Beach Afternoons: Alienstock Update!

UPDATE (2:16pm Sep. 11)
Sadly, we won’t see Area 51 stormed by hundreds of thousands of Facebook users, OR Area 51-adjacent Rachel, Nevada ransacked by a 3-day music festival.
The organizers may have jumped the raygun on thinking they could plan a music festival; “Due to the lack of infrastructure, poor planning, risk management, and blatant disregard for the safety of the expected 10,000+ AlienStock attendees, we decided to pull the plug on the festival.”

But there’s a silver lining, and not just inside the alien’s spacesuits.
Las Vegas is stepping in and hosting a one night only Area 51 Celebration:
“The time has come to sit back, share a beer, and talk all things aliens. Instead of storming a government base, the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center is [hosting] an out-of-this-world evening of top-secret entertainment on Thursday, September 19 with the Area 51 Celebration.
Come in peace, we have everything you need to make this celebration a blowout, including a classified lineup of music artists…”

Considering how this whole idea started as a joke to raid Area 51, I’d call this a pretty big win!

::Original Post (Aug. 15, 2019)::

What started as a phony Facebook event has now grown into something out of this world!
This summer, a Facebook event called “Storm Area 51” was created as a joke, and went viral.  2 million Facebook users clicked on “Going.”  The US Government got involved, saying the military “stands ready” if anyone attacks the base at Area 51.  So you could say that things got a little crazy.

Now, the focus has shifted from a critical mass of humans rushing the fences of Area 51, to an alien-themed music festival!
No word on if the Cantina Band from Star Wars has been booked to play Alienstock.