Thursday, September 8

MUSIC: WILL WOOD With Shayfer James, Matt Pless, 8 p.m., 24 Oxford, etix.com.

MUSIC: THE DOCKSIDERS (OPENING NIGHT) 6 p.m., the Duomo, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: MADEON With Georgia Sinclair, 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

MUSIC: MERCY MUSIC With Tiny Stills, Sorry Kyle, Nova Babies, 7 p.m., Evel Pie, evelpie.com. 

PARTY: ALOHA UNPLUGGED With Kaipo, 8 p.m., Emporium Arcade Bar, emporiumarcadebar.com.

COMEDY: NURSE BLAKE 10 p.m., & 8/9, Mirage Theatre, mirage.mgmresorts.com.

PARTY: THE FUNK HUNTERS 9 p.m., Area15 Portal, area15.com.

MUSIC: BEN PLATT With Aly & AJ, 8 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com.

PARTY: NO MANA With Eddie, Ekonovah, 9 p.m., Commonwealth, seetickets.us. 

MUSIC: SOME HEARTS With Cromm Fallon & The P200, Happy Campers, 9 p.m., Red Dwarf, reddwarflv.com.

ARTS: GEORGE STRASBURGER: PARABLES George Strasburger creates thought-provoking art, and his latest exhibit at Sahara West Library is no exception. The collection includes 18 large-scale oil paintings, which depict his characters performing tasks or engaging in activities that are elemental tasks of survival. One work, “The Stone Throwers,” shows a group of men and women in the desert collecting stones. According to Strasburger, while painting it, he reflected on Palestinian and Mexican youths throwing stones at border guards.

“The normal activities that we engage in have qualities that are universal, psychological, spiritual and political,” Strasburger says. “In my work, I invite you to find yourself, your interactions and your life. Enjoy reflecting on our nature and our complexity.”

Strasburger’s intentions along with a combination of loose and tight brushwork, bring the pieces to life, and his classical approach. Through November 26, times vary, free, Sahara West Library, lvccld.org. –Evelyn Mateos

Friday, September 9

MUSIC: SHANIA TWAIN 8 p.m., & 9/10, Zappos Theater, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: KENDRICK LAMAR With Baby Keem, Tanna Leone, 7:30 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com.

MUSIC: KEHLANI With Rico Nasty, 8 p.m., the Chelsea, ticketmaster.com.

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

MUSIC: MÖTLEY CRÜE & DEF LEPPARD With Poison, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, 4 p.m., Allegiant Stadium, ticketmaster.com.

COMEDY: NICK BARGATZE 8 p.m., & 9/10, Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: JUICY J 10 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.

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

ARTS: AMANDA SKENANDORE & CONNIE HERTZBERG MAYO 7 p.m., the Writer’s Block, thewritersblock.org. 

MUSIC: MUSTARD PLUG & BUCK-O-NINE With Omnigone, 8 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, eventbrite.com. 

PARTY: CEDRIC GERVAIS 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events.taogroup.com. 

PARTY: JONAS BLUE With Phantoms, 11 a.m., Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com. 

COMEDY: GARETH REYNOLDS 7:30 p.m., & 9/10, Wiseguys, vegas.wiseguyscomedy.com.

MUSIC: MOJAVE SUN With Elevated Undergrounds, The Scoundrels, 10 p.m., Sand Dollar Downtown, thesanddollarlv.com.

PARTY: BORGORE With Neonix, Sisto, 8 p.m., Hard Rock Live, seetickets.us.

MUSIC: IGOR & THE RED ELVISES With The Implosions, Battering Ham, Biff, 8 p.m., Taverna Costera, tavernacostera.com.

MUSIC: ANTONIO REY 7:30 p.m., Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, unlv.edu.

PARTY: BABY KEEM After he takes the stage at T-Mobile Arena as part of his cousin Kendrick Lamar’s Big Steppers Tour, 2022 Grammy winner Baby Keem—who was born in California but grew up mostly in Las Vegas until his musical ascent took him beyond the city’s still somewhat limited scope—will party and play at Zouk at Resorts World. He has continued to collaborate on exciting new music after three mixtapes and last year’s breakthrough album The Melodic Blue, including “Savior” with Lamar from spring’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers and Offset’s new track “54321.” As Keem told Billboard last fall, he only began working as a producer and “making beats because I didn’t really have any,” so when he started laying his own verses on top, he started laying the foundation for a unique hip-hop career. Whatever comes next, it’s probably coming soon. 10 p.m., $20-$30+, Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com. –Brock Radke

Saturday, September 10

MUSIC: IMAGINE DRAGONS Before the anthemic scream-alongs and stadium-size tours, the Weekly named Imagine Dragons 2010’s Best Local Indie Band. Before they became one of the world’s best-selling rock bands, the Dragons recorded their first album inside the Studio at the Palms. And before the world heard the Grammy-nominated, 2017 percussive pop track “Thunder,” frontman Dan Reynolds perfected it in his Las Vegas home. Now in midst of its Mercury World Tour, the band will return to the city where its legend began. New Rick Rubin-produced double-album Mercury (Acts 1 & 2) sees Reynolds grappling with past losses and the emotional labor of moving on, through frankly written lyrics and cathartic deliveries, for what feels like Imagine Dragons’ most personal project to date. With Macklemore, Kings Elliot, 6:30 p.m., Allegiant Stadium, $22-$158+, ticketmaster.com. –Amber Sampson

MUSIC: RUMBAZO LATIN MUSIC FESTIVAL 4 p.m., Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, rumbazofest.com.

SPORTS: UFC 279 3:15 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com.

PARTY: ILLENIUM 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events.taogroup.com.

MUSIC: LANY With Surfaces, Annika Bennett, 6 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.

PARTY: RICK ROSS 10 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.

MUSIC: CAIFANES 8 p.m., & 9/11, Mandalay Bay Beach, mandalaybay.mgmresorts.com.

COMEDY: WORLD SERIES OF COMEDY Thru 9/16, 6 p.m., LA Comedy Club, bestvegascomedy.com

PARTY: STEVE AOKI 11 a.m., Wet Republic, events.taogroup.com.

PARTY: TIËSTO 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

SPORTS: LAS VEGAS LIGHTS VS. MONTEREY BAY 7 p.m., Cashman Field, lasvegaslightsfc.com.

MUSIC: SEBASTIÁN YATRA 8 p.m., The Chelsea, ticketmaster.com.

COMEDY: WAYNE BRADY 10 p.m., Mirage Theatre, mirage.mgmresorts.com.

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

MUSIC: THE PRETTY RECKLESS 9 p.m., Fremont Street Experience, vegasexperience.com.

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

PARTY: GUNZ FOR HIRE 9 p.m., Area15 Portal, area15.com.

Sunday, September 11

PARTY: NORA EN PURE 11 a.m., Marquee Dayclub, events.taogroup.com.

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

MUSIC: IL DIVO 8 p.m., Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com.

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

PARTY: JA RULE 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events.taogroup.com.

MUSIC: STEVE OLIVER 3 p.m., Summerlin Library, lvccld.org.

Monday, September 12

MUSIC: MELVINS It’s been more than four years since the venues of Downtown Las Vegas hosted Neon Reverb, but the festival still exists as more than a memory. Proof? This Backstage Bar & Billiards show, headlined by 2016 Reverb alums the Melvins and presented by, you guessed it, Neon Reverb. Is it a signal the full fest might return in 2023? Time will tell. But for now, we get to spend more time with singer/guitarist Buzz Osborne, drummer Dale Crover and bassist Steven McDonald. They’re touring behind 2021 LPs Working With God and Five Legged Dog, they’ve got their thousandth-or-so album (Bad Mood Rising), out this month and one never knows what treats from iconic stoner-rock slabs like Lysol, Houdini and Bullhead they might unearth, too. Plus, as a bonus, self-described “freak-rockers” We Are the Asteroid out of Austin will open, the very sort of act Neon Reverb is famous for introducing to Las Vegans. 8 p.m., $20, Backstage Bar & Billiards, seetickets.us. –Spencer Patterson

MISC: MONDAYS DARK 8 p.m., the Space, mondaysdark.com.

PARTY: DJ SHIFT 10:30 p.m., Jewel Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.

COMEDY: HARI KONDABOLU 7:30 p.m., Wiseguys, wiseguyscomedy.com.

COMEDY: TRIXX Thru 9/18, 8 p.m., LA Comedy Club, bestvegascomedy.com.

Tuesday, September 13

MUSIC: INTERPOL & SPOON With Water From Your Eyes, 7 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com.

MUSIC: GIVEON With Fana Hues, 7 p.m., House of Blues, concerts.livenation.com.

PARTY: TVBOO With Ahee, 10 p.m., Discopussy, discopussydtlv.com.

MUSIC: KANSAS 7:30 p.m., Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com.

MUSIC: THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS 6:30 p.m., thru 9/15, South Point Showroom, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: IDKHOW & JOYWAVE Formally known as I Dont Know How But They Found Me, Salt Lake City-based indie pop duo iDKHow is, in its weird way, a sort of Las Vegas supergroup. Both of its members, singer and bassist Dallon Weekes (formerly of Panic! At the Disco) and drummer Ryan Seaman (ex-Falling in Reverse), hail from Valley bands. But their sound doesn’t evoke comparison to either of those outfits. Instead, iDKHow revisits the 1980s pop sound by way of the late aughts, drawing a line from the click-track discipline of Giorgio Moroder to the down-and-dirty swagger of MGMT. iDKHow reminds the seasoned listener of such indie dance bands as Joywave—which is a good thing, really, because Joywave is sharing the bill at this Brooklyn Bowl show. Singer-songwriter Savannah Conley opens. 6 p.m., $30-$35, Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com. –Geoff Carter

Wednesday, September 14

MUSIC: AEROSMITH This rock residency was unlike anything else on the Strip from its first show in April 2019, a vast concert production that began with an extended video montage tracing the history of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame outfit before the band took the stage to joyfully play some early-era gems and then roll through the many hits of two distinct heydays. Just as the show found a satisfying rhythm at Park MGM’s 5,000-seat theater, however, COVID halted everything, and Aerosmith’s summer 2022 Vegas comeback was delayed so Steven Tyler could work through a relapse. But now the boys from Boston are finally back, completing the star-studded roster that made Dolby Live arguably the most exciting residency room on the Strip. They’re shaking off any rust with a couple of northeast dates (including Fenway Park in their hometown on September 8) and should be in fine rocking form for this midweek concert. 8 p.m., $128+, Dolby Live, ticketmaster.com. –Brock Radke

MUSIC: STÖNER With Mario Lalli & The Rubber Snake Charmers, 8 p.m., SoulBelly BBQ, eventbrite.com.

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

MUSIC: SANTANA 7 p.m., House of Blues, concerts.livenation.com.

PARTY: DJ ZO With Shalvoy, 11 p.m., On the Record, ontherecordlv.com.

MUSIC: UNLV JAZZ HONORS COMBO 7 p.m., Clark County Library, lvccld.org.

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