Windy City Smokeout is the best time of year. Each summer, Midwesterners don their cowboy hats and boots to rally at the United Center for today’s best country music, barbecue’s top Pitmasters, and all-around guaranteed good times – trust us.

Last summer, Verano debuted the first-ever Windy City Smokeout cannabis lounge, a BYOB (bring your own bud) option to sit down, relax, cool off, and smoke your joints or use your vapes. Chicagoans, Illinoisans, and Midwesterners from all over showed up and rolled up, sparking conversations, connections, and cannabis amidst the live music and alluring smells of barbecue.

This year, Savvy carried the torch.

Savvy Smokeout at WCS
Windy City Smokeout is the best of Midwest country culture, and Savvy the best of wallet-friendly bud. It seemed only fitting that Savvy bring dab of canna-country flair.

The Savvy lounge was everyone’s favorite spot to cool down, relax, and toke up. Rolling papers, trays, lighters – everything country music fans needed to roll up was there, all under shade and surrounded by swag. Savvy brought a different kind of heat, too, with a spin-the-wheel giveaway. Loungers won everything from flower to Yeti Mugs, grinders to a Yeti Cooler, and entered to win the top prize: a Traeger Dual Grill and Smoker.

The vibes stayed high, from sunshine well into the night. If you didn’t make it, get a taste of the Savvy lounge at WCS 2023: 

Windy City Smokeout 2023 Lineup
Smokin’ out at WCS wasn’t the only event, of course. Windy City Smokeout is known for gathering nothing short of the best of country music, and 2023’s headliners are proof of it:

Thursday Headliner: Zach Bryan
The vocals of Zach Bryan are indescribable. Gravely and true, passionate and vulnerable, with lyrics to match. The Navy veteran brought his soulful music to a sold-out night at WCS, playing hits “Something Orange,” “Heading South,” and “Sweet DeAnn” live.

Also on Thursday? Randy Rogers Band, Bailey Zimmerman, American Aquarium, J.R Carroll, and DJ Dan P.

Friday Headliner: Darius Rucker
There was no more exciting genre jump than Darius Rucker’s. Though a smooth transition from the folksy rock of Hootie and the Blowfish, Darius Rucker’s take on “Wagon Wheel” made him an instant staple, a must-have on every country playlist. His latest hit, “Beers and Sunshine,” was the anthem of the WCS weekend, (light) rain and shine.

Also on Friday? Chris Lane, Jo Dee Messina, Jackson Dean, Drew Green, and Dante.