Riot Fest 2025 Daily Lineups Announced

May 15, 2025 Ben Pagani

Rock music fans can now work on finalizing their Riot Fest plans. Festival organizers have unveiled daily lineups for Riot Fest weekend, happening at Douglass Park in Chicago, IL this September 19-21.

Daily headliners include: Blink-182 on Friday, September 19; Weezer on Saturday, September 20; Green Day on Sunday, September 21, and many other top artists like Jack White, Knocked Loose and more scattered across Riot Fest’s main stages throughout the weekend. Check out the full list below. Tickets for Riot Fest are available at this link.

Interested in more festivals? Check out Beyond The Stage’s 2025 Music Festival Guide.

Riot Fest 2025 Daily Lineups:

Friday, Sept. 19:

Blink-182, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Alkaline Trio, Rilo Kiley, Knocked Loose, The Pogues, The Hold Steady, Sparks, Rico Nasty, Senses Fail, Stiff Little Fingers, Shudder To Think, Touché Amoré, Honey Revenge, Camper Van Beethoven, Mariana’s Trench, The Didjits, Agnostic Front, Puddles Pity Party, Julia Wolf, Harrison Gordon, Mac Sabbath, Samiam, The Tossers, Shonen Knife, The Barbarians of California, Big Ass Truck IE, Soviet, Emo Philips

Saturday, Sept. 20:

Weezer, Jack White, Sex Pistols, All Time Low, The Beach Boys, Dropkick Murphys, The Front Bottoms, Knuckle Puck, James, The Bouncing Souls, The Damned, Citizen, Free Throw, Panchiko, Buzzcocks, Superchunk, Militarie Gun, The Cribs, Helmet, Marky Ramone Plays The Ramones, Thrown, H2O, Wishy, Violet Vira, Speed of Light, Girl In A Coma, Agent Orange, Cliffdiver

Sunday, Sept. 21:

Green Day, IDLES, Jawbreaker, Bad Religion, The Academy Is…, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes, Texas Is The Reason, The Wonder Years, Dance Hall Crashers, Hanson, Inhaler, Screeching Weasel, Microwave, DEHD, The Linda Lindas, Pegboy, The Ataris, Lambrini Girls, Ovlov, Soft Play, Smoking Popes, Delta Sleep, Chase Petra, The Effigies, Zero Boys, The Paradox, Quannnic, Weakened Friends, Dune Rats, Footballhead

Riot Fest 2025 Album Plays:

Weezer —The Blue Album

Sex Pistols — Never Mind The Bollocks…

Alkaline Trio — Maybe I’ll Catch Fire

Bad Religion — Suffer

The Pogues — Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Hold Steady — Separation Sunday

The Academy Is… — Almost Here

The Front Bottoms — Back On Top

Knuckle Puck — Copacetic

The Bouncing Souls — How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Agent Orange — Living In Darkness

Screeching Weasel — My Brain Hurts

Helmet — Betty

Pegboy — Strong Reaction

The Ataris — So Long, Astoria

Agnostic Front — Victim In Pain

Smoking Popes — Born To Quit

The Effigies — For Ever Grounded

Samiam — Astray

Zero Boys — Vicious Circle

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Ben is a music journalist living and working in Chicago. They joined Beyond The Stage as an intern and have stayed on the staff for several years. Now serving on the editorial board, Ben is proud to be BTS' Music Projects Manager, coordinating coverage between international record labels and our staff. Ben has interviewed, photographed and written about bands from across the world. Ben has lived all over the United States working in television and media. They are an Emmy Award-winning writer. Ben can be found spinning records as 'DJ Wearing Sunglasses' in clubs and basements across the US.