Riot Fest is a banging music event with some great bands and massive crowd. Bit its not in Chicago its actually in rural Byers IL. The residents are up in arms cuz you’re messing up their town with your rock and roll ways and there was a town forum to voice that concern. The issue is will the show go on?
American Legion Hall in this small, rural town 40 miles east of Denver to address the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners offered split opinions about the benefits and problems of Riot Fest, lets face it- most are againts it. One resident said the music at last year’s Riot Fest was so loud he had to close his windows.
“I don’t want the traffic and the noise and the nasty things that are sold there,” Avery said. “Hold your riot someplace else, and let us Byers residents live in peace and quiet.”
Whats sold there? That intrigued me! There are also concerns over the road capacities and traffic but this small and ‘dying’ town also has the potential to earn some big cash by allowing this event.
The commissioners are considering two issues related to Riot Fest.
The first is a temporary use permit that the festival’s producers need to hold the event. The commissioners also are mulling whether to grant a use by special review amendment allowing May Farms to expand its agritainment operations to an additional 195 acres north of I-70 to accommodate large events like Riot Fest. More than 17,000 tickets a day are expected to be sold to this year’s Riot Fest.
There isn’t a whole lot of time here the event is slated to take place September 12-14 and tickets are already on sale.
