Life Is Beautiful schedule

The following is a schedule of performers, participating chefs, artists, speakers and activities for the Life Is Beautiful festival in downtown Las Vegas.

Single day admission is $95 or $209.50 for VIP. Two-day general admission tickets are $159.50 or $349.50 for VIP. For more info, go to lifeisbeautifulfestival.com.

FRIDAY

Festival KickOff Party

Grills &Guitars features performances by Dawes and Todd Rundgren and grilled food from chefs including Bruce and Eric Bromberg, Jonathan Waxman, Cat Cora, Tom Colicchio, Michael Symon, Nancy Silverton, Jet Tila, Scott Conant and Aaron Sanchez from 9 p.m. to midnight. Tickets are $175, or $225 for VIP.

SATURDAY

MUSIC

DOWNTOWN STAGE

■ Family of the Year, 1-1:45 p.m.

■ ZZ Ward, 2:20-3:05 p.m.

■ Dawes, 3:45-4:30 p.m.

■ Alabama Shakes, 5:10-6 p.m.

■ Imagine Dragons, 6:45-7:45 p.m.

■ Beck, 8:30-9:40 p.m.

■ Kings of Leon, 10:30 p.m.-midnight

AMBASSADOR STAGE

■ Alpine, 1-1:40 p.m.

■ Nico Vega, 2:05-2:45 p.m.

■ Poolside, 3:15-4 p.m.

■ Andrew McMahon, 4:30-5:20 p.m.

■ Capital Cities, 5:55-6:45 p.m.

■ Purity Ring, 7:20-8:10 p.m.

■ Childish Gambino, 8:45-9:45 p.m.

■ Pretty Lights, 10:30-11:40 p.m.

HUNTRIDGE STAGE

■ Wallpaper, 1:45-2:20 p.m.

■ Cayucas, 3:05-3:45 p.m.

■ Youngblood Hawke, 4:30-5:10 p.m.

■ Earl Sweatshirt, 6-6:45 p.m.

■ Cults, 7:45-8:30 p.m.

■ Portugal. The Man, 9:40-10:25 p.m.

HEARTLAND/RED BULL MXT TRUCK

■ Recycled Percussion, 1:30-1:40 p.m.

■ DJ Zo, 1:40-2:30 p.m.

■ Knocked Up Kids, 2:30-3 p.m.

■ DJ Zo, 3-3:50 p.m.

■ Dreamers, 3:50-4:20 p.m.

■ Shalvoy Music, 4:20-5:25 p.m.

■ The Dig, 5:25-5:55 p.m.

RED BULL SOUND SELECT

■ Ekoh, 2:45-3:15 p.m.

■ RNR, 4-4:30 p.m.

■ Tink, 5:20-5:50 p.m.

■ Children of the Night, 6:45-7:15 p.m.

■ Chancellor Warhol, 8:10-8:40 p.m.

■ Joey Bada$$, 9:45-10:25 p.m.

HOMEGROWN STAGE

■ Turner, 1:05-1:35 p.m.

■ Same Sex Mary, 2:05-2:35 p.m.

■ Goldboot, 3:20-3:50 p.m.

■ Beau Hodges Band, 4:40-5:10 p.m.

■ Crazy Chief, 6-6:30 p.m.

■ A Crowd of Small Adventures, 7:25-7:55 p.m.

■ Rusty Maples, 8:50-9:20 p.m.

FOOD

Some of the participating chefs: Bruce and Eric Bromberg, Scott Conant, Jonathan Waxman, Hubert Keller, Cat Cora, Michael Mina, Rick Moonen, Kim Canteenwalla, Jet Tila, Donald Link, Tom Colicchio, Michael Symon, Aaron Sanchez, Mary Sue Milliken, Susan Feniger, David Myers, Akira Back, Kerry Simon, Francois Payard, Nina Manchev, Marcel Vigneron, Megan Romano, Frank Gorriceta, Gerald Chin, Jason Tuley, Massimiliano Campanari, Shane McKnight, Nancy Silverton, Todd English, Mike Minor, Elias Cairo, Josh Graves.

The Culinary Village’s “bazaar of epicurean delight” will feature food stations by dozens of participating restaurants from 1 p.m. to midnight. Admission is included with festival ticket. Gourmet dishes sold for $10 or less.

Admission to Chefs on Stage in the Culinary Village is included with festival ticket. The schedule:

CHEFS ON STAGE EAST

■ Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, 1:45-2:30 p.m.

■ Todd English, 3:15-4 p.m.

■ Jet Tila with Ben McKee, 4:45-5:30 p.m.

■ Grant MacPherson, 6:15-7 p.m.

■ Rick Moonen, 7:45-8:30 p.m.

CHEFS ON STAGE WEST

■ Aaron Sanchez, 2:30-3:15 p.m.

■ Jonathan Waxman, 4-4:45 p.m.

■ Hubert Keller, 5:30-6:15 p.m.

■ Cat Cora with Youngblood Hawke, 7-7:45 p.m.

■ Jason Tuley, 8:30-9:15 p.m.

Culinary Crawl: dining tour from 5 to 8 p.m. will visit the Flame Steakhouse hosted by Kim Canteenwalla and Sven Mede, Park on Fremont hosted by Nicole Brisson and Jason Neve and EAT hosted by Richard Camarota and Megan Romano. Admission is a festival ticket and an additional $130.

The Alchemy Gardens: featuring a la carte beer, wine, spirits and sake. Flight tastings are available for $40 for nine tastings.

ART

Performers from three Cirque du Soleil appear on a special stage: “Zarkana,” 2:55-3 p.m.; “Mystere,”3:45-3:50 p.m.; and “The Beatles Love,” 4:30-4:35 p.m.

LEARNING

The schedule for the speakers series:

BACKSTAGE BAR &BILLIARDS

■ David Daniel Hudson, 2-2:15 p.m.

■ David Uslan, 2:30-2:45 p.m.

■ Miki and Radha Agrawal, 3-3:30 p.m.

■ Jason Pollock, 3:30-3:45 p.m.

■ Will Travis, 4-4:15 p.m.

■ Steve Brown, 4:30-4:45 p.m.

FREMONT COUNTRY CLUB

■ Chris Culos, 1:15-1:30 p.m.

■ Aaron Sanchez, 1:45-2 p.m.

■ Rudy Lopez-Negrete, 2:15-2:30 p.m.

■ Marcia Wieder, 2:45-3 p.m.

■ Paull Young, 3:15-3:30 p.m.

■ Cirque du Soleil panel, 3:45-4:30 p.m.

■ Dr. Sean Stephenson, 4:45-5 p.m.

■ Tony Horton,5:15-5:45 p.m.

■ Cast of “The Buried Life,” 6-7 p.m.

SUNDAY

MUSIC

DOWNTOWN STAGE

■ Living Colour, 1:30-2:10 p.m.

■ Allen Stone, 2:50-3:35 p.m.

■ “Michael Jackson One,” 3:50-4:10 p.m.

■ Jurassic 5, 4:35-5:25 p.m.

■ Passion Pit, 6:05-7:05 p.m.

■ Vampire Weekend, 7:50-8:50 p.m.

■ The Killers, 9:40-11:10 p.m.

AMBASSADOR STAGE

■ Five Knives, 1:05-1:50 p.m.

■ Charli XCX, 2:20-3:05 p.m.

■ Twenty One Pilots, 3:40-4:30 p.m.

■ Janelle Moneau, 5:05-5:55 p.m.

■ STS9, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

■ Zedd, 8:05-9:05 p.m.

■ Empire of the Sun, 9:50-10:50 p.m.

HUNTRIDGE STAGE

■ Cosmic Suckerpunch, 1-1:30 p.m.

■ Robert DeLong, 2:10-2:50 p.m.

■ Haim, 3:40-4:25 p.m.

■ Danny Brown, 5:25-6:05 p.m.

■ Joy Formidable, 7:05-7:50 p.m.

■ Big Gigantic, 8:50-9:35 p.m.

HEARTLAND/RED BULL MXT TRUCK

■ Million Dollar Quartet, 1:40-2 p.m.

■ DJ Supra, 2-3 p.m.

■ Jabbawockeez, 3-3:20 p.m.

■ DJ 88, 3:20-4:50 p.m.

■ Rock of Ages, 4:50-5:05 p.m.

RED BULL SOUND SELECT

■ The Dirty Hooks, 1:50-2:15 p.m.

■ American Cream, 3:05-3:35 p.m.

■ Moondog Matinee, 4:30-5 p.m.

■ The Kingston Springs, 5:55-6:25 p.m.

■ Wildcat! Wildcat!, 7:30-8 p.m.

■ Smith Westerns, 9-9:45 p.m.

HOMEGROWN STAGE

■ Haleamano, 1:10-1:40 p.m.

■ Dusty Sunshine, 2:25-2:55 p.m.

■ Jordan Kate Mitchell, 3:45-4:15 p.m.

■ Most Thieves, 5:10-5:40 p.m.

■ Sabriel, 6:35-7:05 p.m.

■ Joey Pero and His Band, 8:10-8:40 p.m.

■ Kid Meets Cougar, 9:55-10:25 p.m.

FOOD

The Culinary Village features food from dozens of participating restaurants from noon to 11 p.m. Admission included with festival ticket.

Admission to the Chefs on Stage in the Culinary Village is included with festival ticket. The schedule:

CHEFS ON STAGE EAST

■ Donald Link, 1:45-2:30 p.m.

■ Elias Cairo and Josh Graves, 3:15-4 p.m.

■ Scott Conant, ZZ Ward, 4:45-5:30 p.m.

■ Carla Pellegrino, 6:15-7 p.m.

CHEFS ON STAGE WEST

■ Kerry Simon, 2:30-3:15 p.m.

■ Bruce and Eric Bromberg with Vernon Reid, 4-4:45 p.m.

■ Steve Martorano with Nico Vega, 5:30-6:15 p.m.

■ Mike Minor, Greg Ehrlich, 7-7:45 p.m.

Culinary Crawl: the dining tour, from 5 to 8 p.m., will visit EAT hosted by Jonathan Waxman and Nancy Silverton, Le Thai hosted by Rick Moonen and Gerald Chin and Park on Fremont hosted by Cat Cora and Jason Tuley. Admission is an additional $130.

The Alchemy Gardens: featuring a la carte beer, wine, spirits and sake. Flight tastings are available for $40.

ART

Performers from two Cirque du Soleil shows appear on a special stage: “O,” 2:30-2:40 p.m., and “Zumanity,” 3:45-3:55 p.m.

LEARNING

The schedule for the speakers series:

BACKSTAGE BAR &BILLIARDS

■ Prerna Gupta, 12:30-12:45 p.m.

■ Jia Jiang, 1-1:15 p.m.

■ Cristina De Jesus, 1:30-1:45 p.m.

■ Lars Schmidt, 2-2:15 p.m.

■ Daniel Kraft, 2:30-2:45 p.m.

■ Jim Kwik, 3-3:15 p.m.