Route 91 Harvest - Wikipedia Route 91 Harvest Route 91 Harvest Genre Country music Dates Friday -- Sunday ( September -- October ) Location ( s ) Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Years active 2014 -- present Founded by Live Nation Entertainment MGM Resorts International Attendance 22,000 ( 2017 ) Website rt91harvest.com Main stage and artificial grass spectator area of Route 91 in September 2017, partially obscured by Luxor hotel block. Photograph taken from a helicopter during final preparations for the 2017 event. Route 91 Harvest is a country music festival in the United States that is held annually in Paradise, Nevada. It has been held every year since 2014 in the Las Vegas Village, a 15 - acre ( 6.1 ha ) lot on Las Vegas Boulevard, formerly U.S. Route 91, directly across from the Luxor Las Vegas hotel and casino and diagonally across from the Mandalay Bay resort and casino. The festival 's promoters are Live Nation Entertainment and MGM Resorts International. Route 91 Harvest was the scene of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the deadliest mass shooting by an individual in U.S. history so far. The shooting began as singer Jason Aldean gave the closing performance on the final day of the festival and ended with gunman Stephen Paddock 's suicide. At the time, the event was attended by approximately 22,000 people. Past festivals The following country music artists were the major acts in the respective years : 2014 : The inaugural festival featured Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert 2015 : Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Gary Allan, Lady Antebellum, Tim McGraw and Brett Eldredge 2016 : Headliners included Luke Bryan, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Little Big Town and Chris Young 2017 : Major acts were Eric Church, Sam Hunt, Jason Aldean, Jake Owen and Lee Brice References Jump up ^ Live Nation Entertainment ( 2017 ). `` Route 91 Harvest ''. Live Nation Entertainment. Retrieved October 2, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Crosby, Rachel ; Brean, Henry ; Hassan, Anita ; Munks, Jamie & Bekker, Jessie ( October 2, 2017 ). `` ' It was a horror show ' : Mass shooting leaves at least 58 dead, 515 wounded on Las Vegas Strip ''. Las Vegas Review - Journal. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017. Jump up ^ Whitaker, Sterling ( October 2, 2017 ). `` What Is the Route 91 Harvest Festival ? ''. Taste of Country. Retrieved October 3, 2017. Jump up ^ Rothman, Michael ( October 2, 2017 ). `` What to know about the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival ''. ABC News. Retrieved October 3, 2017. Jump up ^ Fadroski, Kelli ( October 2, 2017 ). `` Concert promoter Live Nation responds to the deadly shooting at its Route 91 Harvest festival ''. Orange County Register. Retrieved October 2, 2017. Jump up ^ Housley, Adam ; La Jeunesse, William ; Gibson, Jake ; Herridge, Catherine ; Arroyo, Mike ; Singman, Brooke ; Fedschun, Travis ( October 2, 2017 ). `` Las Vegas shooting : At least 58 dead in massacre Trump calls ' act of pure evil ' ''. Fox News. Associated Press. Retrieved October 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Suspect in Las Vegas shooting identified as Stephen Paddock ''. NBC News. Retrieved October 2, 2017. Jump up ^ Billboard. `` Route 91 Harvest Festival : A Brief History of the Fest Targeted in Las Vegas Shooting ''. Billboard. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 17. This music festival - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Route_91_Harvest&oldid=817087593 '' Categories : 2014 establishments in Nevada 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting Country music festivals in the United States Festivals in Nevada Live Nation Entertainment MGM Resorts International Music festivals established in 2014 U.S. Route 91 Music festival stubs Hidden categories : Use American English from October 2017 All Wikipedia articles written in American English All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Français Edit links This page was last edited on 26 December 2017, at 01 : 58. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who puts on the route 91 harvest festival
Answer: Live Nation Entertainment and MGM Resorts International