Riot Fest Chicago

Also: Bikini Kill vs Taking Back Sunday, Against Me vs Guided by Voices, Flaming Lips vs Rancid vs Glassjaw vs Descendents, and more....

Headliners include blink-182 (playing 'Enema of the State'), Slayer (final Chicago & Milwaukee show), Bikini Kill, Jawbreaker, The Flaming Lips (playing 'Yoshimi'), and more...

The stacked 15th anniversary lineup also includes Rise Against, Flaming Lips (playing ’Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’), Jawbreaker, Ween (playing ’The Mollusk’), Against Me! (playing ’Reinventing Axl Rose’ and ’Transgender Dysphoria Blues’) and more.

Jawbreaker have been talking about reuniting for so long, and it's finally happening. A Riot Fest representative confirmed to Pitchfork that the band will reunite for Riot Fest Chicago this year...

Riot Fest returns to Chicago from September 15-17, and a holiday presale begins this Tuesday (11/22).

Riot Fest Chicago 2016 wrapped up on Sunday (9/18) with the second show by the reunited Misfits (Danzig, Jerry and Doyle, plus ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo) and a younger reunited Jersey band, Thursday, and much more...

The second day of Riot Fest Chicago (September 17) featured sets from Morrissey, Death Cab for Cutie, Brand New, Social Distortion...

Dan Deacon, Diarrhea Planet, Dillinger Escape Plan, Eskimeaux, Fu Manchu, Girls Against Boys, Gwar, Jimmy Eat World, Laura Stevenson, Meat Puppets, NOFX, Refused, The Anniversary, The Flaming Lips, The Specials, Tigers Jaw, Ween, and more.

Also check out some Instagrams of the fest (which is underway now), other tough conflicts, and more...

There will be gross out depictions of Taking Back Sunday, Descendents, NOFX, Andrew WK and more.