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Riot Fest Hosts 2-Day Job Fair at Douglas Park

By Stephanie Lulay | August 10, 2015 5:41am
 The community job fair aims to hire residents from the North Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods.
The community job fair aims to hire residents from the North Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods.
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NORTH LAWNDALE — Want to work at Riot Fest this year? Now's your chance.

The Riot Fest Foundation will host a community job fair from 3-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Douglas Park Field House ballroom, 1401 S. Sacramento Blvd in North Lawndale.

The job fair aims to help residents living near Douglas Park in the North Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods land jobs at the three-day punk rock music fest. Attendees will learn about the work opportunities available at Riot Fest, slated to take place Sept. 11-13 in Douglas Park.

After facing pushback from the Humboldt Park neighborhood, Riot Fest organizers confirmed in May that the punk rock fest will be moved to Douglas Park in North Lawndale.

Douglas Park was a leading contender as tensions rose in Humboldt Park because it is similar in size and layout to Humboldt Park.

In June, a group of protesters worked to oppose the fest's move to Douglas Park.

Douglas Park, located on 218 acres bound by Roosevelt Road on the north, California Avenue on the east, 19th Street on the south and Albany Avenue on the west, straddles the North Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods. The north end of the park is in the city's 24th Ward, and the south end is in the 12th Ward.

Riot Fest tickets are still on sale.

No Doubt, Modest Mouse, Snoop Dogg, Billy Idol, System of a Down, The Prodigy and others will headline this year's fest, according to the full lineup.

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