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Las Vegas Mortuary Holding Dia De Los Muertos Festival

Get your sugar skull makeup on, Las Vegas. The Day of the Dead is back. It’s the Dia De Los Muertos Festival. Usually celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every…

Dia de los Muertos alter is adorned with flowers, candles, skulls and a photo frame. Pan de Muertos sits in the forefront on the table. Dia de los Muertos Las Vegas.

Dia de los Muertos Alter.

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Get your sugar skull makeup on, Las Vegas. The Day of the Dead is back.

It's the Dia De Los Muertos Festival. Usually celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. It's the day that families celebrate the life of loved ones past. Dayofthedead.holiday says this special festival reunites the living with their dead relatives and friends. Part of the celebration includes building an alter and decorating it. Bright yellow marigolds surround a photo of the deceased on the alter. Which is also adorned with the favorite foods and beverages of the departed.

Palm Mortuaries and Cemeteries is celebrating Dia De Los Muertos at all three of their Las Vegas locations.

They are hosting their annual festival both days. The event is family-friendly and free for everyone to attend. Palm Mortuaries and Cemeteries encourages the community to bring their whole crew to enjoy the festivities. There will be tamales and other traditional Dia De Los Muertos food. Including Pan de Muertos (Mexican Bread of the Dead). Guests will enjoy mariachi bands and sugar skull crafts for children. And there will be alters to honor loved ones.

Palm Northwest Mortuary and Cemetery will kick off the Dia De Los Muertos festival. Located at 6701 North Jones in Las Vegas, their All Souls Day and Dia de los Muertos Event starts at 5:30pm on Wednesday, November 1. The festival will continue into Thursday, November 2, at both of the other Palm locations.

Palm Downtown Mortuary and Cemetery will start with a mass at 6 p.m, and festivities continuing throughout the evening, at 1325 North Main Street in Las Vegas. This mass will only be in Spanish. Palm Eastern Mortuary and Cemetery will also offer a remembrance service, in both Spanish and English, at 6pm at 7600 S Eastern Avenue in Las Vegas. Festivities will also continue throughout the evening at this location.

For more information, visit www.palmmortuary.com.

Tacos and Tamales Festival 2023; One GIANT Fiesta

It was a day of fun, amazing food and celebration at Desert Breeze Park with the annual Tacos and Tamales festival!

96.3 KKLZ and Clark County Recreation and Parks transformed Desert Breeze Park into a fiesta that showcased Las Vegas' local food trucks, vendors and artists.

The day started with local and out-of-town bands warming up the crowd, injecting beautiful melodies into the festival atmosphere. People were dancing, eating and simply enjoying themselves amid the festival.

Across the park, grills were hot and sizzling. Chefs could be seen slicing and cooking up tender carne asada, pastor, cochinita pibil, and other amazing meats for items like tacos, burritos, nachos and more.

There were empanadas, elotes, aqua refrescas and other amazing Latino cuisine items. There was also soul food, sweet treats like cotton candy and other traditional carnival foods like funnel cakes and sugar-packed lemonade.

Lucha libre was entertaining for the entire family. From the theatrics to the actual wrestling technique, the talented fighters from Lucha Libre Las Vegas knew how to put on an entertaining show.

Artists did live painting demonstrations throughout the park. A corridor of the festival was dedicated to local artists and other vendors. The hallway of beautiful artwork and artisanal items proved that Las Vegas is an incubation of wonderful creativity.

Reggae band The Ghetto on Phyre were the first to perform. After that, Ska band Blanco y Negro played their music for the energetic crowd, who started a dancing circle.

People danced and showcased "skanking" dance moves. "Skanking" is a type of dance that is usually done with ska, reggae or punk music.

Los Rakas and La Pobreska then performed after. These bands electrified the crowd, and people didn't stop dancing. People were dancing so much that a cloud of dust formed over the crowd. The last act to go on was the Voodoo Glow Skulls, who closed out the night on an equally as exciting note.

We thank everyone who came out to Tacos and Tamales Festival! It was a beautiful and tasty day for the community. And we're not sure who said this, but we liked this piece of advice: “Live everyday like it’s Taco Tuesday.”

Taco Time

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Findlay Chevrolet Stage

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#TeamBeasley

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Ice And Freshing

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Art

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Paradise Amusements' Ticket Line

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Ferris Wheel

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911 Tacos & beer

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Agua Fresca

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Foodies Are Scouting Their Next Meal

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Pinitch

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El Sazon

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Paradiseice

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Four Peaks

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Tamales Are Better In 3's

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Ring Toss At Paradise Amusements Carnival Games

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Tacos And Temales Festival 2023

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Alcohol Tent

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I Luv Cotton Candy

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Happy Foodies

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Off The Vine

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Bar - Refreshments

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Cotton Candy

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Shrimp Bowl Anyone?

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Gourmet Empanadas

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El Taco

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THE Larry Martino

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Wendy Rush is the midday host on one of Vegas's top stations, 96.3 KKLZ. She has been with the station for ten years and comes with a diverse career background. In addition to being a radio host, Wendy has lived the Vegas life as an entertainer. She has been a celebrity impersonator, rock band singer, and improv comedian. As a content creator for 96.3 KKLZ, Wendy writes about music, celebrities, mental health and wellness, and life as a Las Vegas local.