Area is buzzing with bars, restaurants and art It’s a Friday night in Downtown Las Vegas, miles from the megaresorts of the Las Vegas Strip and just a few blocks down from the old Vegas allure of Fremont Street’s casinos. A flock of people crosses Las Vegas Boulevard, but not toward the casinos and the [...]
Downtown Las Vegas just got a little greener with the opening of the Downtown FEED (Fremont East Entertainment District) Farmer’s Market. Downtown FEED launched on July 14 and will continue as a weekly event every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The farmer’s market features more than 15 growers and music, providing locals and visitors [...]
I have to admit it: When you live in Vegas, you sort of become a little bit blind to all the spectacle of this town. You just sort of… get used to it. Unfortunately, this goes double for the older parts of Vegas that don’t always have the same kind of modern dazzle as a [...]
By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com Fremont Street Experience and Nina Blackwood send guests “Back to the Future” this summer. Get ready for some dancin’ in the streets ’80s-style this summer in downtown Las Vegas. (If you need some pointers, just watch the David Bowie and Mick Jagger music video from 1985.) Now through Labor Day Weekend Fremont [...]
Country fans are in for a treat this weekend in Vegas with the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards taking place on April 3 at the MGM Grand. In celebration of the awards ceremony the ACM is hosting two nights of free concerts on April 1 – 2 at the Fremont Street Experience featuring [...]
Are you stuck in the generation when bell bottoms, disco, good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll and feathered hair dominated the scene? Look no further than Fremont Street Experience, where you can party like it’s 1979. If you’re dying to check out the real artists from this era, see the following headliners on these dates: Little River Band: [...]
If you think you can shake, rattle and roll like The King, this is your chance to strut your stuff. For the first time Vegas is hosting an Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist preliminary contest at Fremont Street Experience on July 23 – 24. Even if you don’t plan on competing, Elvis fans and those who enjoy [...]
In retrospect, it probably wasn’t the best idea to venture downtown on a rainy day. True the Fremont Street Experience is covered by a Viva Vision canopy, and said canopy towers 90 feet above Fremont Street spanning the length of five football fields with more than 12 million LED lights. Also true, the Viva Vision canopy is by no means rain proof. It’s actually more of [...]
With 2010 only a few days away, do you have plans for New Year’s Eve yet? Live rock music. A mesmerizing show with millions of lights. Thousands of people. If you still need plans to welcome 2010 in style, why not celebrate at Fremont Street Experience? During Fremont Street’s 2nd Annual TributePalooza you’ll see concerts by [...]
On Saturday, Oct. 24 downtown Las Vegas was invaded by plastic-brain-eating zombies who gathered on Fremont Street for the First Annual Zombie Walk. People of all ages participated in the event, each portaying their own version of a blood-thirsty zombie. Wearing white facepaint and blood-spattered clothes they lurched their way downtown from the Plaza to [...]
