From left: Foo Fighters’ David Grohl, photo by Mr. Rossi/Wikimedia Commons; The Cure’s Robert Smith, photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images; and Turnstile’s Brendan Yates, photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images.
The organizers of Riot Fest have announced the long-running Chicago event’s 2023 lineup. Headlined by The Cure, Foo Fighters, Turnstile, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Mars Volta, this year’s edition of the festival will take place in Douglass Park from September 15–17, the final weekend before the autumnal equinox.
Even aside from its top-billed acts, this year’s Riot Fest roster is full of FADER favorites: from 100 Gecs to Kim Gordon, Viagra Boys to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mr. Bungle to The Breeders, and 070 Shake to Parliament Funkadelic. View the complete lineup below.
Riot Fest 2023 lineup
Foo Fighters
The Postal Service
Death Cab For Cutie
The Cure
Queens of the Stone Age
Turnstile
The Mars Volta
Mr. Bungle
Tegan and Sara
100 Gecs
The Gaslight Anthem
AFI
Death Grips
The Used
The Dresden Dolls
Say Anything
070 Shake
The Breeders
Kim Gordon
Viagra Boys
Pup
Sleep Token
The Interrupters
Flogging Molly
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
Pennywise
Bayside
Ani DiFranco
Finch
Silverstein
Insane Clown Posse
Head Automatica
Parliament Funkadelic feat. George Clinton
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
L.S. Dunes
Gorilla Biscuits
Ride
Cults
Nothing,Nowhere
Code Orange
White Reaper
Balance and Composure
Fake Names
Eshu Tune
Quicksand
Enter Shikari
The Wrecks
Thursday
Hawthorne Heights
Bowling For Soup
Braid
H20
Spitafield
Jehnny Beth
Drain
Snapcase
The Bronx
Microwave
Oso Oso
Origami Angel
The Exploited, Plosivs
Steve Ignorant Band / Crass, Black Angels
Yard Act
Warpaint
Nothing
Screaming Females
High Vis
Rival Schools
Caroline Rose
Sludgeworth
Free Throw
Just Mustard
Hotline TNT
Quasi
Corey Feldman
Just Friends
Bearings
Pinkshift
Olivia Jean
Calva Louise
The Aquadolls
Enola Gay
Earth Crisis
Empire State Bastard
Cassyette
FEA
Fleshwater
The Bobby Lees
Pool Kids
Young Culture
Fade ’Em All
CK Vassi
Total Chaos
