🕺 Moonshine dance | Vampire rager | Sober fest | Shark theater | Pop salsa | Scare factory | $5 burgers

I SUGGEST STOCKING up on energy drinks and protein bars this week. This List will keep you moving through the weekend with ballroom dance bashes, fiery flamenco shows, and goth-rock vamps sure to raise the dead. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍

🔥 Hot ticket: The official lineup for the 2025 Las Vegas City of Lights SoulFest Sept. 20-21 recently dropped, and tickets are on sale now.

MUSIC BY THE FOOT

The Speakeasy Dance: Swing into this ballroom dance party with The Moonshiners.

Aug. 16 ✦ Charleston Heights Arts Center

➤ Also: Top twirling talent scorches the dance floor at The NV Ball Aug. 13-16 at The Rio ✦ Retro glam and classic striptease glory reign at A Night of Burlesque Aug. 14 at Vegas Theatre Company ✦ The Kirby Galbraith Big Band Aug. 15 polishes up brass classics at Fat Cat ✦ The daring dancers of Rocklesque: The Madonna Experience Aug. 17 strike a pose at The Bonfire ✦ Is it a jam session, a game night, a creative networker, a paint 'n' sip? Yes – it's Playful Pastimes Aug. 17 at The Composers Room.▼

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Bruce: Clamp your Jaws around this preview fundraiser for a new arts campus downtown.

Aug. 15 ✦ Third Street

➤ Also: Cheesy laughs are your final destination at Vegas Is Dead Aug. 13 at Sliced Pizza ✦ Scares are everywhere when fear factory Universal Horror Unleashed Aug. 14 opens at Area 15 ✦ Spotlight Poetry lights up new talent with its Beam Team Showcase Aug. 14 at West Charleston Library ✦ Secret snickers erupt at Don't Tell Comedy Aug. 15 downtown ✦ Sounds stupid fun: Justin and Heather do Dumb Human Tricks Aug. 15 at Mom's Basement Theatre ✦ The Balkan Room serves stolen music at dinner show The Heist Aug. 15 ✦ Accept no imitations for R-rated Impression Impossible Aug. 15 at The Composers Room ✦ Catholic Guilt lassos up laughs at A Space Cowboy's Christmas Aug. 15 at Las Vegas Little Theatre ✦ Killer in the Courtyard Aug. 17 is a trivia game with deadly consequences at Taverna Costera.▼

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Nosferatu Festival: Protect ya neck as Rezurex and other occult acts vamp it up.

Aug. 16 ✦ Grey Witch

➤ Also: Motorpunx Glowing Brain Aug. 13 rev their engines at The Griffin ✦ The spirit of mayhem model Masuimi Max lives on at rock riot Vegas Chaos Aug. 15 at Double Down Saloon ✦ Punk rock throwbacks hit the valley at Fear, Loathing & Sublime Aug. 15-16 at Park MGM ✦ What's your age again? Not too old for Blink-182 Tribute Night Aug. 15 at Swan Dive ✦ Take a (head) trip into Japanese noise-rock with O'Summer Vacation Aug. 16 at The Usual Place ✦ Thousand Below Aug. 16 heats up Swan Dive with anthemic metalcore ✦ Catch a heavenly rock high with Chalk Outline and Godsmack'd Aug. 16 at the Tuscany ✦ Ratchet Dolls Aug. 17 aren't toying around when they bring '70s-style party rock to The Griffin.▼

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Gipsy Kings: Flamenco's pop royalty still reigns after 25 years.

Aug. 15 ✦ Pearl Concert Theater

➤ Also: Laid-back R&B beats are tangible as Zo! and Tall Black Guy Aug. 14 dish Abstraction at The Space ✦ You want it this way: Backstreet Boys-flavored Karaoke in The Wall Aug. 14 at Area 15 ✦ Cash in with classic blues covers by Monk and Po Boys Aug. 15 at SoulBelly BBQ ✦ Legendary ladies get loud at She Rox! A Tribute to Women Who Rock! Aug. 15 at Myron's ✦ Horns of plenty go full blast as Tower of Power and War Aug. 16 hit the Westgate ✦ Jazz reaches deep into tribal roots at Chantil and the Dukes of Art Aug. 17 at Clark County Library.▼

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🫖 The Dish List

Yo ho ho and a bottle of Rum Week Aug. 13-17 at Las Vegas Distillery ✦ Kill caffeine cravings when Horror Vibes Coffee pours its new House of Horror menu Aug. 14 ✦ Take a dry run at $6 mocktails at Soberfest Aug. 14 at Taverna Costera ✦ Pan up and learn to make Perfect Paella Aug. 15 at SW Steakhouse ✦ The Dispensary prescribes a $4.90 Burger Aug. 15 for its 49th birthday ✦ Gaetano's fusses over fizz at its Peroni & Campari Pop-Up Aug. 16 ✦ Crush Pad mixes up reds at Art of the Blend Aug. 16 with two seatings ✦ The learning curve is steep at The Process Studio's The Art of Tea Aug. 16 ✦ National Bratwurst Day Aug. 16 is literally a sausage party at Hofbräuhaus ✦ Houston Hot Chicken Aug. 16 takes wing on Blue Diamond Road with a $1,000 Spice Challenge ✦ Gospel music and good eats join up at The Joy Love Experience Aug. 17 at The Composers Room ✦ Pop in early for free bubbles at Velvet Vines' Sunday Brews & Beats Aug. 17 ✦ Ship out for a culinary exploration of Spanish-Filipino foodways at Saffron Lounge's Galeón Aug. 19.

💳 Sell-a-brate

Shop hella local and support small biz at these upcoming markets: The Makers Hive Market Aug. 16 makes a buzz at Green Valley Ranch ✦ Get fresh at Las Vegas Farm's Ole Time Farmers Market Aug. 16-17 ✦ Score creative crafts while lifting literacy at Handmade Crafts & Gift Market Aug. 16 at Paseo Verde Library ✦ Save vroom for vendor deals at the End Of Summer Festival Aug. 23 at Mini Grand Prix. – curated by Ginger Meurer

🫠 The Junk Drawer

I'm bummed to learn those futuristic neck-climate android horseshoes aren't as cool as I'd hoped ✦ This is why I urge writers to get off Substack: It profitably platforms Nazis ✦ File under #readinggoals: 3,599 books in 60 years, meticulously logged ✦ With deep apologies to my wife: the Panama Playlists reveal JD Vance loves Backstreet Boys.

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Surf Trash: Sunny, snappy, psychedelic surf from down under.

Aug. 15 ✦ The Space

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The Composers Showcase: Where Strip musicians blow off steam (and bubbles) with musical mischief.

Aug. 13 ✦ Myron's

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