WINDY CITY SMOKEOUT UNVEILS SMOKIN’ HOT
2024 PITMASTER LINE-UP
The beloved summertime festival returns to Chicago July 11-14, showcasing country music’s biggest stars alongside the nation’s greatest pitmasters
Windy City Smokeout, the nation’s premier outdoor country music and BBQ festival, returns to Chicago’s iconic United Center (1901 W. Madison Street) from July 11-14, 2024. Windy City Smokeout, the 2022 winner of the Academy of Country Music Awards “Festival of the Year,” will feature an impressive lineup featuring some of country music’s biggest names and up-and-coming talents, along with the best BBQ and craft beer from around the country.
Headline performances for the festival’s eleventh year include eight-time GRAMMY award winner Carrie Underwood, CMA award winner Cody Johnson, CMA nominee and ACM’s 2022 New Male Artist of the Year Parker McCollum, and five-time GRAMMY award nominee Thomas Rhett. Curated by Chicago’s very own Lettuce Entertain You, Windy City Smokeout features nearly 30 of the world’s best pitmasters, including six new teams, offering a diverse array of barbecue styles throughout the music-filled weekend.
The full 2024 BBQ line-up includes:
RETURNING
- Bub City – Chicago, IL
- Blues Hog – Washington, MO
- Green Street Smoked Meats – Chicago, IL
- Hogapalooza – Wynne, AR
- Hoodoo Brown BBQ – Ridgefield, CT
- Hurtado Barbecue – Arlington, TX
- Joe’s Kansas City BBQ – Kansas City, KS
- Little Miss BBQ – Phoenix, AZ
- Lexington Betty’s Smokehouse – Chicago, IL
- Meat Mitch – Leawood, KS
- Operation BBQ Relief – Kansas City, MO
- Panther City BBQ – Fort Worth, TX
- Pappy’s Smokehouse – St Louis, MO
- Salt Lick BBQ – Driftwood, TX
- Smoque BBQ – Chicago, IL
- Soul & Smoke – Evanston, IL
- Sugarfire Smokehouse – St Louis, MO
- Ubons BBQ – Yazoo City, MS
- Wright’s Barbecue – Fayetteville, AR
NEWCOMERS
- 2M Smokehouse BBQ – San Antonio, TX
- Chef Art Smith’s Reunion – Chicago, IL
- Dampf Good BBQ – Cary, NC
- GQue BBQ – Westminster, CO
- Jack Stack Barbecue – Kansas City, MO
- Pig Beach BBQ – New York, NY
Four-day festival passes are now on sale at www.windycitysmokeout.com.
Tickets are currently priced as follows:
- Four-day GA Admission: $255.95
- Four-day GA Admission, plus BBQ Brunch: $330.95
- Four-day VIP Admission: $1,449.95
- Four-day VIP Admission, plus BBQ Brunch: $1,524.95
- Four-day Platinum Admission: $2,699.95
- Four-day Platinum Admission, plus BBQ Brunch: $2,774.95
Single day prices are as follows:
General Admission:
- Thursday: $65.95
- Friday: $65.95
- Saturday: $65.95
- Sunday: $65.95
- Sunday + Brunch: $140.95
VIP:
- Thursday: $399.95
- Friday: $449.95
- Saturday: $449.95
- Sunday: $399.95
- Sunday + Brunch: $474.95
Platinum:
- Thursday: $799.95
- Friday: $849.95
- Saturday: $849.95
- Sunday: $799.95
- Sunday + brunch: $874.95
*General Admission festival passes do not include food or beverage.
**VIP festival passes include access to an elevated and covered area next to the stage, complimentary mobile charging stations, air-conditioned restrooms, access to private cash bars and an official Windy City Smokeout welcome gift.
***Platinum festival passes include deluxe climate-controlled upper deck, private, and stage-pit viewing areas, complimentary mobile charging stations, VIP parking access with golf cart service to and from festival grounds, air-conditioned restrooms, top shelf beer/wine/cocktails included, curated BBQ service in private dining areas, and $25 BBQ Bucks preloaded onto wristbands
The hours for Windy City Smokeout are Thursday, July 11: 2 pm-10pm; Friday, July 12: 2 pm-11pm; Saturday, July 13: 1pm-10 pm; Sunday, July 14: 1pm-10pm.
For more information and to purchase festival passes, please visit www.windy city smokeout.com, and be sure to follow all the action on Instagram at @WindyCitySmokeout and Tik Tok at @windycitysmokeout
