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MusicSick New World returns to Las Vegas with Korn, System of a Down, Danny Elfman and more
After teasing a comeback at the recent When We Were Young festival, Sick New World announced its lineup of more than 40 acts
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MusicHighlights from Las Vegas’ Best Friends Forever Festival 2025
Downtown Las Vegas’ second annual Best Friends Forever Festival has come and gone. But the mayhem and memories we shared will live on. Seemingly nothing ...
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A&ERise Festival celebrates 10 years with euphoric sets and moving moments
The festival was forced to forgo its popular lighting ceremony on its first night due to a bad dust storm, but moody musical performances and ...
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MusicDowntown Las Vegas’ inaugural Paradice Festival bares its soul
The grooving soundscapes of Colombia’s Balthvs lulled the audience into a trance-like state.
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MusicRising R&B star Ravyn Lenae makes her Las Vegas debut at the inaugural Paradice Festival
For Lenae, music is an expression of who she is, and the genres she’s held close since childhood have deeply shaped her musical identity.
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MusicColombian trio Balthvs brings worldly Latin grooves to Downtown Las Vegas
Mostly instrumental, Balthvs colors its music in warm, languid riffs and textured basslines.
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MusicCatch all the pop music star power at this year’s iHeartRadio festival
Our eyes will be locked on the pop girlie of the moment, Tate McRae, but Mariah Carey, Maroon 5, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll and GloRilla ...
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Arts & EntertainmentMusicfestivalLas Vegas Weekly’s Fall Arts & Entertainment Guide
From music festivals and stage productions to foodie festivities and visual art highlights, these are the seasonal events you won’t want to miss across the ...
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MusicEDC Las Vegas 2025: Rave reviews from a festival vet and a first-timer
At the annual Electric Daisy Carnival, there’s always a creeping curiosity over what could be happening at another stage around the corner. But FOMO is ...
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MusicJawbreaker, Rilo Kiley, Minus the Bear to headline Best Friends Forever festival 2025
The indie and emo fest returns to the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center October 10-12 with a stacked lineup of 30-plus acts.
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MusicPlanet Desert Rock Weekend returns with a feast of heavy psych, doom and stoner rock
The multi-day event will take over local music venues Count’s Vamp’d and the Usual Place.
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Highlights of Las Vegas’ inaugural Best Friends Forever Fest
The inaugural Best Friends Forever Fest kicked off at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center as a three-day celebration of midwest emo, ’90s indie rock ...
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A&EFall A&E: Your guide to this season's top music, theater, comedy, art and more
Anderson .Paak is coming to Fontainebleau, John Waters is coming to the Las Vegas Book Festival, Scream’d is coming back to Majestic Rep, and much, ...
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A&ELife Is Beautiful offers a new festival format in September in Downtown Las Vegas
A Big Beautiful Block Party is set for September 27-28 in Downtown Las Vegas.
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A&EVegas' Lovers & Friends Festival canceled due to high winds
The Lovers & Friends Festival, scheduled to kick off its third year at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, May 4, has been canceled ...
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Five thoughts on the 2024 edition of Vegas rock fest Sick New World
Have you ever felt panic, realizing you’ll never truly hear and absorb all the music in the world? That’s how it felt making a Sick ...
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MusicDiversity rocks: Five acts to catch at the Sick New World fest
This weekend rock festival’s lineup runs the gamut of genres.
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MusicBright Eyes, Cap’ N Jazz to Play Best Friends Forever Festival in Las Vegas
The three-day festival is set for the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center in October.
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NewsfestivalParade and festival celebrate Historic Westside School milestone
The school opened with just two rooms in 1923 to serve local families including Native American children from the Las Vegas Paiute Colony.
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Gina Usufzy is working to establish Las Vegas Community Sports Complex, the region’s first nonprofit community ice rink and multiuse indoor turf field.
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateConcerns grow as ICE's detention numbers rise in Nevada
Advocates are raising concerns about a report from Immigration and Customs Enforcement showing a 31% increase in Nevada detainees since mid-September, with one activist saying ...
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SportsUNLVFootballDan Mullen’s debut season at UNLV a success, but Fremont Cannon game determines to what extent
A great season would feel a bit hollow if accompanied by leaving the cannon in the Sierra Nevada and having no shot at playing in ...
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AggregateAllNewsAI takes over CES in Las Vegas as the tech world debates: Boom or bubble?
From a local “AI-powered” hotel to improved translation services, the technology was inescapable on the floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center during last year’s ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregatePreseason top-10: Gorman basketball sits atop a deep field of contenders
The high school basketball season in Nevada could follow a familiar script: Bishop Gorman, the two-time defending state champions and perennial powerhouse, fending off a ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateCoronado senior lets music assist in healing atmosphere at Southern Nevada hospital
After a few months of volunteering at Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican, Siena Campus, the baby grand piano in the hospital lobby caught Sachin Reddy's attention. ...
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NV PoliticsPoliticsNewsNevada governor signs bills passed during special session into law
Gov. Joe Lombardo signed 13 bills into law on Monday following last month’s special session of the Nevada Legislature, his office announced this morning.
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A&EHoliday fun in Las Vegas: Markets, light displays and must-see seasonal attractions
Explore top Las Vegas holiday events in 2025, including the Magical Forest, Nutcracker Night Market, Leona Lewis’ Christmas show, festive markets, dining and seasonal attractions ...
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UNLVUNLV sportsNewsUNLV crushes UNR 42-17, makes program history with second straight 10-win season
The Rebels dominated host UNR 42-17 in the annual Fremont Cannon rivalry game, closing the regular season at 10-2 and securing 10 wins in back-to-back ...
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Footballcollege footballAllCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of conference championships
There’s far more on the line in this year’s championship week than last year’s — especially in the Big Ten. ...
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T-Mobile ArenaArts & EntertainmentLatin musicMexican rock legends Maná announce Las Vegas show for Mexican Independence Day weekend
Mexican rock icons Maná will bring their acclaimed Vivir Sin Aire Tour to Las Vegas next year, performing at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 11, 2026, ...
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NewsSportsUNLVUNLV, Boise State will part ways after Mountain West title game
As college football’s conference realignment continues next fall, Boise State will bolt for a new-look Pac-12 in 2026. It will join six other new members ...
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BusinessMGM ResortsPark MGMNoMad Las Vegas to become the Reserve at Park MGM
The NoMad Las Vegas will shed its name later this month as MGM Resorts International rebrands the boutique hotel as the Reserve at Park MGM, ...
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NewsLas Vegas airport workers arrested in civil disobedience over stalled contract talks
The arrests follow a strike authorization weeks earlier by roughly 400 airport workers at 10 companies without union contracts. The employers operate 21 airport shops ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateForty years on, NFR remains a tourism powerhouse in Las Vegas
The 10-day event kicks off its 40th year in Southern Nevada today, boasting 379 consecutive sellouts dating to 1987 and delivering a boost to the ...
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High School FootballBishop GormanSportsGorman's Prince Williams named state football player of the year
Bishop Gorman defensive lineman Prince Williams exited last week’s state championship game against Arbor View in the first quarter with a leg injury.
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Sports BettingGambling GamingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 14 winners against the spread
None of the AFC North teams have been profitable to bet on either as Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Cleveland are all 5-7 against the spread with ...
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Q+ADowntown Las VegasThe Huntridge Tavern remains a divey Downtown institution thanks to owner Larsh Kellogg
The owner of the Huntridge Tavern for two decades, Kellogg is a mysterious figure. We grabbed one of the booths along the wood-paneled east wall ...
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Breaking NewsSouthern Nevada confronts rising homelessness amid new federal funding rules
The Trump administration plans to boost homelessness spending but cut sharply from permanent supportive housing in favor of transitional programs tied to work and substance ...
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PoliticsNevada moves to grow its child mental health workforce
Brian Sandoval harked back to one of the darkest days of his tenure as Nevada’s governor. In 2013, a student brought a gun to Sparks ...