The Cure, Foo Fighters, and Turnstile among Riot Fest 2023 headliners
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The Cure, Foo Fighters, and Turnstile among Riot Fest 2023 headliners

Jul 24, 2023

The organizers of Riot Fest have announced the long-running Chicago event's 2023 lineup. Headlined by The Cure, Foo Fighters, Turnstile, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Mars Volta, this year's edition of the festival will take place in Douglass Park from September 15–17, the final weekend before the autumnal equinox.

Even aside from its top-billed acts, this year's Riot Fest roster is full of FADER favorites: from 100 Gecs to Kim Gordon, Viagra Boys to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mr. Bungle to The Breeders, and 070 Shake to Parliament Funkadelic. View the complete lineup below.

Foo FightersThe Postal ServiceDeath Cab For CutieThe CureQueens of the Stone AgeTurnstileThe Mars VoltaMr. BungleTegan and Sara100 GecsThe Gaslight AnthemAFIDeath GripsThe UsedThe Dresden DollsSay Anything070 ShakeThe BreedersKim GordonViagra BoysPupSleep TokenThe InterruptersFlogging MollyFrank Turner & The Sleeping SoulsPennywiseBaysideAni DiFrancoFinchSilversteinInsane Clown PosseHead AutomaticaParliament Funkadelic feat. George ClintonGodspeed You! Black EmperorL.S. DunesGorilla BiscuitsRideCultsNothing,NowhereCode OrangeWhite ReaperBalance and ComposureFake NamesEshu TuneQuicksandEnter ShikariThe WrecksThursdayHawthorne HeightsBowling For SoupBraidH20SpitafieldJehnny BethDrainSnapcaseThe BronxMicrowaveOso OsoOrigami AngelThe Exploited, PlosivsSteve Ignorant Band / Crass, Black AngelsYard ActWarpaintNothingScreaming FemalesHigh VisRival SchoolsCaroline RoseSludgeworthFree ThrowJust MustardHotline TNTQuasiCorey FeldmanJust FriendsBearingsPinkshiftOlivia JeanCalva LouiseThe AquadollsEnola GayEarth CrisisEmpire State BastardCassyetteFEAFleshwaterThe Bobby LeesPool KidsYoung CultureFade ’Em AllCK VassiTotal Chaos