Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival is an annual music, culinary, art, and learning festival held in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.
Life Is Beautiful is a company that creates and supports certain programs, initiatives, and live events. Its main event is the festival. Life is Beautiful supports local charities.
The 2014 event featured several stages hosting: 1) live music from genres such as hip hop, rock, pop, and EDM, 2) culinary demonstrations and food stands featuring chefs found on The Food Network, Bravo, TLC and other cooking shows, 3) artwork from local and international artists and 4) speakers including Tony Hsieh, Pussy Riot, Lizzie Velásquez and Penn & Teller.
Music line-ups (2017)
| Line-up |
| Friday September 22 [2] |
Saturday September 23 [2] |
Sunday September 24 [2] |
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- Goldroom
- COIN
- Sofi Tukker
- Stick Figure
- Ekali
- Jacob Banks
- Whethan
- Sigrid
- Ellavos
- San Fermin
- Wingtip
- The American Weather
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Music line-up (2016)
| Line-up |
| Friday September 23 [3] |
Saturday September 24 [3] |
Sunday September 25 [3] |
- Mumford & Sons
- G-Eazy
- The Shins
- Tegan and Sara
- ZHU
- Galantis
- Bloc Party
- Kehlani
- KONGOS
- City and Colour
- Pete Yorn
- Banks and Steelz
- Keys N Krates
- Kaytranada
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- Catfish and The Bottlemen
- Kamasi Washington
- Raury
- The Heavy
- Highly Suspect
- Gryffin
- NF
- Rezz
- Coast Modern
- Durante
- Aaron Jackson
- Brumby
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- J. Cole
- Empire of The Sun
- Bassnectar
- Jane's Addiction
- Leon Bridges
- Die Antwoord
- Dirty Heads
- The Temper Trap
- Crystal Castles
- Excision
- The Naked And Famous
- Gramatik
- Bob Moses
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- Seven Lions
- Snails
- The Strumbellas
- Oh Wonder
- The Wombats
- Bomba Estereo
- Jess Glynne
- Ghastly
- Finish Ticket
- Sir The Baptist
- The Shelters
- Spag Heddy
- Aazar
- The Lique
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- Major Lazer
- The Lumineers
- Flume
- Chromeo
- Young The Giant
- Jimmy East World
- Duke Dumont
- Third Eye Blind
- Snakehips
- Iration
- Alunageorge
- Atlas Genius
- Warpaint
- Band of Skulls
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- Nothing But Theives
- Jack Garratt
- Mr. Carmack
- Bishop Briggs
- Lany
- Autograf
- Mija
- Hey Marsielles
- Lewis Del Mar
- CID
- Anevo
- Brittany Rose
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Music line-ups (2015)
In 2015 Life is Beautiful announced a partnership with Insomniac Events to increase the presence of electronic music offerings on the line-up. Insomniac curated the Troubadour stage with headlining acts Porter Robinson, Carnage, and Knife Party.[4][5]
| Line-up |
| Friday, September 25[6] |
Saturday, September 26[6] |
Sunday, September 27[6] |
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Music line-ups (2014)
In 2014, the festival expanded to 3 days:
| Line-up |
| Friday, October 24[7] |
Saturday, October 25[7] |
Sunday, October 26[7] |
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Music line-ups (2013)
Inaugural headliners were The Killers and Kings of Leon.[8]
Beck, Vampire Weekend, Passion Pit, Empire of the Sun, Childish Gambino, Pretty Lights, Jurassic 5, STS9, Purity Ring, Earl Sweatshirt, Danny Brown, Portugal. the Man, Dawes, Imagine Dragons, The Joy Formidable, Charli XCX, Haim, Capital Cities, Poolside, Janelle Monáe, Alabama Shakes, Joey Bada$$, Cults, Smith Westerns, Nico Vega, Zedd, Living Colour, Youngblood Hawke, Family of the Year, Robert Delong, Cayucas, Wallpaper, Twenty One Pilots.
Culinary line-ups
| Food Line-up |
| Chefs[7] |
Restaurants[7] |
- Brian Massie·
- Bryan Forgione·
- Carlos Buscaglia·
- Bruce and Eric Bromberg·
- Cat Cora·
- Donald Link·
- Duff Goldman·
- Francisco “Kiko” Ojeda·
- Hubert Keller·
- Jet Tila·
- Jonathan Waxman·
- José Andrés·
- Kim Canteenwalla·
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- Lao Sze Chuan·
- Madison Cowan·
- Marc Forgione·
- Mike Minor·
- Mary Sue Milliken·
- Peter Bastien·
- Chef Ralph Perrazzo·
- Richard Camarota·
- Sam Marvin·
- Rick Moonen·
- Scott Conant·
- Spike Mendelsohn·
- Shawn McClain·
- Susan Feniger·
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- Aloha Kitchen·
- Andiamo·
- Artisanal Foods·
- Bronze Cafe·
- Carmine’s·
- Culinary Dropout·
- Due Forni·
- Fleur by Hubert Keller·
- Forte·
- Function Juicery·
- The Funnel Cake Cafe·
- Fresh ‘n’ Nova·
- Garden Grill·
- Gimme Some Sugar·
- Hash House a Go Go·
- Hearthstone Kitchen & Cellar·
- Hummus Factory·
- Kuma Snow Cream·
- MTO Cafe·
- Nacho Daddy·
- Nobu Las Vegas·
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- O Face Doughnuts·
- Oming’s Kitchen·
- Origin India·
- Palm Restaurant·
- Popped·
- RM Seafood·
- Sausagefest·
- Spud Shots and More·
- Stripchezze·
- Tacofest·
- Tbone Chophouse and Hank’s Fine Steaks·
- The Twisted Lemon·
- Tornado Potato·
- TruckUBarbeque·
- Truffles n Bacon·
- Truk-N-Yaki·
- Z India Catering Co.·
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Art line-up
| Art Line-up |
| Artists[7] |
- Aaron Sheppard·
- Audrey Barcio·
- BICICLETA SEM FRIEO·
- Borondo·
- Camilla Quinn·
- Charlotte Dutoit·
- CYRCLE·
- D*Face·
- Edoardo Tresoldi·
- Eric Tillinghast·
- Fintan Magee·
- Gina Quaranto·
- Jerry Misko II·
- Jesse Smigel·
- JK Russ·
- Las Vegas Academy·
- Lakwena·
- Li-Hill·
- Linda Alterwitz·
- Marty Walsh·
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- Maser·
- Matthew Couper·
- Miguel Rodriguez·
- Misaki Kawai·
- Jevijoe Vitug·
- Patrick Duffy·
- ROA·
- Sush Machida “Gaikotsu”·
- Spencer Olsen·
- SANER·
- Tim Bavington·
- Thomas Dambo·
- Trifecta Gallery·
- VAST Space Projects·
- Zak Ostrowski·
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Learning line-up
| Learning Line-up |
| Speakers[7] |
- Pussy Riot·
- Penn & Teller·
- Isaiah Austin·
- José Andrés·
- Amelia Rose Earhart·
- Oscar Goodman·
- Tony Hsieh & Fred Mossler·
- Adam Braun·
- Sue Bryce·
- Demetrious Johnson·
- Rehan Choudhry·
- Andy Grignon·
- Eric Weinstein·
- Marie Forleo·
- Kavita Shukla·
- Lizzie Velasquez·
- Zubin Damania·
- Giles Duley·
- Dr. Gabor Forgacs·
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- Andrew Hessel·
- David J. Peterson·
- John Rennie·
- Joy Sun·
- PES·
- Jill Vialet·
- Ed Gavagan & Sekeena Gavagan·
- Mel & Patricia Ziegler·
- Justin & Meghan Sylvester·
- Shiza Shahid·
- Peter Aguero·
- Raghava KK·
- Paul Mattingly·
- Scot Nery·
- Ric Elias·
- Neda Ulaby·
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