The composition for This year's Riot Fest features Fall Out Boy, Beck, Slayer, Pavement, St. Vincent, the Offspring (execute them Breaking album), and Public Enemy. NOFX, in the midst of their farewell tour, will play all three days of their own NOFX World leg of the festival, which takes place September 20 – 22 in Bridgeview, Illinois at SeatGeek Stadium.
More than 90 bands will perform at the event. Other highlights include Mastodon performing their album Behemoth and Manchester Orchestra playing all Encounter, as well as sets from Rob Zombie, Sublime (with Jakob Nowell), Bright Eyes, a reunion of Dr. Dog, the Marley Brothers (Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Ky-Mani and Damian) performing a Bob Marley set and Laura Jane Grace will perform a tribute to Operation Ivy with Catbite. Pennywise, Descendents and Circle Jerks will support NOFX concerts.
The full line-up and ticketing details are at Riot Fest website.
This year's festival will also offer what organizers describe as a “choose your own adventure” experience they're calling RiotLand. This includes themed areas, activities and “activation experiences”. These include a Q101 radio tower, NOFX World, Cabret Metro Stage, AAA Stage, Kevin Smith Tribute Zones (recreation of Secretaries grocery store) and a casino scene. Other oddities include “Butter Stamos” and “Nihilist Arby's.” And if you love Riot Fest so much, why don't you get married — or at least get married, since they'll have an on-site wedding chapel.
festival organizer Riot Mike posted a video message to his fans explaining why they're doing RiotLand this year. “Without you – the fans – there would be no soul in what we do,” he said.
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