BET Awards: Fan Experience ... Free Concerts, Huge Stars

Fans who wanna check out this year's BET Awards are in for a big treat ... thanks to the BET Experience.

BET honchos have gone all out this year to get fans close to their favorite artists ... all for free. We're told Desiigner, Rae Sremmurd, Kevin Gates and O.T. Genasis will all be putting on a show Saturday at L.A. Live and fans won't have to shell out a penny.

And that's not all -- the BETX will feature "Genius Talks" -- a Q&A panel with stars like DJ Khaled, Snoop Dogg and Birdman.