This year’s Riot Fest celebrated its 20th anniversary in Douglass Park. Headlined by alternative veterans blink-182, Weezer, and Green Day, the weekend became a festival of surprise performances. Jack White joined IDLES for their Joy as an Act of Resistance song “Never Fight A Man With A Perm,” Cobra Starship brought out Gym Class Heroes leader Travie McCoy and William Beckett from the Academy Is… for “Bring It (Snakes on a Plane), and Descendents’ Stephen Egerton and Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba joined blink-182 for “Hope.”
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After over a decade of the festival trying to get John Stamos to perform, he finally conceded and played with the Beach Boys — but not without some stipulations. For him to play, festival founder Riot Mike had to get a tattoo of a stick of butter and Stamos’ last name, a John Stamos look-alike contest had to be hosted by the festival, and a Greek-style pizza needed to be created and named after him — “The Stamos Supreme” — by a local Chicago pizza restaurant. He also hopped onstage for Hanson’s set during the fan-favorite “MMMBop.”
See portraits from some of this year’s performers below, shot by Ryan Bakerink.

Inhaler/Ryan Bakerink

The Paradox/Ryan Bakerink

Girl In a Coma/Ryan Bakerink

Bad Religion/Ryan Bakerink

Dan Campbell of the Wonder Years/Ryan Bakerink

Honey Revenge/Ryan Bakerink

Barbarians of California/Ryan Bakerink

Cobra Starship/Ryan Bakerink

Microwave/Ryan Bakerink

Cliffdiver/Ryan Bakerink

Dance Hall Crashers/Ryan Bakerink

Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes/Ryan Bakerink

Bouncing Souls/Ryan Bakerink

SOFTPLAY/Ryan Bakerink

Violent Vira/Ryan Bakerink

Hanson/Ryan Bakerink

Alkaline Trio/Ryan Bakerink

Militarie Gun/Ryan Bakerink

All Time Low/Ryan Bakerink

Senses Fail/Ryan Bakerink

Puddles Pity Party/Ryan Bakerink

Shudder To Think/Ryan Bakerink

Harm’s Way/Ryan Bakerink

Knocked Loose/Ryan Bakerink

Kristopher Roe of the Ataris/Ryan Bakerink

The Front Bottoms/Ryan Bakerink

Superchunk/Ryan Bakerink

The Cribs/Ryan Bakerink


