Riot Fest, the longtime Chicago music pageant that focuses on punk and rock, introduced its 2024 lineup again in June together with huge information: the occasion was relocating from its residence of almost a decade, Chicago’s Douglass Park, to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois. That call stemmed from delays by the Chicago Park District to approve the pageant’s allow, in line with Riot Fest organizer Mike Petryshyn. Now, the pageant is shifting again to Douglass Park roughly a month earlier than the pageant takes place September 20-22.
Petryshyn instructed The Chicago Tribune that he’s “liked working with [the Park District] not too long ago” and the 2 events got here to an settlement that allowed for an amicable return. Final 12 months, Riot Fest noticed a leap in its allow value from round $300,000 to $700,000, and it was equally permitted mere months earlier than the pageant happened.
Riot Fest’s presence in Douglass Park is a point of contention that has confronted mounting criticism over time, significantly with regard to how a lot house it occupies within the park and the extent to which it damages the grounds. In June, Ald. Monique Scott, who oversees the North Lawndale neighborhood that Riot Fest takes place in, known as the pageant “a cornerstone of constructive affect and alternative in our group” and described many of the opposition as a “false narrative” from a small variety of folks, a few of whom don’t reside within the twenty fourth Ward. This 12 months, Riot Fest meets the necessities for the Park District’s Park Enhancement Fund to allocate 10% of income to Douglass Park particularly, and can proceed its year-round community initiatives similar to park cleanups, group job festivals, and free ticket registration.
Pavement, Beck, Fall Out Boy, and Slayer will headline Riot Fest this 12 months. The 2024 lineup additionally contains St. Vincent, Public Enemy, Brilliant Eyes, Waxahatchee, Spoon, Dr. Canine, Cypress Hill, Tierra Whack, One thing Company, the Armed, Seashore Bunny, Drug Church, Taking Again Sunday, Fiddlehead, Basement, Sum 41, Gel, and Chic that includes late singer Bradley Nowell’s son, Jakob.
Full album performances at Riot Fest this 12 months embody the Offspring enjoying Smash, Manchester Orchestra doing Cope, and Mastodon performing Leviathan. Different noteworthy units are an Operation Ivy tribute by Laura Jane Grace and Catbite, Bob Marley’s sons getting collectively to carry out his music, and NOFX enjoying a farewell efficiency every night time of the pageant.
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