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Ready for the Summer
Las Vegas is frequently referred to as “The Ninth Island” of Hawaii, so Holo Holo might be right at home in Las Vegas. Being held at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center from Saturday, May 6 to Sunday, May 7, this festival features Polynesian music. Returning to the venue for a second year, this year’s acts include Kolohe Kai, Collie Buddz, Katchafire, Kapena, Anuhea and more.
Lovers & Friends, featuring a lineup of hip-hop, rap, and R&B (with a slight throwback vibe to the 1990s) returns to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds after its inaugural year. Launched in May 2022, the event returns for a second year to the same space on Saturday, May 6with headliners like Missy Elliott, Nelly, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera and more.
Debuting at Las Vegas Festival Grounds this year, Sick New World brings together a spectrum of alternative rock, from alt-metal to post-grunge and more. The inaugural event, being held on Saturday, May 13, features acts such as System of a Down, Korn, Deftones, Incubus, Evanescence and Papa Roach.
In Its Twelfth Year
Now in its twelfth year in Las Vegas, the Electric Daisy Carnival returns to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from Friday, May 19 to Sunday, May 21. First held in the destination in June 2011, the annual event brings together the globe’s top-charting electronic artists. This year’s lineup includes Armin van Buuren, Kaskade, Tiësto, Zedd and more. Billed as a carnival, the festival also features amusement rides and art installations.
What started with a show at the iconic Double Down Saloon, the Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival has evolved into a multifaceted event. Launched in 1999, the event is now held at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center—with additional club shows held around town. This year’s event, held from Friday, May 26 to Monday, May 29, features Rancid, Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys, The Interrupters, Suicidal Tendencies, The Damned and more.
Fall Festivals
The Big Blues Bender takes place at the Westgate Las Vegas Hotel & Casino from Thursday, Sept. 7 to Sunday, Sept. 10. This year’s lineup features Keb’ Mo’, Beth Hart, Jimmie Vaughan, Tab Benoit, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and more.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival returns to transform multiple blocks of Downtown Las Vegas into an audio/visual spectacle.Spanning pop, rock, rap and electronic musical genres, this year’s lineup features The Killers, Kendrick Lamar, Odesza, Flume, The 1975, Khalid, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more. Being held Friday, Sept. 22 to Sunday, Sept. 24, the annual event also promises new murals painted by renown street artists, art installations, performances by Strip productions and more.
Since 2011
The iHeartRadio Music Festival brings together the chart-topping artists of both its radio and streaming services to the T-Mobile Arena every September. The festival originated at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in 2011, with the festival’s Daytime Village launching at the then-Las Vegas Village in 2013 (with the most recent event occurring at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds). The festival spans many musical genres—from pop and rock to rap and hip-hop to country and electronic—with past lineups including acts such as Black Eyed Peas, Halsey, Maren Morris, Megan Thee Stallion, Sam Smith and more.
Back for another year, the Reggae Rise Up Music Festival returns to the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center from Friday, Oct. 6 to Sunday, Oct. 8. Past lineups have included acts such as Slightly Stoopid, Stick Figure, Atmosphere and more.
After a successful installment in October 2022, the When We Were Young festival returns to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, Oct. 21 and Sunday, Oct. 22. The event features emo and pop-punk acts and a throwback vibe, considering most acts were at their peak in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This year’s lineup includes Green Day, Blink-182, Thirty Seconds to Mars, The Offspring, Good Charlotte, Thrice, Yellowcard, Sum 41, The Ataris and more.
THE LVCVA
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is charged with marketing Southern Nevada as a tourism and convention destination worldwide and with operating the 4.6 million square-foot Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC).
With more than 150,000 hotel rooms and more than 14 million square feet of meeting and exhibit space in Las Vegas alone, the LVCVA’s mission centers on attracting leisure and business visitors to the area. The LVCVA also owns the Vegas Loop at Las Vegas Convention Center, designed and operated by The Boring Company, and also owns the Las Vegas Monorail, an elevated 3.9-mile system with seven stops throughout the resort corridor.
For more information, go to www.lvcva.com, www.visitlasvegas.com or www.vegasmeansbusiness.com.
