Chicago, IL · Punk
Riot Fest
A Chicago festival built around punk, hardcore and rock programming, including full-album performances that do not appear elsewhere on a given tour cycle. Those performances are the clearest real case for the rarity component of the value method, because an announced one-off album set is objectively verifiable from the official lineup.
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No edition record has been collected for this festival yet, so no price, lineup or score appears on this page. The identity fields below are sourced and reviewed; everything dated is collected separately under the published collection standard.
Classification
What this festival is
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Format
Urban park
Region
Midwest
Primary genre
Punk
Secondary genres
Rock, Metal / Hardcore, Hip-Hop / Rap
Site
Douglass Park
Operator of record
Riot Fest
First edition
2005
Currently staged
Yes
Identity last reviewed
2026-08-23
Eligibility · Multi-day, multi-stage urban festival with a distinct admission product. Meets the eligibility definition.
Provenance
Sources for this record
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Riot Fest · reviewed 2026-08-23 · supports name, city, state, site, operator, official_site
Identity reference. Dated facts — edition dates, lineup and pricing — are not taken from this record and are collected separately.