Riot Fest

Chicago’s popular Riot Fest music festival will return Douglass Park this weekend for three day of live music, despite originally being scheduled to be held in the suburbs.

Riot Fest is returning to Chicago’s Douglass Park this weekend, with NBC Chicago’s Kye Martin offering tips on how to get around the city during the event.

In a stunning reversal of a move announced earlier this year, Riot Fest will once again be held in Chicago’s Douglass Park next month, organizers and the Chicago Park District announced Wednesday.

Following the sudden announcement that Riot Fest would indeed be held in Chicago’s Douglass Park this year instead of Bridgeview, fans who have already made arrangements at the previous location are left scrambling. NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

The decision by Riot Fest organizers to return the event to the city of Chicago just two months after announcing the 2024 festival would take place in Bridgeview stunned fans and residents, with city officials hailing it as a big victory for the local economy.

The decision by Riot Fest organizers to return the event to the city of Chicago just two months after announcing the 2024 festival would take place in Bridgeview stunned fans and residents, with city officials hailing it as a big victory for the local economy. Jenn Schanz has the story.

In a stunning reversal of a move announced earlier this year, Riot Fest will once again be held in Chicago’s Douglass Park next month, organizers and the Chicago Park District announced Wednesday.

In a stunning reversal of a move announced earlier this year, Riot Fest will once again be held in Chicago’s Douglass Park next month, organizers and the Chicago Park District announced Wednesday.

Riot Fest announced a new way for festival-goers to make it to and from their new home in Bridgeview on Thursday. Fans headed to the concert can now buy a shuttle ticket to get access to one of eight shuttle stop locations spread across the city. For $30 per day, those headed to SeatGeek Stadium can get a round-trip ticket…

After years in Chicago’s Douglass Park, Riot Fest has been moved to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview for 2024, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

Riot Fest, the iconic, circus-themed pop-punk music festival held for the last nine years in Chicago’s Douglass Park, will be relocating this year — to the suburbs. But the new location comes with its own series of challenges.

Riot Fest made waves this week when it announced it would be moving from Chicago’s Douglass Park and out to suburban SeatGeek Stadium, but that news could have an impact on the Chicago Red Stars soccer club.

The highly anticipated lineup for Riot Fest — which is moving to suburban Bridgeview and becoming “RiotLand” for 2024 — is officially out.

Goodbye Chicago, hello Bridgeview: The city’s popular Riot Fest music festival, will move to the suburbs and rebrand as “RiotLand,” organizers revealed Wednesday morning.

The Chicago Park District has released a statement after organizers of Riot Fest, a festival held in Chicago’s Douglass Park since 2015, said it would be leaving its current location due to the park district’s “lack of care for the community.”

Riot Fest will be revealing new details about “RiotLand” and its lineup for the 2024 event Wednesday. Patrick Fazio has more.

The announcement comes a day after organizers said the festival would no longer be held in Chicago’s Douglass Park “solely because of the Chicago Park District.”

On the eve of the release of its 2024 lineup, Riot Fest organizers say that the event will leave Chicago’s Douglass Park and will instead be part of an event dubbed “Riotland” later this summer.  

Riot Fest made a headliner announcement Wednesday that will have many fans surprised — and the Chicago performance is being billed as “exclusive” for the Midwest.

Chicago’s premier alternative music festival announced its 2024 return on Wednesday, as Riot Fest organizers released festival dates and details for a holiday presale on its website.