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What to do in Las Vegas this week (July 20-26, 2023 edition)

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Thursday, July 20

Diana Krall

Diana Krall

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

COMEDY: PAUL RODRIGUEZ Thru 7/23, 8:30 & 10:30 p.m., Laugh Factory, ticketmaster.com.

ARTS: DAN BRADY: LUMINOUS FLUX EXHIBIT  Thru 7/21, noon-6 p.m. (closing reception 7/21, 6 p.m.), Core Contemporary, corecontemporary.com.

MUSIC: STANDARDS With Via Luna, Post NC, Jonetsu, 8 p.m., the Griffin, eventbrite.com.

MISC: FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH 9 p.m., the Beverly Theater, thebeverlytheater.com.

COMEDY: ADAM CAROLLA 7:30 p.m., Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: GARTH BROOKS 8 p.m., & 7/22-7/23, the Colosseum, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: BARRY MANILOW Thru 7/22, 7 p.m., Westgate International Theater, ticketmaster.com.

MISC: CHRISTMAS IN JULY 11 a.m., Minus5 Icebar, minus5experience.com.

PARTY: CODD DUBZ With Sqishi, Just Barely Alive, 10 p.m., We All Scream, seetickets.us.

MISC: MOLLIE DE MENTHE PRESENTS A NIGHT OF BURLESQUE & VARIETY 9 p.m., Vegas Stand Up & Rock, vegasstandupandrock.com.

MUSIC: KNOW ANGEL 9 p.m., Artifice, artificebarlv.com.

COMEDY: ANNIE LEDERMAN 7:30 p.m., Wiseguys, arts-district.wiseguyscomedy.com.

MUSIC: ETRAN DE L’AÏR Nine years ago, Malian group Tinariwen delivered one of 2014’s most hypnotic Bunkhouse performances, though far too few showed up to witness it. Here’s hoping Las Vegas reps better for this latest round of Tishoumaren (African desert blues), courtesy of Etran de L’Aïr, a longtime collective from northern Niger. Shimmering electric guitars and enchanting vocals dance atop nimble rhythms for a sound that soothes even as it soars, showcased to excellent effect on 2022 LP Agadez. You can stand still and feel the musical waves wash over you or you can let them propel your body into motion, but you can’t do either if you don’t show up. With The Red Seduction. 8 p.m., $22, the Space, thespacelv.com. –Spencer Patterson

Friday, July 21

Falling in Reverse

Falling in Reverse

MUSIC: FALLING IN REVERSE With Ice Nine Kills, Our Last Night, Catch Your Breath, 6:30 p.m., & 7/22, the Theater at Virgin, axs.com.

PARTY: JA RULE 10:30 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.

COMEDY: BRAD GARRETT With Ryan Belleville, Debi Gutierrez, 8 p.m., & 7/22, Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club, mgmgrand.mgmresorts.com.

MUSIC: THE GREEN With Citizen X, Through the Roots, 6 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: PARDONER With Mutual, Headwinds, 8 p.m., the Griffin, eventbrite.com.

SPORTS: SLAMBALL LEAGUE 4 p.m. (& thru 8/13, times vary), Cox Pavilion, unlvtickets.com

COMEDY: FELIPE ESPARZA 9 p.m., Treasure Island Theatre, tickets. treasureisland.com.

MUSIC: MANILA KILLA 9:30 p.m., the Portal at Area15, area15.com.

MUSIC: MIRANDA LAMBERT 8 p.m., & 7/22, Bakkt Theater, ticketmaster.com.

MISC: MATT FRASER 8 p.m., & 7/22, Summit Showroom, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: TWO FRIENDS 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub,  wynnsocial.com.

MUSIC: CHRIS COLSTON 10 p.m., Stoney’s Rockin’ Country, etix.com.

MUSIC: SENSAMOTION With Mojo Reggae, Roots by Design, 8 p.m., the Usual Place, eventbrite.com.

COMEDY: SHAYNE SMITH 7:30 & 10 p.m., & 7/22, Wiseguys, arts-district.wiseguyscomedy.com.

MUSIC: THE UNWIELDIES With Motel Drive, 9 p.m., Red Dwarf, reddwarflv.com.

MUSIC: SIN CITY STONES With Mojave Sun, Jason Walker & The Majestic 12, 9 p.m., Count’s Vamp’d, vampdvegas.com.

MUSIC: PESO PLUMA Twenty-four-year-old singer/rapper Peso Pluma has been compared to Bad Bunny because of some sound similarities, but the Jalisco-born performer’s rise might have been even more rapid. After two studio albums, Pluma broke through with last year’s Raul Vega collaboration “El Belicon,” followed by the five-song Sembrando EP that already has become a cornerstone of corridos tumbados—a fusion of trap and regional Mexican music. This year’s mainstream crossover was completed with “Ella Baila Sola,” an irresistible ballad in which he trades verses with Eslabon Armado’s Pedro Tovar. The track isn’t just Pluma’s biggest hit, it’s the first regional Mexican song in history to crack the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. So he’s clearly ready for his first major U.S. tour, which lands at the 17,000-seat MGM Grand Garden Arena, along with a late-night club gig afterwards at Resorts World. 8 p.m., $129+, MGM Grand Garden Arena, axs.com. 10 p.m., $50-$75+; Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com. –Brock Radke

Saturday, July 22

Lady Faith

Lady Faith

PARTY: LADY FAITH With DJ Cable, Ezkill, 10 p.m., Discopussy, seetickets.us.

SPORTS: BATTLE FOR VEGAS None of us wants to say goodbye to Reilly Smith. The original misfit was part of the electric line (with William Karlsson and Jonathan Marchessault) that made the magic happen during that first year of hockey in the desert, and now the Cup-winning right winger is headed to the Pittsburgh Penguins after a June 28 trade. But fans can celebrate all things Smitty at this weekend’s Battle for Vegas, the fourth-year charity softball game he has hosted from its inception. (The Raiders’ Maxx Crosby captains the other squad this year.) New to the event this time is a fan fest set for July 21 from 4 until 9 p.m., and July 22 from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. at the Lawn at Downtown Summerlin, with family-friendly activities and games. Also, the A’s Community Foundation recently joined the lineup of sponsors, with proceeds this year benefiting the Public Education Foundation and Big Brothers Big Sisters. 5:30 p.m., $50-$100, Las Vegas Ballpark, battleforvegas.com. –Brock Radke

SPORTS: LAS VEGAS LIGHTS VS. HARTFORD ATHLETIC 7:30 p.m., Cashman Field, lasvegaslightsfc.com.

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

MUSIC: MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA & JIMMY EAT WORLD With Middle Kids, 7 p.m., the Chelsea, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: KASKADE Noon, Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

MUSIC: CHASE & STATUS With Badvoid, Notlö, Craze & René Lavice, Mija & Blossom, 9 p.m., the A-Lot at Area15, area15.com.

PARTY: DUKE DUMONT 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

MUSIC: UB40 With Junior Marvin & The Legendary Wailers, Big Mountain, 7 p.m., Soak Pool, ticketmaster.com.

COMEDY: TIM DILLON 8 p.m., Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com

PARTY: MARSHMELLO 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

MUSIC: GARY OWEN 8 p.m., Pearl Concert Theater, ticketmaster.com.

MISC: EVERYONE LOVES DICK (THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DICK RIPPER) 7:30 p.m. (& 7/23, 5 p.m.), Vegas Theatre Company, theatre.vegas.

MUSIC: DREADNOUGHT With Izthmi, Plague Doctor, 8 p.m., the Griffin, eventbrite.com.

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

MUSIC: DAVE KOZ With Eric Darius, Candy Dulfer, 7:30 p.m., Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com.

PARTY: TCHAMI 11 a.m., Daylight Beach Club, daylightvegas.com.

MUSIC: SHAGGAMON With Humblesouljah, Joseph Soul, DJ Goodvybe, 8 p.m., 24 Oxford, etix.com.

PARTY: LIL JON 11 a.m., Wet Republic, events.taogroup.com.

MISC: AUTHOR BRUCE BORGOS 1 p.m., Atomic Museum, atomicmuseum.vegas.

PARTY: BORGORE With Artix, 7 p.m., Citrus Grand Pool Deck, seetickets.us.

Sunday, July 23

SG Lewis

SG Lewis

PARTY: SG LEWIS Dayclub vibes demand a good soundtrack, and we can’t think of a better party conductor than SG Lewis. The British producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter is a festival favorite among EDM circles and an absolute demolisher of the dancefloor, framing the essence of nu-disco with lustrous pop notes and cavernous house beats. On January’s Audiolust & Higherlove, the follow up to Lewis’ 2021 debut, Times, he adds his own vocals to the 15-track mix while flaunting A-list collaborators like Lucky Daye, Ty Dolla $ign, Channel Tres and Tove Lo. Seeking to cover the spectrum of love, lust, infatuation and toxicity, Lewis stitches together an album that both heightens the party and gives us something to gnaw on after it’s over. Noon, $20-$30, Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com. –Amber Sampson

PARTY: BIA With Justin Credible, 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events.taogroup.com.

MUSIC: SIGNALS MIDWEST With Pure Sport, Break Check, 8 p.m., Red Dwarf, reddwarflv.com.

PARTY: DILLON FRANCIS Noon, Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com.

MUSIC: GOB PATROL With TV Tragedy, Horripilation, 9 p.m., Double Down Saloon, doubledownsaloon.com

PARTY: THE CHAINSMOKERS 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

MUSIC: JAMES ANDERSON ELEVATION QUARTET 7 p.m., Maxan Jazz, maxanjazz.com.

Monday, July 24

Dive In Movies: Moana

Dive In Movies: Moana

MISC: DIVE IN MOVIES: MOANA 7 p.m., Boulevard Pool at the Cosmopolitan, cosmopolitanlasvegas.com.

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

COMEDY: GREG MORTON 8:30 & 10:30 p.m., thru 7/30, Laugh Factory, ticketmaster.com.

PARTY: MIKE ATTACK 10:30 p.m., Jewel Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.

MUSIC: JUSTIN CARDER 6 p.m., Easy’s Cocktail Lounge, easysvegas.com.

COMEDY: PAT BURTSCHER With Rondell Sheridan, Jackie Fabulous, Gabriel Rutledge, Michael Yo, 7 & 9:30 p.m., thru 7/30, Comedy Cellar, comedycellar.com.

Tuesday, July 25

Alina Lindquist: Musings of the Mojave

Alina Lindquist: Musings of the Mojave

ARTS: ALINA LINDQUIST: MUSINGS OF THE MOJAVE Thru 10/1 (Mon-Thu, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri-Sun, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.), West Charleston Library. librarydistrict.org.

SPORTS: LAS VEGAS AVIATORS VS. SUGAR LAND SPACE COWBOYS 7 p.m., thru 7/29 (& 7/30, 6 p.m.), Las Vegas Ballpark, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: FRANKIE MORENO 7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com.

MUSIC: THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS  6:30 p.m., thru 7/27, South Point Showroom, ticketmaster.com.

MUSIC: DOUG DEMING & THE JEWEL TONES  10 p.m., Sand Dollar Lounge, thesanddollarlv.com.

MISC: CHAMELEON STREET This is your last chance to see the Beverly Theater’s residency film for July, a lost Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize-winner. Chameleon Street, a 1989 satire written, directed by and starring Wendell B. Harris Jr., was inspired by the true-life story of William Douglas Street, a Detroit con artist who impersonated journalists, corporate lawyers, star athletes, an Ivy League student and even a surgeon. (Incredibly, “Doctor Street” performed 36 successful hysterectomies, teaching himself from textbooks.) The New Yorker’s Richard Brody calls Chameleon Street an unsung classic—“an image of the impossibilities standing between Black people and the lives that they’re meant to live”—and laments the shabby way Hollywood has treated its director, who has yet to direct a second film. Hopefully, the industry is taking note of this film’s long-overdue critical and audience reappraisal. 5 & 7:15 p.m., $10, the Beverly Theater, thebeverlytheater.com. –Geoff Carter

Wednesday, July 26

Morten

Morten

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

COMEDY: TRIXX With Heath Harmison, Carlos Rodriguez, 8 p.m., thru 7/30, Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club, bradgarrettcomedy.com.

MUSIC: NICK HEIDE TRIO 7 p.m., Maxan Jazz, maxanjazz.com.

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

MUSIC: CJ SIMMONS 8:30 p.m., & 7/27, Gilley’s, gilleyslasvegas.com.

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