Every year, Riot Fest provides the type of deep schedule that demands early attendance as veterans and household names, like Phair, perform early in the day, every day. "I did not know what to expect but thank you for the Riot Fest welcome!" Riot Fest has always done an admirable job of trying to address a complicated world. In 2014, Henry Rollins moderated a panel featuring Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Masha Alekhina. Pussy Riot was booked to actually perform this year, a set that took on increased exposure and importance following the suspected poisoning of Russian activist and Pussy Riot associate Pyotr Verzilov just this past Tuesday.

Source: Forbes September 15, 2018 16:07 UTC