June 12 — More than 90 bands will take part in this year’s Riot Fest celebration.
Festival organizers recently made the announcement, noting that bands, such as Slayer, Rob Zombie, and The Offspring are scheduled to perform at this year’s event. The festival is scheduled to take place Sept. 20-22 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, IL. According to information in a news release announcing the details of this year’s festival, Public Enemy’s reunion will also be part of the scheduled performances along with a show from The Marley Brothers.
The full listing of this year’s performers is noted below:
Full Riot Fest Band Line-up:
Action/Adventure
ALL
Basement
Beach Bunny
Beck
Bright Eyes
Brutus
Buzzcocks
Circle Jerks
Clutch
Cobra Skulls
Codefendants
Cursive
Cypress Hill
D.O.A.
Descendents
Dillinger Four
Doom Scroll
Dr. Dog
Drug Church
Face To Face
Fall Out Boy
Fiddlehead
Games We Play
GEL
Get Dead
GWAR
HEALTH
Heart Attack Man
Home Front
Hot Mulligan
Huge Euge
Jack Kays
Jhariah
L.S.Dunes
Lagwagon
Lamb Of God
Laura Jane Grace + Catbite
Liquid Mike
Lord of the Lost
Loveless
Manchester Orchestra
Mastodon
Nekrogoblikon
New Found Glory
NOFX
Oliver Tree
Pavement
Pennywise
Pixel Grip
Poison The Well
Polaris
Princess Goes
Public Enemy
Rival Sons
Rob Zombie
Saxsquatch
Sincere Engineer
Sir Chloe
Slaughter Beach, Dog
Slayer
Something Corporate
Souls of Mischief
Spiritual Cramp
Spoon
SPRINTS
St. Vincent
State Champs
Strung Out
Sublime
Suicidal Tendencies
Sum 41
Sunami
Sweet Pill
Swingin’ Utters
Taking Back Sunday
The Aces
The Armed
The Chisel
The Dead Milkmen
The Defiant
The Dickies
The Exploited
The Hives
The Lawrence Arms
The Marleys (Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Ky-Mani and Damian)
The Mysterines
The Offspring
The Vandals
The Warning
Tierra Whack
Tornillo
Urethane
Verböten
Waxahatchee
Winona Fighter
Zheani
As if the multitude of performances set for this year’s festival are not enough, organizers have also announced a special tribute to legendary punk outfit NOFX as the band winds down its career. The tribute will come in the form of a whole stage on which the band and others will perform, paying tribute to the band.
A new experience has been added to the festival this year dubbed “RiotLand.” “RiotLand” is a choose-your-own-adventure type of experience that allows attendees to explore the festival and engage in whole new ways.
There will even be a “tribute zone” to film star Kevin Smith (of Clerks fame) The new addition includes an area inspired by another Smith movie, Mallrats in the Cretin Prairie Center.
More information on all of the events and performers at the 2024 Riot Fest is available along with all of the event’s latest news at:
Website: https://riotfest.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RiotFest1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/riotfest
