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| - I've been three times spanning two years and I can say that every time I go it's worse than the last time. The only thing that remains consistent from visit to visit is the horrid parking, other than that, it's all one big downhill experience. Basically it's a bunch of "artists" and hipster-wannabes from the burbs of Vegas that mingle in a half-assed attempt at being artsy for an evening. The reality is, it's a bunch of people, many from out of town, who try to peddle their crappy t-shirts, photo art, figurines made out of nuts and bolts, etc. It's nothing you haven't already seen at a low-rent carnival booth setup before. Of course all the mobile trucks are there to offer you deep fried everything gourmet burgers, and pizza from a firetruck...the usual Vegas suspects. Sometimes you get some interesting bands or performance artists, but nothing much more than you would expect to see at the Iowa state fair.
When First Friday first got started, it had so much potential, but now that it's lost its edge, it reminds me a lot of Vegas in the 90's when they were trying to fool everyone by being so "family friendly". Hopefully First Friday will learn, like Vegas in general did, that it's a losing bet.
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