15/04/2025
An awesome weekend at the music festival in Las Vegas this weekend. The lineup was killer and I loved each act, we arrived early to see both full lineups and we weren't disappointed.
While on the second day we lost a teenager to more fun opportunities with her mum and sister on the strip (with promises of A/C), we gained a few more in our festival family and sat with folks we met on night one!
Amazing sound, friendly staff, great vendors and an amazing lineup - I'd definitely recommend this location to anyone wanting to take in live country music. I have a few new artists/bands on my must see when on tour list!
My favorite non music takeaways: chatting with at their booth, noshing on both nights - that was some dang good BBQ, dancing and meeting new festival family in the crowd, learning about the memorial for Route 91 victims and talking with the awesome ladies staffing their fundraising booth.
High points:
🌟We got in and out of parking in less than ten minutes
🌟 No wait to go through security/entry
🌟 Bathrooms were decently accessible throughout the grounds and rarely a wait, plus lighting at night and lots of handwash stations 👏🏼
🌟 Event staff were all friendly and well organized
🌟 Event safety and security was on point, lots of security and police on patrols in the venue, plus a very visible presence outside on the ground, in the air, and on watch from above from behind the stage. Unsettling for some, but a welcome sight
My only notes for event staff:
⛔ Need more accessible hydration stations - having to trek off to the boonies in high temps was no bueno. The picky ones in our group would go so far as to say they should be filtered 🙊💦
⛔ More drink offerings at the bars - no ability to make a margarita at a summer festival is scandalous!
⛔ Vetting food vendors a bit more, saw some unhappy customers with severely overpriced and undercooked food, we all know festival eats are expensive, but some of these prices were nuts and to be let down with the result is harder to stomach. I chose wisely for my meals, but definitely saw some disappointed folks walk away from some trucks...😬
