Riot Fest 2018 - September 14-16 - Douglas Park, Chicago Tour • Page 176

The use of the word “situation” confirms something is going on, even if we at least presumed that. Greg is also one of the most trustworthy music reporters in chicago so him saying this is of course more concerning than some anon on Reddit or something.

Also, saw a picture from someone who works at Riot Fest at the Sox game and it appears they just are showing the first wave lineup there. Seems pointless for them to be there if they aren’t really doing anything.

 

Dave Brownsound from Sum 41 just posted on Instagram saying he hopes they play on the same day as Suicidal Tendencies, I guess some of the bands really might not know what day they're playing.

 

Thanks for the context... So. Best-case scenario is that the "situation" is just that things are ridiculously delayed for some reason that will likely go forever unknown.

 

Soooo who is at the game?

 

From Reddit https://i.imgur.com/0spiEVO.jpg

 

I saw something similar on Twitter, so looks like it is true they are just promoting the first wave there. How lame. Why even do this promotion without all the details?

 

Insane lol

 

Man, that lack of question marks is really aggravating me.

 

perhaps the poster on the table is for Friday artists? It's a weird collection of bands from the lineup.

 

We just need to still be keeping the faith. Get a bootle of red, maybe a bottle of white, like scenes from an Italian restaurant and say goodbye to Hollywood. I know we have New York State of minds and all we wanna do is dance, but sometimes we might be better off heading towards Allentown to the river of dreams to sing a lullaby, just like the Downeaster Alexa.

 

This has gone from frustrating back to funny again.

 

Its definitely a bad sign that the bands themselves don't know when they are playing. I'm guessing there is some kind of logicistical issue and it's not band related. I saw there was an online petition from local residents to get the festival moves to a different location but I don't know if that ever took off.

 

I’m here at the game. Nothing announced so far. Will update if that changes.

 

Link to petition?

 

This shit comes up every year.

 

Or he’s bullshitting and being funny as I’d expect him to be.

 

Well....

Riot Fest should move to a different part of the city

 

I like how apparently everyone that attends is from the ‘north side exclusively’

 

They had a contest for a kid to win a 3 day pass. No full announcement.

A tweet I made:

 

Somebody else at the Tribune is talking on Twitter now -- and seems pretty confident that the festival will be going on... And hints that there's been quite a few different reasons for the delays going down.

But apparently the announcement was "once imminent" and the Tribune folks have been "nagging" Riot Fest "for weeks." So... Maybe they didn't have that Bauhaus visa? That could explain it.

I could also see them shifting some bands around based on the acts that were playing (for example: If the Jesus Lizard were set to play the same day as Bauhaus--which I could see--they may be trying to fit them on a different day along with similar acts). Just a thought.

Regardless. A bit more info on the "situation" that they're monitoring, hah.

 

that WE are monitoring lol

 

I just checked the road closure database. Permits are approved for starting on 9/7 and end 9/20.

Edit: They were also just submitted or finalized on 8/31.

 

I don't remember where I saw it but while browsing info on riot fest it came up, wasn't hard to find

 

Their park permits are listed as tentative. Events later this year are approved.

They don’t have their park permits.

 

Is there a link where we can check on that?