Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2026 Riot Fest lineup is another music-lover’s grab bag of punk, pop, hip-hop and new wave, topped by headliners Tool, Twenty One Pilots, Pierce the Veil and Alanis Morissette.

The fest returns Sept. 18-20 to Douglass Park, and three-day passes are now available. Legendary Chicago weatherman Tom Skilling is slated to make an appearance.

Riot Fest organizers have confirmed that TOOL will be among the artists headlining this year’s event, as well as Alanis Morissette and Morrissey.

Few festivals curate the uniquely immersive experience that Riot Fest has since moving outdoors in 2012, hosting nearly 50,000 concertgoers a day in Douglass Park in the city of Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. This year, in addition to fest ...

GWAR's Blothar the Berserker has addressed the latest backlash against the theatrical metallers after their weekend performance at Riot Fest made headlines for the group's attacks on political figures Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Though it may seem hard to ...

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Heavy metal icons Gwar staged a mock beheading of Elon Musk and murdered President Trump during their performance at this weekend’s Riot Fest, with critics slamming the band for “normalizing violence.” Shocking video shows the chainsaw-wielding Musk ...