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Riot Fest 2022 full lineup

Posted by Loren on May 14, 2022

Riot Fest 2022 full lineup
Riot Fest 2022 full lineup

Riot Fest 2022 has set its official lineup for the 3-day Chicago, IL festival taking place Sept. 16-18.

The lineup this year features five stages and a variety of musical styles. Headlines will include The Original Misfits, Nine Inch Nails, My Chemical Romance, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jeff Rosenstock, Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion, Ice Cube, Sleater-Kinney GWAR, War on Women, and many more, with more than 85 bands booked.

Learn more at the Riot Fest website. The full lineup, day-by-day, is listed below.

RIOT FEST 2022 LINEUP
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
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, SEPTEMBER 17
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, SEPTEMBER 18
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

Riot Fest 2022 full lineup
Riot Fest 2022 full lineup

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