Smokeout tries to offer something for everyone, including families with kids, but appears to favor those who fully embrace the “it’s five o’clock somewhere” mantra.
Zach Bryan, center, performs during the Windy City Smokeout at the United Center, July 13, 2023.
Adorned in a colorful mix of boots, jeans, T-shirts, dresses, tube tops, hats and all manner of stars-and-stripes apparel, fans strolled the west lot’s north and south edges to get an overview of their edible options. Some settled into hard-to-come-by seats in the “lawn” area complete with astroturf, a sound system and big screen that showed the onstage action.
Smokeout clustered craft beer vendors along a single stretch and earned the distinction of being possibly the only major festival where nobody had to wait in line for a quality draft. Ditto the centrally located water-refilling stations, giant barrels whose wraparound taps helped decrease potential logjams.
Family bonding also drew the mother-and-daughter tandem of Danielle and Gianna Companio, who arrived decked out in cowboy duds with American flag motifs. The locals said Smokeout is part of a birthday-themed series of concerts they’re seeing together and enjoy “the fun and festivities” but lamented a lack of charging stations.
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