When We Were Young 2024 music festival returns to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, for two days of emo and pop-punk nostalgia with headlining sets by Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance performing "The Black Parade" in its entirety.
Mesa's Jimmy Eat World will revisit "Bleed American" in its entirety while Tempe rockers the Maine will dust off "Can't Stop Won't Stop." Both acts played the 2022 edition of the festival, which featured My Chemical Romance and a reunited Paramore topping the bill.
Green Day and Blink-182 headlined When We Were Young in 2023.
When We Were features the same lineup both days with artists performing on four stages — Green, Pink, Ghost and Stripe.
Here’s everything you need to know if you’re going to When We Were Young 2024.
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When We Were Young 2024 dates
When We Were Young 2024 is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19 and 20.
When We Were Young 2024 location
When We Were Young is at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, an open-air venue at the north end of theLas Vegas Strip.
It’s a 26-acre facility with a capacity of 85,000 people, north ofCircus Circus Las Vegas.
The address is 2800 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Festival grounds are only accessible by walking, rideshare and Las Vegas Monorail. There is no direct access for passenger vehicles.
Parking at When We Were Young
There is no parking at When We Were Young.
When We Were Young 2024 lineup
Here's a full list of the artists scheduled to perform and which albums they'll be playing:
- Fall Out Boy: Various albums.
- My Chemical Romance: "The Black Parade"
- Simple Plan: "No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls"
- We The Kings: "We The Kings"
- Jimmy Eat World: "Bleed American"
- Taking Back Sunday: "Tell All Your Friends"
- The All-American Rejects: "The All-American Rejects"
- 3OH!3: "Want"
- Pierce The Veil: "Collide with the Sky"
- Sleeping With Sirens: "Let's Cheers To This"
- A Day to Remember: "Homesick"
- Dashboard Confessional: "Dusk and Summer"
- Coheed and Cambria: "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness"
- Underoath: "They're Only Chasing Safety"
- The Distillers: "Coral Fang"
- Mayday Parade: "A Lesson in Romantics"
- Chiodos: "All's Well That Ends Well"
- Movements: "Feel Something"
- Bayside: "Bayside"
- The Maine: "Can't Stop Won't Stop"
- Saves the Day: "Stay What You Are"
- The Wonder Years: "The Greatest Generation"
- The Starting Line: "Say It Like You Mean It"
- August Burns Red: "Constellations"
- Thursday: "Full Collapse"
- State Champs: "The Finer Things"
- Atreyu: "The Curse"
- Hawthorne Heights: "The Silence in Black and White"
- Cartel: "Chroma"
- Tonight Alive: "The Other Side"
- Saosin: "Saosin"
- Pretty Girls Make Graves: "The New Romance"
- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus: "Don't You Fake It"
- Alesana: "The Emptiness"
- L.S. Dunes
- Daisy Grenade
- We Are the In Crowd: "Weird Kids"
- The Used: "In Love and Death"
- New Found Glory: "Sticks And Stones"
- Dance Gavin Dance: "Mothership"
- Motion City Soundtrack: "Commit This ro Memory"
- Silverstein: "Discovering the Waterfront"
- Basem*nt: "Colourmeinkindness"
- Neck Deep: "Life's Not Out to Get You"
- Cobra Starship: "¡Viva la Cobra!"
- Story Of The Year" "Page Avenue"
- Say Anything: "…Is a Real Boy"
- Four Year Strong: "Enemy Of The World"
- Mom Jeans: "Best Buds"
- Senses Fail: "Still Searching"
- Anberlin: "Never Take Friendship Personal"
- Armor For Sleep: "What to Do When You Are Dead"
- Hey Monday: "Hold On Tight"
- The Devil Wears Prada: "Plagues"
- Escape The Fate: "This War Is Ours"
- Nada Surf: "Let Go"
- Emery: "The Weak's End"
- Against the Current: "Gravity"
- Millionaires: "Cash Only"
- The Forecast: "In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen"
- Carr
When We Were Young 2024 tickets
Day 1 is sold out.
Day 2 tickets are available at whenwewereyoung.frontgatetickets.com. Here are the prices:
- General admission tickets start at $325.
- General admission-plus tickets start at $550.
- VIP tickets start at $650.
VIP cabana tickets are sold out on both days. You can join a waitlist at whenwewereyoung.frontgatetickets.com. If tickets become available, you will be notified and charged automatically.
How to get to When We Were Young in Las Vegas
Flying to Vegas?
The Las Vegas Festival Grounds are a few miles from Harry Reid International Airport.
Walking to When We Were Young?
If you are staying on The Strip, it’s an easy walk to the festival, with city views along the way.
- It's a 15-minute walk from Encore at Wynn Las Vegas.
- A 25-minute walk from the Venetian and the Mirage.
- A 30-minute walk from Caesars Palace.
Public transportationto When We Were Young
Ride theLas Vegas Monorailto the Sahara Las Vegas Station. Then take the Monorail pedestrian bridge across Paradise Avenue and walk through Sahara before crossing Las Vegas Boulevard to enter the festival grounds.
You can purchase discounts for the Monorailatlvmonorail.com.
If you’re coming from the other side of the Las Vegas Strip, check out theDeuce, a 24-hour bus service that picks up every 15 minutes. Buy a ticket ahead of time on the rideRTC mobile app. You can also pre-purchase your pass at one of the RTC's ticket vending machines atmany of their stops. For more information, visit theRTC’s website.
Taxis and limousines
You can get dropped off by a taxi or limousine in the festival’s transportation lot at 810 Circus Circus Drive at the south end of the festival grounds, just across the street from Circus Circus Hotel & Resort. At the end of the night, there will be a taxi queue there.
Rideshare
More information about rideshare pickup and dropoff will be available closer to the date of the festival.
When We Were Young Festival 2024 bag policy
Guests and their belongings are subject to search upon entry. You can help keep the lines moving by leaving large bags at home.
Backpacks, purses and bags must meet the following requirements:
- Small clutch purses and fanny packs that are 6 inches by 9 inches or smaller do not need to be clear and can have no more than one pocket.
- Bags larger than 6 by 9 inches must be clear and smaller than 12 by 12 by 6 inches.
- Hydration packs are allowed and do not need to be clear, but must be empty and have no more than two pockets in addition to the one holding the water reservoir.
Larger iridescent, color-tinted and opalescent bags are not allowed; they must be clear.
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What items are prohibited at When We Were Young?
The following items are banned:
- Aerosol products/aerosol cans/aerosol sunblock
- Air horns or noisemakers
- Audio recording devices
- AVPs, MODs or liquid to refill cartridges
- Bags that don't comply withthe bag policy
- Bicycles, skates, scooters or skateboards
- Blankets and beach towels
- Chairs or coolers
- Chains or chain wallets
- Detachable lens cameras
- Drones
- Drugs or drug paraphernalia
- Fireworks or explosives
- Flags
- Flyers, samples, giveaways or promotional items
- Glass or metal containers
- Glow sticks or LED gloves
- Hula hoops
- Hoverboards or Segways
- Instruments
- Laser pointers
- Mesh bags
- Metal, steel or aluminum water bottles
- Misters
- Outside food or beverages
- Pepper spray or mace
- Pets or other animals
- Selfie sticks or tripods
- Sharpies, markers or paint pens
- Stuffed Animals or inflatables
- Tarps
- Totems
- Umbrellas or parasols
- Unauthorized vendors or solicitors of any kind
- Video cameras
- Wagons or wagon carts
- Walkie talkies
- Weapons of any kind
What can I bring into When We Were Young?
The following items are OK to bring:
- Baby strollers
- Binoculars
- Cameras (non-pro)
- Chapstick and lip balm (sealed/unopened)
- Cigarettes and lighters (one pack of cigarettes per guest)
- E-cigs and vape pens
- Ear plugs
- Eye drops (sealed/unopened)
- Feminine hygiene item (sealed/unopened)
- GoPros and flip cams
- Personal-sized, sealed and unopened hand sanitizer and baby wipes
- Hats
- Non-aerosol makeup
- Over-the-counter medication
- Prescription medication in original container with patron's name on bottle and ID to verify; only one type of medication in bottle, which may contain only the appropriate amount of medication necessary while in attendance; prescriptions may not be expired; medications that require refrigeration can be brought to the medical tent for storage)
- Misters, cooling towels, liquid IV/electrolyte packets (sealed/unopened), and handheld fans (non-battery operated)
- Mobile phones and chargers
- Ponchos and rain jackets
- Service animals (comfort, therapy and emotional support animals do not meet the definition of a service animal)
- Sunblock (non-aerosol)
- Sunglasses
- Water bottles (empty, plastic, reusable, nonmetal, 32 ounces, one per guest)
Event organizers reserve the right to deny entry to any person or item deemed dangerous.
Security screening at When We Were Young
All patrons are subject to a search prior to entry. By purchasing a ticket, you agree to submit to a full body pat-down and magnetometer screening.
If you would like to be screened by personnel of your same gender, please let security know prior to the search process.
Screening of children will always take place with the consent of a parent or guardian.
Persons who do not comply with the search policy will be refused entry.
When We Were Young reentry policy
More information on the When We Were Young re-entry policy will be available closer to the date of the festival.
Where is the box office at When We Were Young?
More information on the box office location and hours will be available closer to the date of the festival.
