Riot Fest 2016 (Chicago) Festival • Page 2

Flogging Molly is doing a tour in August and there isn't a Chicago date.

 

Motion City Soundtrack added more dates but still no Chicago one.

And what about 90s pop punk/pop rock bands bands like Lit, Eve 6, or Everclear?

 

The mud and rain made last year so uncomfortable.

 

And that's why I hope blink/ADTR doesn't come to Riot Fest. I would rather see them in an amphitheater.

 

Bands not playing Riot Fest:

Bayside
The Menzingers
Sorority Noise

 

This is why I haven't bought a ticket for this year. I need to see the lineup first.

I used to buy the tickets blind for Riot Fest but I'm burned out on it.

 

Menzingers' absence shifts the scale of my money firmly towards Fest 15, but I'll wait 'til the lineup comes out to be sure.

 

That's how I feel but I bought a ticket. I can't say that I'm as excited as I have been in year's past though.

 

That's where I was last year.

 

I am going to multiple festivals this summer and Riot Fest is at the bottom of the list in terms of how excited I am for them.

 

Oh, I'm burned out on festivals overall. Yes, you pay little up front for a lot of music but you end up spending way more money for what turns out to usually be a lackluster weekend because of transit, food and drink in the festival, and other intangibles that you forget about.

 

Riot Fest is my favorite time of the year, every year, since 2012. Yall crazy.

 

Newbie? NEWBIE?

 

Anyone have a list of all the bands that are all but confirmed?

Edit: I'll just keep one here, and if anyone has one to add or a reason why one probably won't happen, just let me know.

Double Edit: Started off weak but made a solid comeback.

The Anniversary (99% likely) YEP
Piebald (99% likely) NOPE
Rainer Maria (80% likely) NOPE
Motion City Soundtrack (99% likely) YEP
Deftones (95% likely) YEP
Fitz and the Tantrums (90% likely) YEP
Descendants (75% likely) YEP
Andrew WK (99.99% likely) YEP
Gwar (99.99% likely) YEP
Taking Back Sunday (75% likely) NOPE
Jimmy Eat World (50% likely) YEP
Thursday (80% likely) YEP
Flogging Molly (90%) NOPE
Sum41 (50%) NOPE
Masked Intruder (50%) NOPE
Underoath (99%) YEP

 

Deftones are pretty much a guarantee. I'd also bet on At the Drive In and Fitz and the Tantrums.

 

I think blink/ADTR will play.

 

Good call on Deftones. I hope you're right about ATDI, but they've got two shows at The Riviera in May so that makes me a little doubtful about them.

 

im still waiting for Paramore to get a riotfest slot

 

And I guess we can expect Taking Back Sunday, GWAR, and Andrew WK this year...

 

ATDI will not be playing. I'm sure of that.

I would hope Thursday is a possibility.

 

Flogging Molly is going on tour with Frank Turner in August and there isn't a Chicago date.

 

Sum 41 is definitely playing this. im sure we've discussed that. Flogging sounds like a sure thing too.

Masked Intruder and Bigwig are playing chicago in may..would loveeeee to get them back for riotfest

 

Masked Intruder and Sum 41 are also doing Warped Tour. I would think Sum 41 would do a headlining tour in the fall to support their new album.

 

Yeah I'd think that Warped Tour would probably be a conflict of interest with Sum41 and Masked. I was thinking the same for TBS and the Taste of Chaos as well since that's also in Chicago in July, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt since they've become one of those every year bands.

 

And Riot Fest is sponsoring shows for the following bands.

Direct Hit
FLAG
Subhumans
Hit The Lights
Memphis May Fire/We Came As Romans
Streetlight Manifesto (show in Boston on 9/17)
The Copyrights
Say Anything
The Falcon
Laura Stevenson