Las Vegas festivals you need to attend before it’s too late!
The American city of Las Vegas is known for its magical nighttimes, gambling, and entertainment. Vegas is the best venue for fun and music lovers, art and entertainment enthusiasts, and shopping lovers!
Now if you are into any of these, you wouldn’t want to miss the amazing festivals in Las Vegas that make the city famous throughout the world!
12 Mind-Blowing Festivals in Las Vegas
Striving for a glittering pop day and sparkling music? Here I have summed up all the mystical events and festivals in Vegas.
Being a part of these Las Vegas festivals is going to be your top favorite experience in life!
1. Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC)
Let’s start with the craziest mind-blowing Electric Daisy Carnival- one of the largest electronic dance and music festivals in America.
It is a three-day festival that features the funkiest carnival rides, vibrant neon lights, an art car show, and eye-catching imagery. More than 1,40,000 festival goers gather in Las Vegas Motor Speedway which turns into a single adult playground!
Not only this, this Vegas festival features hundreds of DJ shows on different stages swaying people with paint-smeared faces into electric beats!
The insomniac events of Electric Daisy Carnival have fans all around the world which is why this Las Vegas festival is traveling around Europe, India, and Mexico.
Dates: May 19-21, 2023.
Where: Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
2. The Life is Beautiful Festival
Life is Beautiful is one of the most famous Downtown Las Vegas festivals that will cover three days of your weekend. It is primarily an Art, Music, Dance, and Cultural learning festival featuring live music with talented artists and lip-smacking food!
The Life is Beautiful festival includes 18 city blocks in Downtown Las Vegas that transmute into an incredible celebration ground every September. Single-day tickets or a full-time pass for the event- either of these are going to entertain you for three days straight!
Along with culinary street art and world-class cuisine, this music festival returns every September with heart-wrecking performances of renowned artists including Major Lazer, Kanye West, Duran Duran, Imagine Dragons, Kendrick Lamar, Stevie Wonders, The Foo Fighters, Tegan and Sara, Brandon Flowers, and Hozier.
This year’s lineup includes. Billie Eilish, Chance The Rapper, Lil Wayne, Tame Impala, Flume, and Green Day! With these, you will also get to savor the food cooked by some of the top chefs in the world! No more waiting I guess!
Dates: September 22-24, 2023.
Where: Downtown Las Vegas.
3. When We Were Young
Oh boy, I can guarantee you that When We Were Young is the type of festival that is going to bring your high school days back alive! It is one of the best live music festivals in Las Vegas that is just too good to miss!
When We Were Young is specifically known for the nostalgic music bands with their pop-punk and emo music that will make you groove on the beats!
Paramore, My Chemical Romance, Pierce The Veil, Avril Lavigne, Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional and The Used are among the popular bands you need to experience at the festival.
Well, if you are up to something crazily incredible, book your tickets to this event this year!
Dates: October 22, 23, and 29, 2023.
Where: The Las Vegas Festival Grounds.
4. Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend Festival
The Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend Festival is known as the largest rockabilly festival in the world where you can let down all your craze for 1950s rock ‘n’ roll music!
The festival attracts a crowd of about 20,000 with its energetic hot rod car show, crazy vintage live music, burlesque showcases, and exotic pool parties. Vintage clothing booths where you can transform yourself from head to toe and funky tattoos are about to give you an epic weekend that you wouldn’t forget!
The attendees will have access to different tiers of tickets for different shows. The festival features the top 60 retro bands plus dozens of terrific DJs in The Orleans Hotel and Casino in April every year.
Dates: April 27-30, 2023.
Where: The Orleans Hotel and Casino.
5. iHeartRadio Music Festival
The IHeartRadio Music Festival will offer a lifetime of joy for all music lovers out there with its spectacular world-class music by the hottest artists of the day!
This 2-day music festival is hosted in nightclubs and day clubs in Sin City boasting pop music, R&B and country music, and classic rock music as well!
Over the past years, the iHeartRadio music festival has staged Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Coldplay, Khalid, and Weezer to name a few. This year’s line-up features Billie Eilish, Halsey, Lauv, Sam Smith, Megan Thee Stallion, and various others.
Until 2022, the festival was hosted at Las Vegas’s MGM Grand Garden Arena but the main stage has now shifted to the T-Mobile Arena. And hold your dance moves for the crazy fest and the second venue- iHeartRadio Daytime Village which is going to be a blast for your holidays!
Dates: September 23-24, 2023.
Where: T-Mobile Arena.
6. Exodus Festival
The Exodus Festival is the easiest and most cost-efficient way to get the most out of Las Vegas. It is one of the most splendid electronic dance and music festivals that made its first appearance in 2010.
Experience the best DJs in Las Vegas and get entry to 15 Las Vegas Premier Nightclubs- Hakkasan, XS Nightclub at Encore, Encore Beach Club, Wet Republic, and Omnia to name a few. The least you need for this music festival is a wristband that will take you to kooky pool parties or get a special Exodus VIP line to make the most out of the weekend!
Tickets for separate shows and events as well as an all-access pass will be accessible to all attendees at this fest.
Well, I am starting to get a “Can’t wait, Won’t wait” feeling… aren’t you !?
Dates: May-August 2023.
Where: Various Clubs in Las Vegas, NV, USA.
7. Rise Lantern Festival
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The Rise Lantern Festival is a great Vegas festival-not just about live music, it is a collective event celebration raising a toast to people’s rising aspirations, hopes, resolutions, and dreams.
The event takes place south of Downtown Las Vegas with dozens of food trucks serving local food, beer, and wine! Thousands of event-goers release biodegradable paper lanterns that create a tremendously magical sight with golden light all over the post-sunset sky!
The festival also features soulful spas in the Mojave Desert which are one of the best ways for you to have a calm and self-exploring time.
Before the lanterns are all set to rise above, you will witness a beautiful fireworks show that is going to light up your spirit. So, get set and go for the message you are about to write on the lantern!
Dates: October 6-7, 2023.
Where: Jean Dry Lake Bed.
8. Psycho Las Vegas
Psycho Las Vegas is a three-day festival featuring heavy metal and rock music since its first time in Las Vegas in 2017. If you are a fan of such music, there is no better, bigger, and more mind-blowing event than Psycho Las Vegas!
The Events Centre and The Iconic House of Blues along with the soothing pool and river of the Mandalay Bay Beach and the vintage Vegas-style Lounge.
The event is hosting unmatched performances of diverse artists including The Koffs, Emperor, Mayhem, Mercyful, Satyricon, Watiain, and numerous others.
This is going to be your best treat that you better not miss while in Las Vegas!
Dates: August 2023.
Where: Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
9. Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival
Dating back to 1999, the Punk Rock Bowling Festival started with a bowling party hosted by Shawn and Mark Stern in their locality.
They invited their friends in the punk rock community featuring bands and labels- a small event that remolded itself into what is now known to be the craziest music festival with Punk Rock Bowling, late-night clubs, movie shows, and poker events.
Las Vegas shapes into a fest ground for 15,000 punk rockers where you are surely about to make new friends!
Dates: May 26-29, 2023.
Where: Downtown Las Vegas.
10. The Great Vegas Festival of Beer
The Great Beer Festival of Las Vegas is a walk-around event since 2011 that is celebrated annually to honor Nevada’s craft beer and comestible scenes.
The event is hosted by Motley Brews featuring samples of over 60 craft beers and brewers, mixologists, crazy costumes, and spooky creatures lurking in the streets.
This unique celebration also features live music in the heart of Downtown Las Vegas with a vast variety of food and beverages that will make you forget all the petty worries!
The upcoming Great Vegas Festival will stage events like Taco Tiki Throwdown and the Great Tasting in San Diego, San Francisco, Denver, Orange County, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Riverside, Portland, Scottsdale, and Austin.
(For 21 and above age group only)
Dates: March October 2023.
Where: Downtown Las Vegas.
11. Lovers And Friends Fest
Boasting R&B and hip hop music in the background, the Lovers & Friends Fest in Las Vegas is a music festival that is exceptionally a ‘too good to be true’ event for fans of the ’90s and ’00s rap and music.
This festival is the perfect way to spend your summer leave celebrating the African American culture and brotherhood. Craze for this event is so anticipating that the one-day event is now added a second day to make the best out of nostalgic music!
Thousands of people visit Las Vegas to experience the good vibes and old-school music, food trucks, and incredible art installations. This year, the festival is going to stage some very dear artists including Ciara, Ludacris, Lil Jon, Trey Songz, Ashanti, Nelly, and more!
Sounds like this event is going to be a blast that you wouldn’t want to miss!
Dates: May 14-15, 2023.
Where: Las Vegas Festival Grounds.
12. The Las Rageous Festival
Las Rageous Festival started in 2017 as one of the loudest music festivals featuring a number of outrageous performances by the hardest metal bands known.
The killer artists staging in the heart of Downtown Vegas are sure to give you and your friends a crazy funky weekend. The events include a Bud Light Rock & Refuel Culinary Experience with dozens of yummy treats and even on-site wedding chapels!
It is about time you start preparing for this outdoor event because they offer only 10,000 tickets to let people witness their favorite artists so close in Sin City!
Dates: April 2023 (to be adjusted).
Where: Downtown Vegas Events Centre.
Conclusion:
Known as the ultimate playground, Las Vegas is the type of city that will make you feel colorful and vibrant with its glorious nightlife, cuisine, and entertainment!
From wild pool parties to wondrous landmarks Las Vegas never fails to attract crowds from across the globe.
So, if you are about to explore this magical city, you should not miss out on the fascinating hotels, the beauty of Sin City, the bustling Strip, and, of course, the awesome crazy festivals in Las Vegas that are all set to brighten up your vacations!
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Last Updated on April 5, 2023 by Janhavi Ramesh Kowligi
