Windy City Smokeout Chicago 2022
Yee haw, y’all! I attended my third Windy City Smokeout this past weekend and experienced new photo ops, new food, and live music. As expected, the country music and food festival was a blast! It never disappoints. Windy City Smokeout, in my opinion, is always the most organized, best layout, affordably-priced music festival I attend each year. The past couple years have been held in the United Center parking lot, which provides easy access to inside bathrooms and air conditioning. View some of my pictures below for a recap on this year.
The Photo Ops
Aside from all of the other great features of Windy City Smokeout, the photo ops are always BOMB. The festival, and many brands there, time a lot of time in their Instagrammable backdrops. Above are shots from Casamigos and Three Dots and a Dash. If you go, I highly recommend making time to take photos with them and find all of them throughout the grounds. There’s always a lot! My favorite this year was the wall of gold cowboy boots, pictured at the top of this post.
The Food & Drinks
Windy City Smokeout Chicago is not only known for their big country headliners, but also their abundance of food and drink vendors. Most feature BBQ choices. Our favorite drink stop each year is always Casamigos for their watermelon margaritas. There were many great food options this year including Bub City, Against the Grain, Lillie’s Q, and Smoque BBQ. This year I decided to try cheesy hominy from Hoodoo Brown Barbeque!
The Music
The artists at Windy City Smokeout are always top notch. I’m talking Sam Hunt, Willie Nelson, Tim McGraw, Lily Rose, Mckenzie Porter, Miranda Lambert. We stayed for Jordan Davis, who was awesome! The crowd was a fun atmosphere and the songs were perfect to dance to. Tickets higher than GA have access to bleachers for a higher view, which I’m not opposed to trying one year. Who’s your favorite country artist?
More to Know
General admission for Windy City Smokeout is usually under $60 per one-day, which is cheaper than other popular events in Chicago! The festival is usually held around the first weekend in August each year. Make sure to keep a look out for announcements on their Instagram! Can’t wait until next year!
If interested, my top can be found here & my denim skirt can be found here!
