Chicago’s eclectic Riot Fest will commemorate its twentieth anniversary this 12 months with a lineup led by blink-182, Weezer and Inexperienced Day. The occasion will happen Sept. 19-21 at Douglass Park and contains huge names from throughout the rock, punk, steel, hardcore and different universes, plus a number of left-field bookings.
The lineup will characteristic Jack White, IDLES, the Intercourse Pistols with vocalist Frank Carter, Alkaline Trio, Rilo Kiley, Jawbreaker, Dangerous Faith, Cobra Starship, the Maintain Regular, Dropkick Murphys, the Damned, James and Sparks, plus the decidedly non-punk sounds of “Bizarre Al” Yankovic, Hanson and the Seashore Boys.
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Among the many indie favorites who can even be readily available are the freshly reunited Shudder to Assume, Superchunk, Panchiko, Texas Is the Motive, Helmet, Agnostic Entrance, Ovlov, Smoking Popes, Buzzcocks, Camper Van Beethoven and Senses Fail.
“There’s a bunch of introverts on the market, so I’m speaking to the identical viewers as me,” Riot Fest co-founder Mike Petryshyn instructed SPIN in 2023. “Riot Fest is a competition that perhaps I’d go to — perhaps. I do know our followers, as a result of I’m one among them. I can inform when our stuff will get a optimistic response as a result of we’re not manipulating them or pulling the wool over their eyes. We simply do dumb shit and it pertains to them as a result of we predict dumb shit is humorous.”
“Bands know that they’re going to be taking part in to a welcoming viewers, not a troublesome viewers, so they convey their A-game,” he added. “I’ve heard among the most sensible units right here — Smashing Pumpkins being one among them. When the Replacements got here again, there have been grown males crying all over the place. How does that occur? Truthfully, I simply obtained fortunate. I nonetheless really feel like I don’t deserve it, however I do know it’s genuine, and the bands comprehend it’s genuine.”
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