![]() ![]() In fact, A lot of the audacious new activity is centered away from the big casinos and in the downtown area and arts district of what is known as "old Vegas." Just outside of the tourist-trappy, Times Square-like Fremont Experience, there’s a vibrant live music scene anchored by a few key clubs, and an ever-growing slate of fests.Īttendees at 2022's When We Were Young Festival┃Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/FilmMagic ![]() Mike’s own Punk Rock Museum, which opened in April of this year, has cemented the city’s alternative music cred - even as it’s still best known for gambling, clubbing, and gorging at buffets. ![]() The latest slate of huge punk and punk-adjacent music events (from Punk Rock Bowling and When We Were Young to the just-announced new lineup of Sick New World 2024) back his claim even further. Some might find this statement debatable, but Vegas has long attracted subculture-driven gatherings, from Viva Las Vegas rockabilly weekend to the all-metal Psycho Las Vegas to the mixed bag that was Las Rageous. It might have seemed unthinkable a decade ago, but as Fat Mike of NOFX and Fat Wreck Chords has been putting out there for a while now, Sin City is basically "the most punk city in the U.S. These days, what happens in Vegas, slays in Vegas when it comes to the harder side of music. ![]()
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