Riot Fest 2018 - September 14-16 - Douglas Park, Chicago Tour • Page 237

I did that last year.
Mainly from being too hungover from Friday .

 

I'm glad you brought that up. I have never been to RF before, what even is that?

 

yeah, nothing too exciting saturday for me until Gary Numan, and all i wanna hear is Cars. i can go to my run in the AM and find time to nap before heading over to the fest.

 

Went to Hellzapoppin or explored the city?

It's like a freak show type thing from my understand

 

Went to the Stranger Things pop-up shop and then to Boiler room for the (5?) Jameson combo

 

Also, any recommendations on where to stay last minuet?

 

Yep just show up when it’s about to start and they’ll take everyone in, it’s pretty fun

 

Something else I've been wondering is if Kevin Devine is doing a Goddamn Band set or if it's solo. Cus I know he's solo on the Saves the Day tour and usually the full band name is included, so I'm assuming solo?

 

Thursday night: Direct Hit! and the Bombpops
Friday: Speedy Ortiz, Direct Hit!, Lagwagon, the Aquabats, K.Flay, Sum-41, Flogging Molly, Atmosphere, Cypress Hill, Weezer (and hopefully catching at least a song or two from Liz Phair, Matt & Kim, Face To Face, Taking Back Sunday)
Saturday: Beach Bunny, the Districts, the Frights, Piebald, Cobra Skulls, Adolescents, Street Dogs, Elvis Costello, Interpol, Beck (and hopefully catching at least a song or two from Gary Numan, Bully, Conflict, Wolfmother, Andrew W.K.)
Saturday Night: Bad Religion and Bully
Sunday: Mom Jeans, Beach Rats, Kevin Devine, Super Whatevr, SWMRS, Johnny Marr, the Bouncing Souls, Dillinger Four, Alkaline Trio, Incubus, Run the Jewels (and hopefully catching a few songs by Calpurnia, Superchunk, and the Wonder Years)

Conflicts that bum me out: Liz Phair/Lagwagon/The Fever 333, Matt & Kim/Flogging Molly, Atmosphere/Taking Back Sunday, the overlap between Cypress Hill and Weezer (however minor), the 30 minute overlap between Street Dogs and Elvis, GWAR/Interpoll, Beck/Andrew W.K., Bouncing Souls/Suicidal Tendencies, Alkaline Trio/The Wonder Years, Blondie/Superchunk/Dillinger Four

Seriously. That last one is frustrating as hell for me. An easy decision, but still frustrating. Was really hoping to see Blondie and Superchunk.

 

Dude. Check out some live videos of Reignwolf, the dude is incredible. That Cobra Skulls/Reignwolf conflict SUCKS for me.

 

I checked out Reignwolf, and effectively decided that I don't really care about seeing him/them live. It's pretty solid for what it is... But... I'm going to get way more out of seeing Cobra Skulls live. Especially since I probably won't be able to see them live again anytime soon.

 

Pretty sure he’s solo which is a bummer

 

That isn’t at all what it means. It just means that three artists I really wanted to see on Sunday are conflicting with one another and now I have to scramble in that timeframe to try to catch some of each of their sets. It has literally no correlation to how good the rest of the lineup is. If anything, it means they didn’t properly spread out the larger acts on the bill as well as they could.

 

Yea I wish it was full band but I've never seen him solo so at least it'll be something different.

 

I was super set on the Audition at one point cus I did used to really like them but I kind of forgot I'm a weirdo when it comes to which songs by them I like (i.e. I really like some of the songs from their last album the most) and I just checked their Slam Dunk setlist and idk I may just go to Johnny Marr, catch the end of Bullet so I can see Tears Don't Fall, then be able to catch all of Suicidal Tendencies.

 

saw him solo once - it was really good.

 

I have only seen him solo but it was still so worth it. He just plays all the jams.

 

Am I the only one who's super-hyped about seeing Direct Hit! twice this weekend?

 

AND the Bombpops!!!!

 

Yea I'm for sure still gonna see him! It'll be a great early day set.

 

Also how is Andrew WK headlining?!

 

….So who is the headliner for the pop punk pizza party?

 

Yeah, that's weird to me, too.

 

He's headlining the smallest stage. I think he's done it before. It's basically just an alternative for if you don't like Beck. It's arguably one of the worst spots on the lineup except the super early stuff.

 

I think we can rule out both Direct Hit! and the Bombpops. Based on past years, I'd say it's going to be Cobra Skulls.

I know Dillinger Four's name got tossed around a bit too, and I guess that's feasible but I'd lean toward somebody a bit smaller.