Las Vegas Strip casino signs beloved singer to holiday residency

Las Vegas will have several holiday residency shows for guests to choose from this year, with some of the biggest music stars in the business planning concerts on and off the Strip between November and January.

Superstar pop singer Bruno Mars continues a holiday tradition as he has signed on to perform two holiday season residency shows that are certain to sell out in the Dolby Live Theater at Park MGM Las Vegas on Dec. 30-31, 2025.

The popular singer has performed on New Year's Eve at Park MGM each year since the Dec. 31, 2016, show, except for 2020, when Covid-19 kept a lot of venues dark.

The New Year's Eve show is currently the last scheduled show on the Bruno Mars Dolby Live residency, but you can expect Mars to extend his residency into 2026.

Backstreet Boys perform holiday residency

Another sold-out residency is also planning holiday shows as popular boy band Backstreet Boys extended their residency at Sphere Las Vegas, which was supposed to end on Aug. 24, 2025, with seven holiday season shows set for Dec. 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 2025, Jan. 2 and 3, 2026.

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Legendary Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty will also perform holiday season shows at Caesars Entertainment's PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Las Vegas, with shows on New Year's Eve 2025 and continuing Jan. 2-3.

Fogerty will return for three more shows on March 18, 20, and 21, 2026.

Manilow: A Very Barry Christmas to return in 2025

1970s pop star Barry Manilow has featured his "Manilow: A Very Barry Christmas" holiday residency for the last several years in the off-Strip International Theater at Westgate Las Vegas, most recently for six shows from December 5-14, 2024.

Manilow has not officially announced another "Manilow: A Very Barry Christmas" for 2025, but a representative for the "I Write The Songs" singer revealed to TheStreet in an email that the holiday residency will return to Westgate Las Vegas for six shows Dec. 4-6 and Dec. 11-13, 2025.

Mariah Carey presents Christmastime in Las Vegas residency

And now, the best-selling female artist of all time, Mariah Carey, has signed on for her first Las Vegas Strip holiday residency for 10 shows in November and December 2025 at Dolby Live at Park MGM.

Carey opens her "Christmastime in Las Vegas" residency on Nov. 28 and will continue on Nov. 29, Dec. 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, and 13.

Las Vegas holiday 2025 residencies:

• Mariah Carey, Dolby Live at Park MGM, Nov. 28, Nov. 29, Dec. 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, and 13.
• Backstreet Boys, Sphere Las Vegas, Dec. 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 2025, Jan. 2 and 3, 2026.
• Bruno Mars, Dolby Live Theater Park MGM Las Vegas, Dec. 30-31.
• John Fogerty, PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Las Vegas, Dec. 31, 2025 and Jan. 2-3, 2026.
• Barry Manilow, "Manilow: A Very Barry Christmas", Westgate Las Vegas, Dec. 4-6 and Dec. 11-13, 2025.

Tickets for the new residency are on sale at Ticketmaster.com, ranging from about $99 in the balcony to $2,323 in the front row center, at last check for Dec. 2 seats.

While the "All I Want For Christmas Is You" singer has not previously headlined a Las Vegas Strip holiday residency, Carey last year performed a Christmas tour of 20 cities across the nation on her Mariah Carey's Christmas Time tour from Nov. 9 to Dec. 17, 2024.

Mariah Carey Las Vegas Strip residencies:

• "Mariah Carey's Christmastime in Las Vegas," Dolby Live at Park MGM, Nov. 28, 29, Dec. 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, and 13.
• "Celebration of Mimi," Dolby Live at Park MGM, April 12, 2024, until Feb. 15, 2025.
• "The Butterfly Returns," Colosseum at Caesars Palace, July 2018 to February 2020.
• "Mariah #1 to Infinity" show, Colosseum at Caesars Palace, May 2015 to July 2017.

Carey last performed a Vegas Strip residency on her 24-show "Celebration of Mimi" engagement that ran from April 12, 2024, until Feb. 15, 2025.

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The residency celebrated her "The Emancipation of Mimi" album that was released in April 2005 and featured her hit song "We Belong Together."

Carey previously performed Las Vegas Strip residencies with her "Mariah #1 to Infinity" show, which ran from May 2015 to July 2017 at Caesars Entertainment's Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

She returned to the Colosseum in July 2018 for her "The Butterfly Returns" residency, which ran until Feb. 29, 2020, just before Las Vegas shut down all hotel casinos because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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