Arts & Entertainment
Riot Fest 2017: Wu-Tang Clan, Nine Inch Nails To Perform At 3-Day Music Event
Check out the lineup and when to buy tickets for this year's outdoor music festival at Chicago's Douglas Park.
CHICAGO, IL — The Wu-Tang Clan, Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age are some of the acts in the first wave of performers for this year's Riot Fest, the music festival announced Wednesday. The three-day outdoor concert event runs Sept. 15-17 at Douglas Park, 1401 S Sacramento Dr. Tickets go on sale at noon Wednesday, April 19.
Organizers unveiled a list of 70 musical acts Wednesday for Riot Fest, with headliners Nine Inch Nails playing Sept. 15, Queens of the Stone Age performing Sept. 16, and Jawbreaker on stage Sept. 17. Solo acts on the bill included M.I.A., Peaches and Andrew W.K.
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Much of this year's lineup reads like a who's who of bands and musical acts that dominated college radio and populated the CD collections of the "hip, cool kids" throughout the 1990s. Here's a rundown of other performers announced Wednesday who fit that bill:
- New Order
- Ministry
- Dinosaur Jr.
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- GWAR
- Fishbone
- Buzzcocks
- X
- Bad Brains
Other acts announced included:
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- Paramore
- Prophets of Rage
- Gogol Bordello
- TV on the Radio
- Death From Above 1979
- Minus the Bear
The price for a general admission three-day pass is $149.98. A variety of VIP passes also are available, as well as a layaway payment option. Go to the ticket page on Riot Fest's website to purchase passes beginning at noon Wednesday, April 19. Also check out the complete musical lineup from the first wave announcement at the event's website.
Riot Fest 2017
- When: Sept. 15-17
- Where: Douglas Park, 1401 S Sacramento Dr.
- Tickets: $149.98 for a general admission three-day pass. VIP passes available. Tickets go on sale at noon Wednesday, April 19, on Riot Fest's website.
- More Info: Go to the event's website.
Wu-Tang Clan performs at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in 2013. (photo by Jason Merritt | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images)
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