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Riot Fest 2019 (September 13-15) Tour • Page 102

Discussion in 'Tour Forum' started by ItsAndrew, Sep 19, 2018.

  1. ALT/MSC/FAN

    It's chaos. Be kind. Prestigious

    Question, how have people been leaving the park every day? Did y'all drive yourselves? Take transit? Take Lyfts? Take the bus?
     
  2. paperlung

    there's no place like my room Supporter

    Been ridesharing. It was way easier this year than in years past
     
  3. EASheartsVinyl

    Prestigious Prestigious

    Uuuugh, that guarantees I won’t make it for the third year in a row. Having a late Labor Day and this slightly earlier is brutal for my schedule.
     
  4. Jim

    Trusted Supporter

    I always hop on a northbound bus to get away from the park and then get off and get a lyft or Uber.
     
  5. tyler2tall

    Trusted Supporter

    First time in Chicago. Took public transit pink line back to the loop. Super easy
     
  6. twisterman2006

    Trusted Supporter

    We've always done Lyft back to our hotel/Airbnb after and it's never a huge issue. Service seemed to be bad this year even with us having two different phone carriers, but it's mostly been okay!
     
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  7. AMusial625

    Regular

    The Starting Line was set of the weekend for me.
     
  8. natefoundglory

    Trusted Supporter

    This was goddamn fantastic as usual. If I had to rank sets...

    5. Bloc Party
    4. Less Than Jake
    3. Turnstile
    2. Against Me!
    1. Manchester Orchestra

    Weather was perfect, crowds were great, I had the damn time of my life. I love this festival.
     
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  9. T_D_A_G_A_R_I_M

    Regular

    Any idea what attendance numbers were? I felt like every day was crowded compared to the past couple of years.

    It really seemed like a success for RF. Which is great considering the ticket sale problems with some big rock festivals this year.
     
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  10. ALT/MSC/FAN

    It's chaos. Be kind. Prestigious

    Overall I had an okay time. There were some great sets for sure, but I think I'm just kind of over big three-day festivals at this point - just not really my thing to have to pick and choose between really big bands/deal with the sound issues/big crowds/etc. Not a dig on the festival at all, but I don't think I'll go back next year (I felt the same way last year, even though I had a better time), but I'm glad I saw the really good sets that I did.

    Favorite sets of the weekend were The Story So Far, Descendents, both days of Against Me!, Turnstile, Angel Dust, Jawbreaker, and American Football.
     
  11. chewbacca110

    He wrenches on it. He thinks it's his.

    Manchester Orchestra
    Against Me!
    Bloc Party
    Slayer
    Blink // Village People

    It was my 6th time seeing MO and they absolutely DE-STROYED.
     
  12. twisterman2006

    Trusted Supporter

    Had an amazing time this year. I think the favorite set of the weekend was Grandson, which really surprised me.
    Glad everything seemed to work out this year for RF. Already put next year's dates in my calendar!
     
  13. My favorite sets of the weekend were The Raconteurs, The Get Up Kids, Against Me!, Cursive, Dave Hause, and Rise Against. Besides the sound issues on Friday, I thought this year was really great. The weather was about as good as you could hope for. Seemed like attendance was up from last year, and more people were coming earlier in the day than usual.

    The Pink Line is still a shitshow after 9:00 PM, but I mostly avoided that this year - took the bus or walked to the Kedzie-Homan Blue Line stop on the nights I was leaving with a group. I actually had an easier time getting to and from the fest this year now that I live in the west suburbs.

    My one layout complaint from every year still stands: They need a second water filling station. They one they have was better organized than in past years and even when the line was long it moved, but it would still be better to have one closer to the main stages.
     
  14. campeondeluniverso

    nah.

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    post-Riot Fest at work. love that we get some cool stuff here every now and then. also have Rise Against stuff here.
     
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  15. MexicanGuitars

    Chorus’ Expert on OTIP Track #8 Supporter

    Ended up taking the Pink Line two stops west after Blink and got a seat, completely filled up at Kedzie
     
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  16. paperlung

    there's no place like my room Supporter

    Agreed on the water. Ended up skipping the pedialyte fill up stations and went to a little drinking fountain by the portapotties near the rebel stage and there was never a line
     
  17. bradpetrik

    Trusted Prestigious

    Water stations have always been a problem in Douglas Park. Not sure why they haven't been able to figure it out.
     
  18. ALT/MSC/FAN

    It's chaos. Be kind. Prestigious

    Yeah two water stations would have been nice but they did a pretty good job of keeping the line moving for sure.
     
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  19. twisterman2006

    Trusted Supporter

    Found no issue with the water stations this year really. Didn't wait more than a few minutes any of the times we went but maybe we just got lucky. A second on the other side of the park would be a big help though.
     
  20. I was going to fill up after Damned Things but the line was snaking well into the Radicals stage area. That was the only time I had an issue and I just bought a water then.

    I feel like it’s a safety thing though - it wasn’t absurdly hot this year, but Chicago can easily get heat stroke-inducing weather in September, and water should be freely and quickly accessible for everyone.
     
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  21. bradpetrik

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    Even without the heat, you've got people drinking alcohol all day which accelerates dehydration...
     
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  22. BingoCrossFur

    Newbie

    Was it just me or was VIP Waaaaaaaaaaay more crowded this year?
    I've done VIP the past couple of years and it seemed much more chill and far less crowded. Usually there was no line for beer, the terrible VIP food, and bathrooms.

    This year, there were huge lines for the AC bathrooms and lines for the porta-potties, huge beer lines (15 minutes to get a beer? What am I trying to be? Sober?), and at one point about a 40 person deep line of sad sacks about to be horribly disappointed in Bacci pizza.

    It might just be me and I was in the VIP area during very busy times this year and not in year's past. Anyone else make that observation?
     
  23. marissalg

    Trusted

    B8AF5498-78A9-426A-AD8E-2E1BCE0A9570.jpeg Never paying full price for pedialyte again.
     
  24. Cmoney86

    Trusted

    idk how far in advance riot books their headliners if its anything like what lolla dose they are already booked. lolla books their headliners a year in advance
     
  25. ALT/MSC/FAN

    It's chaos. Be kind. Prestigious

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