Viva Las Vegas fest expected to draw 20,000 Rockabilly fans
More than 20,000 people are expected to attend the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender during its four-day at The Orleans.
Rockabilly attendees enjoy Las Vegas weather poolside (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
![Deke Dickerson performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Veg ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_03.jpg)
Deke Dickerson performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Matt Codina wows the crowd at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_04.jpg)
Matt Codina wows the crowd at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Brian “Shorty” Poole accompanies Amy Griffen at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Fe ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_05.jpg)
Brian “Shorty” Poole accompanies Amy Griffen at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Miss Tammi Savoy of the Chris Casello Combo entertains a late night crowd at the Deke Dickerson ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_06.jpg)
Miss Tammi Savoy of the Chris Casello Combo entertains a late night crowd at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Eddie Angel of Los Straitjackets performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show durin ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_07.jpg)
Eddie Angel of Los Straitjackets performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Pete Curry, bassist for Los Straitjackets, performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_08.jpg)
Pete Curry, bassist for Los Straitjackets, performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Reverend Horton Heat guitarist, Jim Heath, entertains a late night crowd at the Deke Dickerson ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_10.jpg)
Reverend Horton Heat guitarist, Jim Heath, entertains a late night crowd at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
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![Guitarists Mark Gamsjager, left, Chris Casello, Mitch Polzak and Jim Heath, sitting, pack the s ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_13.jpg)
Guitarists Mark Gamsjager, left, Chris Casello, Mitch Polzak and Jim Heath, sitting, pack the stage during the finale of the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Delta Bombers vocalist, Chris Moinichen, entertains a late night crowd at the Deke Dickerson Gu ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_11.jpg)
Delta Bombers vocalist, Chris Moinichen, entertains a late night crowd at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Mitch Polzak performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_12.jpg)
Mitch Polzak performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Filmmaker, author and comedian, John Waters hosts the Burlesque Showcase during the Viva Las Ve ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_burlesque_showcase_01.jpg)
Filmmaker, author and comedian, John Waters hosts the Burlesque Showcase during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender event at The Orleans hotel casino on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Dancer Sydni Deveraux performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque Showcase ho ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_burlesque_showcase_02.jpg)
Dancer Sydni Deveraux performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque Showcase hosted by John Waters at the Orleans Arena on April 19, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Dancer Sydni Deveraux performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque Showcase ho ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_burlesque_showcase_03.jpg)
Dancer Sydni Deveraux performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque Showcase hosted by John Waters at the Orleans Arena on April 19, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Burlesque entertainer Raquel Reed performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_burlesque_showcase_04.jpg)
Burlesque entertainer Raquel Reed performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque Showcase hosted by John Waters at the Orleans Arena on April 19, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Burlesque entertainer Angie Pontani performs at the Burlesque Showcase during the Viva Las Vega ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_burlesque_showcase_05.jpg)
Burlesque entertainer Angie Pontani performs at the Burlesque Showcase during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans Arena on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Burlesque entertainer Jamie Von Stratton performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Bu ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_burlesque_showcase_06.jpg)
Burlesque entertainer Jamie Von Stratton performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque Showcase hosted by John Waters at the Orleans Arena on April 19, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Roy Wilson, of Roy Wilson and the Buzzards, performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_02.jpg)
Roy Wilson, of Roy Wilson and the Buzzards, performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender at the Orleans hotel casino on Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Musician and Mayor of Port Costa, California, Mitch Polzak, performs with Roy Wilson and the Bu ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_vlv_rockabilly_2019_01.jpg)
Musician and Mayor of Port Costa, California, Mitch Polzak, performs with Roy Wilson and the Buzzards at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender at the Orleans hotel casino on Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
![Lucy Luxe fixes a bow in her hair backstage of the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_007.jpg)
Lucy Luxe fixes a bow in her hair backstage of the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Charlotte Lorelei has a pearl necklace placed around her neck backstage at the fashion show at ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_010.jpg)
Charlotte Lorelei has a pearl necklace placed around her neck backstage at the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Avrora, who declined to give her last name, from Russia puts on a glove backstage at the fashio ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_009.jpg)
Avrora, who declined to give her last name, from Russia puts on a glove backstage at the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Jessabelle Thunder from Los Angeles, left, fixes her hair while designer Jamie Trujilo from Los ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_011.jpg)
Jessabelle Thunder from Los Angeles, left, fixes her hair while designer Jamie Trujilo from Los Angeles, puts a dress on Tammi Savoy from Chicago backstage at the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Mika Romantic from Philadelphia watches the fashion show competition on a television while back ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_012.jpg)
Mika Romantic from Philadelphia watches the fashion show competition on a television while backstage at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Women participating in the fashion show get ready backstage at The Orleans during the Viva Las ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_001.jpg)
Women participating in the fashion show get ready backstage at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Kiersten Thomsen, left, helps with last minute touches for Donna McDougal before they go on sta ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_003.jpg)
Kiersten Thomsen, left, helps with last minute touches for Donna McDougal before they go on stage for the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Women wait behind the curtain before going on stage for the fashion show at The Orleans during ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_006.jpg)
Women wait behind the curtain before going on stage for the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Kara Spade from Long Beach, Calif. smokes a cigarette while sitting at a slot machine at The Or ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_002.jpg)
Kara Spade from Long Beach, Calif. smokes a cigarette while sitting at a slot machine at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Danika Soto Hay from San Diego, Calif. watches a performance at the pool at The Orleans during ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_013.jpg)
Danika Soto Hay from San Diego, Calif. watches a performance at the pool at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Therese Haverklint from Sweden stands in the pool at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rock ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_005.jpg)
Therese Haverklint from Sweden stands in the pool at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Candace Rosales from Los Angeles, fans herself out at the pool at The Orleans during the Viva L ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_014.jpg)
Candace Rosales from Los Angeles, fans herself out at the pool at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Kitty Steiner from Germany lays by the pool while talking with a friend at The Orleans during t ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_004.jpg)
Kitty Steiner from Germany lays by the pool while talking with a friend at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Jess Wehrle from N.Y. watches a performance at the pool at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vega ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_016.jpg)
Jess Wehrle from N.Y. watches a performance at the pool at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
![Linda Lou, left, and Jay Greaves from Canada dance to live music at The Orleans during the Viva ...](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12084175_web1_VLV-ROCKABILLY_APR19-19_015.jpg)
Linda Lou, left, and Jay Greaves from Canada dance to live music at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Updated April 21, 2019 - 11:52 am
More than 20,000 people are expected to attend the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender now underway at The Orleans.
Billed by organizers as the largest Rockabilly festival in the world, it is now the longest-running music festival in Las Vegas, having just celebrated its 20th anniversary, according to its website, vivalasvegas.net.
The four-day event that runs through Sunday includes six music stages, hot rods, dancing and burlesque, and draws people from across the U.S. and as far away as Europe, South America, Japan and New Zealand, organizers said.
The weekender also puts on a pre-1960s era car show and vendors selling vintage clothing, home wares, music and vintage reproduction items.