RIOT FEST 2026

National Wrestling Alliance

September 18th - 20th 2026

Chicago, IL​

Friday, September 18th, through Sunday, September 20th, the annual collision of music and professional wrestling returns to Douglass Park in Chicago! 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙒𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 continues its partnership with 𝙍𝙞𝙤𝙩 𝙁𝙚𝙨𝙩, bringing three days of hard-hitting 𝙉𝙒𝘼 action to one of Chicago’s biggest music festivals!

Over three unforgettable days, 𝙍𝙞𝙤𝙩 𝙁𝙚𝙨𝙩 will feature more than 100 musical acts, including Twenty One Pilots, Iggy Pop, Rise Against, Pixies, Tool, Morrissey, Nas, Alanis Morissette, Pierce the Veil, ICP, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 the debut of William Shatner’s heavy metal band; all live at Chicago’s Douglass Park. And this year, the stars of the 𝙉𝙒𝘼 will once again be part of the action!

𝙍𝙞𝙤𝙩 𝙁𝙚𝙨𝙩 admission doesn’t just get you three days of incredible live music, you’ll also experience the stars of the 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙒𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 in action EACH DAY at NO additional cost, in a setting unlike anything else in professional wrestling!

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Scheduled to appear:

• NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Thrillbilly Silas Mason

• NWA World Women’s Champion ‘La Princesa’ Tiffany Nieves 

• NWA National Heavyweight Champion Bryan Idol

• NWA World Women’s Tag Team Champions Pretty Empowered, Kenzie & Kylie Paige!

• Aron Stevens and his Federation of Champions, including Carson Drake & The Slimeballz

• "The Crush" Natalia Markova

and more NWA stars to be announced!