, the punk rock festival that took place last year in the parking lot of Sports Authority Field at Mile High, that it will be back in Denver Aug. 28-30.
The location and lineup of this year’s festival, which will take place about a month earlier than 2014, will be announced separately. Organizers also announced the dates of the Toronto lineup, which takes place on Sept. 19-20.
Last year, of May Farms in Byers. County officials worried about the small town east of Denver “being overrun with traffic and people.”
With about three months until the event was going to take place, Riot Fest — trading grass for asphalt and canceling a camping option.
Many concert goers said they were pleased with how Riot Fest turned out in its new home.
Drawing about 20,000 attendees per day over three days, , according to Sports Authority Field at Mile High general manager Andy Gorchov, who oversaw security at the event. From Sept. 19-21 police report six arrests for theft, trespassing and possession. The venue received about 20 noise complaints.
“Without question this was the most well mannered and well behaved crowd of all music festivals we’ve had,” Gorchov told Reverb after the event. “It is a world class music festival that we were happy to host.”
The 2014 Riot Fest Denver brought a lineup featuring Wu-Tang Clan, The National, Weezer, Social Distortion, TV on the Radio and more.
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