Events

Tuesday, December 22 at 9:30 PM — Comedy Cellar Las Vegas runs the late show at the Rio two nights before Christmas, and the room takes on a celebratory buzz that a mid-week night in December rarely earns anywhere else.Comedy Cellar's showcase format stacks five television-headliner comedians in a single show, each doing 15–20 sharp […]

Wednesday evening, December 23 at 7:30 PM at Reynolds Hall in The Smith Center — Nevada Ballet Theatre's The Nutcracker performs on Christmas Eve eve, one of the most atmospheric slots in the entire run.NBT's company performs Balanchine's choreography in art deco costume and design, with Tchaikovsky's score setting the tone for a season that […]

Wednesday, December 23 at 7:30 PM at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club — Christmas Eve Eve in Las Vegas, and Vicki Barbolak closes out the last full week of the year with Trailer Park Happy Hour. The holiday-week crowd at the Linq is one of the most energized audiences the year produces, and the 7:30 Wednesday […]

Christmas Eve eve — Wednesday, December 23 at 8:00 PM — and Sphere at The Venetian Resort is delivering one of the week's late shows just as Las Vegas hits its holiday peak. The building looks spectacular from the outside this time of year; what's inside is even better.The Wizard of Oz at Sphere is […]

Wednesday, December 23 at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club is a 9:30 PM show on Christmas Eve eve — possibly the most festive night of the entire residency calendar. Carlos Mencia performing two nights before Christmas in Las Vegas is the kind of combination that only makes sense in this city, and it absolutely works.His comedy […]

Wednesday, December 23 at 9:30 PM — Comedy Cellar Las Vegas fills the room at the Rio on Christmas Eve Eve, and the crowd is in full holiday stride by the time the first comic hits the stage.Five rotating comedians, each headliner-caliber, take the stage in the club's signature showcase format: 15–20 minutes per comic, […]

Christmas Eve, Thursday December 24 at 2:00 PM — Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center hosts Nevada Ballet Theatre's The Nutcracker matinee on one of the most special afternoons of the entire year.There are few better ways to spend Christmas Eve than watching NBT's dancers perform Balanchine's choreography as Tchaikovsky's score fills this Las Vegas […]

Christmas Eve at 7 PM — Comedy Cellar Las Vegas at the Rio runs an early show on December 24, and the room fills with visitors and locals who chose a great comedy club over every other option Las Vegas offers tonight.The five-comedian showcase puts rotating TV-headliner talent on stage, 15–20 minutes each, in a […]

Christmas Eve, December 24 at 8:00 PM at Sphere at The Venetian Resort — a late show on one of the year's most charged nights in Las Vegas. The holiday crowd brings something special into the room, and The Wizard of Oz at Sphere is exactly the kind of large-scale production that matches the occasion.The […]

Christmas Eve at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club: Carlos Mencia, Thursday, December 24, 9:30 PM. Spending Christmas Eve at a Strip comedy club is its own very Las Vegas tradition, and Mencia's material on family dynamics, cultural identity, and the way different backgrounds collide is fitting for a room full of people who chose comedy over […]

Christmas night, December 25 at 8:00 PM at Sphere at The Venetian Resort — the show goes on, and Las Vegas is exactly where you want to be for it. A Christmas evening inside Sphere, with The Wizard of Oz wrapping around you at 16K resolution and a re-recorded score filling the room through 167,000 […]

Christmas night at 9:30 PM — Comedy Cellar Las Vegas keeps the lights on at the Rio for a late show on December 25, and the room fills up with people who decided laughter is exactly the right call for a holiday evening.Five rotating headliner-level comedians work through 15–20 minute sets in the club's showcase […]

Saturday morning, December 26 at 11:00 AM at Sphere at The Venetian Resort — the day after Christmas, and Las Vegas is packed with visitors looking for something to do. The 11 AM show is an ideal start before the holiday crowds make the Strip harder to navigate.The Wizard of Oz at Sphere is still […]

Saturday, December 26 at 2:00 PM at Reynolds Hall in The Smith Center, Nevada Ballet Theatre returns with a post-Christmas matinee of The Nutcracker for visitors and locals still in the full spirit of the season.NBT's Balanchine production runs through the complete arc of beloved characters — the Sugarplum Fairy, Dewdrop, the Nutcracker Prince — […]