Photos from Riot Fest 2025 at Douglass Park on Sept. 19-21, 2025.

While its 20th anniversary year’s lineup leans into emo, metalcore and a healthy amount of nostalgia, it celebrates Chicago — its sole location since organizers stopped holding Riot Fest in other cities in 2017 — in a big way.

Riot Fest 2025: Our hits and misses from an anniversary lineup of emo, metalcore and a healthy amount of nostalgia

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