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Coffee Break: Riot Fest 2023 lineup highlights

The Cure
The CureGaelle Beri

by Jill Riley

May 17, 2023

The lineup for this year’s Riot Fest in Chicago’s Douglass Park from September 15-17 is out, and it’s impressive. The headliners for the fest are the Cure, Foo Fighters, the Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie, Turnstile, Queens of the Stone Age, and the Mars Volta.

Other highlights from the bill include Parliament Funkadelic Ft. George Clinton, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Kim Gordon, the Breeders, Tegan and Sara, Cults, the Gaslight Anthem, Ani DiFranco, White Reaper, Yard Act, Warpaint, Olivia Jean, and many others.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs by Riot Fest 2023 artists should we play?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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