For Christmas, why not give the gift of summer music festival anticipation?
Tickets go on sale Friday for Riot Fest, the annual concert-carnival combo that’s now back at its longtime home in Douglass Park.
Sales begin at 10 a.m. at riotfest.tixr.com/riotfest2025. Three-day general admission passes start at $249.98, and pricier packages include such perks as expedited entry, premium viewing areas and shaded seating.
No acts have been announced for the 20th anniversary festival, set for Sept. 19-21, 2025. Riot Fest is known for its band reunions, its
Ferris wheel and wedding chapel and its obsession with John Stamos.
Tickets have yet to go on sale for Chicago’s biggest summer fest, Lollapalooza, and none will be offered for the long-running Pitchfork Music Festival, which last month announced it was pulling the plug on the 2025 event.