14th Annual Rocktoberfest CHI | October 23, 2025 | House of Blues.

This is how Chicago Rocks for Good.

Our 2025 Rocktoberfest event series in New York City and Chicago has raised $1.29 MM - and climbing - to invest into a brighter future for the next generation of CoolKids. Thank you for rocking for good with us. See you next year!

Bands | Impact | Sponsors | Press

Special thanks to Belvedere Trading.

Bands.

Thank you to our headliners.

Coworkers by day, rock stars by night, world-changers 24/7. Thank you to our bands who raised funds to help our CoolKids.

ALTSO All Stars

August Son

Bad Dads

Blue Sky Highway

Hive of Scum & Villainy

The Operators

Wild Oats

The Mixaphors

Bobby Z & Duncan Lee

Photographers: Joaquin Nolasco and Dave Gelfand

Impact.

The greatest investment you can make is in a child’s future.

The success of this year’s Rocktoberfest events will help us serve over 1,250 children in 2026 with the high-quality prosthetic limbs, appropriately fitted wheelchairs, and orthotic braces needed to relieve suffering and access the opportunities mobility unlocks. Your support helps to provide mobility so CoolKids like Seyha - who has been enrolled in our Cambodia program for over a decade, and is now the first in her family to attend university - can walk & roll into the future they deserve.

If you didn’t have a chance to donate, you can do so here. If you made a donation, please check if your company will match to double your impact.

Sponsors.

Powered thanks to the generosity of industry leaders.

Thank you to this year’s Rocktoberfest-CHI sponsors. Fill our sponsor inquiry form to take charge of your impact.

Legacy Sponsors.

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   ADM Investor Services has been a proud sponsor of ALTSO since 2016, and is honored to continue to support the life-changing work they do.
  

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  Barchart delivers market data, software, and technology solutions to the financial, media and commodity industries, supporting trading, investing and risk management with tools like streaming data, historical pricing, charting and workflow solutions.
  

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  From the Markets to the Main Stage: Belvedere Trading is proud to be a continued sponsor of ALTSO.

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Cboe is proud to sponsor ALTSO’s Rocktoberfest, supporting life-changing mobility solutions for children with limb disabilities worldwide. Helping children take their next step toward a brighter, more mobile future.

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As the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group is where the world comes to manage risk. 
  

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OCC is The Foundation for Secure Markets®. We help ensure confidence in the financial markets and the broader economy by providing effective and efficient clearing and settlement services. OCC has proudly supported ALTSO since 2015.
  

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A client-driven financial services firm with global reach. Since 1955, Wedbush has provided brokerage, clearing, wealth management, and investment banking services to clients worldwide. 
  