When We Were Young is a 2 day annual festival with alternative/rock artists. This year the festival took place from October 21-22, 2023 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. Some artists that performed at the festival are: Green Day, Blink 182, 5 Seconds of Summer, and Good Charlotte.

Tickets for the festival started at $175 the day of the release. On the official When We Were Young website, fans could purchase General admission, General admission plus, VIP or VIP cabana.

During the festival, Blink 182 performed songs from their new album, “One More Time,” and played a snippet from an upcoming song called “When We Were Young,” which is fitting to the festival. Band Good Charlotte brought out rapper Lil Wayne, who performed his song “A Milli.”

Green Day, one of the festival headliners performed their new single, “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” from their album which was released October 24th, 2023. Prior to the festival on October 19th, Green day announced a secret showing in Las Vegas at the Fremont Country Club for people ages 21+.

Our very own teacher here at Desert Oasis High School, Evan Werner, attended the festival. “Green day was my favorite performance because I grew up listening to it and I’ve been waiting to see them live for a very long time.” Mr. Werner only attended the first day of the festival. Since the festival was canceled last year due to weather, many fans were excited to see some of their favorite bands perform.