Street closures for Life is Beautiful begin in downtown Vegas

Aerial view of the Life is Beautiful festival set-up and preparation, as seen from The Ogden Las Vegas condominium tower in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Life is Beautiful Festival will take place September 25-27 in downtown. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @bizutesfaye

A man crosses E. Ogden Avenue in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Streets in downtown will be closed to vehicular traffic for the Life is Beautiful Music and Art Festival from Sept. 25-27. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @bizutesfaye

Setup goes on at the Life is Beautiful festival, slated to take place Sept. 25-27, from The Ogden in downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto

Downtown Las Vegas won’t be an easy place to get around this weekend, but those who go are gearing for a memorable experience.

Life is Beautiful, a music, food and learning festival, will sprawl over 18 city blocks, mostly east of Las Vegas Boulevard Thursday night through Sunday.

Street closures are already in place, some of them beginning as early as last week.

Portions of Sixth and Seventh avenues north of Stewart Avenue and Mesquite Avenue between Las Vegas Boulevard and Eighth Avenue as well as 10th Avenue north of Fremont Street and Ogden Avenue between Ninth and 10th have closed.

So have Stewart between Las Vegas and Eighth, Sixth between Stewart and Ogden and Ogden between Sixth and Seventh, and Eighth and Ninth between Carson Avenue and Fremont.

Also closed: Fremont between Sixth and 11th, Ogden between Seventh and Eighth and Seventh and Ninth between Fremont and Ogden and Eighth between Fremont and Stewart will close.

The final closures took place Thursday at midnight with Carson from Sixth to Ninth, Seventh and Eighth between Bridger Avenue and Carson, Bridger between Seventh and Eighth, Sixth between Carson and Ogden and Fremont between Las Vegas Boulevard and Sixth closing.

Large crowds are expected for the event with headliners Stevie Wonder, Imagine Dragons, Duran Duran, Snoop Dogg and Weezer on the musical lineup.

The festival also will include pop-up appearances by celebrity chefs, a lecture series and demonstrations by artists.

Tickets are still available starting at $115 a day from the festival’s website.

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