APRIL

26-27

City of Lights Jazz Festival: 10 hours of jazz on Saturday and six hours of R&B on Sunday at Summerlin Hills Park, in the northwest quadrant of Las Vegas. Jazz & R&B, Festival Hotline 702-228-3780. Tickets: $60 general admission, www.yourjazz.com.

JUNE

26-28

Great West Truck Show: Get away from the glitz and glamour and head down to the annual Great West Truck Show. Featuring Ride 'n' Drive demos, Truck Beauty competitions, Chrome Shop Mafia appearances and masses and masses of information about the ins and outs of truck driving; it's every boy's (big and small) dream. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Las Vegas Convention Center.

Las Vegas' Jazz Festival presents more than 25 bands and 220 performances over a three-day event, which promises to be big, loud and diverse. Showcasing music from the first 50 years of jazz history (1895-1945), the range includes blues, gospel, Latin jazz, swing, western swing, barbershop and zydeco. The bands have a suitably eclectic collection of names to match, from the Yankee Wailers to the Boondockers and Dog With A Bone. Performances are all within Fremont Street. Friday, 4-11:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-11.30 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5.30 p.m. $10 per day, $25 for three days. June dates to be decided. www.vegasexperience.com.

ONGOING

"Ice: Direct From Russia" features stellar dance moves and amazing acrobatics. Revealing several different moods throughout the show, these 42 performers take you into a world of romance, trance, circus acts and even a little bit of funk. 8 p.m. nightly (dark Fridays, April 7-20). Riviera's Versailles Showroom, $75. 702-492-3960.

Barry Manilow: Music and Passion: Manilow's Emmy-award-winning show continues, 8 p.m. on dates each month through December at the Las Vegas Hilton Theatre. $95-$225. www.lvhilton.com/entertainment/manilow.shtml.

"Love by Cirque de Soleil" celebrates the musical legacy of The Beatles through their original recordings. The show explores the content of the songs interpreted by a cast of 60 international artists and highlights aerial performance, extreme sports and urban freestyle dance. 7 and 10 p.m. nightly at the Mirage. $69-$150. 702-792-7777, 800-963-9634, www.mirage.com/entertainment.

"Phantom of the Opera," the award-winning musical spectacular continues at 7 and 9:30 p.m. nightly (dark Sundays) at the Venetian Theatre. $68-$158, www.phantomlasvegas.com, 702-414-9000.