Festive All: Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants, which produces Chicago's Windy City Smokeout, will launch a similar Lone Star Smokeout in Arlington, TX May 2-4, 2025. WCS co-founder Ed Warm will curate the musical lineup. Details here.

WME has taken over the Losers Live free concert series, which runs June 3-5 at Losers in Midtown Nashville. This year's lineup includes Mark Chesnutt, Brantley Gilbert and Randy Houser.