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Racing concludes with revelry at the Gumball 3000 music fest

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Editor's note: This event has been reduced to one day on Friday, May 29 from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m.

What if someone staged a real-life version of The Cannonball Run and stuck a music festival at the finish line? Thankfully, someone else thought of and conceptualized it: ex-racer Maximillion Cooper, who devised the Gumball 3000 as a lifestyle road trip featuring the sorts of sports cars with which teenagers adorn their bedroom walls and parties that attract both cultural and extreme-sport celebrities.

This year, the 3,000-mile, now-global caravan and party started in Stockholm, Sweden, and will conclude May 29 in Las Vegas with a two-night music event and car exhibition. Celebrity drivers will reach the finish line at MGM Resorts Village and park their exotic wheels alongside those on display.

That night’s performers include DJ Dallas Green, the Alchemist, Bun B and Deadmau5, the latter playing a rare all-ages, non-club Vegas gig. On Saturday night, Bun B returns, joined by Eve, DJ Muggs (of Cypress Hill), a skate demo by Tony Hawk and two more XS resident acts, Diplo and Skrillex, teaming up as trap duo Jack Ü. Add another addition to the rapidly expanding Las Vegas music festival calendar.

Gumball 3000 May 29, doors at 3 p.m., $40, ticketmaster.com/gumball3000.

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