Editor's Note: The new location and headliners and lineup of Riot Fest's "RiotLand" For 2024 have been revealed. Our original story continues below. The highly anticipated lineup for Chicago's ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Riot Fest is back at Douglass Park Friday, kicking off a weekend full of music and fun, but if you ask some residents, it also brings major disruptions. The frustration has a lot ...

The festival reversed course in August, announcing it would remain at Douglass Park after new negotiations with Chicago officials. Riot Fest has been held at Douglass Park since 2015, and ...

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She previously worked as a digital producer and senior digital producer for ABC7 Chicago. Riot Fest announced its 2025 lineup, featuring Blink-18, Weezer, Jack White and Green Day as headliners.

Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times Share Green Day, Blink-182, Weezer and Jack White will headline Riot Fest’s 20th anniversary this September in Douglass Park, organizers announced Wednesday.

Born and raised in Chicago, Riot Fest began as a punk rock festival spread across the city’s favorite local venues. Over the years, it’s earned a reputation for reuniting bands that fans had ...

The two-day rampage came two years after the “Red Summer” of 1919 in which race riots and white supremacist terrorism tore through more than three dozen cities, including Chicago. President ...

Riot Fest organizers said that to celebrate the festival's 20th anniversary this year, 20 bands will be playing 20 full-album sets, including headliner Weezer playing the complete "Blue Album ...

Riot Fest headliners for 2025 will be Blink-182 on Friday, Weezer and Jack White on Saturday and Green Day on Sunday, along with sets by the Sex Pistols and The Beach Boys (current lineups), Weird ...

Rico Nasty will perform at the 20th anniversary Riot Fest in 2025. The announcement follows the Chicago Park District’s decision earlier this month to grant Riot Fest a three-year deal to carry ...