Life is Beautiful 2019 came to a close with standout performances by Vampire Weekend, a happy-sad Post Malone and disco-lite diva Carly Rae Jepsen.
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The Life is Beautiful music and art festival got underway Friday with thousands jamming downtown Las Vegas to groove to the sounds Billie Eilish, Portugal, The Man and Chance the Rapper.
Downtown’s Life is Beautiful festival has evolved into a special-event tourism attraction that spurred the LVCVA board ofdirectors to spend $150,000 to market it.
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The festival gets underway Friday afternoon, but in reality the party already has started.
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