Riot Fest 2022 (September 16-18, Chicago IL) Festival • Page 180

I am looking to sell a pair of tickets but riot Fest/Eventbrite has disabled pdf tickets and the tickets within the Eventbrite app look very easy to copy. Short of giving my Eventbrite login any ideas?

 

Can you screenshot the QR code?

 

i read that riot/eventbrite were sending the digital tickets around the 25th?

 

There is no QR code. Just an order number on the tickets. My guess is it is to stop hold overs making profit on their tickets but no real idea.

 

Can't believe this is only a month away now.

 

Too early for a priority dump? Ordered by interest:

Friday
The Wonder Years
My Chemical Romance
Descendents
Alkaline Trio
Foxy Shazam
Taking Back Sunday
Cliffdiver
Jeff Rosenstock
Lucky Boys Confusion
Hot Mulligan
Sincere Engineer
Pale Waves

Saturday
The Story So Far
The Misfits
Alexisonfire
Bad Religion
The Menzingers
Yellowcard
GWAR
The Front Bottoms
The Get Up Kids
Charlotte Sands
Mannequin Pussy
No Trigger

Sunday
The Maine
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Ice Cube
The Academy Is...
Jimmy Eat World
Nine Inch Nails
Less Than Jake
Save Face
Midtown
PVRIS
The Linda Lindas
Joey Valance & Brae
Coolio

 

Made an unnecessary spreadsheet for our group, with four tiers of interest.

My top tier, with some borderline second-tier ones tossed in, poster order:
(Acts I checked out for the first time because they're on the fest are in italics)

Friday
MCR
Descendants
The Wonder Years
Jeff Rosenstock
Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg
Lucky Boys Confusion
Hot Mulligan
Foxy Shazam
Destroy Boys
Holy Fawn
Cliffdiver

Saturday
Yellowcard
Bauhaus
Front Bottoms
Menzingers
Bully
Mannequin Pussy
War On Women
Bridge City Sinners
Thick
Cumgirl8 (no actually!)

Sunday
NIN, but the much higher priority is the Ska Dream show.
Sleater-Kinney
Jimmy Eat World
Midtown
Less Than Jake (feels weird to have never seen this band)
The Linda Lindas
Mom Jeans.
Joey Valence & Brae
Save Face
The Bombpops

 

top 5 for Friday - most stacked by far, maybe of any single riotfest day ive been too
-Foxy Shazam
-MCR
-Portugal the man
-Algiers
-bleachers
hope to see: alk3, marky ramone, placebo, jeff rosenstock, ls dunes, wargasm, destroy boys, cliffdiver, sincere engineer, descendents, holy fawn, rocket from the crypt


top 5 saturday - least amount of 'must sees' but also the most amount of 'would sees'
-bauhaus
-bad religion
-misfits
-bridge city sinners
-7 seconds
hope to see: no trigger, surfbort, yellowcard, thick, madball, menzingers, front bottoms, mannequin pussy, joy formidable, SDRE, fear, bully, cumgirl8, war on women, AoF

top 5 sunday - extremely top heavy, under card falls off a cliff for me after mom jeans (with exception of joey V)
-yeah yeah yeahs
-linda lindas
-NIN
-Joey Valence
-jimmy eat world
hope to see: ice cube, alice glass, coolio, action bronson, sleater kinny, mom jeans, zola jesus, bombpops, less than jake

 

My top five priorities for each day:

Friday
My Chemical Romance
The Wonder Years
Bleachers
Pale Waves
Cloud Nothings

Saturday
Sunny Day Real Estate
No Trigger
The Get Up Kids
Yellowcard
The Menzingers

Sunday
Jimmy Eat World
Midtown
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Juliana Theory
The Academy Is...

 

These are in no particular order for me, but are the bands that I absolutely want to try to see each day. The rest of them fall under the umbrella of acts i’ll try my best to see but aren’t as much of a priority.

Friday
MCR
Anberlin
The Wonder Years
Lucky Boys Confusion
Taking Back Sunday

Saturday
Yellowcard
The Story So Far
Menzingers
Bad Religion

Sunday
The Maine
The Academy Is
Jimmy Eat World
Less Than Jake

 

This lineup is really stacked for me but I would say my too 5 are

Friday
-MCR
-Placebo
-Bleachers
-Foxy Shazam
-Wargasm

Saturday
-Misfits
-Yellowcard
-Bauhaus
-Movements
-Mannequin Pussy
(SDRE and AOF would be there but I have tickets for their aftershows)

Sunday
-Jimmy Eat World
-The Academy Is
-Jawbox
-Alice Glass
-Juliana Theory

 

My top five for each day:

Friday: My Chemical Romance, Alkaline Trio, Rocket from the Crypt, Descendents, Cliffdiver (2nd tier: Lagwagon, Jeff Rosenstock, TBS, Sincere Engineer, Cloud Nothings)

Saturday: The Misfits, No Trigger, Yellowcard, the Menzingers, 7 Seconds (2nd tier: Bad Religion, Get Up Kids, Mannequin Pussy, War On Women, Thick)

Sunday: Midtown, Jimmy Eat World, Less Than Jake, the Bombpops, Joey Valence & Brae (2nd tier: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ice Cube, Lunachicks, PVRIS, Jawbox)

My top five are acts I want to watch entire sets from. The 2nd tier are ones I'd want to see full sets from but wouldn't get any heartburn about leaving halfway through, just catching a few songs, etc.

 

Friday
My Chemical Romance
Bleachers
Taking Back Sunday
The Wonder Years
Jeff Rosenstock
Hot Mulligan
Foxy Shazam
Boston Manor
Pale Waves
LS Dunes
AFTER PARTY: The Maine

Saturday
Yellowcard
Sunny Day Real Estate
The Story So Far
The Front Bottoms
The Menzingers
Alexisonfire
The Get Up Kids
Madball
AFTER PARTY: The Academy Is.../Midtown

Sunday
Nine Inch Nails
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Jimmy Eat World
The Academy Is...
The Maine
Pvris
Less Than Jake
Alice Glass
Real Friends
Mom Jeans
Save Face

 

Friday:
MCR
Bleachers
Jeff Rosenstock
The Wonder Years
Descendents
LS Dunes (but hoping for more info and ideally a song or two before the show)

Also: Placebo, Boston Manor, Cliffdiver, Pale Waves, Sincere Engineer, portugal the man, TBS

Saturday:
Yellowcard
The Front Bottoms
The Menzingers
Mannequin Pussy
The Story So Far

Also: SDRE, Misfits, Bad Religion, Movements, Charlotte Sands,

Sunday:
The Academy Is...
The Maine
Mom Jeans.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Jimmy Eat World

Also: Less Than Jake, NIN, PVRIS, Alice Glass, The Linda Lindas, Real Friends, Save Face, Sleater-Kinney, Midtown

 

Friday:
MCR (seems like everyone has them at the top of their list. the anticipation is REAL.)
Jeff Rosenstock
Hot Mulligan
Sincere Engineer
Marky Ramone (this could be really cool or kinda sad, either way I want to see it)

Saturday: (V v top heavy for me)
Front Bottoms
SDRE
GWAR (duh.)
AOF
Mannequin Pussy

Sunday:
YYY
The Academy Is
Mom Jeans
LTJ
Midtown

 

reading these and thinking about what i see on reddit/twitter/FB feels like generally the top 3 most anticipated sets of the weekend are MCR, TAI, and YYY

 

I get MCR (obviously) and I even get the YYY. TAI seems surprising. I know you're speaking anecdotally but they were like one of those fringe emo bands that never really got their shine when they were together and I never really heard people talk about them much. They reunited at RF in '15 and I was stoked (AH is a top ten record for me) but I just am surprised there is so much anticipation for them. Either way, I'm excited for it.

 

i agree, i wouldnt have guessed them being this hyped just by looking at the poster when it was first released. i never pegged them as such a sentimental favorite to so many, i also thought they were middle of the road poppunk/emo, but i i was way wrong, i have a weird relationship with the emo scene (i like the wave of bands i came up with in 02-04 but i dont really like/follow many who came after) so once i stopped paying attention i didnt really know who the movers and shakers were. pumped for everyone who is a fan tho, the passion for them is impressive!

 

I feel like it has to be a combination of the lineup this year and the moment the 2000s emo scene is having. I remember past years where Spitalfield played and it didn’t have a huge reaction. Not sure if FBR is pushing some of those releases more with vinyl represses that’s helping or not, but I have been kind of surprised by their hype this year and placement on the flyer.

 

Ramona is playing Wisconsin 9/15 and they said the will have more shows in the Midwest. I feel they can play the Pop Punk Pizza Party, as they usually have bands that arent part of Riot.

 

The mailing that just went out says that single day tickets are "nearly sold out." I always wonder what that means in this context, hah. Arguably, they could be "nearly sold out" and still have like... 5-10k left. Hah.

As for My Chemical Romance, I think it's kind of a perfect storm for them. The nostalgia for "pop-punk/emo" from that era is still pretty well alive. But beyond that, I think they've aged a lot better than most of their peers which helps when you're talking about their perception to your average person who isn't already a super-fan. They don't have the same "emo stink" that some of their peers do. Like, they feel less "of an era" than say, the Used or Senses Fail. If that makes sense.

(And FWIW, I think both of those bands have done an admirable job of keeping things fresh both aesthetically and socially - but your average person doesn't think about their careers beyond 2003-2004.)

There's also a certain percentage of their fanbase who hasn't seen them in a very longtime for one reason or another which is going to hype people up. As well as younger people who might have never seen them.

So yeah, I guess I'm not particularly stunned by the hype. Haha. It's weirder for me that this will be my 7th Riot Fest and it will be the first time that it's a "must" for me that I stay until the end for more than one of the headliners.

 

My 6th Riot and I'm the same way. It's our first "must" headliner for a full set in all those years. Not saying I haven't REALLY wanted to see other headliners either, but this year is a stay until the end must.

 

Friday:
MCR
Alkaline Trio
The Wonder Years
Jeff Rosenstock
Cloud Nothings

(would say Descendents but seeing them a few days before)

Saturday:
The Menzingers
Bad Religion / Misfits
The Get Up Kids
Yellowcard
The Story So Far / The Front Bottoms

(Tough because I'm not sure who is going to conflict between Yellowcard, but I feel like I definitely have to see Misfits. If they conflict with BR I'd be super bummed too though)

Sunday:
Less Than Jake
Midtown
The Maine
The Academy Is..
Joey Valence

(Seeing JEW a few days before as well so not really a priority for me)

 

Yeah, I think I'm in the same boat. No true headliner has been a "MUST" aside from maybe Morrissey in 2016 (don't get me started on that) and Blink doing Enema in 2018 - granted that was with Skiba so it couldve been better. This is above both of those in my book. Friday after the MCR set is going to be pure CHAOS.

 

The only headliner I stayed for in full was Jawbreaker in 2018. All the rest I've left before the encore, usually about 75% of the way through. Or earlier, depending.

I'm usually interested but not enough to deal with the crowds at the very end of the night haha.