Legends of hip hop at Riot Fest Chicago
While many were looking forward to the day’s hip hop acts, they were anti-climactic compared to what was happening at the reggae stage. De La Soul, one of the greatest hip hop groups of …
While many were looking forward to the day’s hip hop acts, they were anti-climactic compared to what was happening at the reggae stage. De La Soul, one of the greatest hip hop groups of …
Ice Cube, No Doubt, and Motörhead headlined on Friday night, at the same time, on different stages; this of course posed a scheduling conundrum for festivalgoers who are fans of all three. …
Chicago’s Douglas Park was filled with nostalgia this past weekend, as Riot Fest, a 3-day music festival and carnival, closed out the summer music season while celebrating its tenth …
Riot Fest marks the end of the summer music festival season. What started out as a multi-venue music concert in Chicago, circa 2005, has grown to a three-city multi-day festival and …
text by Rose Blanton | photos by Tricia Scully This was my first year at Riot Fest and I have to admit, I’m not revelling. Now this has nothing to do with the music. All the acts I saw were …
If you ask anyone in Toronto how Riot Fest was, they will immediately say “muddy.” Is this worth talking about, you might wonder; yes, yes it is. When you enter a festival that is primarily …
by Rose Blanton Riot Fest is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year among some tension. Said tension comes from the somewhat new location of the festival. Back in 2012 Riot fest founder …
text by Shaun Roncken I migrated to Toronto from the suburbs 11 years ago, and in that thin slice of time Canada’s largest city ripped up its linoleum, caulked its crown molding, and came of …
