Holiday Happenings
Join us for holiday fun, celebrations and more!
Here are just a few:
Festive Flavors: Holiday Harmonies Concert
Thursday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m.
Tickets: $5-10
Charleston Heights Art Center, 800 S. Brush St., 702.229.6383.
Bring the family to enjoy cookies and this 75-minute concert of holiday delights by the Vegas City Children’s Chorus, Mader Academy Singers and other local talent.
Contemporary West Dance Theatre’s “A Cool Yule! A Very Vintage Christmas”
Friday-Saturday, Dec. 13-14, 7 p.m.; Saturday matinee 1:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15-$35
Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., 702.229.6383.
Gather your family and friends to celebrate the season with a mix of timeless classics, audience sing-alongs and the thrilling sounds of popular Christmas songs by these artists in residence at Charleston Heights Arts Center. The performance promises surprises and warm cheer for all!
Kwanzaa Celebration and Rites of Passage Graduation
Saturday, Dec. 28, 2 to 4 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
West Las Vegas Library Theater, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702.507.3980.
In the spirit of NIA, the community will celebrate the third day of Kwanzaa, “Ujima” – collective work and responsibility – meaning to build and maintain our community together, making our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems and solving them together. The event will feature an African libation, the West Las Vegas Arts Center Drum Ensemble, an elder community honor and the graduation for girls and boys in the Rites of Passage program. Kwanzaa is an African American and Pan-African holiday that celebrates family, community and culture. Celebrated from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1, its origins are in the first harvest celebrations of Africa from which it takes its name. The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase "matunda ya kwanza" which means "first fruits" in Swahili, a Pan-African language that is the most widely spoken African language. Nia means "to make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community, in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness."
Tamales & Mariachi Festival
Saturday, Dec. 7
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Historic Fifth Street School
401 S. Fourth St.
This year’s annual Tamales & Mariachi Festival will be a celebration of family, culture and holiday traditions! The festival offers the community an abundance of tamale varieties from all over Latin America. Festival admission is free and open to the public. A variety of vendors will sell refreshments.
Festival goers will enjoy live mariachi music, folklorico dancers, Mexican antojitos, and a host of artisan vendors. Kick off the holiday season with great authentic tamales by some of Las Vegas' best chefs. The SerVehZah Bottle Shop and Tap Room will offer delicious brews and beverages for sale. With arts and crafts activities available for the kids, there will be much for the whole family to enjoy.
Headlining the festival entertainment are three different internationally renowned mariachi bands. Acclaimed by audiences at the Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center and other major U.S. venues, three-time Grammy Award-winning Mariachi Los Camperos will perform their skillfully arranged versions of classic mariachi tunes, blended with regional styles of traditional music. Two-time Grammy Award winner Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea bring both traditional regional music and songs from their 25th anniversary album to the stage. Singer Sandra Guevara will sing with renowned Mariachi Alma del Sol. Other entertainers also will perform. This event is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Parking will be available in the City Centre covered parking garage, accessible from Third Street/Clark Avenue. Parking also is available at the city garage at 500 S. Main St.
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