Events

Sunday, December 13 at 9:30 PM — the late show at Comedy Cellar Las Vegas is a weekend closer at the Rio's intimate comedy room, and Sunday night crowds here can be surprisingly spirited for a late slot.Comedy Cellar's format is a five-comedian showcase — headliners only, 15–20 minutes each — modeled precisely on the […]

Mid-December Sunday at Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club — Luenell headlines December 13 at 9:30 PM at The LINQ Promenade on the Las Vegas Strip.If you have holiday visitors in town, this show is a strong pick: Luenell’s humor translates across backgrounds and generations because it’s rooted in universal human experience, even when the specifics are […]

Monday, December 14 at 7 PM at Comedy Cellar Las Vegas — the early show at the Rio starts a new week in a room that was built to look and operate exactly like the New York club that inspired it.Five TV-caliber comedians rotate through 15–20 minute sets in a single showcase-format show, and the […]

Monday, December 14 at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club — Josh Wolf on stage at 7:30 PM deep in the December holiday run on the Strip.His stand-up has always found the comedy in the gap between expectation and reality, which makes December his natural season and this Las Vegas room his ideal venue. Wolf is a […]

Monday, December 14th at 8:00 PM, Brad Garrett's Comedy Club at MGM Hotel and Casino opens the pre-Christmas week with Spencer James taking the stage for the first of his seven-night holiday-season run.A Las Vegas-based stand-up who has entertained crowds at clubs and on cruise ships across the country, James brings a distinctive blend of […]

Monday night, December 14 at 8:00 PM at Sphere at The Venetian Resort, the week opens late with one of the production's evening shows. A Monday 8 PM slot at Sphere has a particular charm — a deliberate choice, a quieter crowd, and a show that rewards full attention.The Wizard of Oz at Sphere takes […]

Luenell follows up the December 13 show with another set at Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club on Monday, December 14 — 9:30 PM at The LINQ.This deep into her Las Vegas residency, Luenell brings a comfort level with the room that makes each performance feel effortless from the audience’s side — though thirty-plus years of stage […]

Tuesday, December 15 at 5:30 PM — a week before Christmas, Vicki Barbolak's Trailer Park Happy Hour lands at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club on the Strip. Las Vegas in mid-December is one of the city's most lively stretches of the year, and the comedy rooms reflect and amplify that energy all week.Barbolak's stand-up channels the […]

Michael Yo wraps the year with a December 15 show at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club — Tuesday night, 7:30 PM, Strip energy running at full holiday pitch.Having held down this room through the full run of 2026, Yo closes out the year with the same sharp, audience-driven stand-up that made his residency work from the […]

Tuesday, December 15th at 8:00 PM, Spencer James returns to Brad Garrett's Comedy Club at MGM Hotel and Casino for night two of his holiday-week Las Vegas residency.James is a Las Vegas-based comic who builds his sets from personal experience, first-time relationship material, and the kind of storytelling that draws from both Mitch Hedberg's precision […]

Tuesday, December 15 at 8:00 PM at Sphere at The Venetian Resort closes the day with the production that has become Las Vegas's defining entertainment event of 2025 and 2026. The Tuesday night crowd at Sphere tends to be knowledgeable — a lot of people on their second or third visit to the show.The Wizard […]

Tuesday, December 15 at 9:30 PM — Comedy Cellar Las Vegas runs the late show at the Rio mid-week, and the room has a focused energy all its own at this hour on a Tuesday in December.The club's showcase format puts five headliner-grade comedians on stage in one night, each with 15–20 minutes to work […]

Wednesday, December 16 at 5:00 PM at Sphere at The Venetian Resort drops you into Oz right as the midweek energy peaks on the Strip. The early-evening Wednesday show is a reliable sweet spot — late enough to feel like an occasion, early enough to keep the rest of the night open.The Wizard of Oz […]

Wednesday evening, December 16 at 7:30 PM — Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center hosts Nevada Ballet Theatre's The Nutcracker for a midweek performance that captures the holiday season at its most elegant.George Balanchine's choreography is the gold standard for this production, and NBT delivers it with spectacular art deco costumes and scenic design that […]