Viva Las Vegas fest expected to draw 20,000 Rockabilly fans
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Deke Dickerson performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Matt Codina wows the crowd at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Brian “Shorty” Poole accompanies Amy Griffen at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Miss Tammi Savoy of the Chris Casello Combo entertains a late night crowd at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Eddie Angel of Los Straitjackets performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Pete Curry, bassist for Los Straitjackets, performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Reverend Horton Heat guitarist, Jim Heath, entertains a late night crowd at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Guitarists Mark Gamsjager, left, Chris Casello, Mitch Polzak and Jim Heath, sitting, pack the stage during the finale of the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Delta Bombers vocalist, Chris Moinichen, entertains a late night crowd at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Mitch Polzak performs at the Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival show during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans hotel casino on Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Filmmaker, author and comedian, John Waters hosts the Burlesque Showcase during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender event at The Orleans hotel casino on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Dancer Sydni Deveraux performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque Showcase hosted by John Waters at the Orleans Arena on April 19, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Dancer Sydni Deveraux performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque Showcase hosted by John Waters at the Orleans Arena on April 19, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Burlesque entertainer Raquel Reed performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque Showcase hosted by John Waters at the Orleans Arena on April 19, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Burlesque entertainer Angie Pontani performs at the Burlesque Showcase during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at the Orleans Arena on Friday, April 19, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Burlesque entertainer Jamie Von Stratton performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque Showcase hosted by John Waters at the Orleans Arena on April 19, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Roy Wilson, of Roy Wilson and the Buzzards, performs at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender at the Orleans hotel casino on Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Musician and Mayor of Port Costa, California, Mitch Polzak, performs with Roy Wilson and the Buzzards at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender at the Orleans hotel casino on Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Lucy Luxe fixes a bow in her hair backstage of the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Charlotte Lorelei has a pearl necklace placed around her neck backstage at the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Avrora, who declined to give her last name, from Russia puts on a glove backstage at the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Jessabelle Thunder from Los Angeles, left, fixes her hair while designer Jamie Trujilo from Los Angeles, puts a dress on Tammi Savoy from Chicago backstage at the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Mika Romantic from Philadelphia watches the fashion show competition on a television while backstage at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Women participating in the fashion show get ready backstage at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Kiersten Thomsen, left, helps with last minute touches for Donna McDougal before they go on stage for the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Women wait behind the curtain before going on stage for the fashion show at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Kara Spade from Long Beach, Calif. smokes a cigarette while sitting at a slot machine at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Danika Soto Hay from San Diego, Calif. watches a performance at the pool at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Therese Haverklint from Sweden stands in the pool at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Candace Rosales from Los Angeles, fans herself out at the pool at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Kitty Steiner from Germany lays by the pool while talking with a friend at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Jess Wehrle from N.Y. watches a performance at the pool at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Linda Lou, left, and Jay Greaves from Canada dance to live music at The Orleans during the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend in Las Vegas, Friday, April 19, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @carolinebrehman
Billed by organizers as the largest Rockabilly festival in the world, it is now the longest-running music festival in Las Vegas, having just celebrated its 20th anniversary, according to its website, vivalasvegas.net.
The four-day event that runs through Sunday includes six music stages, hot rods, dancing and burlesque, and draws people from across the U.S. and as far away as Europe, South America, Japan and New Zealand, organizers said.
The weekender also puts on a pre-1960s era car show and vendors selling vintage clothing, home wares, music and vintage reproduction items.
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