The Misfits, Nine Inch Nails, MCR and More Announced for Riot Fest 2022
At this point, Riot Fest is one of those must-attend events in the rock year. In case you forgot, it was at this festival that the original Misfits, with Glenn Danzig on vocals, blew everyone’s fucking minds by returning to the stage. Now, the festival has announced its 2022 line-up, and damn if it isn’t packed with a lot of pretty cool bands (and, in all fairness, a lot of shitty ones, too).
Riot Fest 2022 goes down from Friday, 9/16, to Sunday, 19/18, at Douglass Park in Chicago, IL. The big events for each day are headliners My Chemical Romance, the original Misfits — who’ll be performing all of Walk Among Us — and Nine Inch Nails. Otherwise, the focus seems to be pretty heavy on pop-punk, ska, and indie rock, which, hey, is what’s popping right now.
Check out the full line-up below. Tickets are available via the festival’s website.
Friday, Sept. 16
Headliner: My Chemical Romance
- Alkaline Trio
- Portugal. The Man
- Bleachers
- Descendents
- Rocket from the Crypt
- The Wonder Years
- Placebo
- Jeff Rosenstock
- Anberlin
- Less Than Jake
- Lagwagon
- Lucky Boys Confusion
- Foxy Shazam
- Boston Manor
- Sincere Engineer
- Pale Waves
- Cloud Nothings
- LS Dunes
- carolesdaughter
- Destroy Boys
- AViVA
- Bob Vylan
- Holy Fawn
- Algiers
- Wargasm (UK)
- Cliffdiver
- Sitting On Stacy
Saturday, Sept. 17
Headliner: The Original Misfits (Performing Walk Among Us)
- Yellowcard
- \Bauhaus
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- Bad Religion
- Yungblud
- The Story So Far
- The Front Bottoms
- The Menzingers
- Alexisonfire
- Movements
- jxdn
- The Get Up Kids
- GWAR
- 7 Seconds
- Madball
- FEAR
- Bully
- The Joy Formidable
- Together Pangea
- POORSTACY
- Mannequin Pussy
- War On Women
- Charlotte Sands
- Jake Hill
- Bridge City Sinners
- THICK
- Skating Polly
- No Trigger
- Surfbort
Sunday, Sept. 18
Headliner: Nine Inch Nails
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Ice Cube
- Sleater-Kinney
- Jimmy Eat World
- The Academy Is…
- Action Bronson
- Lunachicks
- The Maine
- Midtown
- PVRIS
- Jawbox
- Alice Glass
- The Linda Lindas
- Mom Jeans.
- Real Friends
- The Juliana Theory
- Josh A, Renforshort
- Joey Valence & Brae
- Weathers
- Kid Sistr
- Save Face
- The Bombpops
- Treaty of Paris
- Concrete Castles
- Chastity
- Moon Kissed
- Night Spice
