A Festival City

Las Vegas is a stunning destination for the world’s largest music, athletic and other festivals.

Festivals are a value-driven proposition that provide a diverse range of music, art, entertainment and food. Vegas did not host a festival until 2005, when Vegoose arrived on Halloween weekend and began a three-year run at Sam Boyd Stadium that also included more than a dozen “After Dark” concerts on the Las Vegas Strip.

Festivals Are Electric

Presently, the Electric Daisy Carnival is easily the most sensory and immersive festival in the world. Since 2010, when it moved from Los Angeles, EDC has been held at the only facility large enough to handle the more than 400,000 attendees over three days each year—Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Also, presently, Life is Beautiful is an annual music, food, art and learning experience that takes over 18 city blocks in the middle of downtown Las Vegas. Las Vegas’ own The Killers and Imagine Dragons plus the likes of Stevie Wonder and the Foo Fighters are just a few of more than 400 acts that have played the three-day festival that draws more than 150,000 annually.

In 2012, Las Vegas Events partnered with the Academy of Country Music to create the “Party for a Cause” festival in conjunction with the ACM Awards, which have been hosted in Las Vegas regularly since 2003. Party for a Cause has attracted top acts, including Keith Urban, Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan, among other superstars since being created in Las Vegas.

World-class and immersive festivals make Las Vegas home because the city, in itself, is an ongoing festival that operates 24/7 and 365 days a year that creates a diverse array of experiences at and away from the festivals.

EDC is a sensory extravaganza at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Roberto Medina brought Rock in Rio to Las Vegas in 2015.

Vegoose launched the wave of festivals in Las Vegas in 2005.