The first Emerge Music and Impact Conference, taking place November 16-18 at various venues in Las Vegas’ tourist corridor, has only announced part of its 100-artist, 30-speaker lineup—which is the perfect excuse for an early-bird sale. While three-day general admission passes become available Thursday, June 22 at 10 a.m. for $195, buyers can snap up two for the price of one for the first 48 hours of the sale. VIP passes (which include bottomless booze) will go for $425 and Industry VIP passes (which come with workspace/lounge privileges) will go for $485. All passes will be available at emergelv.com.
Pop favorite, Eagles of Death Metal collaborator and Jerry Seinfeld-hug-rejectee Kesha has played all over Las Vegas Boulevard—as recently as last summer, at Wynn club Intrigue—but she takes an unexpected trip south on that street to M Resort for her next local concert. Tickets for her September 16 poolside gig are $20 and go on sale Friday, June 23 at 10 a.m. at ticketmaster.com.
Hip-hop crew Ruff Ryders will celebrate 20 years at Park Theater on September 30 with a show that’ll feature performers DMX, Eve, Swizz Beatz, The Lox and Drag-On. Tickets range from $50 to $125 and go on sale Friday, June 23 at 10 a.m. at livenation.com.
Speaking of multi-artist bills, Brooklyn Bowl has two coming. One: The Metal Alliance Tour stops by September 24 with bands Overkill, Crowbar, Havok, Black Fast and Invidia. Tickets range from $25 to $30 and go on sale Friday, June 23 at 10 a.m. at ticketfly.com—as do $23-$90 tickets for the two-day Viva Ras Vegas on September 1-2, featuring The Expendables, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Anuhea, Don Carlos, Spawnbreezie, Hirie, The Aggrolites and Law.
House of Blues has recently added more shows to its calendar, including reggaeton act Gente De Zona (August 10; $45-$55), metalcore group Issues (October 22; $20 and up) and Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, returning for another multi-night engagement (September 27, 29-30; $99-$350). Tickets go on sale Friday, June 23 at 10 a.m. at Live Nation.
Vinyl has also put two more shows on its schedule: Christian rapper Andy Mineo (September 28; $25) and hard rock act Nothing More (October 20; $17). Tickets for the former go on sale Monday, June 26 at 10 a.m. and for the latter on Friday, June 23 at 10 a.m. at axs.com.
Bunkhouse will host indie act Electric Guest on August 30; $10-$12 tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Currently on sale: hard rock band Calabrese, playing November 17 ($11-$13). All tickets available at Ticketfly.
