Riot Fest
September 18 @ 11:00 am - September 20 @ 10:00 pm
100+ bands of punk, rock, metal, and beloved reunion sets descend on Douglass Park for three days — plus a full carnival midway, a Ferris wheel, and a corn dog roughly the size of your forearm. Loud, nostalgic, and gleefully chaotic, with lineups pulled deep from the genre’s history. One of the most distinctly Chicago festivals on the calendar.