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9.14.2025 History Of Alternative

September 14, 2025 | bphillips

Oasis, Veruca Salt, The Cure and The 1975 in this set, album anniversaries for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jet and Arcade Fire, plus bands playing Riot Fest next weekend: Green Day, Jack White, Weezer, Weird Al, Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion, The Buzzcocks, Rilo Kiley and Dropkick Murphys.

8.31.2025 History Of Alternative

August 31, 2025 | bphillips

Beck, Bad Religion, Belly and Bleachers in this set, album anniversaries for Oasis, The Breeders, R.E.M., The Cure, Sugar, Death Cab For Cutie and OK Go, plus Pearl Jam, Social D, Local H, Kill Hannah and System Of A Down.

Riot Mike keeps his promise and gets a Stamos tattoo

August 21, 2025 | bphillips

WATCH the video here of Riot Mike getting his new “Butter Stamos” ink, completing one of 9 of Stamos’ demands to appear at this year’s Riot Fest.

8.10.2025 History Of Alternative

August 10, 2025 | bphillips

Depeche Mode, Oasis, Fiona Apple and The Stone Roses in this set, album anniversaries for Garbage, Rise Against, The Eels and The Jesus And Mary Chain, plus Our Lady Peace, Veruca Salt, The Smiths, Queens Of The Stone Age and Alkaline Trio.

5.25.2025 History Of Alternative

May 25, 2025 | bphillips

Weezer, The White Stripes, The Breeders and Oingo Boingo in this set, album anniversaries for Phoenix, Soundgarden, The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, The Cure, Travis and A Perfect Circle, plus u2, Nine Inch Nails and Riot Fest bands: Green Day, Alkaline Trio and Rilo Kiley.

5.18.2025 History Of Alternative

May 18, 2025 | bphillips

Beck, Beastie Boys, Blondie and Jane’s Addiction in this set, album anniversaries for Foo Fighters, Soundgarden, The National, Passion Pit and The Black Keys, plus 311, L7 and bands playing Riot Fest 2025: Bad Religion, Sex Pistols, Green Day, James and The Ataris.

Riot Fest is turning 20… and throwing the wildest party of the year in Douglass Park.

May 15, 2025 | ZSpang

The Riot Fest Daily Line Up is here!

4.27.2025 History Of Alternative

April 27, 2025 | bphillips

Radiohead, The Cure, Rancid and Letters To Cleo in this set, album anniversaries for Live, Porno For Pyros, The Posies, Taking Back Sunday and Cypress Hill, plus tunes from Riot Fest 2025 bands: Green Day, Weezer, Bad Religion, Helmet and Alkaline Trio.

Fest Fest 2025

Each week will be a different festival!
Monday through Friday, four times a day, at 8:00am, 11:00am, 2:00pm, and 5:00pm, we’ll have your chance to win 1-Day Riot Fest tickets and qualify for a trip to one of these amazing music festivals!

Riot Fest Day 2 – Douglas Park

September 25, 2024 | ageshel

Riot Fest Day 2 was a great time with some great bands! Check out our gallery here!

Riot Fest Day 1 – Douglas Park

September 21, 2024 | ageshel

Check out are sick Day 1 of Riot Fest Gallery!

St.Vincent – Metro

September 18, 2024 | ageshel

St.Vincent is kicking off the Riot Fest After Shows early with a sold-out show at the Metro on a Wednesday night! Check out the gallery here!

9.15.2024 History Of Alternative

September 15, 2024 | bphillips

Pearl Jam, The Pixies, Hole and Fiona Apple in this set, album anniversaries for Arcade Fire, Social D, Muse, Jet and Cake, plus music from Riot Fest 2024 bands: Beck, Fall Out Boy, Sum 41, St. Vincent, Sincere Engineer, Beach Bunny, The Offspring, Cypress Hill, Face To Face, Sublime and NOFX.

Sublime perform “Feel Like That” on Fallon

July 10, 2024 | bphillips

Jakob Nowell made his late-night TV debut fronting Sublime. WATCH the performance here. See Sublime at Riot Fest in September.

6.16.2024 History Of Alternative

June 16, 2024 | bphillips

The Cure, Garbage, The Pixies and Our Lady Peace in this set, album anniversaries for Alanis, Beck, Blink-182, Brand New, STP, The Shins, Nada Surf, and The White Stripes, plus bands playing Riot Fest 2024: NOFX, Spoon, Fall Out Boy, Sublime, Manchester Orchestra and Pavement.

RIOT FEST RETROSPECTIVE

September 22, 2023 | Web Team

9.17.2023 History Of Alternative

September 17, 2023 | bphillips

Jane’s Addiction, Oasis, Primus, Paramore and Nine Inch Nails in this set, album anniversaries for Nirvana, Social D, Cake, Liz Phair, Pearl Jam and Green Day, plus bands playing Riot Fest today: The Cure, AFI and The Dresden Dolls.

A new documentary about The Mars Volta and At The Drive-In to premiere in October.

September 14, 2023 | bphillips

WATCH; The trailer for ‘Omar And Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird’ here. It features decades worth of footage recorded by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Riot Fest 101 playlist

September 10, 2023 | bphillips

The playlist from tonight’s two hour preview of the music you’ll hear next weekend in Douglass Park + listen to Riot Mike talk about all things Riot Fest with Brian Phillips here.

9.10.2023 History Of Alternative

September 10, 2023 | bphillips

Depeche Mode, Weezer, Veruca Salt and New Order in this set, album anniversaries for Muse, Jet, Arcade Fire, Barenaked Ladies, The Black Keys and Red Hot Chili Peppers, plus Riot Fest bands Foo Fighters, The Cure, Queens Of The Stone Age, AFI, The Used, Death Cab For Cutie, The Gaslight Anthem and Flogging Molly.