We’re thrilled to announce the dates and locations of our flagship celebration of alternative culture, featuring the industry’s most innovative creators, makers, and producers.

AltStar Expo Dates:
May 29-30, 2025: Industry Days
(Industry and Industry Plus Ones Only)
May 31, 2025: Fan Appreciation Day (NEW!)

Location: The Plaza Hotel & Casino, Downtown Las Vegas
1 Main Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101

AltStar Awards Date:
June 1, 2025: Red Carpet, Ceremony, and Performance

Location: Swan Dive, Downtown Las Vegas
1301 S Main St, Las Vegas, NV 89104

AltStar Expo

This is our third year now hosting this welcoming gathering place for the alternative community. This year, we’re excited to host our event at the historic Plaza Hotel & Casino in Downtown Las Vegas. This iconic venue blends vintage Rat Pack-era charm with modern edge. Built on the site of Vegas’ first train depot from 1905, The Plaza maintains its classic Vegas feel while featuring murals by renowned artists like Shepard Fairey, Faile, and D*Face. Its location at the head of the legendary Fremont Street Experience puts you steps away from Glitter Gulch, the original Las Vegas Strip with its iconic neon skyline, and tons of walking distance places to eat ranging from the award-winning Oscar’s Steakhouse to the open late Pinkbox Doughnuts inside the hotel to many more steps from its doors.

Network with community companies, creators, producers, makers, affiliates, webmasters, makeup artists, photographers, directors, stylists, etc. and their plus ones, during our Industry Days, or join us for our first-ever Fan Appreciation Day featuring the debut of our Artist Alley with exclusive demonstrations and meet-and-greets with your favorite alternative talents.

AltStar Awards

Cap off an unforgettable weekend at year fourteen of our annual AltStar Awards, celebrating excellence across the alternative culture landscape. Join us and and hundreds of the scene’s most influential creatives at Swan Dive, Downtown Las Vegas’s music-focused venue in the vibrant Arts District. Swan Dive is the perfect backdrop for our community—an Austin-born venue designed by music lovers for music lovers, priding itself on inclusivity and creative expression. With its spacious outdoor patio and wraparound balcony offering downtown skyline views, you’ll experience our awards ceremony in an authentically alternative atmosphere, just 1.7 miles from the Plaza. The evening will kick off with our usual star-powered red carpet and open bar, followed by the ceremony and a special burlesque performance.

Booking & Tickets

Hotel: Book your stay at the Plaza Hotel & Casino at special group rates. If they have run out of the room type you want (suites and upgraded rooms go fast!), then please contact us and we will check on adding the room nights you need.
Tickets: AltStar Expo and AltStar Awards tickets are now available.
Limited exhibitor spaces and sponsorship opportunities still available. For press inquiries, sponsorship opportunities, or exhibitor information, please contact us.

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Misha Montana is an award-winning Performer and Director. She currently is the Chief Brand Officer and Production Manager at AltErotic where she also mentors, performs and directs. She is a Brand Ambassador and contributor to the Porn Conversation. She is a stroke survivor and outspoken advocate for humanizing the adult industry. She is an internationally published model and has appeared on dozens of mainstream reality shows, wrestling events, YouTube channels and podcasts and has become one of the adult industry’s fastest growing stars.

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Sara Star has been a performer in the industry for nearly 13 years. A Certified Sexpert, she’s an alt model who’s worked for a number of companies and produces her own content and now also works behind the scenes in a number of facets within the adult entertainment industry.

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