(The Underground’s Life is Beautiful Cocktail. Photo Courtesy of The Mob Museum)
THE UNDERGROUND SPEAKEASY AT THE MOB MUSEUM FEATURES LIVE MUSIC, LIMITED-EDITION COCKTAILS AND MORE IN SEPTEMBER
In September, The Underground speakeasy and distillery inside The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, will offer a variety of cocktail specials and weekly live music. The full roster of September programs in The Underground follows.
Live Entertainment in The Underground Speakeasy
Date: Friday, Sept. 3: The Volsteads
Saturday, Sept. 4: Colte Julian
Friday, Sept. 10: Shaun DeGraff
Saturday, Sept. 11: Colte Julian
Friday, Sept. 17: Red Penny Arcade
Saturday, Sept. 18: Amanda King
Friday, Sept. 24: Nieve Malandra
Saturday, Sept. 25: Colte Julian
Time: 8 p.m. to midnight
Location: The Underground Speakeasy and Distillery
Cost: Free
Description: Revel in the sounds of the Jazz Age once more with music in The Underground speakeasy. Featuring a rotating roster of talented performing artists presented in an atmosphere surrounded by Prohibition-era artifacts, The Underground offers an immersive 1920s-inspired experience like none other.
- The Volsteads, a trio, brings to life sounds of acoustic Depression-era blues.
- Colte Julian captivates the audience with his dynamic performances on the piano along with unique renditions of classics.
- Shaun DeGraff plays re-imagined jazz influenced versions of modern popular songs. A true vintage jazz experience.
- Red Penny Arcade is a dynamic musical quartet, which delivers a huge range of popular music from every imaginable era and genre, set in a 1920-40s style.
- Amanda King combines the best of the jazz and cabaret worlds by applying her creative interpretation of the words, the music and the swing.
- Nieve Malandra mixes international styles with American jazz and The Great American Songbook, singing in five languages to appeal to exotic tastes.
The Whiskey Club: Old Forester Whiskey Row Series
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 8
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: The Underground speakeasy and distillery
Cost: $69 per person. Must be 21 years or older to participate.
Description: The Underground invites guests to join Brown-Forman brand ambassador Nick Polydoroff for The Mob Museum’s monthly curated whiskey tasting. This month, guests will experience the four bourbons that make up the Old Forester Whiskey Row series, including Old Forester 1870, 1897, 1920 and 1910. These distinct bourbon whiskeys were crafted to embody key moments in the history of the Old Forester distillery. Paired with delectable light bites, guests are invited to explore the history and flavors of Old Forester.
To reserve tickets, please call (702) 229-2713 or email [email protected]
National Beer Lover’s Day
Date: Special available for a limited time from Sept. 6 to 12.
Time: Monday through Wednesday in The Underground from noon to 10 p.m. and Thursday through Sunday from noon to midnight.
Cost: $2 off beers in The Underground.
Description: To celebrate National Beer Lover’s Day, guests visiting The Underground speakeasy will enjoy $2 discount when they whisper the password, “beer me.”
Life Is Beautiful – Beautiful Cocktail
Date: Available for a limited time from Sept. 17 to 24
Time: Monday through Wednesday in The Underground from noon to 10 p.m. and Thursday through Sunday from noon to midnight.
Location: The Underground speakeasy and distillery
Cost: $12
Description: During the week of Life is Beautiful, celebrate with a Beautiful Cocktail. With chamomile-strawberry-infused moonshine, lemon, honey and egg whites, this pink-hued beauty will infuse a bit of sweetness into your life.
International Coffee Day
Date: Wednesday, September 29
Location: The Underground speakeasy and distillery and The Mob Museum concessions.
Description: Guests visiting The Mob Museum on International Coffee Day can enjoy buy one cup and get the second cup of coffee for free at all concessions from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. as well as 20 percent off coffee cocktails in The Underground speakeasy all day.
Old Forester Whisky Tasting Flight
Date: Through the month of September
Time: Available Monday through Wednesday in The Underground from noon to 10 p.m. and Thursday through Sunday from noon to midnight.
Location: The Underground speakeasy and distillery
Cost: $35
Description: The Underground invites guests to experience four bourbons crafted to represent key moments in the history of the Old Forester distillery. Each expression embodies a unique historical style.
Happy Hour in The Underground
Date: Sunday through Thursday
Time: 5 to 7 p.m.
Location: The Underground speakeasy and distillery
Description: During happy hour, The Underground offers a $2 discount on all craft cocktails, draft beer and wine.
Spend $75 and Receive a Complimentary Bottle of The Mob Museum’s Signature Moonshine
Date: Throughout the month of September.
Time: Available Monday through Wednesday in The Underground from noon to 10 p.m. and Thursday through Sunday from noon to midnight.
Location: The Underground speakeasy and distillery
Cost: $75
Description: Guests who spend $75 or more on food and drinks in The Underground will take home a free bottle of 50mL signature moonshine. Some savvy bootleggers were successful at making moonshine that pleased the palate. The Mob Museum’s house-distilled moonshine follows in this tradition, as authentic as it can safely get.
For more information, please call (702) 229-2734 or visit themobmuseum.org.
ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND
The Underground is an immersive Prohibition history experiential exhibition, featuring a distillery, speakeasy and private VIP room located in the basement of The Mob Museum. Its custom-made, copper-pot still, dubbed “Virginia Still” after mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel’s notorious girlfriend Virginia Hill, has a capacity of 60 gallons and can serve up to 250 750-mL jars of moonshine per week. The Underground also brews and serves craft beer onsite. Artifacts from the 1920s and 1930s on display tell the intriguing story of the Prohibition era, which not only saw a proliferation of bootlegged booze and the meteoric growth of organized crime outfits, but also had a profound, lasting impact on society and culture. Complimentary entrance to The Underground is granted at the secret side entrance to visitors who know the correct password, which is published daily on Instagram Stories @MobMuseum_Underground.
ABOUT THE MOB MUSEUM
The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, provides a world-class journey through true stories—from the birth of the Mob to today’s headlines. The Mob Museum offers a provocative, contemporary look at these topics through hundreds of artifacts and immersive storylines. Numerous interactive exhibits include a Crime Lab, Firearm Training Simulator and Organized Crime Today exhibit. The Museum is also home to The Underground, a Prohibition history exhibition featuring a speakeasy and distillery. The Mob Museum has accumulated numerous accolades, including being named one of TripAdvisor’s “Top 25 U.S. Museums;” one of Las Vegas Weekly’s “Twenty Greatest Attractions in Las Vegas History” and “Best Museum” by its 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards; one of National Geographic’s “Top 10 Things to Do in Las Vegas;” USA Today’s “Best Museum in Nevada,” 10Best Readers’ Choice travel awards for “Best Las Vegas Attraction” in 2020, “Top Five Best History Museums in the United States” in 2021 and one of its “12 Can’t Miss U.S. Museum Exhibits;” named “A Must for Travelers” by The New York Times and one of “20 Places Every American Should See” by FOX News. The Museum is a two-time winner of the Mayor’s Urban Design Award for Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The Museum is open daily; visit the website for admission rates and operating hours. For more information, call (702) 229-2734, visit themobmuseum.org, or download the Museum’s free mobile app.
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