👩🎤 Super musicals | Daytime rave | Funksplosion | Huuuge organ | Beer school | Gun rock | Fringe acts
THIS WEEK'S LIST is literally music to your ears. But don't worry, we've got your other sensorial inputs covered, too. Between big-hearted park musicals, explosive cabaret funk shows, and a guy wrestling awe-inspiring songs from a ginormous pipe organ, you'll be cranking the fun overflow valve. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
Super Summer Theatre
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat makes a godly launch.
Opens May 28 ✦ Spring Mountain Ranch➤ Also: Musical mockumentary Magic Farm May 28-29 follows an indie film crew down a viral spiral at The Beverly Theater ✦ Romance and revenge hit high notes at Dangerous Liaisons May 30-31 at Charleston Heights Arts Center ✦ Pop this on your family calendar: Circus of Bubbles May 30-31 at local libraries ✦ Movie Club LV May 29 is a cinematic showdown where short films fight for prizes ✦ Saddle up for a carousing cowboy choir at Dastardly Deeds in the Desert May 31-June 1 ✦ Madama Butterfly May 31 will send your heart aflutter at Clark County Library.▼
➤ Also: Tuck in for a naughty game night at Hilariously Inappropriate Drag Queen Bingo May 29 at The Space ✦ Scared of raves? Get ogre it at earnest dance party Shrekno May 30 at Area 15 ✦ Start a pussy riot at Y2K Lesbian Takeover May 30 at La Mona Rosa ✦ Breaking moos: 702 Night Market May 31 at Fantastic now features "cow cuddles" ✦ Catch talent in bloom as live artists paint petals at May Flowers May 31 at Area 15 ✦ It's a game night, a jam sesh, a silent disco, and more: Playful Pastime June 1 at The Composers Room.▼
➤ Also: Tijuana's psychedelic balladeers Ramona May 29 spin sad prom dance-floor magic at The Usual Place ✦ Open a cabinet of melancholic Americana with Dutch Interior May 30 at The Griffin ✦ High-calorie power pop buzzes from the hive of Honey Revenge May 30 at The Space ✦ Eight bands, one loud underground downtown house show May 30 just down the street from me lol ✦ Relive those OMG millennial musical moments at Y2K AF May 31 at House of Blues ✦ Sensual soulman Durand Bernarr June 1 smooths the kinks at Area 15 ✦ Masked nihilists of noise Dragged Into Sunlight June 1 darken The Usual Place.▼
➤ Also: Recognizing African, Mediterranean, and Polynesian Heritage May 28 serves up a global feast for the senses at Whitney Library ✦ Get wise to gorgeous art by skilled seniors at Celebrating Life! May 29 at Charleston Heights Arts Center ✦ Hamilton May 28-June 1 sparks a musical revolution at The Smith Center ✦ Kaminari Taiko May 30 drums up beats from the East at West Charleston Library ✦ Book up with other hungry bibliophiles at Silent Book Club Brunch June 1 at Springs Preserve.▼
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☕ The Dish List
Surely you don't have a beef with The Blue Ox's $5 deal for National Hamburger Day May 28 ✦ You're going back to Cali at this Golden State of Mind wine tasting May 31 at Crush Pad ✦ Lucky you: Vegas Beer School's Irish class May 31 is in session at The Silver Stamp ✦ Stroll, sip, and swirl to support a good cause at New Vista Wine Walk May 31 at Downtown Summerlin ✦ Late-night noshes get a Francophile flip at Funky French Bar Snacks May 31-June 1 at Sparrow + Wolf ✦ Sip on cinematic cellar selections at this Francis Ford Coppola wine tasting May 31 at The Rio ✦ Charity is on the menu when Restaurant Week June 2-13 serves up do-gooder dining deals ✦ Continental complexity is all the buzz during Belgian Beer Week starting June 2 at The Silver Stamp ✦ Buffalo Trace hosts a bourbon blowout at Mash Bill #2 June 3 at Bar Ginza.
🎭 Theatrical Release
A night at the thea-tah is about to get a lot weirder when Fallout Fringe Fest June 3-25 hits ground zero at various venues downtown. This extended spasm of shorter works – from mock motivational lecture Take Your Shot: Luigi Mangione to Trump-skewering word-stew Knives Knives Knives – leans toward the subversive and satirical, so reboot your conception of theater as a reserved arena of polite appreciation and prepare to howl. Meanwhile, honing its own experimental edge, Las Vegas Little Theatre puts on its Vegas Fringe Festival June 6-15.
👩🎨 Meet Your Makers
Feeling crafty? Scratch that creative itch at these hands-on art hangs: Paint it black as your soul at Goth Watercolor Night May 28 at Taverna Costera ✦ The family that sprays together stays together at Graffiti Park Paint and Sip May 30 at Fergusons Downtown ✦ Scrap that bad case of diary-eah with the Junk Journal Club May 31 at Downtown Container Park.
🎪 Fresh Finds
Hot Fix Side Show June 4 at Notoriety raises the temperature on traditional circus acts ✦ The thighs are nigh when Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend 2025 June 5-8 sashays into The Orleans ✦ Pray you don't miss the 25th anniversary screening + pod chat of Dogma June 7 at Downtown Cinemas ✦ Hit the racks at Totally Rad Vintage Fest June 14 at World Market Center for throwback threads from every era.
🛀 The Junk Drawer
Ooh, love me an epoch-defining mini-festo, and I'm ready for the Who Cares Era ✦ Ha, here's a distillation of every rabidly annoying "don't Californicate Vegas" FB complainer post ✦ This is literally a bathroom of Doom ✦ Call it info-wears: Wikipedia marks its upcoming 25th anniversary with a streetwear collection.
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