The gates are open for this year’s Riot Fest, which has returned to its roots at Douglass Park on the city’s West Side.

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Started as a showcase festival in Chicago in 2005, Riot Fest has transformed into a multi-day outdoor festival and has spawned editions in Toronto and Denver. The original in Chicago’s Humbolt Park ...

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and launching the annual Metal & Beer Fest in 2017, with additional festivals in Denver and Los Angeles. Philly has never been a hotbed of extreme metal, but Mudrian still credits the city for shaping ...

The quartet are stepping out of their various day jobs to return to musicmaking, with a new album set for release on October ...

Drummer Zack Kantor and vocalist Tracey Bradford perform with Verboten on day two of Riot Fest in Douglass Park, Saturday, ...

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Riot Fest in Chicago is featuring a life-sized butter statue of John Stamos, which is being touted as the world’s largest, and is part of the festival’s three-day event.

“I mean, this happens. This is not the first time. With Riot Fest, we’re gonna be at the 20th one next year. We’ve seen shifts in the market. And it usually comes from an oversaturation ...