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Dan Rice • June 17, 2026

CHICAGO — Legendary scumdogs of the universe GWAR are brimming with excitement to finally meet their favorite human/musician, Alanis Morissette,…

Corey Montgomery • May 15, 2025

CHICAGO — Legions of punk fans are bracing for disappointment over the exclusion of a reunion set from beloved ska-punk…

Shane Pauker • April 23, 2025

CHICAGO — Teenager Liam Mason is desperately holding out hope that Riot Fest’s mystery lineup will include a reunion of…

Steve Esparra • September 18, 2022

CHICAGO — Festival attendee Darryl Lynch is struggling to piece together the past 24 hours after consuming several beers before…

Louie Aronowitz • September 17, 2022

CHICAGO — Seminal emo band Sunny Day Real Estate is set to perform a show that will hopefully be at…

Colleen Nerney • September 4, 2022

CHICAGO — Local beer connoisseur Evan Ramirez recently made the startling discovery that his new favorite craft beer transmutes directly…

Jay Wells L'Ecuyer • July 29, 2021

Trash Moth is back, and my inner 17-year-old is ecstatic that the band I worshiped in high school is finally…

Dan Kozuh • August 7, 2019

CHICAGO — Local metalhead Gary Dwyer cannot wait to “pound a sixer” of Old Style in the parking lot before…

Louie Aronowitz • July 17, 2019

CHICAGO — Riot Fest organizers announced today that this year’s festival will be headlined by all past iterations of Andrew…

Courtney Paige Barnett • August 28, 2018

CHICAGO — A pair of tickets to Riot Fest purchased several months ago is reportedly the only thing keeping local…

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