Las Vegas' When We Were Young 2022: Line

by: Stephanie Overton Posted: Oct 20, 2022 / 11:00 AM PDT Updated:

by: Stephanie Overton

Posted: Oct 20, 2022 / 11:00 AM PDT

Updated: Oct 27, 2022 / 11:37 AM PDT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — On Saturday, the last day of 2022's When We Were Young Festival rocks the Las Vegas Festival grounds. 8 News Now has compiled a list of everything you’ll need to know before you go.

The When We Were Young festival was scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. on Oct. 22, 23, and 29 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The Oct. 22 performances were canceled due to dangerously high winds. However, the show on Sunday, Oct. 23 proceeded as planned.

Although Avril Lavigne played When We Were Young on Sunday, the festival announced Tuesday that the pop star would have to bow out of the remaining Oct. 29 performance "due to unforeseen circumstances." Bands Death Cab For Cutie and Underoath were added to Saturday's lineup.

The line-up, headlined by My Chemical Romance and Paramore, will consist of 65 bands, including:

On Monday, officials from the festival released set times for the first days of the two-weekend festival on its official social media accounts. The list, below, shows which bands will be performing at each of the five staging areas and at what time. Set times will vary depending on the band and stage.

The set times for October 29 are listed below:

The When We Were Young festival is put on by Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation's web site describes the company as "the world's leading live entertainment company" adding that they bring "40,000 shows and 100+ festivals to life" per year." The California-based corporation is the parent company of Ticketmaster.

The Black and Pink stages will alternatively host the headliners and are located next to each other. The Stripe and Checker stages are located across the festival grounds. The Neon Tent Stage will be located near the GA+ designated area, shown in the map below.

The Las Vegas Festival Grounds at located at 311 W Sahara Avenue. There is no parking available at the Festival Grounds, and they will only be accessible by walking, rideshare, and the Las Vegas Monorail.

The rideshare drop-off is located at the Festival's transportation lot located at 810 W Circus Circus Drive.

For those taking the Las Vegas Monorail, the closest station to the Festival Grounds is the Sahara Station. Once you arrive, simply walk across the Monorail pedestrian bridge across Paradise Avenue. You will then cross Las Vegas Boulevard to enter the festival grounds.

Festival goers will be searched when entering the grounds, and officials say no backpacks, purses or bags will be allowed into the event. There are exceptions listed on the festival's website, including;

According to the When We Were Young festival's official website, items prohibited from the event are listed below:

Conversely, these items are allowed into the venue, according to festival officials:

Officials note that while service animals are allowed, comfort, therapy and emotional support animals will not be allowed into the event.

Food and drink from outside the venue are not allowed into the When We Were Young festival. Guests with special dietary restrictions are asked to speak to security and medical team members at the entry gate.

Guidelines for medical materials and medications officially laid out by the When We Were Young festival website are as follows:

On Friday, When We Were Young officials took to social media to announce which food vendors would be available during the first weekend of the festival, listed below:

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