What Does Life is Beautiful Mean to You?

Escape reality. At Life is Beautiful Festival, downtown Las Vegas transformed into a wonderland for music lovers everywhere. Massive glowing bunnies perched on a grassy quad, four stages and an EDM tent hosted 75 bands and musical artists, craft beer flowed a plenty, and the Bling Bling dumplings lit up our taste buds. The weekend became a playground for our senses. Most of all, the positive vibes from the festival felt contagious. Find out what life is beautiful meant for these LIB believers.

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“Freedom and everyone being who they want to be. Expressing yourself by the way you dress the people you surround yourself with. Enjoying the music, the art, the food.”

Favorites: Young the Giant, Empire of the Sun, Major Lazer

—Kassandra Zavalza, 4th year, Business Sports Marketing, Cal State San Bernardino

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“Everyone should really think that life is beautiful and they should embrace it and love it and acknowledge it as being beautiful.”

Favorites: G-Eazy, The Wombats

—Alexzandriah Zagar, 3rd year, Biology, College of Southern Nevada

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“Life is beautiful to me is that you’re at your happiest with the people you love the most and that you’re happy where you’re at in life.”

Favorites: Empire of the Sun

—Stephanie Castillo, 2nd year, Psychology, Cal State Long Beach

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“I think it means just to enjoy life. It’s like a recognition towards the soul.”

Favorites: Leon Bridges

—Mario Lodge, Sophomore, Kinesiology, Arizona State

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“Just everything. Humans, animals, creations of God. You’ve gotta live life to its fullest because it’s beautiful you only get one life.”

Favorites: J. Cole, Bassnectar

—Kevyn Hora, 1^st year, Dental Hygiene, College of Southern Nevada

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“It means freedom. Being here with best friends and wearing what you wanna wear and not caring what anyone thinks. That’s what it’s all about.”

Favorites: Bassnectar, Major Lazer, The Lumineers, The Strumbellas

—Kalie McLaughlin, Junior, Dance, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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“Just means enjoying it to your fullest. Doing things that make you happy.”

Favorites: Jimmy Eat World

—Jasmine Covarrubias, Sophomore, Nursing, Nevada State College

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“Amazing music, amazing art, amazing food—it makes this the happiest weekend of my life right now. I listened to Oh Wonder and this one song means the world to me and I cried. This is the best thing ever.”

Favorites: Jack Garratt and AlunaGeorge

—Morgan Crite, Sophomore, Music and Acting, Bakersfield College

“I just think it means a positive outcome. It needs to be possible. Shit still happens but you need to find the positive.”

Favorites: Mumford & Sons, Bassnectar, Excision, Young the Giant, Major Lazor

—Taylor Freckleton, Junior, Nutrition, Bakersfield College

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“You wanna have good friend group, good family, good future set out for you. You wanna be driven enough; you want the present to be beautiful but you want to work hard so your future is beautiful too. And I’m a big believer in karma and I think you should always have the best intensions in everything that you do.”

Favorites: Flume, Jimmy Eat World, Third Eye Blind

—Chloe Zubka, Senior, Communications, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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“Life is beautiful is kind of like an escape so I can take a break from homework and day to day and get out and get lost in the music.”

Favorites: Empire of the Sun, Flume, Rezz

—Jennifer Thompson, Senior, Manufacturing Processes & Product Development, Metropolitan State University of Denver

More beautiful moments from Life is Beautiful:

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Jimmy Eat World

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The Shins

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The Naked and Famous

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Galantis

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Mumford & Sons

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