Riot Fest headliners for 2023 will be Foo Fighters and Turnstile Friday; The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie and Queens of the Stone Age Saturday; and The Cure and Mars Volta Sunday.
The three-day Riot Fest will be Sept. 15-17 in Douglass Park, according to an announcement Tuesday. Tickets are on sale 10 a.m. May 16 at riotfest.org. Limited presale tickets went on sale Monday.
Additional music acts include Kim Gordon, Mr. Bungle, Tegan and Sara, 100 Gecs, The Gaslight Anthem, Death Grips, Parliament Funkadelic with George Clinton, Ani DiFranco and AFI.
The longtime, independently run music fest has been at the center of controversy in the last year regarding its Douglass Park location. Some have criticized Riot Fest and some other big music events for taking over portions of the West Side city park and making them inaccessible to the surrounding community for periods of time over the summer. Summer Smash Festival, a three-day hip-hop music festival put on by SPKRBX and Lyrical Lemonade, announced it would relocate from Douglass Park to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview June 23-25. Heatwave moves to Northerly Island June 10-11.
According to the announcement, Riot Fest will also include its usual array of food, drink and merchandise vendors, as well as carnival rides, a return of last year’s busy wedding chapel and Logan Arcade with vintage arcade games.
Riot Fest will be Sept. 15-17 in Douglass Park, 1401 S. Sacramento Drive, entrance at the corner of W. Ogden Avenue and Sacramento. Tickets and more information at riotfest.org
Jackie Proctor, Melissa Brooks and Keilah Nina of the Aquadolls, of Orange County, California, at Lollapalooza July 31, 2021, at Grant Park in Chicago.
