The Windy City Smokeout is returning for its 13th year at the United Center in July, and the headliners have already been ...

For the first time ever, it's a five-night festival at the United Center. Headliners include Lainey Wilson, Jordan Davis, ...

Country music stars Lainey Wilson, Jordan Davis, Hootie & the Blowfish, and Treaty Oak Revival will be among the headliners ...

Hootie & the Blowfish and Lainey Wilson will be among the headline performers for next year's Windy City Smokeout, which also ...

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Windy City Smokeout — the outdoor festival that combines country music, slow-cooked barbecue and tasty libations — offers city dwellers and suburbanites alike an opportunity to sport cowboy duds.

Windy City Smokeout has always been a tale of two loves: barbecue and country music. On one side, the lovers of barbecue congregate at the event every July to pay homage to slow-smoked brisket, Kansas ...

Something about summer pairs naturally with cowboy boots, trucker hats, cut-off shorts and skin-baring sequin dresses. From a fashion standpoint alone, Windy City Smokeout — the outdoor festival that ...

NEW YORK — When Old Dominion’s eighth group of the year victory broke the tie for consecutive wins at the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, it changed the record books — but not their ...

The Windy City Smokeout ended its second day early on Friday outside the United Center, as potentially severe storms approached Chicago, following Thursday night's evacuation due to the weather. The ...

More details about Chicago's popular Windy City Smokeout festival for 2024 have been announced. The country music, barbecue and beer festival, scheduled for July 11 through 14 outside the United ...

The four-day Windy City Smokeout, one of Chicago’s well-known annual festivals, will start on Thursday. The event is a classic combination of bands, barbecue and beer, making it a hit and drawing ...