Windy City Smokeout 2025
July 10–13, 2025Chicago, IL, USA · United Center
Windy City Smokeout is the nation's premier outdoor country music and BBQ festival, returning for its 12th year. It combines country music, barbecue, and craft beer, featuring country superstars and up-and-coming talent alongside over 25 of the best BBQ teams and pitmasters from across the country. The festival also offers various activities such as cooking demonstrations, games (including axe throwing, mechanical bull riding, corn hole, and gigantic Jenga), and a bacon-eating contest. It boasts a relaxed, outdoor, vibrant, positive, and bright atmosphere, aiming to provide a boutique, first-class festival experience with a smoky paradise of mouth-watering meats and toe-tapping tunes.
- Country
- Red Dirt
- Hip-Hop
- EDM
- Alternative
- R&B
- Tickets from
- $169.95
- Family friendly
- Yes
In 2024, the festival focused on sustainability initiatives including reducing single-use plastics, increasing recycling efforts, and offering more plant-based food options.
Schedule
Main Stage
- 2:15–3:15 PMAngel White
- 3:10–4:10 PMBayker Blankenship
- 4:20–5:20 PMShane Smith & the Saints
- 6:00–7:00 PMKoe Wetzel
- 7:35–8:35 PMSommer Ray
- 8:20–9:50 PMBailey Zimmerman
Lineup
21 artists
Koe Wetzel
Country, Red Dirt
Also playing
- Josh Ross
- Riley Green
- Charles Wesley Godwin
- Dylan Gossett
- Shane Smith & the Saints
- Bayker Blankenship
- Josh Meloy
- Austin Snell
- Kashus Culpepper
- Maggie Antone
- Lauren Watkins
- Sommer Ray
- Angel White
Getting there
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