🍟 Snack carnival | Drunk ghosts | Indie arts bash | LSD cumbia | Splat Pack | Anti-fest | Fancy lunch
THE BOTTOMLESS WHATEVER – whether it's mimosas, margaritas, or mashed potatoes – is a staple of the Vegas experience, and this week the excess itself is in overdrive: Beyond street-food fairs and haute dine-arounds, everything's a little extra, whether it's drippy, trippy Latin grooves, punchy pulp-novel readings or radically indie-minded arts fests. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
Great American Foodie Fest: Strap on your full-body omni-bib™ for this epic eat-around.
➤ Also: Get sauced at carb carnival San Gennaro Feast Sept. 17-21 at M Resort ✦ Iconic chefs are taste-makers at seven-day super-supper Revelry Sept. 19-27 at The Wynn ✦ Wiesn up and raise your stein to Oktoberfest Sept. 19-21 on Fremont Street ✦ Sudsy celebs keep tapping kegs at Oktoberfest at Hofbräuhaus Sept. 19-20 ✦ Get looped into bottomless pours and pastas at Eataly's Endless Summer Festa Sept. 19 ✦ Lei on some tropical brews and skewers at Boulder Dam Brewing Co.'s End of Summer Bru-au Sept. 20.▼
Shameless Plug Arts Festival: This defiantly independent, arts-forward fest puts quirky creativity front and center.
➤ Also: It's the valley's No. 2 music festival: Life Is Shit Sept. 20 at Dive Bar ✦ The Goodman Plaza Grand Opening Festival Sept. 20 rocks the civic square ✦ The Fall Festival Sept. 20 at Las Vegas Mini Grand Prix is on track for a good time ✦ The ISI Group Sept. 20 frames 14 years with live murals, tats, and tunes at Cornish Pasty Co. ✦ Embrace your roots at Spring Preserve's Autumn Plant Sale Sept. 20 ✦ Henderson is hankerin' to haggle at its Outdoor Swap Meet Sept. 20. ✦ You've got it made in the shade at Tivoli Village's Craft Festival Sept. 21 ▼
Tropa Magica: Taste a rainbow of cozy grunge cumbia splashed with LSD.
➤ Also: Dope DJs declare Latino Independence Sept. 17 at Oddfellows ✦ Flicker into autumnal aura at Candlelight: Vivaldi's Four Seasons Sept. 18 at The Industrial ✦ Your mind might crater at the stellar sights + sounds of The Dark Side of the Moon Planetarium Show Sept. 19 at Dale Etheridge Planetarium ✦ Femme fury rocks the patriarchy at Babes Against the Machine Sept. 19 at The Usual Place ✦ Student voices pipe up at the Desert Rose Choral Festival Sept. 19-20 at UNLV ✦ Get pounded 'til dawn at this secret Saturday Night Drum Circle Sept. 20 ✦ City of Lights SoulFest Sept. 20-21 serves up saxxy smoothness at the Clark County Government Center ✦ Fiddle & Fern explores fresh roots in Rhythms of Latin America Sept. 20 at Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum ✦ A banner night: Rep Your Flag Bachata Salsa Social Sept. 21 at Audio Bar ✦ Fall in love with classical at Las Vegas Sinfonietta's Season Opening Sept. 21 at Clark County Library.▼
Screwing Sinatra: Surprise, P Moss wrote a salacious, outrageous pulp novel about Sinatra, JFK, and the Mafia.
➤ Also: Latinidad gets lyrical at the Latinx/Hispanic Poetry Showcase Sept. 17 at West Charleston Library ✦ Vintage horror sludger The Stuff Sept. 17 at Millennium Fandom Bar sounds like a goo time ✦ Say "high" to hilarity at The HotBox Comedy Show Sept. 18 at Cheapshot ✦ The farce is strong with this one: The Empire Strips Back ongoing at The Rio ✦ Writers discuss creative-breakthrough Thresholds Sept. 20 at The Beverly Theater ✦ Calling all mallrats to Jay & Silent Bob on Tilt Sept. 20 at The Venetian ✦ Go long for fearsome football flick Him Sept. 21 plus a post-game pod huddle at Downtown Cinemas.▼
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🦞 Food and Loathing
Double up: Anima by EDO now serves a two-course lunch for $25 ✦ Go stout on the town and Meet the Brewer: Samuel Smith Sept. 18 at Pub 365 ✦ Gaetano's pours Paso Robles' best at its DAOU Wine Dinner Sept. 18 ✦ This sounds godly: Heaven Hill Heritage Whiskey Tasting Sept. 20 at The Rio ✦ Grape Vine Café uncorks its Austin Hope Wine Dinner Sept. 21 ✦ Honey Salt is on a (lobster) roll at its Cape Cod Farm Table Dinner Sept. 23. – curated by Bob Barnes, who dishes about these and more at FoodandLoathing.Vegas
🍺 The Happiest Hours
Raise a toast to Hispanic Heritage Month with these Mexican resto happy hours: Have another (and another) at Uno Más with $5 tacos and beers ✦ You'll be in the pink with La Mona Rosa's $3 tacos and $5-$8 monaritas ✦ Fremont Street views are free at Alebrijes, premium margs $7 and quesadillas $10 ✦ $10 taramind wings, $4 tacos, $6 shots? That's Mucho Loco ✦ Point yourself to Flecha Cantina for $10 guac hummus and two-for-$8 street tacos. – curated by Andrew Morgan, who writes about these and more at Happy Hour Vegas
🪴 Growth Potential
Get spiritualized at these upcoming wellness events: Connect over community conversation at The Art of Her Health Sept. 20 at Arttherapy Cafe ✦ Plug in at Electric Playhouse for a Yoga & Wellness Mini Retreat Sept. 23 ✦ Wellness center OmBodhi Village Sept. 26 and 28 celebrates its grand opening ✦ Goddesses are invited to get Wrapped in Gold & Power Sept. 26 at Her Waistbeads ✦ Stretch the write way at Yoga, Sound Bath, Journaling, and Cacao Ceremony Sept. 29 at SPCKRFT. – curated by Niki Sligar, who posts these and more at Spirit of Vegas
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