OCTOBER

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13th Annual Fetish & Fantasy Halloween Ball: The 2008 event promises the "best elements of the last 12 years" in the largest and and most exciting adult Halloween event. Count on the unusual and wild, as well as fire performers, lasers and lights, DJs, a costume contest, vendors, a dance area and stilt walkers. Dress to thrill. 10 p.m.-4 a.m. Sports Center Las Vegas. $80, ($50 for ghouls after 1.30 a.m.). 702-732-6111. www.halloweenball.com.

NOVEMBER

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Experience Hendrix: Tribute tour with Buddy Guy, Johnny Lang, David Hidalgo and others. 8 p.m. Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort. $48, $58, $78. www.palmspearl.com.

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra: TSO is a rock orchestra founded by Paul O'Neill, Robert Kinkel and Jon Oliva in 1996. The band's musical style is described as incorporating progressive rock, symphonic metal and heavy metal, with influences from classical music. 7:30 p.m. MGM Grand Garden Arena. $25, $39.50, $49.50. www.ticketmaster.com.

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The Comedy Festival: Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, Dane Cook, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan and Jeff Dunham are among the headliners slated to appear in this year's festival with a host of others. TBS will televise several programs from the festival, including "Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show," presented by DeGeneres; "Laffapalooza," an evening of performances by top comedians hosted by Morgan; and a celebrity roast of Cheech and Chong. Caesars Palace. Tickets for individual shows and packages at www.thecomedyfestival.com, 877-823-3378 or at the box office at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, 702-866-1409. www.caesarspalace.com; performance updates, www.thecomedyfestival.com.

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Usher: One night only, 9 p.m., Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort. $86, $101, $176. www.palmspearl.com.

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Bill Maher: 8 p.m. at the Orleans Hotel & Casino showroom; $55, $70, $88. www.orleanscasino.com.

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The Australian Pink Floyd Show: TAPFS is a Pink Floyd tribute band that formed in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia. TAPFS includes music originally written by Pink Floyd, and a psychedelic light show modeled after the light shows used by the original band during their 1987 and 1994 world tours. The show employs much of its own imagery based on Pink Floyd but is altered to include the band's own trademark pink kangaroo, which appears on many of its merchandise. 8 p.m., The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas. $26.50, $44.50. www.ticketmaster.com.

HALLOWEEN HAUNTS

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