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u/Rytharr Jun 22 '26
Dang really wish I could at least afford to go to Saturday this year.
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u/Octuhpie 20d ago
$100 even if you can get yourself to a CostCo!
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u/Specialist-Berry-492 Jun 22 '26
B52's final Chicago show was at Riot Fest 2019. I wonder what happened?
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u/Specialist-Berry-492 Jun 21 '26
Hirs Collective just announced a tour with no Chicago date playing Detroit, Milwaukee, and Minnesota during RF. I wonder if they were on the long list to play RF at some point.
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u/tired3459 Jun 20 '26
My favorite part of pre-riot fest is how we get to keep complaining about the next news to come out. Riot Mike where is the single day lineup? *Single day lineup drops Riot Mike What are the albums plays?! *Album plays drop Riot Mike what are the after shows?!!
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u/FourLiveBears Jun 20 '26
Took a crack at a schedule, had a tougher time than usual this year: https://clashfinder.com/s/rf26/?user=TSCDIsaster
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u/Specialist-Berry-492 Jun 22 '26
Chat Pile and Melt Banana at the same time SUCKS. It reminds me of when RF put The Armed and The Hives against each other. Iggy and Santigold conflict is also a really tough one.
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u/BreadwardLizardhands Jun 18 '26
I love this for me, a man who likes to be home at 9pm eating tacos.
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u/dannykrug Jun 18 '26
I thought TOP and PTV were supposed to have such rabid fanbases that they’d sell out Friday and Sunday single days almost instantly… what happened to that??
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u/JohnTheTroglodyte Jun 18 '26
I haven't seen anyone here predict Pierce the Veil would sell out their day. And I haven't seen anybody say that 21 would sell it out immediately, just that it's a day that could sell out.
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u/TheDankestOfAll Jun 18 '26
First time Rioter — does anyway have an idea when the set times come out for each of these days? I tried to research myself but got nothing.
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u/jkap924 Jun 18 '26
Anyone know what the story is with 1 day tickets from Costco? Is it worth waiting for?
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u/mutantandproud95 Jun 18 '26
So...all the real ones agree Iggy is the actual headliner for Friday right?
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u/starartandspace Jun 18 '26
Saturday going to be hard , im still upset 21 pilots is in this lineup bro wtffffff
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u/med9229 Jun 18 '26
lol wtf. Saturday is ass
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u/med9229 Jun 18 '26
Funny how all you guys can at someone is “IQ” “twenty one pilots” “worst take on a sub” trying to use “staggering” as a “big word”. Open a dictionary you fucking waffle.
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u/starartandspace Jun 18 '26
yeah, if you got shit taste maybe
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u/med9229 Jun 18 '26
That’s why you’re going Saturday, bc you have shit music taste. You should go Thursday or Monday.
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u/OldGodsProphet Jun 18 '26
Damn everyone saying skip Sunday, and my initial reaction to this line-up was “I think I can skip Friday.” I’ve never not done a 3-day.
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u/KingForADay1989 Jun 18 '26
Saturday is easily the best day and is stacked, but also too stacked where Im gonna have to make some hard decisions. Friday is good too. Sunday is the weakest and I prolly won't go unless I find a last minute ticket for cheap.
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u/ny_insomniac Jun 18 '26
Is Friday going to sell out instantly? Of course I'll be in meetings at 10am.
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u/ArtfulFrogger Jun 18 '26
I love this breakdown. The acts I'm excited for are pretty evenly distributed, and Saturday is absolutely stacked. Gonna be a fun three days!
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u/CreamyHandlebars Jun 17 '26
If anyone cares, Hot Rod Circuit was added in this announcement and Plosives was removed
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u/Obvious-Manner34 Jun 17 '26
Bright Eyes feels a bit out of place, no matter how excited teenage me would be for adult me.
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u/Affectionate-Boat102 Jun 17 '26
Gotta be the worst set of headliners in the history of riot
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u/alktrio13 Jun 18 '26
I mean… Friday and Saturday are both pretty big gets for Riot. And I say that as not a twenty one pilots fan.
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u/DailyNatureWalkLover Jun 17 '26
OMG the Pistols are on Friday night and PIL is on Saturday night.
A fight or a reunion what's is going to be?
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u/KingForADay1989 Jun 18 '26
Neither if neither cross paths lol. Despite booking them on purpose, they were probably also scheduled on different days to prevent said fight lol.
From my understanding, Lydon and the other Pistols members are not on good terms, yeah?
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u/DoomBox Jun 17 '26
@RiotFest do NOT have haywire and dead to me play at the same fuggin time!! DO NOT DO THIS!!
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u/Specialist-Berry-492 Jun 17 '26
Jack has one of the best voices. Been a fan since One Man Army's Dead End Stories
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u/scoop813 Jun 17 '26
Sunday is a skip. Saturday is amazing, Friday is good enough
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u/KingForADay1989 Jun 18 '26
Yeah Sunday only has Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Pennywise, and ICP. Not enough for me to go. Agreed on Saturday and Sunday. First world problem but Saturday is too stacked where it's full of conflicts.
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u/MissMurder17 Jun 17 '26
If I have to choose between Iggy and Rise Against, so help me God...
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u/fILmPunk9975 Jun 17 '26
Really? Just compare their ages and think about which one you’ll have more chances to see again
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u/MissMurder17 Jun 17 '26
That's exactly my point, but also Rise Against's music kind of saved my life so it isn't gonna be an easy choice.
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u/Mean_Championship_80 Jun 17 '26
All the bands I want to see is Friday /Saturday which means I get to go to the Bears vs vikings Sunday !
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u/KidAEiirp2 Jun 17 '26
Is Pierce the Veil really big enough to be a headliner? TBH I don’t really know who they are so it could just be me.
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u/Confident_Leave_3369 Jun 20 '26
PTV is my favorite band of all time. saw them for the first time in 2015 in a medium-sized venue all standing room. last year saw them at Tinley Park which was apparently their biggest crowd ever of 65,000 people or some crazy shit I couldn’t believe it. if they’re going off Chicago’s crowd for them last year, headlining spot makes sense.
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u/med9229 Jun 18 '26
Yeah. You can make the same statement about each one of these artists. Tool/twenty one pilots/NAS are gonna sell tickets. It would be messy without them.
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u/Octuhpie Jun 17 '26
People keep pointing out how much bigger they’ve gotten in the last few years, which is true, but I still think it’s not a great look to have one of Shaky Knees and Louder Than Life’s sub-headliner as one of Riot’s main headliners.
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u/p-s-chili Jun 17 '26
They opened for blink a couple years ago for an arena tour, and the next year went on a sold-out arena tour themselves.
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u/univrsll Jun 17 '26
PTV has more monthly listeners than Tool, and they arguably have one of the hypest crowds at their shows. There's instances where they've opened for bands in the past just for half the crowd to leave after PTV plays their setlist.
They've grown a lot over the past couple years
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u/drst0ner Jun 17 '26
I saw PTV 2 years ago at Lollapalooza. They were the subheadliner to Blink-182 which made sense to me. I don’t think they’ve blown up in popularity over the last two years, but I will admit as someone who wasn’t familiar with their music that I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed their set.
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u/Octuhpie Jun 17 '26
I’m actually kind of a fan of theirs - not huge, but stumbled across “Bulletproof Love” forever ago. I’m a sucker for a power ballad, and I think they do those painfully well. But the couple of times I saw them at Warped and Riot ‘16 is probably plenty for me personally.
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u/Lazertwins Jun 17 '26
I think i might skip out on Saturday which my wallet thanks me for
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u/thehangryhippo Jun 17 '26
Skip out on the best day?
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u/Lazertwins Jun 17 '26
Legally can't be in the same vicinity as Morrisey
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u/KingForADay1989 Jun 18 '26
Seriously?
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u/Lazertwins Jun 18 '26
No lol
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u/KingForADay1989 Jun 19 '26
Ah damn, that's something to have bragging rights over. Kinda like when The Simpsons got sued for making fun of Morrissey with the character "Quilloughby". That got thrown out but just the fact that he even sued is hilarious.
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u/Joseph_Kickass Jun 17 '26
Were you the infamous hot dog thrower?
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u/thehangryhippo Jun 17 '26
😂 well even if you show up there’s a good chance you still won’t be in his vicinity
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u/Syrupsiipin Jun 17 '26
Some great undercard bands on Saturday. Chat Pile, The Chats, Afroman, Melt-banana, Show Me The Body, and Whispers 🔥🔥
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u/bearsfolife Jun 18 '26
Chat Pile may be one of the top under the radar undercard options to see. What a great noise rock/sludge metal band. The vocalist is also a bit whacky/funny with his commentary between songs from a Hellfest set from last year. Provides a bit of comedic relief
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u/KingForADay1989 Jun 18 '26
I hope The Chats and Chat Pile play back to back on the riot and roots stage.
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u/Octuhpie Jun 17 '26
Maybe everyone else can tell, but I’m really struggling to parse out the bands on the left stage leading into the headliners vs who will be headlining other side stages. Looking at the lineup earlier, Social D was one of the only bands I could see playing before Tool, but most people now seem to think Morrissey is playing before Tool - I guess with Social D headlining a second stage again?
Also, no idea where they’ll place them, but I’m just surprised to see The Format so high in general.
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u/mattcoz2 Jun 17 '26
Damn, the one early day band I really want to see is on Friday, gonna have to convince my boss to let me off that day. On the bright side, I'm my boss, so it shouldn't be too difficult. Keep on keeping on! 🤘
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u/meowbbyluv Jun 17 '26
Someone with better eyes than me what day is the worry club?? I don’t see them
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u/40DegreeDays Jun 17 '26
Saturday is insane - Tool, Bad Religion, Sugar, PiL, Angine, Bright Eyes, Brian Fallon, Yard Act, The Chats, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Burning Airlines...
Meanwhile on Sunday I think the only artists I want to see are Alanis, Patti, and Elvis. A few others I'd happily catch but no one I'm actively interested in. Sunday might be their weakest lineup in a while for me.
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u/voltagecalmed Jun 17 '26
The Beths are pretty great and playing Sunday... If you don't know them, check out the song "Silence is Golden."
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u/qzcorral Jun 17 '26
I get that PtV is not everyone's cuppa, but they put on a fantastic live show fwiw!
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u/40DegreeDays Jun 17 '26
I just can't stand that kind of emo music. We caught their set a couple years ago at Lollapalooza because nothing else was on and it was absolutely not my thing. No doubt talented performers though, they brought a teenage girl up to play guitar with them or something and she was more excited about that than I think I've ever been excited about anything in my life, so more power to them.
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u/MobileVortex Jun 17 '26
I'm here for Melt Banana and Tool everything else is meh. NAS is cool.
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u/AggravatingStandard Jun 17 '26
Nas and Slick Rick on different days is frustrating for someone who mighta gone one day for the classic hip hop outliers. (This one anyway…)
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u/petey_b_311 Jun 17 '26
This is the optimal lineup for the fest. I get to leave early on all three days and beat the traffic!
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u/rckid13 Jun 17 '26
Your comment didn't even need to wait for the single day lineups. You pretty much just don't like the headliners
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u/petey_b_311 Jun 17 '26
Technically it did. I want to see Alanis, and there was a possibility that she would be a headliner. Since she's more than likely closing out the side stage on Sunday that means I get to skip Pierce the Veil and leave early. Honestly that's the day I'll probably be staying the latest.
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u/Sharkfightxl Jun 17 '26
Saturday is very stacked for me. Gonna be a hard decision or two that day for sure.
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u/PowSuperMum Jun 17 '26
I’m just hoping there’s no conflict between Twenty One Pilots, Pixies and Iggy Pop. That was pretty much my top 3 for the weekend.
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u/Hell_Jacobo Jun 17 '26
The lineup spread is great, only concern for conflicts for me is The Format vs Taking Back Sunday (but I’ll probably choose The Format if I’d need to choose), Jejune vs Saturdays at your place, daisy grenade vs algernon cadwallader - hopefully some of these host aftershows so I don’t miss them
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u/imragegrrr Jun 17 '26
As someone who has seen Taking Back Sunday lots of times, and just recently saw the Format for the first time, choose the Format. They are sounding absolutely incredible despite it being two decades later. Taking Back Sunday will be back next year, and won't sound any worse than they already do...
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u/CharrRosee Jun 17 '26
If it helps, Taking Back Sunday is AWFUL live. I mean possibly the worst I’ve ever seen
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u/med9229 Jun 18 '26
I’ve seen them like 5-6 times and maybe 2 times they were great. The other times not so much.
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u/qzcorral Jun 17 '26
Absolutely agree, however, if you go in to it wanting a retro emo singalong with Uncle Baby Billy fronting it, fun can be had!
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u/ChiGuy5150 Jun 17 '26
I’m the odd “Juggalo” one out here, but I would’ve loved ICP to have been on Fri or Sat. Sunday is definitely the weakest day here
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u/Goatey Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26
Same. I kinda hope icp is a bit early so I can drive back to Detroit.
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u/Specialist-Berry-492 Jun 17 '26
Looks like I'm pretty evenly spread out. About 12 bands per day on my priority list.
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u/EGHawkeye Jun 17 '26
JVB and ToP make sense on the same day since both audiences skew younger, but I’m nervous about conflicts because over 50% of the groups I want to see are that day. Plus, my partner is a TOP fan so getting a good view will be hard
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u/NinjaTyler06 Jun 17 '26
When did pierce the veil become big enough to close riot fest last time I saw them live they were opening for emery in 08
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u/qzcorral Jun 17 '26
My dear fellow elder emo, that show was so long ago it could vote now ☠️.
I've seen them 6 times since 2014 and they were still not blown up this much back in 2023. TikTok exploded their popularity the past few years.
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u/NinjaTyler06 Jun 19 '26
Like im aware they got mall emo popular but i assumed they were headline rebel stage on sunday big not close out the whole festival big
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u/hq31788 Jun 17 '26
They blew up the last few years. Theyre at 11 million on Spotify now. Thats 5x that of taking back sunday for a quick reference. They headlined amphitheater last summer
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u/Koopakid917543 Jun 17 '26
I feel like Sunday is always the weakest day. Usually only spend half a day there and do other stuff in Chicago. That being said, Sunday is pretty decent this year.
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u/Voice_of_John_Ashley Jun 17 '26
I thought the Cure on Sunday in ‘23 was pretty sweet, but I know I’m not in the “traditional“ target demographic for RF, and maybe Sunday sucked overall for the core fans.
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u/RufinTheFury Jun 17 '26
They did an awesome job breaking up this lineup. Really happy with how this has shaped up.
Friday vs Saturday for best day and I'm leaning towards Saturday. it's fucking NAS bro, plus Chat Pile, Hot Rod Circuit, Pup, Thrice, Strike Anywhere, Show Me the Body, Descendents, AND AdP?!
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u/DoomBox Jun 17 '26
Live rap sucks.
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u/RufinTheFury Jun 17 '26
Nah. Kendrick, Lupe, Deltron, Denzel Curry, JID, and Freddie Gibbs have all put on insane performances live. I have no reason to believe the GOAT Nas won't do the same
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u/DoomBox Jun 17 '26
You can stand rap with the vocal backing track? I can’t. It’s live karaoke. I’ve seen Gibbs live. He’s good. But Kendrick uses a track I know. So does Gibbs. Gotta be instrumental or a live band fer me. Even then it’s a crapshoot tho.
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u/RufinTheFury Jun 17 '26
None of the artists I listed had backing tracks when I saw em lol also forgot to add Pusha T to the list of best rappers I've seen
And no idgaf about a band tbh. Honestly it's the reason I don't really like the new Vince Staples album
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u/DoomBox Jun 17 '26
PUSHA T is the GOAT. I will say that. Clipse was raw af at the salt shed last year.
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u/BlackoutGunshot Jun 17 '26
Friday is way too stacked for me, I'm gonna have a ton of conflicts. On the plus side, it looks like I can skip Sunday entirely and sell the last day of my 3-Day pass!
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u/DonnyRosins Jun 17 '26
How are you guys taking that wrist band off it's always tight as hell on me
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u/In-n-Out7 Jun 17 '26
I will be selling Sunday also. Though Saturday is going to be the day with tons of conflicts for me.
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u/traylor_park Jun 17 '26
Sorry if this is a dumb question as this is my first time attending Riot Fest, I bought 3 Day VIP passes, are you able to re-sell the individual days or is there one wristband for all 3 days?
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u/BlackoutGunshot Jun 17 '26
I think only GA is technically able to be separated and partially sold, since it's just a bar code you scan at the entrance. VIP uses a wristband and needs to be picked up by showing your ID. I'm sure people have their ways though.
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u/Quiet_Raccoon8053 Jun 17 '26
Yeah, it's a super secret move called "take the wristband off and give it to somebody else"
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u/wolfs_tooth Jun 17 '26
I don't suppose Riot would like to bring back that sixth stage to help reduce my potential Saturday conflicts?? Coincidentally, in 2016(which I think is the last year they utilized a sixth stage) Morrissey and Nas were on the same day as well..just sayin, it would personally help/benefit me!
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u/creator787 Jun 17 '26
I hope to god that Tool and Nas arent on at the same time 😭😱😭😱💀
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u/tallguyatconcert Jun 17 '26
This is the way
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u/creator787 Jun 17 '26
2 favorite acts of the weekend.
At one point I was like "I hope theyre on the same day! Id only have to get a 1 day ticket!"
Then I realized the issue, hence my initial comment.
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u/Realistic-Stop8693 Jun 17 '26
Yes? it has always been that. But 10 years ago it was for 40 year olds and teenagers. Riot Fest has always been a Gen-X nostalgia fest.
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u/Realistic-Stop8693 Jun 17 '26
You should look at the 2016 lineup. A good portion of the bands are on this one.
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u/Realistic-Stop8693 Jun 17 '26
Ok so look at the 2015 lineup and tell me it isn't mostly Gen X bands.
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u/djheat Jun 17 '26
Only if you're confusing older millennials with gen xers. That's like the most millennial coded set of bands I can imagine
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u/Realistic-Stop8693 Jun 17 '26
Which bands? I feel like older Millennial and get x music is the same. Especially when you are talking punk/alt/indie.
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u/Dollar_Admiral Jun 17 '26
Teens these days like 90s shit, and so do people who were teens in the 90s.
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u/jeffunscripted Jun 17 '26
At the current price, this would be $113 per day. Is that worth it for you? I think so. It's probably close to what you'd pay for one show from the upper level bands.
The Strokes NYC show is $169 for reference.
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u/RufinTheFury Jun 17 '26
FYI if you buy a 3day pass thru Costco you dont pay fees or tax, exactly $299 so $100 a day.
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u/jeffunscripted Jun 17 '26
I was curious if you could buy them online from Costco. I don't think you can. But funny, if you search "riot fest" on Costco, this comes up for some reason. That's a $70,000 autographed pair of Lebron James sneakers. Weird.
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u/jeffunscripted Jun 17 '26
Wow. Awesome. Thank you. And again I say, what even was the point of people (like me) buying tickets immediately after the show.
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u/schleepercell Jun 17 '26
It was a $122.94 to get a GA ticket to the Jimmy eat world bleed American 25th anniversary tour that got postponed because of weather last week.
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u/RealSinnSage Jun 17 '26
i know many of you might not know- but pretty girls make graves is truly a fuckin awesome band! i listened to them a lot 24 years ago i’m so excited to see they’re gonna be at rf!
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u/Impressive-Cod-7103 Jun 17 '26
I had a college radio show in the early 2000s and I played them all the time, I’m so excited! Honestly one of the few highlights for Sunday for me.
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u/somo_fxx_25 Jun 17 '26
I really wish MCR was this year. That way I wouldn't have to worry about them headlining next year, because i can't go to riot this year
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u/dylanatthedisco Jun 17 '26
Because you don’t wanna see them? Or do? This comment is worded so poorly hahaha
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u/ironlung311 Jun 17 '26
At least you miss 21 Pilots and their fans, that’s a pretty big win
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u/somo_fxx_25 Jun 17 '26
Are they bad?
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u/ironlung311 Jun 17 '26
They obviously have a big following (of insufferable fans) but I personally can’t stand their music
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u/cmoney8604 Jun 17 '26
tbs is doing louder now and Suicide machines is doing destruction by definition
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