Riot Fest announces the largest festival yet, set for October 6-10, 2010 in Chicago. Known for its punk rock, founder Riot Mike has broadened the fest to include just about every sub-genre, including hardcore, metal and everything in between. Heavy bands confirmed this year are Corrosion of Conformity (playing in their original power-trio line-up for the first time in 20-odd years), High on Fire, Torche, Kylesa, Righteous Fool, Articles of Faith (first time playing in their original line-up in 25 years), Negative Approach, Cro-Mags, Agnostic Front and Droids Attack.
Other headliners include Bad Religion, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Circle Jerks, Less Than Jake, The Lawrence Arms, Bouncing Souls, Riverboat Gamblers, Red Oktoberfest presented by Red Scare, “Busted at Oz” Reunion, FUN., Smoking Popes, Bhopal Stiffs, The Meatmen, Off With Their Heads, Brendan Kelly, The Toasters, Roy Ellis a.k.a. Mr. Symarip and many more. A full listing of announced bands is available at www.riotfest.org.
Now in its sixth year, Riot Fest has come a long way in a very short time. When Mike Petryshyn launched Riot Fest in 2005, only two of the bands he really wanted to play agreed to do so. In the first five years, 25,000 fans have attended to see over 200 bands.
All Riot Fest tickets go on sale Saturday, July 17th. For more information, visit www.riotfest.org. Fans can sign up for the Riot Fest announcements to receive early info on secret shows and special deals. To purchase tickets visit TicketWeb: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2513995