The talent is set and the amphitheater is ready for another season of music with Clark County Parks and Recreation’s Jazz in the Park concert series. The free series will feature  Jeff Golub on May 26, 480 East, featuring Shilts and Matt Marshak on June 2 and Yellowjackets on June 9. Audiences that come early will be treated to the local jazz sounds of the Las Vegas Academy Jazz Combo. Seating for those with picnic baskets, blankets and low-back chairs will begin at 7 p.m. with performances beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Clark County Government Center Amphitheater, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway. Food vendors also will be available on site. Admission and parking are free.

American jazz guitarist Jeff Golub brings his contemporary stylings to Jazz in the Park on Saturday, May 26. With 11 solo albums and three CDs under his belt as the leader of the instrumental band Avenue Blue, Golub made a name for himself, working with Rod Stewart from 1988 to 1995 and in his early days with Billy Squier. Last year, he was blinded due to a collapse on his optic nerve, but he hasn’t let it stop him from playing music.

Four80East, featuring Shilts and Matt Marshak, will pick up with pace with electro jazz on Saturday, June 2. The Canada-based band consists of musicians Rob DeBoer, keyboards, bass and guitar; and Tony Grace, percussion; and other session musicians. With five CDs in the repertoire, it’s difficult to believe the band began as a studio project in the late 1990s. Guitarist Marshak joins the groove, bringing his crowd pleasing originals to the stage, and Shilts adds a contemporary jazz feeling to round out the evening.

The Yellowjackets round out the series on Saturday, June 9 with smooth jazz and jazz fusion and a storied career in the jazz genre. The Grammy-nominated artists bring a repertoire dating back to 1981 to the stage. The band’s most recent release, Timeline, released in 2011, featured former member and founder Robben Ford and was the band’s 24th album.

Those interested in the Jazz in the Park concert series can call 702-455-8200 or visit the Web site at http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/parks/pages/Events_Calendar.aspx.

Clark County Amphitheater
500 South Grand Central Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89106

Fremont Street Experience announces its summer concert series Rock of Vegas with an entertainment lineup of legendary rock `n’ rollers from the 1980s. The free concert series in Downtown Las Vegas will kick off Memorial Day Weekend with Vince Neil, legendary singer of Mötley Crüe, and runs through Labor Day Weekend with a performance by the ultimate glam metal rocker, Dee Snider, legendary singer of Twisted Sister.

“This is the fourth summer concert series at Fremont Street Experience and this year Rock of Vegas will bring the classic rock hits of the ’80s to life with plenty of power ballads and guitar shredding,” said Jeff Victor, president of Fremont Street Experience. “Downtown Vegas is a fun place to see a concert and offers one of the best values in Las Vegas. All the concerts and stage shows are free, plus downtown hotel-casinos offer great deals on room rates, gambling and many food and drink specials.”

Rock of Vegas Summer Concert Series at Fremont Street Experience headliner concerts are:

• May 26, 9pm, 3rd Street Stage – VINCE NEIL -Legendary Singer of Mötley Crüe
• June 9, 9pm, 1st Street Stage – DENNIS DEYOUNG: The Music of Styx
• June 22, 9pm, 3rd Street Stage – NIGHT RANGER
• July 7, 9pm, 1st Street Stage – ASIA featuring John Payne
• July 21, 9pm, 1st Street Stage – WARRANT & SKID ROW
• Aug. 4, 9pm, 3rd Street Stage – BRET MICHAELS “Get Your Rock on Tour 2012″
• Aug. 18, 9pm, 1st Street Stage – SURVIVOR
• Sept. 1, 9pm, 3rd Street Stage – DEE SNIDER – Legendary Singer of Twisted Sister with special guest JAC&JILL

(All concerts start at 9pm and are Saturday nights, with the exception of June 22, which is a Friday night.)

“So if you’re looking for nothing but a good time and wanna rock, come to Fremont Street Experience this summer where you can still rock in America and have the best of times,” added Victor.

Fremont Street Experience is a five-block entertainment complex in historic downtown Las Vegas and features Viva Vision, the world’s largest video screen. With direct access to 10 casinos, more than 60 restaurants, plus specialty retail kiosks, Fremont Street Experience attracts over 17 million annual visitors. Fremont Street Experience can be found online at http://www.vegasexp erience.com

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Rampart Casino is hosting us Free Friday Night Pool Parties! The parties are free for all Rampart Rewards members (free to join) or $10 at the door.  There is live entertainment each Friday Night through June 1, 2012 from 5 pm – 9 pm.  Each Friday night they will have $3 Beers/$6 Margaritas and food specials starting at $6.  Here’s a link for a free Margarita or Draft Beer: Pool Party Drink Coupon.

Rampart Casino
221 N Rampart Blvd
Las Vegas, NV‎‎
(702) 507-5900

Ever want to be outside with music playing and enjoy the atmosphere around you? Now you can at Town Square! Every other Friday come out to Town Square Park and enjoy Music in the Square – complimentary music by local artists and bands. Enjoy the musical sounds of Country Duo on May 25 from 6 – 8 pm in Town Square Park.  Squeeze in dinner at one of Town Square‘s restaurants before or after the entertainment and you’ll have the perfect night on the town. Free to attend.

Town Square
6605 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89119

After two overwhelmingly successful years at Green Valley Ranch, Nashville Unplugged: The Story Behind the Song has expanded across the Las Vegas valley, with additional Saturday performances.  Nashville Unplugged will follow their Green Valley Ranch performances on Friday night with a performanceg the following evening inside the Access Showroom at Aliante Station. A fun and unique experience akin to Nashville’s Bluebird Café, Nashville Unplugged gives guests an intimate look at the thought process behind some of country music’s most well-known songs

Featuring country music’s most successful songwriters and the crowd favorite, “Songs from a hat,” where an original song is written on-the-spot, based on audience suggestions, Nashville Unplugged: The Story Behind the Song is hosted by Brian McComas, who wrote and sang “I Could Never Love You Enough,” and Aaron Benward of Blue County, who wrote and sang “That’s Cool.” All performances begin at 8 p.m. and there is a $5 cover at the door. Guests must be 21 years or older.

Upcoming Nashville Unplugged performances include:

• Friday, May 25, 8pm – Ovation at Green Valley Ranch – Featuring Greg Barnhill and Joanna Cotten
• Saturday, May 26, 8pm – Access Showroom at Aliante Station – Featuring Greg Barnhill and Joanna Cotten
  

Doors at 7:15 pm featuring “Songs from a Hat.” Guests that arrive between 7:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. can make up a title to a song and place the suggestion in a hat.  The songwriters will pick one title from that hat and then pen a song throughout the course of the evening, to be performed at the end.

Artist Info:

An award-winning songwriter, Greg Barnhill has been writing and performing his whole life. Barnhill has written songs for artists ranging from Tim McGraw to Jessica Simpson. Barnhill’s song, “Walkaway Joe,” recorded by Trisha Yearwood and Don Henley, earned him a Grammy nomination and established him as one of the industry’s top writers. His success continued with the single, “House of Love,” which was recorded by Amy Grant and Vince Gill and climbed to number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other hit songs include, “99.9% Sure I’ve Never Been Here Before,” “Same Ol’ Love,” which reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, and “She’s Taken A Shine,” which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart. Barnhill has also established himself as one of television’s top theme song and jingle writers, with Emmy nominations for his work on ‘The Today Show” and with NASCAR.

Joanna Cotten’s debut single, “The Prize,” received critical acclaim and peaked at number 60 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Performing in a style Cotten likes to call “funkabilly,” Cotten has released two albums, Funkabilly and Joanna Cotten. Cotten’s singles, “If I’m Gonna Be Bad” and “Tell Me That I Got To” will both be featured on ABC’s television series, “GCB.”

Green Valley Ranch Resort – Ovation Lounge
2300 Paseo Verde Parkway
Henderson, NV 89052
(702) 617-7777

Aliante Station Hotel Casino – Access Showroom
7300 Aliante Pkwy
North Las Vegas, NV 89084
(702) 692-7484

The time has come for the annular solar eclipse when the moon blocks out most of the sun, but leaves a ring of light around its circumference. Silverton Casino is holding a viewing for guests to see this ring of fire while surrounded by friends and family. Also, Silverton Rewards Club members (free to join) can pick up their free pair of annular solar eclipse viewing glasses from the Silverton Rewards Club between 2 and 6 p.m. the day of the eclipse.

The eclipse will take place on Sunday, May 20, 2012 between 5:15 and 7:45 p.m. and can be viewed from the 5^th floor of the Silverton Parking Garage.

Silverton Casino
3333 Blue Diamond Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89139
(702) 263-7777

Las Vegas locals looking for a great deal on a year of entertainment can now save $10 on an annual membership to Fillaseat.com by using coupon code: SAVELV.

What is Fillaseat.com?

When shows, concerts, and sporting events here in Las Vegas have tickets for shows and events that haven’t sold out, they come to Fillaseat.com and give those tickets to Fillaseat members, FREE! You will have the opportunity to attend these shows and events, for free, over the course of your 12 month membership.

How do I sign up?

Go to www.Fillaseat.com and be sure to read all of the membership rules.

Then click Join; then Click here to join. Fill out the form and click: Continue. Do not click on any membership! First, enter the COUPON CODE: SAVELV and hit Apply Coupon.  Select a membership, put in your credit card information, and click continue. Click purchase and you are all set!

Regular price for memberships are : $89.95 Duet or $149.95 Quartet.

You must be at least 21 years old, have a valid Nevada ID and internet/email access to take advantage of this offer.

Fillaseat has offered over 100 shows and events in the past 12 months!  Offerings include athletic events, shows and concerts.

Every Friday, (CLICK HERE) get 2 for 1 movie tickets when you use your Visa Signature card. Offer expires 8/17/12.

The Cosmopolitan is hosting “Dive-In Movies” every Monday evening beginning at 8pm, through September 24, 2012, at their Boulevard Pool.  Free admission.  Doors open at 7 pm.  Guests can watch the movie in the lounge chairs by the pool or in the pool, with appropriate swimming attire.

2012 movie schedule:

• May 21: “Top Gun”
• May 28: “Stand By Me”
• June 4: “Forrest Gump”
• June 11: “Casablanca”
• June 18: “Seabiscuit”
• June 25: “Karate Kid”
• July 2: “Spiderman”
• July 9: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
• July 16: “Batman”
• July 23: “Billy Madison”
• July 30: “The Bourne Identity”
• Aug. 6: “My Best Friend’s Wedding”
• Aug. 13: “Rudy”
• Aug. 20: “The Wizard of Oz”
• Aug. 27: “Sixteen Candles”
• Sept. 3: “Social Network”
• Sept. 10: “Sleepless in Seattle”
• Sept. 17: “Father of the Bride”
• Sept. 24: “The Great Gatsby”

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
3708 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
(702) 698-7000

The talent is set and the amphitheater is ready for another season of music with Clark County Parks and Recreation’s Jazz in the Park concert series, which celebrates its 23rd year. The free series will feature  Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue on May 19, Jeff Golub on May 26, 480 East, featuring Shilts and Matt Marshak on June 2 and Yellowjackets on June 9. Audiences that come early will be treated to the local jazz sounds of the Las Vegas Academy Jazz Combo. Seating for those with picnic baskets, blankets and low-back chairs will begin at 7 p.m. with performances beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Clark County Government Center Amphitheater, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway. Food vendors also will be available on site. Admission and parking are free.

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue makes a Jazz in the Park debut on Saturday, May 19. At only 26 years old, this trombone and trumpet player has already worked with jazz, funk and rap music and has been playing with the band Orleans Avenue since 2009. The younger brother of trumpeter and bandleader James Andrews and the grandson of singer and songwriter Jessie Hill, Trombone Shorty – also known as Troy Andrews – has music in his blood.

American jazz guitarist Jeff Golub brings his contemporary stylings to Jazz in the Park on Saturday, May 26. With 11 solo albums and three CDs under his belt as the leader of the instrumental band Avenue Blue, Golub made a name for himself, working with Rod Stewart from 1988 to 1995 and in his early days with Billy Squier. Last year, he was blinded due to a collapse on his optic nerve, but he hasn’t let it stop him from playing music.

Four80East, featuring Shilts and Matt Marshak, will pick up with pace with electro jazz on Saturday, June 2. The Canada-based band consists of musicians Rob DeBoer, keyboards, bass and guitar; and Tony Grace, percussion; and other session musicians. With five CDs in the repertoire, it’s difficult to believe the band began as a studio project in the late 1990s. Guitarist Marshak joins the groove, bringing his crowd pleasing originals to the stage, and Shilts adds a contemporary jazz feeling to round out the evening.

The Yellowjackets round out the series on Saturday, June 9 with smooth jazz and jazz fusion and a storied career in the jazz genre. The Grammy-nominated artists bring a repertoire dating back to 1981 to the stage. The band’s most recent release, Timeline, released in 2011, featured former member and founder Robben Ford and was the band’s 24th album.

Those interested in the Jazz in the Park concert series can call 702-455-8200 or visit the Web site at http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/parks/pages/Events_Calendar.aspx.

Clark County Amphitheater
500 South Grand Central Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89106

Do you know where to find hotel pools that are open to the public?

While most Las Vegas pools are for hotel guests only, it’s nice to know which ones admit non-guests. For a complete line up of the cool pools in Las Vegas, check out the Las Vegas Advisor’s Cool Pool Section.

Here you can find out which don’t charge for access, if a pool hosts events like parties and concerts you can attend, see pictures and get a complete summary of what each pool has to offer.

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Watch the classics under the stars at Mugs ‘n Movies, taking place downtown on 3rd Street between Stewart & Ogden, on May 19, 2012 at 8 pm.  Bring your lounge chairs and blankets and watch a screening of “The Hangover.”  Beer, hot chocolate, & popcorn available. Free admission.

The five-time, first round Grammy Award nominated Vox Lumiere will make their premiere in Nevada, unmasking the secrets on a timeless classic, The Phantom of the Opera, with a unique twist on this legendary tale, Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19 at 8 p.m. at the Henderson Pavilion, 200 S. Green Valley Parkway.  All tickets are only $10.

Vox Lumiere will bring the timeless gothic romance to life on-stage with a modernized theatrical production like never seen before. The new Phantom, which the Los Angeles Times calls “Absolutely riveting!”, will focus on the popular love story, mixing rock concert with musical theater and silent film. Designed for a new generation of Phantom fans, audiences will enjoy Vox Lumiere’s fresh take on the story.

Featuring original music, exciting multimedia and an award-winning cast of singers, dancers and musicians, Vox Lumiere will take audiences on an extraordinary journey back to the world-famous Paris Opera House. Performed to the classic 1925 silent motion picture starring Lon Chaney, fans will become mesmerized as the alluring ghost story of ambition, murder and seduction is retold in this innovative, breathtaking and thrilling rock opera masterpiece.

Over the years, Vox Lumiere has been recognized for their outstanding work with a handful of Grammy nominations, two 21st Century Filmmaker Awards and a nationally-televised PBS special. They have performed all over the world and shared many other productions, including Metropolis, The Hunchback ofNotre Dame and Peter Pan, to an international audience.

For more information or to purchase tickets to Vox Lumiere - The Phantom of the Opera, visit HendersonLive.com, call (702) 267-4TIX (4849) or visit the Henderson Pavilion Box Office, Tuesday – Friday from 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Henderson Pavilion
200 S. Green Valley Parkway
Henderson, NV 89012