If you’re coming to Las Vegas and lively dueling pianos would be just what you’d enjoy for an evening of entertainment, you’ll need a few nights to hit all the piano bars. Piano bars and dueling piano entertainment are bringing in crowds at Strip properties and around town.
If you’re starting your quest for dueling piano entertainment on the Las Vegas Strip closest to the Sands Expo Center or Las Vegas Convention Center, the Palazzo has the Salute Lounge and Bar located next door to the Jersey Boys Theater. The Salute Bar has dueling piano entertainment nightly from 6:30p.m. to 1:30a.m.
The Salute Lounge has a video poker bar area which overlooks the lounge and entertainment area. The video poker machines at the bar start are at $1 and higher denominations.This is an upscale entertainment experience in a comfortable setting which brings in crowds before and after fine dining, their conventions and meetings, and shows. Located inside the Palazzo Hotel and Casino 3325 Las Vegas Blvd S.(702)607-7777.
www.Palazzo.com
In the center of the Las Vegas Strip, inside Harrah’s Hotel and Casino you’ll find dueling piano entertainment on the lobby level starting at 9p.m. Before 9p.m. in the same location, there’s nightly karaoke. Karaoke is not the topic of this article, but so you know, the karaoke begins at Harrah’s at 6p.m. and keeps going until it’s time for the dueling pianos. This means there’s non-stop music and crowds every night.
Harrah’s Hotel and Casino is located at 3475 Las Vegas Blvd S. and if you’re using the Monorail , your stop will be Harrah’s Imperial Palace Station. Once inside Harrah’s take the escalator to the main level casino floor and head towards the Carnival Court. Once you hear all the singing and music you’ll know you’ve found the place.
(702)369-5000 or (800)427-7247 www.HarrahsLasVegas.com
For fine spirits and maybe some caviar, across the Strip on the west side of Las Vegas Blvd, you’ll find the upscale Bellagio with its 24hour conservatory, dancing fountains outside, and piano bar inside the hotel on the lobby level. The Petrossian Bar features a Steinway piano and a relaxed,elegant setting. The Bellagio Hotel and Casino is located at 3600 Las Vegas Blvd S. (702)693-7111 www.Bellagio.com
Town Square, located less than three miles south of Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, has added more venues in the last year, and it is another spot in Vegas where you have many bars to choose from. In November 2009 Pete’s Dueling Pianos opened at Town Square at 6551 S. Las Vegas Blvd , #152, Las Vegas,NV 89119.
Pete’s no newcomer to dueling pianos, this venue has his name on it , and Pete’s Dueling Pianos has been entertaining crowds with this musical formula since he first opening Pete’s Peanut Bar and Piano Emporium in Austin, Texas in 1992.
The formula for Pete’s Dueling Pianos success includes four top pianists performing nightly in rotation, two at a time, and mixing it up with combining all of them to perform at various times throughout the evening to get the crowds going. In fact, all of the staffers at Pete’s Dueling Pianos are prepared to perform and everyone is part of the show. Wed-Sat doors open at 7p.m. and showtime runs from 8p.m.-2a.m.(702)270-PETE.
www.Petesduelingpianobar.com
