Riot Fest 2022 happens September 16-18 in Chicago's Douglas Park, and the full lineup has just been announced. Two of the headliners were already announced: My Chemical Romance (who were supposed to headline back in 2020 and then again in 2021 but postponed all of their dates to 2022) and The Original Misfits (Glenn Danzig included) performing Walk Among Us in full for its 40th anniversary. The third headliner will be Nine Inch Nails, who were also supposed to play in 2021 but cancelled multiple dates due to COVID concerns.
In addition to those three, Riot Fest includes the first-announced reunion show for Sunny Day Real Estate (!), who -- as rumored -- are back for their first shows in 12 years. It also includes reunion sets from Yellowcard, The Academy Is, and Midtown (the latter of whom are also opening part of My Chem's tour), plus Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bauahus, Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion, Ice Cube, Jimmy Eat World, Descendents, Portugal. The Man, Action Bronson, Rocket From the Crypt, The Wonder Years, The Story So Far, Lunachicks, Jawbox, Placebo, Jeff Rosenstock, Less Than Jake, The Front Bottoms, The Menzingers, Alexisonfire, Alice Glass, The Linda Lindas, Lagwagon, The Get Up Kids, GWAR, 7Seconds, Madball, Fear, Sincere Engineer, Cloud Nothings, Destroy Boys, Mom Jeans, The Juliana Theory, Save Face, Bully, Mannequin Pussy, War On Women, Algiers, THICK, No Trigger, Surfbort, The Bombpops, Chastity, and more. Pretty stacked!
"I think this year’s lineup really speaks to who we are," says founder Mike Petryshyn. "It’s been a minute since we’ve gotten to curate a lineup like this. I’m especially excited for what this is leading into: the stuff that’s happening in the next few weeks, and the years to come."
Tickets (1-day, 2-day, and 3-day passes) are on sale now. Full lineup below...
Riot Fest
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 My Chemical Romance Alkaline Trio Portugal. The Man Bleachers Descendents Rocket from the Crypt The Wonder Years Placebo Jeff Rosenstock Anberlin Less Than Jake Lagwagon Lucky Boys Confusion Foxy Shazam Boston Manor Sincere Engineer Pale Waves Cloud Nothings LS Dunes carolesdaughter Destroy Boys AViVA Bob Vylan Holy Fawn Algiers Wargasm (UK) Cliffdiver Sitting On Stacy
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 The Original Misfits (Performing ‘Walk Among Us’) Yellowcard Bauhaus Sunny Day Real Estate Bad Religion Yungblud The Story So Far The Front Bottoms The Menzingers Alexisonfire Movements jxdn The Get Up Kids Gwar 7 Seconds Madball FEAR Bully The Joy Formidable Together Pangea POORSTACY Mannequin Pussy War On Women Charlotte Sands Jake Hill Bridge City Sinners THICK Skating Polly No Trigger Surfbort
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Nine Inch Nails Yeah Yeah Yeahs Ice Cube Sleater-Kinney Jimmy Eat World The Academy Is… Action Bronson Lunachicks The Maine Midtown PVRIS Jawbox Alice Glass The Linda Lindas Mom Jeans. Real Friends The Juliana Theory Josh A Renforshort Joey Valence & Brae Weathers Kid Sistr Save Face The Bombpops Treaty of Paris Concrete Castles Chastity Moon Kissed Night Spice
