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That last caveat underscored a prevailing sentiment that permeated the entire festival: nothing was going to stop attendees from enjoying this festival as they did before the pandemic.

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The festival went as far as recommending masks, with organizers stating staff would encourage patrons to wear masks, something I must’ve missed in the sea full of unmasked teenagers huddled together risking limbs to turn up to Ski Mask The Slump God. In this new pandemic reality, the Instagram account for Summer Smash was recommending nearby COVID testing sites as well as offering their own at the festival grounds days before the festival on the same Instagram feed as photos of A$AP Rocky holding up bras rained on him from adoring fans during his headlining set on the first day of the festival. Pre-pandemic, festivals were using their Instagram feeds solely for the promotion and recapping the FOMO-inducing moments. In accordance with the City of Chicago, organizers mandated either full vaccination or a negative COVID test within 72 hours of the first-day attendees will be at the festival. Before a single drunken teenage foot stomped across the Douglass Park grounds for Summer Smash, it was clear music festivals were not going to look exactly how they did pre-pandemic.

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