Thursday, October 13

PARTY: NIFRA Downtown gets a heavy dose of progressive trance when Elation Las Vegas’ Thursday-night Terminal 51 party brings Nifra’s Follow Me III tour to Commonwealth. The International Dance Music Awards-nominated producer and DJ born in Michalovce, Slovakia, bounces back to the States for a couple of shows from Norway before taking to the skies again to play Amsterdam, Poland and Australia this fall, continuing to spread the captivatingly chill vibes of her most recent mix. Follow Me III features work from Daxson, Sean & Xander, Arjans and more, plus Nifra’s own track “Resistance” remixed by NomadSignal. “Trance with swagger” is a bit of a contrarian soundtrack for Commonwealth; on the other hand, club music on Fremont Street is moving in some daring directions lately. Let’s follow along. 10 p.m., $10, Commonwealth, seetickets.us. –Brock Radke

SPORTS: VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS VS. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 7 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com.

PARTY: SOFI TUKKER 10:30 p.m., Hakkasan Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.

COMEDY: PAULY SHORE: STICK WITH THE DANCING 9 p.m., the Space, thespacelv.com.

PARTY: NERVO With Konstantina Gianni, 10:30 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

MUSIC: BARRY MANILOW 7 p.m., thru 10/15, Westgate International Theater, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: HUGEL With Suave, Hitta, Midnight Affair, more, 10 p.m., We All Scream, seetickets.us.

MUSIC: TV PARTY TONIGHT With Atomic Mayhem, Skeleton Crew, 10 p.m., Double Down Saloon, doubledownsaloon.com

MUSIC: THE WRECKS With Carr, 7 p.m., 24 Oxford, etix.com.

Friday, October 14

SPORTS: NASCAR SOUTH POINT 400 WEEKEND Thru 10/16, times vary, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, ticketmaster.com. 

MUSIC: KAROL G With Agudelo888, 8 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com.

COMEDY: ILIZA SHLESINGER 10 p.m., & 10/15, Mirage Theatre, mirage.mgmresorts.com.

PARTY: ILLENIUM 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.

PARTY: JAUZ 11 a.m., Drai’s Beachclub, draisgroup.com.

SPORTS: HENDERSON SILVER KNIGHTS VS. TUCSON ROADRUNNERS 7 p.m., Dollar Loan Center, axs.com.

MUSIC: KATY PERRY 8 p.m., & 10/15 & 10/19, Resorts World Theatre, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: DILLON FRANCIS 11 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

MUSIC: JOHN LEGEND 8 p.m., & 10/15 & 10/19, Zappos Theater, ticketmaster.com.

MISC: A PUBLIC FIT THEATRE: THREE DAYS OF RAIN Thru 11/6, times vary, Super Summer Theatre, apublicfit.org.

MUSIC: USHER 9 p.m., & 10/15 & 10/19, Dolby Live, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: LIONEL RICHIE 8 p.m., & 10/15 & 10/19, Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: WUKI 10 p.m., Discopussy, seetickets.us.

ARTS: READING: JEAN KYOUNG FRAZIER 8 p.m., the Writer’s Block, thewritersblock.org.

PARTY: CARLOS SANCHEZ With Clouty, Seven, Sotek, Steve Walker, midnight, Terrace Afterhours, terraceafterhoursvegas.com.

MUSIC: IN THIS MOMENT With Nothing More, Sleep Token, Cherry Bombs, 6 p.m., House of Blues, concerts.livenation.com.

MUSIC: JACOB SMIGEL From music to medicine, Las Vegas native Jacob Smigel doesn’t do anything halfway. So it comes as no real surprise that when the folky singer-songwriter turned Texas emergency room doctor returns home to perform here for the first time since 2011, he’ll do so at three separate locations on three different nights. The fun begins October 14 at 7 p.m. at Square Bar, where Smigel will share a bill with The Prettiest and The Boulder Highwaymen. The following evening, he’ll play with Dreaming of Lions at 6 p.m. at Boulder City’s Cornish Pasty Co. And on October 22, he’ll present an all-ages “storytelling” set at 1:30 p.m. at the Las Vegas Book Festival, inside the Historic Fifth Street School’s Discovery Tent. The trio of gigs, which will focus on music from 2020 album If I Were Me while taking backward glances through Smigel’s catalog of mandarin oranges and boxing gyms, are free, so it’s easy to attend one, or in true Jacob Smigel style, even all three. –Spencer Patterson

Saturday, October 15

MUSIC: NIGHTMARE ON Q STREET Ft. The Game, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Digital Underground 7 p.m., Orleans Arena, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: BONOBO Good downtempo tracks are tough to pull off. If you go too soft, you end up with wishy-washy beats suitable only for background music in upscale restaurants with a babbling-brook water feature, but if you go too hard, you end up with—well, regular old dance music, one supposes; there are so many subgenres now that I confess I don’t know what to call it. Fortunately, I don’t have to in the case of Bonobo. The performing alias of England-born, LA-based producer and musician Simon Green, Bonobo hits that difficult-to-nail squarely on its head. Beginning with his 2000 debut Animal Magic but really hitting stride with 2010’s Black Sands and 2013’s The North Borders, Bonobo has regularly delivered layered, cinematic and flat-out sexy downtempo music that never panders to expectations. His latest album, the January 2022 Ninja Tune release Fragments, is a legit aural journey, perfectly suited for the multisensory fun house of Area15. With O’Flynn. 8:30 p.m., $27, Area15 A-Lot, area15.com. –Geoff Carter

MUSIC: CARLY RAE JEPSEN With Empress Of, 8 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com.

PARTY: 25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY 10 p.m., Drai’s After Hours, draisgroup.com.

PARTY: TRAVIS SCOTT 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

ARTS: LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC: APPALACHIAN SPRING 7:30 p.m., Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com.

PARTY: WIZ KHALIFA 10 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.

SPORTS: UNLV FOOTBALL VS AIR FORCE 7:30 p.m., Allegiant Stadium, unlvtickets.com.

PARTY: MARSHMELLO 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com.

PARTY: TIËSTO 11 a.m., Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

MUSIC: ACTION BRONSON With Meyhem Lauren, 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.

PARTY: THE CHAINSMOKERS 11 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

FOOD & DRINK: OKTOBERFEST BEER WALK 6 p.m., Downtown Container Park, eventbrite.com.

MUSIC: LUPITA D’ALESSIO & MARÍA JOSÉ 8 p.m., Pearl Theater, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: STEVE AOKI 10:30 p.m., Hakkasan Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.

MUSIC: HELL TOUPEES With Steel Beans, Sick Boy, 10 p.m., Double Down Saloon, doubledownsaloon.com.

ARTS: POETRY WITH VINCE GOTERA 10 a.m., Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, clarkcountynv.gov.

Sunday, October 16

MUSIC: MICRO TDH 7 p.m., House of Blues, livenation.com.

PARTY: BEAT BREAKER 10:30 p.m., Marquee Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.

PARTY: DIPLO 11 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

PARTY: FAED 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com.

COMEDY: STEVE-O There are stuntmen and then there’s Steve-O. From snorting lines of wasabi to latching a fish hook into his cheek and being kicked in the family jewels more times than he can count, Jackass’ wildest boy has never backed down from doing dumb sh*t. The comedic madcap has even written a couple books about it (Professional Idiot: A Memoir and A Hard Kick in the Nuts) and founded a podcast to speak of his death-heckling past. Now, Steve-O will relive the mayhem with the Bucket List, an X-rated, multimedia stand-up show in which he’ll share footage from stunts he performed that were too outrageous even to be aired on Jackass(!). 7 p.m., $42-$125, Theater at Virgin, axs.com. –Amber Sampson

Monday, October 17

COMEDY: WIL SYLVINCE With Ian Fidance, Amy Miller, Tony Woods, Michael Yo, 7 & 9:30 p.m., Comedy Cellar, ticketmaster.com.

COMEDY: JAY BLACK With Amy Shanker, John Caponera, thru 10/23, 8 p.m., Brad Garrett Comedy Club, bradgarrettcomedy.com.

MUSIC: GEMINIIDRAGON 10 p.m., Sand Dollar Downtown, thesanddollarlv.com/downtown.

COMEDY: KEON POLEE Thru 10/23, 8 p.m., LA Comedy Club, bestvegascomedy.com.

Tuesday, October 18

MISC: HAMILTON Thru 11/6, times vary, Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com. 

MUSIC: JEAN DAWSON With Junior Varsity, 8 p.m., the Space, thespacelv.com.

MISC: BATTLEBOTS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Thru 10/30, times vary, Caesars Entertainment Studios, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS 6:30 p.m., thru 10/20, South Point Showroom, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: PARTY FAVOR 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.

MUSIC: DESTROY BOYS 6:30 p.m., Eagle Aerie Hall, eventbrite.com.

Wednesday, October 19

MUSIC: THE B-52S If you see a painted sign at the side of the road, it says, “Holy Fred, The B-52s are retiring from the road.” The legendary—that word is not too strong—Athens, Georgia, New Wave band that gave us “Private Idaho,” “Legal Tender,” “Roam” and too many more party hits to mention, has been playing live since 1977, and they’ll probably play the occasional one-off show once this farewell tour is done. But the days of The B-52s dancing their mess around the world for several back-breaking months a year are done. The band says it will go on in some capacity or another—members are working on a documentary about the group’s storied career—but these three upcoming shows at the Venetian may be your last chance to see Kate Pierson (a Taurus), Fred Schneider (a Cancerian from New Jersey) and Cindy Wilson (a Pisces; she loves chihuahuas and Chinese noodles) loose in the wild, playing the music that has motivated several generations of fans to go down, down, down. Fare thee well, fellow travelers, home to Planet Claire or wherever your final destination may take you. October 19 & 21-22, 8 p.m., $125-$275, Venetian Theatre, ticketmaster.com. –Geoff Carter

MUSIC: TALEEN KALI With The Acid Sisters, Mojave Sun, 8 p.m., StarBase, eventbrite.com.

MUSIC: ELECTRIC CALLBOY & ATTACK ATTACK With Outline in Color, Conquer Divide, 7 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, eventbrite.com.

PARTY: SPYDATEK With G-Squared, 10 p.m., On the Record, ontherecordlv.com.

MUSIC: HELL FIRE With Screamer, Haxa, Hands of Oblivion, Damoklez, 8 p.m., the Dive Bar, eventbrite.com.

PARTY: JUSTIN CREDIBLE 10:30 p.m., EBC at Night, wynnsocial.com.

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