Sometimes it can feel like country music exists in its own vacuum, a community that’s largely separate from what’s going on in the mainstream. Over the past few years, though, that has begun to change ...

Organizers for the Windy City Smokeout have revealed the fifth and final headliner for the popular music and barbecue ...

Blake Shelton will close out the five-day event in 2026, as Windy City Smokeout returns to the United Center parking lot from ...

Some of country music’s biggest stars will hit Chicago this summer as part of Windy City Smokeout’s festival. The country music and barbecue event, held July 10-12 in the United Center parking lot, ...

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WeTV's scripted drama series Kold X Windy is a thrill ride from start to finish. Rooted in music, violence, relationships, and the trials and tribulations of the two main characters, the show is full ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Country music fans are fired up for the return of the Windy City Smokeout! There's still a steady line of fans coming in now, and fingers crossed, it looks like we're hopefully going ...

It has been said that music has the power to heal. It may even help forge a reconciliation between a biracial classical violinist and her long-estranged grandfather in “The Porch on Windy Hill: a new ...

Long lines and cloudy skies could not put a damper on the first night of Windy City Smokeout, the summer’s first big street fest. Running through Sunday outside United Center, the Smokeout is the ...