6 reasons to check out the Life Is Beautiful Festival in Las Vegas
Did you miss Burning Man? Could you not afford Coachella tickets? Were you totally unimpressed with the food options at pretty much every single summer fest? Don't worry, there's always next summer, and with that in mind you might want to wisen up and snag tickets to Life Is Beautiful in downtown Las Vegas.
Here are 6 reason the festival is worth your time:
1) Incredible performances for every age: The 2015 festival brought out legends like Stevie Wonder, Duran Duran and Snoop Dogg, but the younger acts were equally impressive with Imagine Dragons, Kendrick Lamar and Future Islands nailing performances across the festival's four stages.
2) It's more than a music festival: The festival includes a learning series and a culinary series, which drew out big names like Bill Nye, Rosario Dawson, Marije Vogelzang, Jeff Hoffman and more to speak about their journeys. It's a nice break for the brain from the music.
3) Location, location, location: Right in the middle of Sin City's burgeoning downtown sector, the festival is only a stone's throw from The Strip. If you're feet hurt and your lungs are sore, all you need to do is hop on a shuttle back to the air-conditioned casinos.
4) All of the fun from the desert seems to have come to Vegas: Burning Man happens just a few short weeks before the Life Is Beautiful Festival and it can be a dusty trek out into the desert. But you can get a lot of the same vibe at this music festival since there are wild structures, light up dragons, ferris wheels, and hula-hooping-lovers on tap.
5) The food options are superior: Unlike regular festival fare, Life Is Beautiful focuses on bringing out amazing vendors to showcase what Vegas has to offer. You can chow down on Blue Ribbon fried chicken, snack on sushi from Nobu for $9, go crazy at the line of food trucks, which included Cousins Maine Lobster and Coolhaus, or imbibe on the stellar drinks options from famed Vegas mixologists.
6) It's a genuinely good time: The hometown crowd of Las Vegas regulars mixed with the young, music-loving population makes this a unique music festival unlike any other.
PHOTOS: Life Is Beautiful Festival
