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.
This weekend’s music and arts fest in downtown Las Vegas will be livestreamed with 50 cameras.
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.
The three-day Life Is Beautiful event will prompt road and parking lot closures and bus route changes in downtown Las Vegas.
Other events include a book signing at the Mob Museum and the monthly Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School at a First Street bar.
Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A will be opening an outlet inside a downtown Las Vegas casino.
In its seventh year, Life is Beautiful is expanding its art lineup to include more 3D installations, immersive works and interactive pieces.
The festival gets underway Friday afternoon, but in reality the party already has started.
More than 195,000 people are expected to attend next weekend’s festival. But the festival’s impact goes far beyond one weekend every September.
The Oakey Family Supper Club is is equal parts family drama, murder-mystery party and that game where everyone says one word at a time to create a fictional story.
Other activities include the annual Bite of Las Vegas festival, concerts and Saturday night’s Market in the Alley.
The Bud Light Area 51 Celebration occurring Sept. 19 at the Derek Stevens-owned Downtown Las Vegas Events Center will now feature Matty Roberts.