New Las Vegas Karaoke Event Offering Cash For Best Singer

If you're a Las Vegas karaoke buff, now you can win a little cash for your favorite pastime. The Rouge Room at Red Rock Casino Resort has announced their first ever "Rouge Star Karaoke" nights. And it's not just another Las Vegas karaoke bar. It's real, on-stage with a band, rocking out. And could come with a nice little pay check too.

The Rouge Room at the Red Rock Casino Resort is a very intimate cocktail lounge open only on the weekends. It's decor screams of a cross between vintage speakeasy and high-energy club. Besides a chic, velvet interior, the Rouge Room also offers an adult-only poolside deck. Fully equipped with outdoor seating, cabanas and an outdoor bar.

Two more bars grace the inside. Each with its own specialty. One bar specializes in champagne, and the other in signature cocktails. Including the Smoked Old Fashioned, Spicy Margarita and Grapefruit Mojito. A menu of small bites is also available at the Rouge Room. It offers a variety of dishes like Wagyu Sliders, Caviar, and Spicy Tuna rolls.

Not only is the Rouge Room giving locals another swanky place to enjoy a drink. They're also elevating the Las Vegas karaoke game. Doing karaoke here isn't another night of singing along to music tracks. This one comes with live accompaniment by The Busker Kings. They're a band of seriously talented musicians. No pressure.

Ben Carey, former lead guitarist for Lifehouse, Vertical Horizon and Savage Garden leads The Busker Kings. Joining him is Gigi Gonaway, former touring drummer for names like Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson. Shawn Eiferman, who has shared a stage with bands including Prince, the Goo Goo Dolls and Guns n’ Roses, is also in the group.

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Las Vegas karaoke will never be the same after August 1st. That will be the first "Rouge Star Karaoke", and the Rouge Room is kicking it off right. For the inaugural evening, guests will be invited to take the stage for the live band karaoke experience. At the end of the night, the management will select the top three singers from throughout the night. Those finalist will then perform for a $1,000 cash prize.

"Rouge Star Karaoke" will then continue every Thursday night at 8 p.m. The Rouge Room is open until 1 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. Reservations can be made ahead of time.

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There are so many unique wedding venues in Las Vegas that make your jaw drop.

Las Vegas is the home for the unconventional. It's a place where the eccentric and the out-of-the-ordinary thrive, and this also goes for wedding venues in the city.

The city of dreams, Las Vegas, is also the wedding capital of the entire country, Vegas' official wedding website states. Data from Clark County also show that Las Vegas has issued 33,000 wedding licenses in 2024.

Celebrity couples like Usher and Jennifer Goicoechea, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos and so many more have made Las Vegas their wedding venues.

Historical marriages --- and later annulments -- have happened throughout Vegas' start as a city. We're the city of pleasure and dreams, so it makes for a great wedding. In fact, the wedding industry generates a significant amount of revenue for the city. The New York Times reported last year that the wedding industry boasted $2.5 billion for the city's tourism sector.

Aside from being a city that melts aspirations and turns them into reality, the historical glamor of Vegas attracted couples like Elvis and Priscilla Presley or Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow to say "I do." Along with that, the New York Times reported that the short drive from Los Angeles made Las Vegas alluring to celebs, who wanted a smaller and more intimate setting.

But the real popularity of wedding venues in Las Vegas happened during Prohibition.

"Clark County eliminated blood tests and waiting periods that were required of couples who were trying to get married," The New York Times reports.

Yale University even published an article in its student publication that said affordability, non-legal ceremonies, hotel packages, parties and intimacy have been major factors that propelled Vegas' popularity for weddings. Vegas is also popular for elopement.

You can get themed weddings and even drive-thru weddings, which makes the process easy and adds a "no frills" vibe to a usual stressful day.

There are many opulent venues in Las Vegas. But there are a few that will run your budget to the moon.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal writes that Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas offers a $5 million wedding package that includes a private, round-trip charter jet to Las Vegas, wedding bands from luxury-brand jewelers and a weekend wardrobe shopping spree at The Shops at Crystals.

When the Waldrof Astoria was the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas, it also had another extravagant wedding package that kissed the $100,000 budget range. Little Vegas Wedding wrote an article that said this package included a diamond pendant, Baccarat toasting glasses, and a luxurious ceremony for 200 people.

The beauty of weddings in Vegas is that you don't need $5 million to throw a stunning ceremony the celebrates love. Scroll down below to see the five most unique wedding venues in Sin City.

The Punk Museum offers wedding packages, and this spot of culture, art and history would make for a great wedding. According to the Punk Museum's website, the museum offers two wedding packages: "Partners in Crime," and "Till Death Do Us Punk." 

"Partners in Crime" is meant to be a "no-frills elopement," that includes a 15-minute ceremony, four guests, merch from the museum, and a special padlock to add onto the Punk Museum's fence -- which symbolizes the lock of commitment and more. The "Till Death Do Us Punk" package is more of a reception that can host up to 25 guests. You can have a cash bar, a photo booth, merch, a one-hour rental for the ceremony and reception, house champagne, cupcakes or cake, gift bags and more. This would be a unique wedding venue that will make your wedding radiate rebellion, passion and great energy.

Live your "Jack and Rose" love story by getting married at the Titanic. The Luxor Hotel & Casino has the famous TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition attraction. This exhibit features artifacts from the ship and shows the beauty of the glorious sea vessel through renditions of rooms and more. The TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition also has wedding packages that heavily use the "grand staircase" as the main backdrop of the wedding. Photos on the Luxor's website show giddy couple gleaming on the hotel's version of the grand staircase. For fans of the "Titanic" movie, this will make your wedding feel like a love story. But hopefully, the movie's ending doesn't replicate the marriage. There are no prices on the exhibition's website, but a price sheet from the Luxor's chapel says that the price of a "Titanic - Grand Staircase" wedding will range between $900 to $1,300.

The Taco Bell’s Flagship Cantina in Las Vegas is already an elevated version of the beloved Taco Bell fast food chain across the country. This Vegas location offers exclusive items and a great atmosphere, but this location also has a Taco Bell Wedding Chapel. The official Taco Bell Wedding website states that a wedding package will cost around $777. Although the chapel doesn't provide marriage licenses, the Taco Bell Wedding comes with a Taco Bell sauce wedding packet bouquet, a reception area and special wedding swag. This is truly a remarkable wedding venue, and it will give your guests a once-in-a-lifetime experience. " If you have fond memories of date nights at Taco Bell and sharing dreams of your next 40+ years with that certain someone. If nothing is more romantic than sharing a Baja Blast with two straws as you gaze into each other’s eyes," the Taco Bell Wedding website says.   

This venue is fun, slightly gimmicky but romantic overall. When you think about "love" and "passion" the picturesque streets of Paris come to mind. Well, what's better than bringing a dash of Paris with the glittering glamor of Las Vegas? The Eiffel Tower Restaurant is located at the belly of the Las Vegas Strip, and each view outside of the restaurant is a beautiful panoramic snapshot of the city. The wedding package includes a live band, a professional wedding photographer, a wedding coordinator, a bouquet and boutonniere, and an officiant.  The Eiffel Tower Restaurant states that wedding packages range from $1,650 to $1,850 depending on the day that you book this experience. The sunlight of the Strip will glow into your ceremony area, and the food is immaculate at this restaurant.

Las Vegas Cannabis Weddings is a company that specializes in cannabis-lifestyle weddings. Couples who choose to plan with Las Vegas Cannabis Weddings can pick between a private grow house or a famous dispensary to host their special day. This wedding planning company has teamed up with Planet 13, one of Las Vegas's largest dispensaries, to provide couples with a unique and trippy experience for their special day.  Prices for this type of wedding at one of Vegas' most famous dispensaries can range from $950 to$4,200. The middle-priced packages are about $1,650 to $1,800. Holiday pricing can increase, and these prices do not include gratuity for the services provided. If this is your vibe then this wedding is pretty affordable. There are probably seldom cities that offer and cater to this type of wedding package, which is another reason why Las Vegas is perfect for any type of love story.

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