This Week in Las Vegas

By Mike Kermani

ROSE PARTY

Blush boutique Nightclub is having a Rose Party, with Chris Harrison host of the BACHELOR, who will be handing out roses, Fri, July 30;

MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM MASQUERADE PARTY 

The world’s infamous party isn’t only at the Playboy Mansion, now A Midsummer’s Night Dream Gods and Goddesses masquerade lingerie Bacchanalia will be held at the Palms Hotel & Casino, costume or mask required for admission, Saturday, August 14, 9 pm. The event will feature extensive custom prop creations, state of the art lighting, an unbelievable cast of performers and musicians. For information about tickets

CONTEST

WET REPUBLIC the Ultra Pool at the MGM Grand, the Grand Finale, $100,000 in cash prizes, July 23;

INDUSTRY NIGHTS

SURRENDER: Wednesday is industry night, with free admission and great DJ’s, inside Wynn’s Encore Resort;

ENCORE BEACH CLUB: Industry beach parties, ladies free before 3 pm, free admission with Nevada ID;

LAVO: Industry Nights are every Tuesday. The LAVO Italian Restaurant & Nightclub is the latest hot spot in Las Vegas, from the creators of TAO Asian Bistro, TAO Nightclub, and TAO Beach. Located at the Palazzo, LAVO has become Las Vegas’ newest celebrity haunt that has already hosted a long list of star studded evenings. Voted by People Magazine: “Vegas’ New Hotspot” and Las Vegas Weekly: the “Best Intimate/Boutique Nightclub.”

EVE NIGHTCLUB: Eva Longoria Parker’s Eve Nithtclub invites locals to Industry Nights, every Wednesday, inside Crystals Retail & Entertainment Shops at CityCenter.

B.B. KING CONCERT

I always enjoy seeing B.B. King but now, one of the few times we have a chance to see a live concert in an intimate venue of a restaurant show, he is appearing at his own B.B. King’s Blues Club at the Mirage Resort, Monday, August 16 and Tuesday August 17. Guests will be able to order dinner until 8:30 p.m. and King will take the stage at 9:30 p.m. A limited menu exclusive of ticket prices will be offered the night of the show and features a variety of four-course dinner options.

NATIONAL TEQUILA DAY

Harrah’s Las Vegas Resorts celebrate National Tequila Day at the Mesa Grill, Tequila Bar and Margaritaville, on Saturday, July 24^th for special Tequila offerings. In celebration of National Tequila Day, Tequila Bar and Grill at Bally’s Las Vegas, Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville at Flamingo Las Vegas and Mesa Grill at Caesars Palace offer guests premium tequila cocktails at reasonable prices. 

CELEBRITY SITINGS

Industry Nights every Tuesday,

CHARITY EVENT

Murphy’s Law will host a fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) on Tuesday, Aug. 10 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event is being hosted to raise money for the Southern Nevada chapter of MDA. Ladies can enjoy $2 well drinks and all guests can enjoy one free green beer with a $5 shamrock cutout donation. As the event is family-friendly, games and activities will be available for children in the dining area. A live DJ will also be spinning throughout the evening.

Murphy’s Law will begin selling shamrock cutouts that evening to help raise money for MDA and kick-off the tavern’s “Half Way to Saint Patrick’s Day” event, which will take place on Friday, Sept. 17. Green shamrocks will be available for $1 and gold shamrocks for $5 and will be displayed around the tavern. All proceeds from the shamrock cutouts will go to the Southern Nevada chapter of MDA as well as ten percent of the evening’s food and beverage purchases.

Donations to MDA go towards funding research, flu shots, therapy sessions, summer camp for MDA children and much more. All donations raised will benefit families in the Las Vegas area with neuromuscular disease. Those wishing to make a donation can do so at the event or visit www.mdausa.org for more information.

POOLSIDE PERFORMANCE

The summer brings such great weather we can enjoy our entertainment outside. SHAGGY will perform his Reggie concert at the Palms Pool and Bungalows, Thursday, August 12.

Jamaican-American reggae artist Shaggy emerged in the early ’90s and has proved to be one of the biggest crossover success stories in dancehall reggae. Early on, one of Shaggy’s first singles which was a hit overseas “Oh Carolina,” coupled with the high-profile Maxi Priest duet “One More Chance,” was enough to land Shaggy a lucrative deal with Virgin Records in the early ’90s.

His debut album, Pure Pleasure, was released in 1993. Shaggy first hit big in the U.S. in the mid ’90s with Boombastic. The title track sold more than a million copies and peaked at #1 on the R&B charts. The album reached platinum status and spent a full year at #1 on Billboard’s Top Reggae Albums chart and won Shaggy a Grammy award for Best Reggae Album in 1995. Multiple crossover hits followed with success both in the U.S. and overseas and in 2002 Mr. Lover Lover: The Best of Shaggy, Vol. 1 was released. In 2007 he released Intoxication which also hit #1 on the Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart.

For information, contact Mike: akermaniak@gmail.com