Milo goes to Philadelphia

One half of our feline mascot team, Milo Squeamish, just overflowed his litter box.  Announced this morning is the very first installment of Riot Fest East, Saturday, September 24th at Penn's Landing.  Traditionally, a three day event at a variety of Chicago clubs, several of the headliners have been announced as participating in the first attempt at taking the show on the road.  Of course, the (recently) reclusive Descendents (featuring Milo's namesake) are the biggest draw to this event, but with the Suicide Machines, Dead Milkmen, Hot Water Music and Naked Raygun in tow, this is a pretty big deal around here.  Not all of the support has been confirmed yet, but those that have are a whole bunch of other bands that people who are way more punk than me are going to be into (X, Samiam, Weston, Plow United).  A few locals (other than the Milkmen and Weston) are joining the festivities, most notably the Menzingers and the Holy Mess.  This seems to be dominated by a lot of bands that are either broken up or only play sporadically.  That is probably a good thing since standing outside in the sun all day at Penn's Landing can be a serious pain in the ass.  And since the headliners announced so far are pretty much all aimed at fans whose average age is twice that of Warped Tour attendees, they are making sure it is worth the old folk's time and effort.  Riot Fest promises that other acts are soon to be announced.  There are a couple of performers from the midwest installation that we would love to see come along for the ride, especially Helmet and ALL, who are performing in Chicago with all three of the gentlemen who have filled the lead vocalist position.  There have been rumors flying around that a Danzig fronted Misfits are going to be the big surprise announcement for Chicago, and if that's true, perhaps they may make their way to Philly? (I mean, it's not Jersey, but you can see Camden from Penn's Landing)  However, even if no one else notable was added to this bill, it would still be a solid lineup and worth the effort of getting crispy burned and paying $40 or more.  Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 24th.  We almost always try to hook y'all up with a way to avoid corporate surcharges, but since this is livenation and Penn's Landing, I don't this there is any way around it.  Sorry. 


 Riot Fest
Descendents
Suicide Machines (not up to date)
the Menzingers
the Holy Mess