A Las Vegas Lifestyle Guide

The Galavantier Blog

No matter what type of bar you prefer to frequent, Vegas likely has something to meet your needs. It's a city filled with a bevy of bars -- a blessed thing and a curse all in one. To help you out, Vegas locals got together to narrow down the best five bars in the city and the list is oh so good. The Las Vegas Bar Hall of Fame is crowned by a local, alternative news outlet that received 14,000 votes this year ranking Vegas bars based on five categories. The categories include Classic, Neighborhood, Pioneer, Best Resort/Casino and Specialty.

Webster’s Dictionary defines burlesque as “a kind of entertainment that was popular in the U.S. in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries… that included funny performances, singing, dancing… sometimes performances in which women took off their clothes.”

Imagine yourself walking down The Las Vegas Strip mid-July, with temperatures effortlessly reaching over 105 degrees and the sun beating down on your back. It's not always the most refreshing feeling when you're on vacation and just trying to see some sights. You blindly walk into the new Harmon Corner center after deciding "enough is enough" and welcome the rush of sweet, cold air conditioning.

For all those 1990’s Seattle grunge rock music lovers, it’s time to step back in time, while still witnessing Rock 'N Roll Compendium of Nirvana, the newest musical residency at Planet Hollywood with tribute band Smells Like Nirvana.

Yes, that’s right, it’s a Nirvana tribute band, but there are some very eerily entertaining similarities to the real Nirvana, which essentially ended after Kurt Cobain's death in 1994.

Get your boots and hat ready, because Route 91 Harvest is going to take over the city this October.

From the hands of Live Nation and MGM Resorts comes the revamped Route 91 music festival. Now dubbed Route 91 Harvest, the three-day music festival will take place October 3-5 at The Lot across from Luxor Hotel & Casino. The talents of Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Dierks Bently and Brantley Gilbert are slated for the festival's roster along with at least a dozen other country artists.

Ready for "Drops of Jupiter" to get in your hair while sipping some of the best wines in the country? Then make sure you're in Las Vegas on October 10-11.

MGM Resorts just announced the ninth annual Rock 'n Roll Wine event is further 'amplified' by adding the talents of Train and Blink 182 to the roster. The event is destined to become even bigger with these headliners, along with other artists like Better than Ezra, Violent Femmes and more.

5 Budget-Friendly Activities in Vegas
Let's be real - not everyone who comes to Las Vegas is a tech mogul high-roller, a Rich Kid of Instagram or even a person who's got it all "together." (Some of us have student loans to pay off, am I right?) But this doesn't mean that we can't smartly splurge on a trip to the City of Sin and hit every fun item on our To-Do lists. Here's how you can cross off five amazing activities in the city and not get a pesky overdraft fee.

When the sun goes down in Vegas, a sensual world lights up the city after dark. Discover a few of these alluring places to really get your temperature rising.

Beer drinking nerds headed to Las Vegas are in for one hell of a treat. One of the best pubs in town is now offering an event that you just can’t miss out on. That’s right, it’s the Geeks Who Drink Pub Quizzes and it’s at Aces & Ales -- at both of its locations.

Geeks Who Drink, based out of Denver, Colorado, hosts these events at more than 300 pubs across 25 states. Many ask what the difference is between Geeks Who Drink and pub trivia nights. Well, there’s quite a large difference, actually, and it’s not for the faint of heart, err, head, rather.

This fall the best of the rockabilly world heads to Vegas for the first annual Rockabilly Rockout at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino on Thursday, October 2 through Sunday, October 5.

The event is all about good old-fashioned rock’n’roll meets country music with a splash of rhythm’n’blues. Not only will the event feature rockabilly bands from around the world, but DJs (i.e. record hops) Tom Ingram and Jerry Chatabox among others will be spinning rockabilly-themed music between bands.