Riot Fest Releases Daily Line-Ups For Chicago
By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Jul 21, 2015 4:25PM
We don't yet have set times, but we do know who is playing each day of Riot Fest this coming September.
Upon first glance, a couple potentially heartbreaking conflicts arise, including the possibility of making the tough choice on Friday night between seeing No Doubt's first Chicago set in years or basking in a Faith No More stage show we already know will be mind-blowingly good. And earlier Friday it looks like Living Colour, Fishbone and Death are all right in the center of the bill, so there may be some tough choices there as well.
There will be fewer difficult headliner choices Saturday. Both System of Down and Iggy Pop are solid choices, but we're guessing most folks will easily pick one over the other depending on their personal tastes. And the same goes for Sunday when we envision Modest Mouse facing off with The Prodigy—you probably will choose one or the other, depending on your mood, right? Do you want to watch the indie rockers or the fire-breathing electronic act?
To be honest, the toughest choices will probably come earlier in the day since the middle and earlier portions of the bill are packed with acts that could headline other fests on their own. The sheer number of those kinds of acts means there's sure to be a couple conflicts on the schedule. The Living Colour et al. face-off we mentioned earlier is just one of many we spy throughout the three days, but we'll hold off really freaking out until we get a gander at the actual set-times and stage locations.
The day by day line-up is below:
Riot Fest is Sept. 11-13 in Douglas Park and tickets are still available.
Friday, Sept. 11
No Doubt
Faith No More
Motörhead
Ice Cube & Special Guests (performing Straight Outta Compton Remix)
Alkaline Trio
Coheed and Cambria
Flogging Molly
Slightly Stoopid
Thrice,
Dirty Heads
Anthrax
Eagles of Death Metal
Against Me!
Bayside
MEST
Atreyu
Lee Scratch Perry
The Expendables
Living Colour
Fishbone
Death
Mariachi El Bronx
Civ
Every Time I Die
Real Friends
88 Fingers Louie
Mustard Plug
Into It. Over It.
Post Malone with FKI
Chef’Special
Marmozets
Barb Wire Dolls
The Coathangers
Prayers
Speedy Ortiz
White Mystery
Main Attrakionz
Ground Up
Skinny Lister
Alex Wiley
Heems
Psalm One
Dreamers
Faulkner
Saturday, Sept. 12
System of a Down
Iggy Pop
Rancid (performing …And Out Come The Wolves)
Billy Idol
Taking Back Sunday
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Drive Like Jehu
Merle Haggard
Alexisonfire
The Academy Is… (performing Almost Here)
The Lawrence Arms
Echo & the Bunnymen
Bootsy Collins’ Rubber Band
The Damned
Pennywise
The Devil Wears Prada
Mayday Parade
Babes in Toyland
Desaparecidos
he Joy Formidable
The Dead Milkmen
FIDLAR
Millencolin
American Nightmare
Swervedriver
GWAR, Lifetime
Joyce Manor
The Movielife
Steve Ignorant and Paranoid Visions
The Dear Hunter
The Ataris
Modern Life Is War (performing Witness)
Fit For Rivals
Flatfoot 56
Teenage Bottlerocket
Chon
Counterpunch
Direct Hit!
Dirty Fences
Sleep On It
The Brokedowns
Meat Wave
Elway
Indian Handcrafts
PEARS
Gateway Drugs
Clowns
Sunday, Sept. 13
Modest Mouse
The Prodigy
Snoop Dogg (performing Doggystyle)
Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
Tenacious D
L7
Stephen “Ragga” Marley
Kongos
Cypress Hill
Yelawolf
The Airborne Toxic Event
Manchester Orchestra
De La Soul
Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness
New Politics
Jimmy Cliff
Andrew W.K.
Less Than Jake
The Thurston Moore Band
Morgan Heritage
Doomtree
Hum
Tarrus Riley
The Dwarves
Tommy Stinson
Kevin Devine
Jo Mersa
Alvvays
The White Buffalo
Black-Am-I
Skip Marley
Knuckle Puck
Jazz Cartier
Have Mercy
Superheaven
Foxing
Beach Slang
Cayetana
Blis
Northern Faces
Souvenirs
Skating Polly
Signals Midwest
Modern Chemistry
Tasha The Amazon
Foxtrott
Twin River
Indian School