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Riot Fest and Expo Announces Daily Line-ups for Downsview Park, Toronto – September 19-20th
Toronto’s Riot Fest & Expo has announced the daily schedule of bands playing the festival on September 19 and 20 at Downsview Park. Starting July 27, our partners at Groupon will be exclusively pre-selling $89.95 GA single day tickets with the offer ending July 31st at 11:30 am EDT. At noon on July 31st, additional single day GA and VIP tickets will go on sale via riotfest.org
SATURDAY
Alexisonfire, Weezer (Performing Pinkerton), Motörhead, All Time Low, Coheed and Cambria, Drive Like Jehu, Thrice, Echo & the Bunnymen, Against Me!, Eagles of Death Metal, The Dead Milkmen, Bayside, GWAR, Cancer Bats, The Thurston Moore Band, D.O.A., Moneen, Die Mannequin, Heat, Courage My Love, Ritual, OBGMs, The Dirty Nil, Willa, Safe to Say, Rarity, Twin River, Tomahawk Love
SUNDAY
The Prodigy, Weezer (Performing the “Blue” album), Wu-Tang Clan, Rancid (Performing …And Out Come the Wolves), Tyler, The Creator, Atmosphere, Bleachers, Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, Babes in Toyland, Yelawolf, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Joy Formidable, Andrew W.K., FIDLAR, Doomtree, Jazz Cartier, Wildlife, Nova Rockafeller, Indian Handcrafts, Like Pacific, The Dying Arts, Foxtrott, Partycat, Tasha the Amazon, Black Mastiff
In previous years, Riot Fest and their partners at Union Events have cultivated lineups that have featured reunions and rare appearances—and 2015 is no exception. Weezer performs their seminal albums along with Rancid and bands such as Drive Like Jehu and Thrice will be making reunion appearances at Riot Fest & Expo. Moreover, rare appearances by Alexisonfire, Echo & The Bunnymen and Motörhead give 2015’s edition its unique feel.
Outside of the announced bands, this year’s festival will also include a circus tent featuring the Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue, a miniature golf course, a video arcade hall, and a wide array of food and drink options.
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