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Best of Vegas | Arts + Entertainment
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items Las Vegas Weekly's “Best of Vegas 2023”! Here we have some of Las Vegas' top voted in arts + entertainment. All recommendations and descriptions come straight from this year's issue of Las Vegas Weekly | Best of Vegas 2023. ENJOY!
Revived from the ashes if groovy surf-rock six-piece Kurumpaw, Viaje Nahual has embarked on a “shaman's journey”, re-tuning its sound to delve deeper into the winding world of psychedelia and rhythmic cumbia.
BEST BAND REVIVAL | Viaje Nahual
The institution officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement details the fight between law and lawlessness that shaped our city, and it tells that fascinating story well. Oh, and there's a cool speakeasy in the bas...
BEST MUSEUM | The Mob Museum
Complete with a coffee shop and an artificial bird sanctuary, the Writer's Block remains a cozy place to post up with your laptop or a new book. It also gives back to the community, via the project-based Young Writer's Workshop for ages 5-18.
BEST BOOKSTORE | The Writer's Block
Lamarre Theater's star production - and one of the few all-black female burlesque shows in town - Black Girl Magic is a beautiful celebration of melanin, featuring an ensemble of sexy performers who really know how to turn heads.
BEST BURLESQUE SHOW | Black Girl Magic
In an era when stand-up comedy is booming bigger than ever before, no one's been holding down the Vegas stage longer than Scott Thompson. His always-changing performance at the Atrium Showroom remains a must-see on the Strip.
BEST COMEDIAN | Carrot Top
After eight years in the Air Force, this Southern gentleman drilled down into music, crafting a raspy, rustic brand of roots rock emblematic of his time in the service - and his transformative steps since.
BEST RISING COUNTRY-ROCKER | Lennon Roach
Tatum the Dreamer tenderly explores what it is to be a lover and a friend through well-paced confessional music colored by a baritone so resonant, it might get you thinking about the one(s) that got away.
BEST R&B ACT TO WATCH | Tatum the Dreamer
This female-fronted act continues stirring up dancefloors across the Valley with its Rolodex of party classics. From Madonna to Bruno Mars, High Rocktane can play it all - with flair.
BEST COVER BAND | High Rocktane
Ask Las Vegans for the first thing that springs to mind when they hear “performing arts”, and the Smith Center will pop up more often than not. The stately Downtown venue is the primo place to catch a ballet, Broadway show, classy jazz performance or...
BEST PERFORMING ARTS SPACE | The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
Amid all the multiverse chatter, Alternate Reality is a universe you can be happy to get lost inside. Las Vegas' oldest comic book shop has the back issues, graphic novels and geeky regalia to further pad your bursting collections.
BEST COMIC BOOK STORE | Alternate Reality Comics
The mystifying illusionist cheated death on a nightly basis during his first magic residency on the Strip, plummeting 78 feet down into a pile of cardboard boxes and swimming with a crocodile. Whatever comes next promises to be just as memorable.
BEST MAGICIAN | David Blaine
With 14 gallery exhibits running at any given time, the Library District offers some of the best places to gander at paintings, mixed media, sculptures and other artistic creations.
BEST ART GALLERY | Las Vegas–Clark County Library District
The 80-year-old songwriting phenom is on track to surpass Elvis Presley's mark of 636 performances at the International Showroom (now at Westgate Las Vegas) this fall. Manilow is your favorite headliner because he's a multigenerational star of the St...
BEST HEADLINER | Barry Manilow
Another year, another win for the Bowl, which continues to give locals regular reasons to hit the Strip, from its varied slates of acts - presented with dependably excellent audio - to its ready-for-your-party bowling lanes, complete with some of the...
BEST MUSIC VENUE | Brooklyn Bowl
The vocalist and entertainer has recently moved from Midnight Skye: The Revival at the Palms to her next impressive spotlight at Easy's Cocktail Lounge at Aria. Although she's often backed by a piano or a band, when she starts singing, it feels like ...
THE BEST ONE-WOMAN SHOW | Skye Dee Miles
Jazz and Italian food have long been a natural combination, but jazz and nigiri, sashimi and maki rolls? The upscale dining and music experience at Maxan Jazz proves that's a match made in heaven, too.
THE BEST JAZZ SUSHI FUSION | Maxan Jazz
The howls of the wolf pack - as this group's loyal fans are known - have heard and counted, propelling Marissa's powerhouse presence and the musicians' funky blues groove to the top of this year's local mountain.
BEST BAND | Marissa & The Hollenbacks
This state-of-the-art theater has done more than provide a permanent home to independent, international and revival cinema in Vegas. With its film-and-beyond programing and grown-up concession counter, it's gotten locals excited about going to the mo...
BEST MOVIE THEATER | The Beverly Theater
The long-term outlook for Cirque du Soleil's ever-popular Beatles production remains murky as the mirage prepares to way to a new Hard Rock Hotel, but we recently learned it will run at least into 2024. In other words, if you haven't seen it yet (or ...
BEST PRODUCTION SHOW | The Beatles LOVE at The Mirage
Southern Paiute artist/activist Fawn Douglas and UNLV associate professor A.B. Wilkinson have made more than a gallery in Nuwu Art. They've made a space for women, indigenous folk and people of color to embrace and share their creativity and to be he...
BEST NEW COMMUNITY GALLERY | Nuwu Art Gallery + Community Center
If two is better than one, what's better than twins? Piano-playing twins, of course. Kimberley and Tamara Pinegar's interactive sing-along and comedy show at Harrah's Piano Bar is sure to keep you entertained all night.
BEST LOUNGE ACT | The Twins Dueling Pianos Show
Known for its immersive, interactive and unconventional productions, Downtown's Majestic Rep delivers wonder, shock and awe as it boldly experiments with the boundaries of what theater can be.
BEST THEATER COMPANY | Majestic Repertory Theater
An empowering showcase for women, by women, Desert Honeypot - founded by Mariah Baldwin, lead singer of Vegas trio Mojave Sun - gathers the amazing leading ladies of local bands for nights of camaraderie and rib-jolting sounds.
BEST NEW MUSIC SERIES | Desert Honeypot
It seems like only yesterday the Gazillionaire came to town, set up his tent at Caesar's Palace and filled it with balancing acts, contortionists, tap-dancers and a surfeit of cheerful profanity, and forever transformed the idea of a Strip show. Toda...
BEST VARIETY SHOW | Absinthe
We've always adored the Pearl, so when the closed-for-the-pandemic Palms sold in 2021, we wondered if we'd ever get inside again. Not to worry. The Pearl has come back strong, re-establishing itself as one of Vegas' go-to concert rooms with a diverse...
BEST VENUE COMEBACK | Pearl Theater
A jazz combo is chilling in the refrigerator. A bunch of neighbors, from Piff the Magic Dragon to the spirit of Elvis, are just hanging out. And a sentient, evil doughnut is lurking nearby, plotting vengeance. It's just another day in burlesque star ...
BEST WEB SERIES | melodysweets