• Food: Brisketfest at Soulbelly BBQ

  Get to know the latest entry into the Las Vegas barbecue scene just in time for National Brisket Day. Chef Bruce Kalman’s Soulbelly BBQ recently debuted in Downtown’s Arts District, and he’ll be hosting BrisketFest throughout Memorial Day weekend with chefs James Trees of Esther’s Kitchen and Vincent Rotolo of Good Pie. If you don’t get the meat sweats from this one, you’re just not doing it right. 1327 S. Main St., 702-483-4404. –Genevie Durano

• Stage: TSTMRKT X VTC

  It’s been 14 months since the Las Vegas sketch comedy/performance art troupe TSTMRKT has taken the stage. Given that downtime—and the fact that this is the group’s 20th year—it’s reasonable to assume that TSTMRKT’s upcoming shows at Art Square’s Vegas Community Theater will approach mania, give it a chipper high-five and keep going. In their own words, expect “random act of cheap theatrics that incorporate time, minimalism, absurd theater, film and audio collage,” conceived and performed “with no regard for audience reaction.”
  
  May 28-29, 8 p.m., $15; tstmrkt.com. –Geoff Carter

• Dance: Contemporary West Dance Theater's Spring Fling

  For its 14th annual Spring Fling concert series, CWDT will feature four new choreographic commissions by incredible artists: resident choreographer Avree Walker; founding artistic director Bernard H. Gaddis; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Vernard J. Gilmore; and Juilliard faculty member Milton Myers. CWDT’s Artswork Studio Company will complete the offerings with a performance of “Lifted” by hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris. The virtual event is available for online viewing anytime after 4 p.m. May 27 and before midnight May 30. $15, lvdance.org/performances/spring-fling-2021. –C. Moon Reed

• Concert: Dreamstate at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center

  Insomniac’s Dreamstate festival returns in October in Poland and November in San Bernardino, but there’s a makeshift mini festival this weekend in Downtown Las Vegas. DJ duos Cosmic Gate and Gabriel & Dresden will be joined by Gareth Emery, Haliene, Jerome Isma-ae and Paul Oakenfold for the second straight weekend of music at the outdoor venue. Masks are required for those not fully vaccinated, and proof of first vaccination or negative PCR test is required for entry. May 28, 7 p.m., $40, dlvec.com. –Brock Radke

• Music: Iceage: Seek Shelter

  One of my colleagues recently pointed out that each of Iceage’s five albums has received Pitchfork’s prestigious “Best New Music” tag, while admitting all that critical love has negatively colored his feelings about the Danish band. I’d urge folks not to let indie hype stop them from testing out Seek Shelter, the group’s most song-oriented work to date. The sonic progression from noisy basement punk to arty, arena-ready rock, which began on third record Plowing Into the Field of Love (still my favorite), continues here, resulting in several standout tracks, including the pulsating “Vendetta,” apocalyptic closer “The Holding Hand” and, especially, “Gold City,” which finds singer Elias Bender Rønnenfelt playing the musical equivalent of Wild West gunslinger. Sure sounds like Best New Music to me. –Spencer Patterson

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