The Life is Beautiful Festival After a jam-packed-year of countless music festivals, ( Coachella , SXSW, the Electric Daisy Carnival and Stagecoach to name a few), I made my way to what would most likely be my last festival of the year. I drove out to Las Vegas to close out my year and welcome the first ever Life is Beautiful festival . The festival was held in Downtown Las Vegas, reintroducing people to the original home of Vegas casinos and the days long before The Strip. With the growth and popularity of life on The Strip, Downtown became a thing of the past- a tired and dilapidated memory of what was once the heart of Vegas. In recent years, however, the Downtown area has experienced a revival through art and projects like the Life is Beautiful Festival. Like many Vegas-goers, I couldn’t remember the last time I had been to downtown Las Vegas. Most Sin City visitors spend their time casino and club hopping or exploring the world-class shopping along the Las Vegas Boul...