NORTH LAWNDALE — Riot Fest simply introduced its 2025 day by day schedules, which suggests attendees can begin planning their itineraries forward of time.
Whether or not you’re seeking to catch one of many headliners like Blink-182, “Bizarre Al” Yankovic, Weezer, Jack White or Inexperienced Day — or one of many dozens of different acts, from Alkaline Trio to Gwar to Rilo Kiley — now you can discover out when and the place they’re performing on the mega music fest in North Lawndale.
The fest runs Sept. 19-21 in Douglass Park.
This yr’s fest will as soon as once more have 5 levels unfold throughout the park — and Bizarre Al will take over one in all them on opening night time.
There’s the Riot Stage, Roots Stage, Insurgent Stage, Rise Stage (generally known as Bizarre Al’s Bizarre World Stage on Friday, Sept. 19 and hosted by Emo Philips) and Radical Stage.
Performances kick off at midday every day, and a few headliners overlap every night time — which suggests followers might need to make troublesome selections when planning who to see this yr.
Blink-182 and The Pogues will take the stage at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 19 on the Riot Stage and Bizarre World Stage, respectively. Weezer and the Intercourse Pistols will carry out 8:30 p.m. Sept. 20 on the Riot Stage and Insurgent Stage, respectively.
Followers instantly protested the assorted band overlaps — an annual incidence — as one poster exclaimed on Instagram: “Are you severely telling me there was no different potential mixture the place Weezer and Intercourse Pistols didn’t overlap? Out of all of the choices out there?”
One other stated of Saturday’s schedule: “knuckle puck and the entrance bottoms clashing goes to interrupt my little emo coronary heart.”
Inexperienced Day will headline the ultimate day of the competition at 8:15 p.m. Sept. 21 on the Riot Stage.
Riot Fest beforehand launched its day by day lineups and tickets in Could. One-day passes begin at $110, two-day passes begin at $220 and three-day passes begin at $330 right here.
After practically leaving Douglass Park for the suburbs final yr, Riot Fest introduced final month it’ll keep in North Lawndale by means of 2027 regardless of years of pushback from some neighbors.
Riot Fest and Chicago Park District officers agreed on the three-year deal, which can even make investments $1 million over 5 years into Douglass Park.
Extra details about the fest — together with tickets (and potential cost plans) — is obtainable on the Riot Fest web site.
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