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A volunteer clean-up member rests in the center of Douglass Park on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. Riot Fest is held in Douglass Park for a total of three weeks, including the set-up and deconstruction of the festival grounds.

Riot Fest brings discourse to Douglass Park

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor • September 30, 2024

Douglass Park streets were bustling as streams of visitors to the 19th annual Riot Fest once again took over the area this past weekend. An estimated 50,000 attendees worked their way to the south side...

La Junta de Comisionados del Distrito de Parques de Chicago escucha las preocupaciones planteadas por los residentes.

Residentes se sienten excluidos en el proceso de participación del distrito de parques sobre dónde organizar mega festivales

Jacqueline Cardenas, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief • January 29, 2023

Con solo dos minutos en el reloj, varios residentes del lado oeste se acercaron al micrófono y hablaron en una reunión pública del Distrito de Parques de Chicago en Fosco Park, el miércoles. Muchos...

A performer during Riot Fest crowd surfed with a keyboard during Riot Fest performance. The West Side residents are protesting against mega festivals, like Riot Fest, being held in Douglass Park

West Side residents hold People’s Fest in opposition to Riot Fest amid ongoing efforts to remove mega festival from Douglass Park

Jacqueline Cardenas, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief • September 18, 2022

West Side residents hosted the People’s Music Fest at the corner of Cermak and Marshall Blvd. as a part of their ongoing efforts to remove Riot Fest and other mega festivals from Douglass Park. Residents...

Los miembros de la comunidad se sientan en un banco en la esquina entre Cermak y Marshall Blvd para ver presentaciones en vivo.

Residentes del lado oeste realizan el People’s Fest en oposición al Riot Fest

Jacqueline Cardenas, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief • September 18, 2022

Los residentes del lado oeste de Chicago organizaron el People's Music Fest en la esquina de Cermak y Marshall Blvd. como parte de sus continuos esfuerzos para eliminar Riot Fest y otros mega festivales...

Attendees held up their green cards to show approval of timed speaker at a West Side community engagement forum.

‘It feels like we have to fight for everything’: West side residents voice concerns about mega festivals in Douglass Park

Jacqueline Cardenas, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief • August 29, 2022

The Chicago Park District held a community engagement forum on Aug. 24 raising West Side residents' ongoing concerns about mega festivals, like Riot Fest, taking place in Douglass Park. The meeting...

Afuera de Douglas Park Field House, los organizadores comunitarios recolectaron firmas para una petición que busca mantener los festivales fuera del parque.

‘Parece que tenemos que luchar por todo’ Residentes expresan preocupación por mega festivales en Douglass Park

Jacqueline Cardenas, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief • August 29, 2022

El Distrito de Parques de Chicago realizó un foro de participación comunitaria el 24 de agosto dejando a la gente expresar sus preocupaciones continuas sobre los mega festivales como Riot Fest que se...

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