A Las Vegas Lifestyle Guide

The Galavantier Blog

One of the most epic parties in Las Vegas occurs annually: New Year's Eve. This blow-out, all-in event is an amazing way to kickoff your year no matter what you decide to do. Whether it's celebrating with Iggy Azalea on the rooftop of Drai's Nightclub or working the countdown with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, there's plenty to do in Sin City.

We've got your video guide to the best of Sin City this New Year's Eve, check it out below.

Sapphire of Las Vegas, famously known as the world’s largest gentlemen’s club, will be hosting their 12^th annual Martinis & Masquerade extravaganza Thursday, Dec. 11 with a hosted bar from 8 to 10 p.m..  After yet another successful year with over 400,000 visitors, it is time to celebrate at this sexy, swanky club. Partygoers will be dressed in their best masquerade attire and, most likely, anything goes.

When it comes to alcohol consumption, everyone knows that Vegas has a bit of a reputation as the party city. But Vegas isn’t just for those that love yards of beer or plastic containers of frozen alcoholic concoctions, Las Vegas and the surrounding areas are actually a craft brewers paradise.

There are multiple places to get everything from a homegrown IPA to a Sour or even a Firkin in this city from the Strip to the suburban area of Henderson just outside of Vegas, this city offers the beer connoisseur a sip or two of Vegas.

It's officially started. The EDC Las Vegas planning season. Tickets recently went on sale and ravers galore flocked to the Electric Daisy Carnival's website to purchase their entry to one of the largest electronic music festivals in the world. If you're one of the brightly-colored, luminescent EDC creatures ready to pounce on an opportunity to dance to the best DJs, see the coolest artwork, enjoy some food trucks, and maybe even hop on some rides, then make sure you know what's best for the ultimate EDC adventure.

Hydrate:

Fun Fact: 

Steve Wynn is undoubtedly sitting pretty on top of any list called something like "Most Influential Forces to Shape Las Vegas," so you can bet his namesake hotel is going to be one of the best on the Strip. A known perfectionist and visionary, Wynn was the man to bring the existence of "mega-resorts" to the country when he opened The Mirage in 1989. Since then, his guiding hand has helped make the city the heaven we know and love today.

XS Nightclub

Move over, other "Downtowns." Downtown Summerlin has officially opened and more shops and restaurants keep opening their doors during the first months of the new center's existence. When you have over 100,000 people living in Summerlin, it wasn't always a viable option for those residents to drive all the way out to Town Square, Downtown Vegas, or even The Strip when they're in need of some dining and retail therapy.

When you and your friends come to Vegas, you all want to impress each other as to who knows this city better. But with a constant ebb and flow of openings and closures how do you possible stay in the know all the time? We've got your guide to being the Vegas Insider and really upping the ante among your crew when you hit Sin City.

The Mirage Las Vegas Hotel & Casino recently updated new hours for the infamous volcano feature. The iconic attraction was built in 1989 and is still catching the attention of many Vegas visitors from all around the world. The volcano erupts nightly beginning at 5 p.m. and continues every 30 minutes until 11 p.m., with the exception of 7:30 p.m.. The Mirage also unveiled new hours for Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat as well. These features are now open to the public Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

I'm a firm believer that any live music is good music, but usually that's just an excuse for a shitty band to play crap and have drunkards still compliment the experience. Well folks - this is a city that does entertainment better than anyone else, so you're correct in thinking that we have great live music. Here are some of our favorites: