Entertainment in Nevada
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Freezone
Every night is a party at this gay dive bar. Tuesday is ladies’ night with go-go girls, Thursday is boyz’ night with go-go boys, Friday and Saturday nights feature the ‘Queens of Las Vegas’ drag cabaret, and Sunday and Monday are for free pool and no-wait karaoke.
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Pure
With gorgeous female DJs, this chic modern club electrifies with its hues of electric blue, white and silver. Crowds of fine young thangs lounge inside a labyrinth of rooms that feel a lot like LA, and which lead to a gorgeous Strip-view patio. Strict dress code.
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Ghostbar
Sure, these days the crowd is thicker with celeb wannabes rather than actual celebs, but this sky-high ultra lounge gets packed nonetheless (and who can tell the difference between the average B-lister and her lookalikes, anyway?) Join hoochie mamas and guys living out their Entourage fantasies on the balcony to take in the admittedly stunning panoramic skyline views.
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Spearmint Rhino
Fall in love, if only for two minutes (the length of an average lap dance, that is). Strip club connoisseurs rave about the Rhino.
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Jubilee!
Girls, girls, girls! It’s a showgirl production that Vegas wouldn’t be Vegas without. As it started, so does it end: with lots of knockers, twinkling rhinestones and enormous headdresses on display. If you can forgive the giant helping of cheese, it’s a riot.
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La Comedy Club
At the Sound Trax lounge, this nightly comedy club has the smoky atmosphere and cheap glamour of an old-school casino, with an ever-changing line-up of touring headliners and local stand-up talent. Admission includes two free drinks or a complimentary buffet.
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Chicago Brewing Company
Besides just a dozen bar stools, this brewpub outlet also has cigar-friendly club chairs overlooking the casino floor. A handmade pizza and beer sampler should be enough to satisfy, starring All Nighter, Black Star and Old Town Brown brews. Also in Summerlin.
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Stoney's Rockin' Country
An off-Strip place worth the trip. Friday and Saturday has all-you-can-drink draft beer specials and free line dancing lessons from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Bikini bull-riding, anyone?
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Gordon Biersch
Overrun by conventioneers, this brewpub chain inhabits a brick-walled building that looks like a warehouse. Award-winning microbrews are not all that’s on tap. Try the homemade basil Bloody Mary during the Sunday jazz brunch or out in the beer garden.
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Hookah Lounge
Next to Paymon’s Mediterranean Café, you can recline languorously with a water pipe stuffed with one of 20 premium flavored Egyptian tobaccos. Exotic fig-flavored cocktails are pricier than the off-Strip norm, but for ambience worthy of a pasha, why not?
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Mac King
Redheaded Mac has the front-running afternoon magic and comedy show in town, with lots of PG-13 laughs and sleight-of-hand thrown in. He really rides the crazy train with his bag of tricks, which includes baiting a live goldfish with a Fig Newton cookie.
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Kahunaville
Dueling pianos some nights, DJs others, but it’s always a rowdy party. Sip a mai tai under a fake palm tree and watch the flair bartenders work the crowd while you soak up the beachy atmosphere, especially when the poolside patio is open in summer.
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Krāve
Drawing a mixed crowd, it's the hottest gay nightclub in town, and the only one on the Strip. A glam warehouse-sized dance space is packed wall-to-wall with hard bodies and VIP cabanas.
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Piranha
The gay universe of the Fruit Loop orbits Sin City’s sexiest gay nightclub, decked out with fireplace patios, aquariums and waterfalls, plus the luxurious 8½ Ultra Lounge. Expect outrageous theme parties, drag cabarets, and ladies-only and Latin nights.
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Big Apple Bar
Raising torch singers and rockin’ cover bands on a swank stage above the bar, this high-impact lounge flung wide open to the casino floor really jumps. Red velvet curtains and gold filigree make it as tempting as the fruit in the Garden of Eden.
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Fireside Lounge
Don’t be blinded by the outlandish rainbow-colored neon lights: the Strip’s most spellbinding hideaway awaits inside this retro coffee shop. Courting couples adore the sunken fire pit, cozy blue-velvet nooks and faux tropical foliage. Sip a Scorpion.
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Legends in Concert
Vegas’ top pop-star impersonator show features real talent – there is no lip-synching allowed. Video screens beside the stage show real-life concert clips of the performers, while the back-up dancers boogie up a Saturday Night Fever storm.
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Criss Angel: Believe
The peripatetic French-Canadian circus troupe Cirque du Soleil mixes high-adrenaline stunts, surreal postmodern fantasy and dark, dreamy magical illusions with pop-star illusionist Criss Angel, who stars as a Victorian lord beset by buxom beauties.
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Just Jazz
Built to imitate East Coast–style jazz clubs with a speakeasy nightclub vibe, this live-music venue shows off smooth jazz combos, torch singers and brassy big bands, with intimate cabaret tables and a serious cocktail list of mega martinis.
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Drai's
Feel ready for an after-hours scene straight outta Hollywood? Things don't really get going until 4am, when DJs spinning progressive discs keep the cool kids content. Critics say it's full of cooler-than-thou scenesters; fans say it's the best afterparty in town, especially on Industry Mondays. Dress to kill.
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Griffin
Escape from the casinos’ clutch and imbibe at this indie joint, a short walk along the dark side of Fremont St. Crackling fireplaces, leather booths and an almost unbearably cool jukebox make it popular with hipster sweethearts and rebels alike.
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Mandarin Bar & Tea Lounge
With panoramic Strip views from the hotel's 23rd floor lobby, this sophisticated lounge serves exotic teas by day and champagne by night.
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The Pearl
A beacon for rock bands, the Palms’ concert hall has a sophisticated sound system and on-site recording studio. Modern rock acts like Gwen Stefani and Morrissey have burned up the stage, with most seats only 120ft or less away from the stars.
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House of Blues
Blues is the tip of the hog at this Mississippi Delta juke joint, showcasing modern rock, pop and soul.
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Downtown Cocktail Room
With a retro cocktail list you must take seriously, this speakeasy with sateen pillows and suede-covered couches feels decades removed from the old-school carpet joints on Fremont St. In true Prohibition-era style, the entrance is disguised.
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