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Life Is Beautiful Block Party Announced, No 2024 Festival

Life Is Beautiful is annually one of the biggest and best local festivals that Las Vegas puts on. Thousands flock to Downtown Las Vegas each year to enjoy their favorite…

Life Is Beautiful crowd at festival

The festival we all know and love is hitting the “pause” button this year. Get ready to live it up at the 2024 Life Is Beautiful Block Party!

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Life Is Beautiful is annually one of the biggest and best local festivals that Las Vegas puts on. Thousands flock to Downtown Las Vegas each year to enjoy their favorite artists, exquisite cuisine, and amazing art installations. But this year, things are going to be very different, as the festival has announced an alternative event... A Life Is Beautiful Block Party.

Life Is Beautiful Block Party Replacing Festival This Year

I think we're all in shock with this one. Is the festival we all know and love never coming back? Well, it doesn't seem that it's gone for all eternity. It seems that it's more of a "pause."

An official release from the LIB team stated, "For a number of reasons it was appropriate to hit pause on the Life is Beautiful Festival this year. We are hard at work reimagining and evolving the festival experience for the sake of you, the fans, and the incredible community that surrounds us."

So hopefully, our beloved LIB festival will return in the future. And hopefully, even bigger and better than ever. But as for this year, festival lovers can plan to attend "A Big Beautiful Block Party."

What Will The Life Is Beautiful Block Party Entail?

Not to worry, LIB lovers! The Life Is Beautiful Block Party promises to still be a super fun experience! The party will last two days, September 27th and 28th, on two stages at 324 S. Main St at the Arts District in Downtown Las Vegas.

Who might be performing these two days? You'll have to wait just a little bit to find out. The lineup announcement is coming Tuesday, June 25th at 10:00am PST.

Two-day passes will start at just $199, and for those interested in attending, you can get more information and sign up for exclusive updates by clicking here.

Life Is Beautiful 2022 Recap: Jack Harlow, Gorillaz, R3HAB, Lorde, More

Life is Beautiful came to a close this past Sunday, which marks another year of Las Vegas' Downtown streets transforming into an immersive art experience.

The festival headliners were Lorde, Jack Harlow, Rico Nasty, Calvin Harris, Arctic Monkeys, Gorillaz, Cage The Elephant and more!

Over the weekend, the festival took over 18 city blocks and injected color, music and joy into the Downtown area.

This weekend was a three-day event of discovery and musical enjoyment. From immersive art installments, unparalleled food experiences, and local vendors; this festival is a full embodiment of the creative cauldron that Las Vegas is.

Some festival highlight:

    The festival's press release said its synopsis perfectly, "Life is Beautiful holds a credo of leaving Downtown better than it was found. In addition to many beautification and cleanup efforts, the festival also dedicated time and effort to helping members of the community."

    Life Is Beautiful is pure Las Vegas, and the community efforts show this. Its "Feed Our Community" event gave free meals to community members in need while also providing free shuttle rides to local food banks.

    This weekend was a time that showcased the newest and brightest stars in the music scene. From house music, techno, rock, hip-hop, rap, country and more, Life Is Beautiful highlights all genres and artists of all calibers.

    It was a beautiful time and each artist gave the crowd genre-bending and visually hypnotic performances. The crowd was dressed in brightly-color, textured festival wear. Streaks of colored hair were woven into braids, sunglasses covered the eyes of many and laughs echoed throughout the festival grounds.

    Heavy bass could be felt throughout the event, and each stage gave us a dose of different types of music and personalities. This year was simply amazing. Check out the photos below of this year's Life Is Beautiful Festival.

    Life Is Beautiful!

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    The Gorillaz on Night Two

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    Damon Albarn of the Gorillaz Going Into The Crowd

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    Damon Albarn of the Gorillaz

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    The Start of R3Hab's set

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    Life Is Beautiful 2022's Fremont Stage

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    We Danced All Night Long!

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    On Fremont Street, The Crowd Chills Out

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    The Shows Were All Beautiful

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    The Iconic Heart

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    Bacardi Stage

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    The Vivacious Crowd

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    Art Installations Dotted The Festival Grounds

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    A Visually Immersive Experience

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    Walker&Royce Performing On Sept. 17

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    The Vegas Skyline

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    The Fremont Stage

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    Café Lola

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    Peace!

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    The Amazing Crowd At Life Is Beautiful 2022

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    Life Is Beautiful

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