Festival
Riot Fest 2026
Date: September 18, 2026
General sale
Deadline TBA
Riot Fest returns to Douglass Park in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood for three days from September 18 to 20, 2026, with more than one hundred artists booked across its stages. Twenty One Pilots and Iggy Pop lead the Friday bill, Tool and Morrissey headline Saturday, and Pierce The Veil and Alanis Morissette close the festival on Sunday. That final day also brings the live debut of The *uckers, the heavy metal band fronted by ninety-five-year-old William Shatner.
- 2026-09-18Twenty One Pilots, Iggy Pop, Rise Against, Pixies, Sex Pistols, Alkaline Trio, The All-American Rejects, Santigold, Motion City Soundtrack, GWAR
- 2026-09-19Tool, Morrissey, Nas, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Bright Eyes, Descendents, Public Image Ltd., Gogol Bordello, PUP, Thrice
- 2026-09-20Pierce the Veil, Alanis Morissette, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Patti Smith and Her Band, Taking Back Sunday, Pennywise, The Beths, William Shatner & The *uckers