{"id":40033,"date":"2024-05-01T15:48:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T22:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=40033"},"modified":"2024-05-01T16:47:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T23:47:13","slug":"fremont-street-experience-names-free-2024-concert-series-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/fremont-street-experience-names-free-2024-concert-series-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremont Street Experience Names Free 2024 Concert Series Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fremont Street Experience has announced the bands for its 2024 “Downtown Rocks” free concert series.<\/p>\n

Yes, you read that correctly. “Free.” It’s an increasingly rare word in Las Vegas, like “crabs.” (Thank you, pubic grooming!) No tickets needed, no processing or concession fees, no auto-gratuities, no bait-and-switch.<\/p>\n

Just good, old-fashioned free, incredibly loud entertainment from bands we couldn’t pick out of a police line-up, but again, free.<\/p>\n

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Free music on the street, free money from slot machines inside! Actual results may vary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fremont Street Experience is a unique venue for concerts, as the level of stimulation is exceptionally high. Shows take place under the street’s Viva Vision video screen, which has recently been upstaged by The Sphere at Venetian, but The Sphere’s shows are anything but free.<\/p>\n

We trust you’re champing at the bit to see the concert schedule so you can make your vacation plans, so here’s a look.<\/p>\n

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We added the “Your Mom” thing to this graphic when we worked at Fremont Street Experience and it is an ongoing source of pride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We have never felt more out of the music loop than this very moment.<\/p>\n

Acts include Seether, Hoobastank with Soul Asylum, Boys Like Girls, Chris Janson, Sebastian Bach, Common Kings, Joe Nichols and Sublime With Rome.<\/p>\n

As we aren’t all that familiar with these bands, it’s hard to say what the strategy is with this year’s collection of acts.<\/p>\n

The usual M.O. is to book throwback bands in the $20,000-40,000 range, usually with some name recognition among mature fans, as they have the most value to the casinos along Fremont Street (the folks who pay for the concerts). Outdoor bars make a killing on concert nights, but casinos also like when guests with disposable income dine at their restaurants and gamble before and after the shows.<\/p>\n

As has been true historically, there isn’t a ton of diversity in this year’s line-up, other than Common Kings, an “American, Hawaiian and Samoan reggae rock\/pop band,” according to Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

We did recognize this Hoobastank song from 2003. Which is now more than two decades ago. We are not sure how that’s possible.<\/p>\n

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