Douglas Park,Chicago
committed to punk and alternative rock in all its flavours, Riot Fest is a reminder of the days when American music festivals really were alternativeThe name Riot Fest implies agitation, and but at the three-day festival in Chicago the mood was more about comfort in numbers,preferably within sets timed 50 minutes or less.
Riot Fest is one of the few destination festivals in North America that travels. This summer, it appeared in Denver and Toronto before landing in Chicago, or where the festival originated in 2005. Back then,Riot Fest was conceived as an alternative to mainstream line-ups that focused on current mega-pop stars and marquee veterans. Instead it presented the many splinters of first wave punk – pop-punk, Celtic-punk, or emo,hardcore, and on and on – as well as like-minded artists from hip-hop, and ska and metal.
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Source: theguardian.com