Events

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 — […]

Cool Air Comedy closes out 2026 with Skillz Hudson at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club — Saturday, December 26 at 5:30 PM, the day after Christmas on the Las Vegas Strip with one of the year's most relaxed and good-spirited crowds.Post-Christmas Las Vegas has its own specific energy: people have time, they're in good spirits, and […]

Saturday, December 26 at 7 PM — the day-after-Christmas early show at Comedy Cellar Las Vegas at the Rio, and post-holiday crowds tend to be especially loose, relaxed, and ready to laugh at things that are actually funny.Comedy Cellar books five TV-caliber comedians per show on a rotating weekly schedule, each doing 15–20 minutes of […]

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Sunday, December 27 at 2:00 PM — Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center hosts the closing performance of Nevada Ballet Theatre's The Nutcracker run, a final Sunday matinee that wraps one of Las Vegas's most beloved seasonal traditions.NBT's production of George Balanchine's classic has been filling this concert hall with holiday audiences throughout December, and […]

Sunday, December 27 at 5:00 PM at Sphere at The Venetian Resort — the holiday stretch is still going strong, and the week between Christmas and New Year's is one of the busiest and most exciting in the Las Vegas calendar. The early-evening show is perfectly timed for visitors making the most of the week.The […]

Josh Wolf hits the stage at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club on Sunday, December 27 — 7:30 PM on the Strip, the last Sunday of 2026.Wolf's comedy about family, relationships, and everyday life has run alongside his whole adult story, and at year-end there's something satisfying about experiencing it in the room where he's spent his […]

Sunday, December 27 at 9:30 PM — Comedy Cellar Las Vegas runs the late show at the Rio during the big year-end stretch, when the city fills up and every good room earns its reputation.Five rotating television-credited comedians share the stage in a single showcase show, each working a tight 15–20 minute set in one […]

The year is almost done — Luenell brings her residency to Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club for Sunday, December 27 at 9:30 PM on the Strip.Between-the-holidays Las Vegas has a wild, who-cares-it’s-still-vacation energy, and Luenell’s stand-up is built for exactly that mood. Her comedy swings between honest and hilarious without breaking stride, drawing on a life […]