Tons of tourists will be flocking to Las Vegas for one last summer fling this weekend — even though we locals know we’ve got several weeks of summer left to go. With a massive music and comedy lineup scheduled for Labor Day weekend, we’ll all be able to party together.
HARTBEAT WEEKEND 2017 Mega movie star Kevin Hart has been taking over the Cosmopolitan during Labor Day weekend for the last three years, always bringing some comedy and musical buddies to help entertain. This year’s event might be the biggest so far, featuring a concert by R&B star Usher on Friday, a show with Hart and other comedians on Saturday, and the second stand-up set by Dave Chappelle in Las Vegas this year on Sunday, all set for the Chelsea. Sept. 1-3, info at 702-698-7000 or cosmopolitanlasvegas.com.
BRUNO MARS The pop star’s 24K Magic World Tour isn’t slowing down anytime soon, pushing out to the East Coast this fall before swinging back through the southwest in November and picking up again in Mexico in early 2018. But Bruno made space for his Park Theater residency for Labor Day weekend, likely the biggest shows of a big show holiday. Sept. 2-3, info at 877-795-2564 or montecarlo.com.
TOTO AND PAT BENATAR & NEIL GIRALDO The Grammy-winning band behind “Africa,” “Rosanna” and other hits has been teaming up all summer long with Benatar and Giraldo (“We Belong,” “Heartbreaker,” “Love is a Battlefield”) for an ’80s-centric rock show that spills into the pool yard at Red Rock Resort this weekend. Sept. 2, info at 702-797-7777 or stationcasinosevents.com.
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IDINA MENZEL When her multiplatinum, Oscar-winning song “Let It Go” from the Disney smash film “Frozen” topped the charts, Idina Menzel made history by becoming the only artist with a Billboard Top 10 hit and a Tony Award for acting. Her current tour rolls through the Pearl at the Palms on Saturday night. Sept. 2, info at 702-944-3200 or stationcasinosevents.com.
ILIZA SHLESINGER You may think of the Aces of Comedy series at the Mirage’s Terry Fator Theatre for its long list of established stand-up legends, names like George Lopez (who performs Friday and Saturday), Bill Maher and Jay Leno. But up-and-comers are bringing the jokes here, too, including “Last Comic Standing” winner Iliza Shlesinger, who makes her Mirage debut Sunday night. If you’ve caught any of her honest irreverence on her Freeform show “Truth & Iliza,” you know that anything can happen when she takes the stage. Sept. 3, info at 702-792-7777 or mirage.com.
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