Chicago’s Riot Fest is reversing course, selecting to maneuver again to its long-time house at Douglass Park simply months after saying plans to relocate to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, and solely weeks earlier than this 12 months’s festivities are set to get underway.
Riot Fest initially introduced its transfer to Bridgeview after pageant organizers have been unable to succeed in an settlement with the Chicago Park District. Nevertheless, the relocation to Bridgeview was met with a blended response from followers due its distance from downtown Chicago and restricted entry to public transportation.
In explaining its determination to return to Douglass Park, Riot Fest cited “the overwhelming assist” the pageant had obtained from “the Metropolis of Chicago and our followers.”
In its personal assertion, the Chicago Park District stated Riot Fest was returning “by group demand” after the 2 sides have been in a position to “come along with a renewed dedication to collaboration and engagement.”
To coincide with the announcement of the venue change, Riot Fest is providing a 20% off ticket promo for anyone who refers a pal. Moreover, anybody who beforehand refunded a ticket upon information of Riot Fest’s transfer to Bridgeview will be capable of buy tickets to Riot Fest on the early fowl worth, and parking passes are being routinely refunded. Extra particulars will be discovered on the pageant’s web site.
Riot Fest is scheduled to happen September Twentieth-Twenty second, with a lineup that includes Fall Out Boy, Slayer, Pavement, Beck, Rob Zombie, Elegant, Public Enemy, The Offspring (performing Smash), St. Vincent, and Shiny Eyes topping the invoice.
