Chicago Open Air

Chicago Open Air
Chicago Open Air 2016 Lineup
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, thrash metal, death metal, nu metal, punk rock, metalcore
Dates	First concert: July 14-17, 2016[1][2]
Location(s)	Bridgeview, Illinois
Years active	2016–present
Website
Chicago Open Air website

Chicago Open Air is an annual concert held in Bridgeview, Illinois that features several rock and metal acts. Beginning in 2016, the festival got lots of recognition as it was Rammstein's only US performance that year. It is held at Toyota Park.^[3][4] Korn debuted the new single "Rotting in Vain" on July 16, 2016 at Chicago Open Air.^[5][6]

The first concert was held from July 14 to July 17, 2016.^[1][2]

Chicago Open Air 2016

Pre-Party (Thursday, July 14) Otep Shaman's Harvest Islander Through Fire

Day one (Friday, July 15) Main Stage: Rammstein Chevelle Ministry Of Mice & Men In This Moment Hollywood Undead Trivium Second Stage: Meshuggah The Devil Wears Prada Hatebreed Periphery Drowning Pool Butcher Babies Through Fire

Day two (July, Saturday 16) Main Stage: Disturbed Korn Breaking Benjamin Alter Bridge Pop Evil Helmet Nothing More Saint Asonia Second Stage: Gojira Deafheaven Carcass Miss May I Beartooth Silver Snakes City Of The Weak

Day three (Sunday, May 19) Main Stage: Slipknot Five Finger Death Punch Marilyn Manson Bullet for My Valentine Asking Alexandria (canceled) All That Remains Jim Breuer & The Loud & Rowdy Second Stage: Killswitch Engage Babymetal Corrosion of Conformity Letlive We Came as Romans Upon a Burning Body Gemini Syndrome

References

1. "Open Air Fest is a noisy debutante of '90s metal". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
2. "Chicago Open Air". toyotapark.com/chicagoopenair. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
3. "Watch 82-year-old perform with Drowning Pool at Chicago Open Air fest". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
4. "Man dies after falling 2 stories at Chicago Open Air Festival". wgntv.com. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
5. "Korn Play New Song "Rotting In Vain" at Chicago Open Air, Jonathan Davis is Scatting Again". metalsucks.net. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
6. "KORN Performs New Song 'Rotting In Vain' At CHICAGO OPEN AIR (Video)". blabbermouth.net. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.