Rí Rá Las Vegas December Listings
December Food and Drink Specials
This month, Rí Rá Las Vegas features a Whiskey Tour of Ireland ($16), a specialty tasting of four half-ounce servings of fine whiskeys, including one from the world’s oldest distillery. Selections include: Jameson Whiskey, Bushmills Whiskey, Redbreast and Michael Collins.
In addition, the pub serves up a little slice of heaven with its Irish Pork Carvery ($17.95). Select pork loins are crusted in wholegrain mustard and herbs and then roasted until tender. Served alongside butter-braised leeks, honeyed carrots and roast potatoes, this authentic dish is prepared with the all-important ‘crispy bits,’ plus a choice of garden or Caesar side salad.
Christmas Dinner Menu
On Wednesday, Dec. 25, the pub will offer two traditional Christmas Dinner entrées ($17.95) – a roasted turkey and gravy or sweet ham. The pub’s roasted turkey and gravy selection is served with sage and onion stuffing, roasted potatoes, Brussels sprouts and carrot and parsnip mash. Ri Ra’s sweet ham is glazed with orange juice, clove and honey and served with cranberry and pecan stuffing, mashed potatoes and Jameson honey-glazed carrots. For dessert, guests can enjoy Irish Soda Bread Pudding ($4).
Locals Lunch and Dinner Special
Rí Rá continues to offer locals 40 percent off lunch and dinner food items every Friday throughout December. Guests must present a valid Nevada ID to receive the discount. This special cannot be combined with other offers.
Nightly Entertainment
Guests can enjoy live, authentic Irish music nightly during dinner and evening hours with many of the bands coming directly from Ireland.
Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones
Dec. 3, 4, 5 & 8 at 8:45 p.m.
Dec. 6 & 7 at 9 p.m.
Following his success as the founding member of the legendary Wolfe Tones, Derek Warfield has assembled some of the finest young talents on the Irish music scene. Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones present a fresh and invigorating approach to Ireland’s music tradition. In 2010, the group performed in more than 180 concerts across six different countries and was nominated as Ireland’s best folk group.
John Windsor
Dec. 9, 16, 23 & 30 at 8:45 p.m.
A permanent entertainment fixture in Irish pubs throughout Las Vegas for more than a decade, John Windsor is a multi-talented performer who provides nonstop entertainment throughout his sets by blending guitar, harmonica and amazing vocals into one spectacular performance.
Hot Cockalorum
Dec. 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19 & 22 at 8:45 p.m.
Dec. 13, 14, 20 & 21 at 9 p.m.
Hot Cockalorum unites the diverse talents of seasoned New York musicians David Barclow (vocals, guitar and drums), Dan Lowery (flute, vocals and guitar) and Isaac Alderson (uilleann pipes, flute, saxophone and vocals). Taking the name and inspiration from the virtuosic music and wild storytelling of legendary Irish piper and folklorist Seamus Ennis, the trio brings the ancient dance music of Ireland into the realm of classic Irish rock and pop songs. Hot Cockalorum guarantees a night of great music and entertainment from its blistering-fast duets on flute and pipes to its original songs and Irish takes on a range of covers.
The Paul Cray Experience
Dec. 24, 25, 26, 29 & 31 at 8:45 p.m.
Dec. 27 & 28 at 9 p.m.
Paul Cray is a singer, songwriter and comedian born in Dublin Ireland, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1988. He has performed more than 4,000 shows with the legendary Cray & Dempsey Experience, including performances for presidential candidates in Washington, D.C. and for a variety of crowds in Las Vegas. Cray’s new band, The Paul Cray Experience, features the talented John Steffens, a New York based musician, on vocals, guitar and piano. Playing all music from beautiful Irish ballads and rebel songs to country, rock n’ roll and rap, the show also includes Cray’s unique brand of comedy and Irish wit.
About Rí Rá Las Vegas
Crafted in the warm pub style of 19th century Ireland, Rí Rá Las Vegas is located inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place. The authentic Irish pub features a multitude of artifacts that were carefully restored in Wicklow, Ireland and shipped to their new home in Las Vegas. Rí Rá Las Vegas contains an authentic Victorian Shop bar that began its life in Ireland in the 1880s, a whiskey bar adorned with an original glazed jewelry cabinet from 1900, an oak floor from a whiskey distillery and an 8-foot-tall, 500-pound carved plaster statue of St. Patrick dating back to 1850. The pub hosts live entertainment seven nights a week in a music room constructed with artifacts dating back to 1890 from the Olympia Theater in Dublin, Ireland. Born and raised in Dublin, Rí Rá Las Vegas owners David Kelly and Ciaran Sheehan have been close friends since they were 14-years-old. Kelly and Sheehan later partnered with Jay Luther, whom Kelly met while working for Guinness. Rí Rá Las Vegas is one of 11 pubs the trio has opened in the U.S.
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