Riff (disambiguation)

A riff is an example of ostinato, a short, repeated musical phrase.

Riff, RIFF, The 'Riff, or Riffs may also refer to:

Film Festivals

 * Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland
 * Riga International Film Festival, Latvia
 * Riverside International Film Festival, California, U.S.
 * Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy

Other acronyms

 * Rajasthan International Folk Festival, a music and arts festival in Jodhpur, India
 * Resource Interchange File Format, a file container format for storing data

Fictional characters

 * Riff (dinosaur), on Barney & Friends, a supporting character from 2006 to 2018.
 * Riff, a character in Allegra’s Window
 * Riff (Sluggy Freelance)
 * Riff, the leader of the Jets in West Side Story
 * Riff Randle, protagonist of the Ramones film Rock 'n' Roll High School
 * The Riffs, a gang in the film The Warriors

Music

 * Riff (American band), a 1980s/1990s rhythm and blues vocal group
 * Riff (Argentine band) a hard rock band
 * Riffs (Status Quo album), 2003
 * Riffs (Jimmy Lyons album)
 * "The Riff" (Lordi song), 2013
 * The Riffs, American band
 * "Riff", a song by Sander van Doorn from Supernaturalistic
 * "The Riff Song", a musical number from The Desert Song

Other uses

 * MSTing or riffing, a form of humorous media commentary
 * The Riff, an Australian music video television show
 * Riff: Everyday Shooter, a 2007 video game
 * WRIF, "The Riff", a radio station in Detroit, Michigan, US