Photo by Kirby Gladstone
The 20th anniversary edition of Riot Fest had to go big and organizers were certainly prepared for the task. Set to return to Douglass Park from September 19th-21st, the annual congregation of punk, alt and adjacent artists features a supremely stacked bill of heavy hitters.
Securing the top line real estate, Blink-182, Weezer leaning into their beloved Blue Album and Green Day fresh off their headlining set at Coachella will serve as Riot Fest 2025 headliners. Just underneath, the Frank Carter-fronted Sex Pistols along with Jack White and IDLES add even more weight to the line-up.
Covering a broad range of genre and generation, the same bill features the likes of Knocked Loose and The Beach Boys, The Pogues and Rilo Kiley, Sparks, The Damned and Stiff Little Fingers with Knuckle Puck, Militarie Gun and Soft Play.
Making Riot Fest such a distinct event in the landscape of US festivals, there is a real element of fun with plenty of curveballs worked in to the rotation. Hanson (seriously) has been confirmed for 2025 along with Mac Sabbath, Puddles Pity Party and parody hit parade from Weird Al Yankovic.
See the line-up below. Tickets for Riot fest 2025 are now on sale - HERE
