RELIX is hosting four nights of concerts at Brooklyn Bowl over Halloween weekend...and you can win tickets to all of them! Enter here by October 27 and win tickets to The New Deal on October 30, the sold-out moe. show on October 31, two shows by Greensky Bluegrass on November 1 and 2, and The Werks on November 2. Even if you don't win, you can still attend the The Phanart Poster and Pin Exhibition in honor of Phish's return to Las Vegas; it's also at the Brooklyn Bowl, from noon to 4 p.m. on November 1, and admission is free.
Another sign of the Fremont East District's revitalization is when once-shuttered hangouts come back to roost. Thursday, September 25th, you can mark another's return when The Bunkhouse at 121 S. 11th marks its grand re-opening, with free admission, drink specials, and free music from Rusty Maples, Rose's Pawn Shop and Richard Grewar. Click here to RSVP.
It's like having a live expert give you your own commentary track! Wednesday, Inspire kicks off seven weeks of Vegas-themed movies with local experts chiming in, with a showing of Casino featuring special guests Oscar Goodman...Hey, he's in it! As himself!...and author David Schwartz, director of UNLV's Center of Gaming Research. Admission is free with purchase of one $7 cocktail; the evening starts with cocktails and Q&A with Oscar at 7 p.m., followed by Film at 8. Future screenings include The Las Vegas Story and that ultimate Vegas classic, Showgirls.
The Las Vegas Jazz Festival comes to the JW Marriott Resort & Spa on September 19-21...and here's your chance to win free tickets and a two-night stay! Enter here by September 14 and you may get to check out a line-up of guests including Cameo, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Eric Darius, Keith Sweat, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Eric Benet, Euge Groove, Jazz in Pink, Tim Bowman, Anthony Hamilton, Ledisi, Brian Culbertson, Will Downing, Leela James, Elan Trotman, Jessy J and Selina Albright. I think some actual jazz artists snuck in there somehow.
The "Life Is Beautiful" Festival is headed downtown this October...and The D is giving away a room and ticket package! Enter here between now and October 4 for your chance to win. Check out some of that festival lineup: Kanye West, Outkast, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Lionel Richie, The Flaming Lips, Skrillex, TV On The Radio, Kacey Musgraves, Jenny Lewis, OK Go, Panic! At The Disco and Neon Trees...and that's just some of the names that I've heard of.
Didn't manage to score tickets to September's iHeartRadio Festival before they sold out? Still want your chance to catch Taylor Swift and 50 Cent and the other artists who are hopping aboard, including a meet-and-greet with Macy's-anointed rising stars Before You Exit? There are plenty of ways to try and score tickets along with a Vegas getaway right here. If you stay tuned to your local iHeartRadio stations, you can even score the mother of all prizes: a trip that includes airfare for four, a stay at the Lofts at MGM Grand, a car and personal driver, your own personal photographer, and your picture on a digital billboard in Vegas!
What better way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre this Halloween than with a trip to the Fright Dome at Circus Circus? Chainsaw and Poltergeist director Tobe Hooper is teaming up with the attraction this October to present a TTCM-themed haunted house. If it's always been your dream to live through that experience, this is your year.
The speaker's line-up for the upcoming Life Is Beautiful festival has been announced; see which filmmakers, futurists and talk-show hosts will be sharing the dais with Vegas power brokers like Oscar Goodman and Tony Hsieh. The festival is October 24-26; the speaker series will be at the site of the former Western Hotel. More details about the Life Is Beautiful festival at their home page.
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts has announced some of the guests for its Nevada Sesquicentennial All-Star Concert, Monday, September 22 at 7 p.m. Among the Vegas regulars scheduled to appear are Jerry Lewis, Penn & Teller, Susan Anton, Clint Holmes, Veronic, Robin Leach, Waddie Mitchell, Frankie Moreno, and...Antonio Fargas?! Yeah, the Starsky & Hutch star figures in their somehow. Also appearing: cast members of Cirque de Soleil, Jersey Boys, Jubilee!, The Million Dollar Quartet, and more guests to be announced. For tickets and more information, click here.
Hey, R&B and Jazz fans: Coming to the Venetian Theater September 18, it's Georgia On My Mind: Celebrating the Music of Ray Charles, an all-star salute featuring Vegas favorite (and Emmy winner) Clint Holmes, 10-time Grammy winners TAKE 6, Grammy-winning sax player Kirk Whalum, and (my personal favorite) Downbeat Magazine Vocalist of the Year, Nnenna Freelon. The show runs through October 29; more details here.
Ah, it seems as if every time you turn around someone is unveiling their picks for Best of Las Vegas. This time Vegas Seven is celebrating the 2014 Best of the City awards...and you're invited! Festivities get under way 10 p.m. Friday, August 1, at Mandalay Bay's Foundation Room. For details including how to RSVP for your complimentary admisison, click here.
Another music festival is coming to Vegas: Live Nation and MGM Resorts are partnering for the three-day Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival, October 3-5 next to Mandalay Bay. Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and Jason Aldean head a line-up that also features the likes of Dierks Bentley and Dwight Yoakam. Tickets go on sale August 1; sign up here for early bird passes and save yourself a few bucks.
The Las Vegas WEEKLY is celebrating the winners of the 2014 "Best of Vegas" awards...and you're invited! Festivities kick off at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 24, at Hakkasan in the MGM Grand. RSVP here and you and up to three guests can enjoy complimentary admission and Ketel One Cocktails. As a bonus, of course, you'll learn all the cool places you should be going for the rest of the year.
Want to go heads-up against some of the legendary greats in the poker game, and not feel a twinge of guilt about it? Sunday, July 6 at 5 p.m., Planet Hollywood hosts the first Charity Series of Poker. Buy-in is $260+40 with $100 re-buys and add-ons...and 50% of the prize pool will be donated to the Three Square Food Bank. You, on the other hand, may be squaring off against the likes of will include Chris Moneymaker, Carlos Mortensen, Ryan Riess, Greg Merson, Mike Matusow, Mike Mizrachi, Gavin Smith, Annette Obrestad, Will Failla, and Tony Dunst...hey, as a bonus, maybe you can get a live critique of your last hand! Or not.
Still haven't settled on your plans for the 4th? Hot local entertainers Zowie Bowie will perform at the Stratosphere's 4th of July pool party, featuring fireworks, and Pool Cafe food and drink specials. Admission is $10 per person, or you high rollers can shell out $28 to view the pyrotechnics from atop the Strat tower.
If your idea of a hot time is watching women gorge themselves on poultry, then you're in luck: Diablo's Cantina, Stripside in front of the Monte Carlo, is hosting its 4th annual "Hot Chicks vs. Hot Wings" wing-eating contest Tuesday, July 1. Watch 40 beautiful women eat their way to glory! Doors open at 9 p.m., with $5 pitchers and $3 well drinks as a bonus.
If you prefer your novels to be of the graphic variety, you might want to head to South Point this weekend for the Amazing Las Vegas Comic Convention. More than 200 writers and artists will be on hand, everyone from Wolverine creators Len Wein and Herb Trimpe to My Little Pony artist Tony Fleecs. Oh, and a Doctor: Sylvester McCoy is scheduled to appear. Tickets are $35 for Saturday, $25 for Friday or Saturday, or $60 for the whole weekend.
The Fremont Street Experience has unveiled the acts who will be playing its free summer concert series on the heels of Three Doors Down's visit on June 14th, and they're some doozies. July 18, the Summerland Tour stop features Everclear, Soul Asylum, Eve 6 and Spacehog. Holey moley, time to dust off my copy of Whatever: The 90's Box Set. On August 15, rock legends Deep Purple will usher out the season.
Whether you're Tuff N Uff or you just want to enjoy the show, Tuff N Uff: The Future Stars of MMA is celebrating the amateur MMA promotion's 20th year with this free event at UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center, Saturday, June 7. Just go to UNLVTickets.com to sign up. The sponsors are also teaming up with Three Square Food Bank to collect donations for the local food bank, so bring some canned goods and drop them in the donation boxes; don't save them to throw in the ring.
