Riot Fest 2026
Riot Fest is an independent multi-day music festival specializing in punk, rock, alternative, metal, and hip-hop. Founded in 2005, the festival is held annually in Chicago and features over 90 artists across multiple stages. In addition to its diverse musical lineup, the event is known for its carnival rides, sideshow performers, the Riot Fest Wedding Chapel, and 'RiotLand'—an immersive festival environment featuring attractions like NWA Wrestling and skate ramps.
- Alternative
- Rock
- Punk
- Indie Rock
- Pop
- Pop Punk
- Tickets from
- $299.98
- Ages
- 18–34
- Family friendly
- Yes
Riot Fest is environmentally friendly, with recycling bins and composting stations available throughout the festival grounds. Attendees are encouraged to use public transportation or bicycles as environmentally sound methods of travel.
Lineup
151 artists
Fall Out Boy
Alternative, Pop
The Offspring
Rock, Alternative
Nas
Hip-Hop
- Cypress Hill
- Rob Zombie
- Slayer
- TOOL
- Beck
- Rise Against
- Sex Pistols
- Lamb of God
- Morrissey
- Sublime
- Angine de Poitrine
- Pierce The Veil
- The All-American Rejects
- Bad Religion
- Mastodon
- NOFX
- The Hives
- 3OH!3
- Afroman
- Pennywise
- St. Vincent
- The Mars Volta
- Tricky
- Gogol Bordello
- New Found Glory
- Pavement
- Santigold
- Social Distortion
- Taking Back Sunday
- Bas
- Descendents
- Slick Rick
- The Damned
- Alkaline Trio
- Bright Eyes
- Foxy Shazam
- Less Than Jake
- Manchester Orchestra
- Public Image Limited
- The Exploited
- Thrice
- The Buzzcocks
- tornillo
- The Adicts
- The Format
- División Minúscula
- Face to Face
- JMSN
- Joey Valence & Brae
- Poison the Well
- Souls of Mischief
- The Dead Milkmen
- The Vandals
- Bayside
- Cartel
- Guttermouth
- Hot Water Music
- The Dickies
- Violet Grohl
- Algernon Cadwallader
- Bratmobile
- Circle Jerks
- Mannequin Pussy
- Motion City Soundtrack
- Panic Shack
- Show Me the Body
- The Suicide Machines
- Twin Peaks
- Brutalismus 3000
- Good Riddance
- Mom Jeans.
- Murphy's Law
- The Beths
- The Flatliners
- Cosmic Psychos
- Dr. Dog
- Fleshwater
- HEALTH
- Mariachi El Bronx
- PUP
- STOMACH BOOK
- Strike Anywhere
- The Chats
- The Lawrence Arms
- DEADLETTER
- DeathbyRomy
- Destroy Boys
- Gwar
- Polaris
- Slothrust
- Gurriers
- Holding Absence
- L.S. Dunes
- Soul Glo
- The Callous Daoboys
- Vana
- Yard Act
- Chat Pile
- Frankie and the Witch Fingers
- Melt-Banana
- SPRINTS
- Bob Vylan
- The Paradox
- Bowling For Soup
- Dillinger Four
- Dead To Me
- Pretty Girls Make Graves
- Arm's Length
- Teen Mortgage
- Home Front
- Greet Death
- Daisy Grenade
- Heart Attack Man
- Jejune
- Sincere Engineer
- Ben Quad
- Burning Airlines
- Elvis Costello & The Imposters
- Gel
- Haywire
- Kiwi jr.
- Macseal
- Nobro
- Remember Sports
- saturdays at your place
- Worry Club
- Asava
- Cardinals
- Glixen
- PLOSIVS
- This Is Lorelei
- Liquid Mike
- The Iron Roses
- Sugar
- The Hands
- Whispers
- Aim High
- Almost There But Not Really
- Doomsday
- BRIAN FALLON & THE PAINKILLERS
- Brujeria Paisana
- Patti Smith and Her Band
- SPERMMS
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