2025 Riot Fest Lineup Prediction

This year, I decided to create a Riot Fest prediction lineup for fun.  I made it based on a combination of acts who are likely and some other acts who make sense.  I tried to choose acts that would make sense with the budget, though the first few names on Friday and Saturday might be pushing it a bit to have all of them.  I’m not sure how many are going to be on each day, so I went with 30 on Friday and Sunday and 33 on Saturday (there are normally a few more acts on Saturday).  In the last few years, they have had bigger headliners on Friday and Sunday while there is a smaller headliner (or co-headliners) on Saturday.  I feel confident about the Friday and Sunday headliners, though less so about the Saturday one.


 

Friday

  1. Blink-182
  2. Vampire Weekend
  3. Weird Al Yankovich
  4. Pulp
  5. Alkaline Trio
  6. Rilo Kiley
  7. 4 Non Blondes
  8. Franz Ferdinand
  9. Fountains of Wayne
  10. Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
  11. Hot Water Music
  12. Afroman
  13. The Sound of Animals Fighting
  14. Propagandhi
  15. Militarie Gun
  16. Panchiko
  17. English Teacher
  18. This Will Destroy You
  19. Fleshwater
  20. The Stews
  21. Puddles Pity Party
  22. The Casket Lottery
  23. Mac Sabbath
  24. Dying Wish
  25. Quannnic
  26. Worry Club
  27. Soft Blue Shimmer
  28. Fulci
  29. [Local Artist]
  30. [Local Artist]

 

Saturday

  1. LCD Soundsystem
  2. Nirvana (Maybe billed as “Nirvana & Friends”)
  3. The Go-Go’s
  4. The Pogues
  5. Sam Fender
  6. Dropkick Murphys
  7. Bad Religion
  8. Cobra Starship
  9. Danny Brown
  10. The Hu
  11. Texas is the Reason
  12. Glassjaw
  13. Motion City Soundtrack
  14. Down
  15. The Wonder Years
  16. Amigo the Devil
  17. The Bouncing Souls (definitely performing at least once, but I can’t read dates)
  18. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
  19. Wheatus
  20. Superchunk
  21. Kevin Devine
  22. The Chisel
  23. The Mainliners
  24. Koyo
  25. Tropidelic
  26. Patent Pending
  27. Modem
  28. Mallory Run
  29. Kami Kehoe
  30. ENMY
  31. XCOMM
  32. [Local Artist]
  33. [Local Artist]

 

Sunday

  1. Green Day
  2. Iggy Pop
  3. De La Soul
  4. Sex Pistols with Frank Carter
  5. Flag
  6. Jawbreaker
  7. Idles
  8. The Interrupters
  9. Body Count
  10. Chiodos
  11. Sparks
  12. Julien Baker & Torres
  13. Static-X
  14. Inhaler
  15. The Devil Wears Prada
  16. Sebadoh
  17. GWAR
  18. Lambrini Girls
  19. Dope
  20. Magnolia Park
  21. Nothing
  22. Speed
  23. Bad Waitress
  24. Guttermouth
  25. NoBro
  26. The Barbarians of California
  27. Gen and the Degenerates
  28. Mike Oregano
  29. [Local Artist]
  30. [Local Artist]

 

 

Others possible

  • Arcade Fire (had some shows popping up, appear to be gearing for more…)
  • Bring Me the Horizon (rumored headliner, either Friday or Saturday)
  • Collective Soul (makes sense with tour, but isn’t the right fit stylistically)
  • Deftones (has to be Sunday, though would make 4 straight shows)
  • Gorillaz (rumored as possible Saturday headliner early in process; teasing something…)
  • Incubus (doing an album play tour, is skipping Chicago, and has a gap around Riot Fest)
  • Knocked Loose (initially rumored, now unlikely)
  • Live (makes sense with tour, but isn’t the right fit stylistically)
  • Motionless in White (if BMTH is headlining a day)
  • Operation Ivy (the never-ending rumored reunion)
  • The Plot in You (if BMTH is headlining a day)
  • The Prodigy (no US shows other than Coachella, but there’s a lot of speculation lately)
  • Weezer (rumored early on, could be a co-headliner for Saturday)

 

 

Who do you think will perform?  Anyone you would like to see on the lineup?  Let me know in the comments!

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