The Weekend in One Line
Three weeks after AC/DC filled the same building, another stadium-sized rock band takes Allegiant on Saturday night, and this one starts before most Strip curtains have even gone up. Around it sits an unusually even Friday and Saturday, five or six headliners on each, and then a Sunday that gives up entirely. Here it is night by night, plus two daytime options that take a late-August afternoon seriously.
Friday, August 21
Russell Peters plays the Encore Theater at Wynn on Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., a 90-minute set from a comic who built an international career on crowd work and accents long before most stand-ups had a streaming special. The room is small enough that the front rows are genuinely in play, which is the point with him. Ages 12 and up.
Russell Peters | Fri & Sat, 8:00 p.m. | 90 minutes | 12+
Jeezy: The Legend of the Snowman takes PH Live at Planet Hollywood on Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., and it isn't a normal hip-hop set. It's a black-tie show that reimagines his catalog with a full orchestra behind him, trap anthems played by a string section. Every patron needs a ticket regardless of age.
Jeezy | Fri & Sat, 8:00 p.m.
Boyz II Men play The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan on Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., which suits a group whose whole appeal is close harmony rather than production. Three decades on, the Philadelphia trio still builds the set around the ballads that made them, and the two-night run means Friday isn't your only shot.
Boyz II Men | Fri & Sat, 8:00 p.m.
Backstreet Boys at Sphere play Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. inside the highest-resolution screen ever built, with a set built around what the room can do rather than treating it as a normal arena date. The residency dates are finite. There's more on the season in our summer at Sphere guide.
Backstreet Boys at Sphere | Fri & Sat, 8:00 p.m.
Barry Manilow: The Hits Come Home is at the International Theater inside Westgate, and the times differ by night: 8:00 p.m. Friday, 7:00 p.m. Saturday. The show draws on a catalog of more than fifty hits, and the room matters as much as the setlist, since this is the theater Elvis made famous and Manilow has been filling it for years. Ages 4 and up.
Barry Manilow | Fri 8:00 p.m., Sat 7:00 p.m. | 4+
Saturday, August 22
Guns N' Roses bring the 2026 World Tour to Allegiant Stadium with The Black Crowes opening, and the start time is the thing to get right: 6:25 p.m., not the 8:00 p.m. that almost everything else on this list runs. It's a single Las Vegas date on this leg, in a stadium rather than a theater, and it does not repeat. This is the pick if you only see one thing all weekend. We set it alongside the summer's other stadium night in our AC/DC and Guns N' Roses preview.
Guns N' Roses at Allegiant Stadium | Sat only, 6:25 p.m.
Sin City Stones is the one that fits around the stadium, and the clock is why. It runs 70 minutes at the X Rocks Theater inside Horseshoe from 7:00 p.m., so it's the Saturday option for anyone who isn't going to Allegiant but still wants rock. The tribute is built on the Rolling Stones at their early-70s swagger. More in our tribute shows guide.
Sin City Stones | Sat only, 7:00 p.m. | 70 minutes
Everything from Friday repeats on Saturday as well, so Russell Peters, Jeezy, Boyz II Men and Backstreet Boys are all available on either night. Barry Manilow moves an hour earlier on Saturday, which is the one to check twice if you're building a two-show evening.
Sunday, August 23
Sunday gives up, and that's not a criticism. After two nights carrying five and six headliners, there's no major concert on the calendar, which leaves Wastin' Away: The Poolside Jimmy Buffett Show to close things out at 6:30 p.m. at the Siren Poolside at Alexis Park. It runs a little over an hour: frozen drinks, island hits, a sunset doing the staging. If you've had a stadium Saturday, this is the correct opposite.
Wastin' Away | Sun, 6:30 p.m.
What to Do Before the Sun Goes Down
The best late-August daytime plan is usually to leave town, and the Eldorado Canyon Gold Mine Tour by Pink Jeep does it properly: roughly four hours out to an abandoned mining camp above the Colorado River, with a guided walk through the old workings and bottled water provided. Departures are in the morning for the obvious reason. It involves walking on desert terrain, so closed-toe shoes, and children under 3 can't go.
Eldorado Canyon Gold Mine Tour | about 4 hours | morning departure | 3+
The louder option stays closer. Exotics Racing at Speed Vegas, just south of the Strip, puts you on a real road course in a supercar rather than a straight-line drag strip, and you can ride shotgun in a drift car instead if you'd rather not drive. It runs about two hours and it's open every day. Drivers must be 18 with a valid licence from any state or country.
Exotics Racing | Speed Vegas, south of the Strip | about 2 hours | drivers 18+
Planning Notes
Two things to sort before you book. Saturday's stadium show is the one that reshapes a day: a 6:25 p.m. start means arriving in daylight, and 65,000 people leave Allegiant at once afterwards, so sort the ride home before the encore rather than after it. And the two big nights are near-identical, which is genuinely useful here. Everything except Guns N' Roses and Sin City Stones plays both Friday and Saturday, so build the weekend around the stadium date and slot the rest wherever it fits, watching Barry Manilow's earlier Saturday curtain. Check the booking section below for current availability across everything here.
