup for this year’s Riot Fest is in, which includes headliners My Chemical Romance, The Original Misfits, and Nine Inch Nails. The event will return to Douglass Park in Chicago, IL from September 16th through 18th. Tickets are available via the festival’s website. Festival founder Mike Petryshyn comments: “I think this […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on May 17, 2021
The Original Misfits have been added to next year’s Riot Fest. The group will perform their classic album, Walk Among Us, in its entirety on Saturday, September 17, 2022. Tickets are available at this location. Just Announced: The Original Misfits Headline Riot Fest 2022 performing the classic “WALK AMONG US” album in its entirety—LIVE—for […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on May 14, 2021
More bands have been added to this year’s Riot Fest, set to take place on September 17th-19th in Douglas Park, Chicago. Nine Inch Nails will headline this year’s event as Faith No More, and Mr. Bungle has been added to the lineup. My Chemical Romance have cancelled their entire touring schedule for 2021 and […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on May 30, 2019
Slayer’s farewell tour continues to creep ever closer to its conclusion. On Wednesday (May 29), the band announced that they would be headlining this year’s Riot Fest, an appearance being billed as their final “Chicago and Milwaukee” show. The news comes with the announcement of Riot Fest’s official 2019 line-up. Celebrating it’s 15th anniversary, headliners […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 10, 2017
We already know this year’s Riot Fest will include a lot of metal along with Danzig performing 1992’s Danzig III: How the Gods Kill in its entirety. Today, the organizers of the event taking place from September 15th-17th in Chicago’s Douglas Park has unvieled the festival’s entire schedule. Tickets are still available and you can […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 22, 2017
Last year, the Misfits original lineup reunited at Riot Fest and this year, Danzig returns. The three-day festival will be held at Chicago’s Douglas Park on Sept 15th through 17th. This time around, the legend will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of 1992’s Danzig III: How the Gods Kill by performing the album in its […]
Posted by Alexander Stafford on April 19, 2017
The first wave of Riot Fest’s 2017 lineup has been announced. While the Festival is sitting out Denver this year, it will be returning to Douglas Park, Il from September 15-17. And while there will be a second wave of announced bands coming soon, the initial lineup includes quite a few more heavier bands than […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 5, 2016
33 years in the making, last nights Riot Fest in Denver closed out with the historic reunion of Misfits with Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only, Wolfgang Doyle von Frankenstein, with former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo hitting the skins. The 25-song set touched on the band’s entire original 1977-1983 catalog, with video showing the audience enthusiastically singing […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on June 16, 2016
We continue with our rock and metal festival guide for North America to consolidate everything that’s going to happen within the next few months. Check out the first part of our guide to find more of these fests so you can plan which are the best options for you. 9.- Bay Area Death Fest – […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on May 18, 2016
Last week, Riot Fest left fans utterly shocked when they announced that the original Misfits lineup would perform at both the Chicago and Denver editions of the festivals. Now the festival has revealed the first wave of bands confirmed for its stacked lineup. The Chicago edition (taking place September 16 – 18) will host […]
