Riot Fest 2019 (September 13-15) Tour • Page 75

I did it a couple years ago

 

Grabbing Friday and Saturday tickets

 

For sure, not a HUGE issue, but if that's the case I'll grab a lawn ticket for the Michigan date of the Blink tour just to be on the safe side. I was debating doing that anyway, haha.

 

Friday

Must See
Blink-182
Rancid
Descendents
Senses Fail
The Get Up Kids
Hot Water Music
Anti-Flag
H2O
Angel Du$t
Pkew Pkew Pkew

Want To See
Jawbreaker
Glassjaw
Mat Kerekes

Would Watch
Violent Femmes
Dashboard Confessional
Pennywise
Lucero
Hot Mulligan
Can't Swim

Saturday

Must See
Manchester Orchestra
The Story So Far
Avail
Senses Fail
The Damned Things
Turnstile
Masked Intruder
Microwave

Want To See
Rise Against
Bloc Party
PVRIS
Andrew WK
Turnover
Cursive

Would Watch
Slayer
Die Antwoord
The Struts
Gwar
Cherry Glazerr
Elder Brother

Sunday

Must See
Taking Back Sunday
Against Me!
The Starting Line
Streetlight Manifesto
Less Than Jake
White Reaper
Teenage Bottlerocket
Sincere Engineer

Want To See
American Football
The Ergs!
Frank Iero
Dave Hause
Ramona

Would Watch (most likely partial)
Bikini Kill
The Raconteurs
Ween
The B-52's
Village People
Save Ferris
Kali Masi

 

I've done VIP every year I went, and it always feels worth it. It was definitely a much better value when you used to get a whole mess of drink tickets instead of a handful, but it still feels like I get my money's worth. But that's me and the way I do festivals. I generally try to get inside very early and make a full day of it (every day) to check out bands earlier in the day. So not having to stress about the line early on -- and having a shady place to rest early in the day is nice. Plus the shorter lines for bathrooms and food.

Conversely, I did deluxe VIP last year and while I don't regret doing it... I don't know that it's worth the money. The free drinks was a nice perk, but it was kind of annoying to have to go back to the one section every time. And the free snacks were kinda bullshit (sweet, thanks for the Chex Mix and dollar store gummy snacks). The viewing areas at each of the main stages did make it really easy/fun to switch between stages and be able to be right up front...

I can see how that would make a huge difference for some people. But for me? Not so much. If I wind up going next year, I will probably just go with regular ol' VIP again.

It's been like, five years, and that's still the biggest "WTF?!!" as far as scheduling conflicts go that this festival has ever had. And I'm still convinced that somebody had to catch a flight or something immediately after for that to have happened.

 

Friday is going to be brutal. Lots of hard choices will have to be made.

 

im thinking for friday the main stage and its next door neighbor will be more traditional punk all day with Blink & Jawbreaker being the final two, and filled with the likes of rancid, pennywise, decendents, cock sparrer, hot water music, anti flag, h20 etc.. while one of the 2 middle stages is filled with quirkier bands ending with Lucero -> violent femmes -> Flaming lips, and the other mid-size stage is emo/screamo with dashboard, neck deep, senses fail, etc.. Curious where Glassjaw will fall in all of it as they are my number 1 must see that day (obviously)

 

Neck Deep is not an emo or screamo band though...

 

Friday looks like the most fun and punk day. Sunday looks the most interesting. Saturday....not for me

 

yea i guess i dont really know them that well but i think they wouldnt be toooo out of place on that stage, if you toss in get up kids and/or hot mulligan too, i dont know, just seems like riot tries to theme some of their stages best they can, but there will always be outliers that have to go somewhere.

 

Saturday is going to be brutal for overlaps.

Friday:
Blink
Dashboard Confessional
Senses Fail
Glassjaw

Saturday:
Slayer
Bloc Party
Die Antwoord
Manchester Orchestra
The Struts
Senses Fail
The Damned Things
Cursive

Sunday:
Bikini Kill
Taking Back Sunday
The B-52s
Against Me!
American Football
The Village People

 

snagged a 2-day pass - which is awesome because i didnt know they did 2-days

 

I agree. Saturday is pretty much Manchester Orchestra and then a few bands I'd be interested in catching, but nothing I need to see.

 

Friday and Sunday would both be stacked for me, pretty much all day. No way I'd escape those days without at least one or two total bummer overlaps.

Saturday has a few I'd be really stoked on seeing though: Rise Against, Bloc Party, Avail, PVRIS, Senses Fail, Turnstile, the Damned Things, Cursive, Masked Intruder, Drakulas, and Microwave. And I definitely wouldn't mind seeing Slayer, Anthrax, the Selecter, or Cherry Glazer.

 

no spoilers, but Anthrax and the Damned Things will probably not be playing at the same time on Saturday... you're welcome

 

did any bands get added? i feel like some did considering i don't remember a couple of them from the original announcement.

 

Yeah I don’t remember The Story So Far being on the lineup before

 

I know for sure they were always on the lineup

 

They probably were. Lineup is just so stacked this year I probably forgot lol

 

So with fees the RF ticket was $65 I have been CHEATED and LIED to

 

This is a rare instance where the day by days actually made the lineup look better

 

Give me an aftershow with any of AM!, ManOrch, White Reaper, the Damned Things, or Turnstile and we good

 

a Glassjaw aftershow in a tiny venue where they play Our Color Green + Coloring Book + Material Control all in full

I can dream can't I

 

How about all together?

 

Senses Fail said on Twitter that they're not going to say which day they're playing which album.