DECEMBER

31

The Bangles and The Doobie Brothers: They're among the entertainers for this year's New Year's Eve bash in Downtown Las Vegas.

Dubbed "America's Party," the annual event will include bands, motorcycle stunt riders, fireworks and special shows on Viva Vision, the giant light and sound show that covers the Fremont Street pedestrian mall. Fremont Street Experience.

Tickets: $60, 877-834-2748 or www.vegasexperience.com.

Kanye West: Performs New Year's Eve at Palms Casino Resort Concert Theatre.

Tickets: $153 and $203. 702-474-4000, www.ticketmaster.com. Doors will open at 9:45 p.m., show at 10:45 p.m.

MARCH

18

Matchbox Twenty: The band's "Exile in America Tour" is at 8 p.m. at the Pearl at the Palms Casino, with guests Alanis Morissette and Mute Math.

Tickets: $88 and $153. 702-474-4000, www.ticketmaster.com. Doors open at 7 p.m.

APRIL

29

Avril Lavigne returns to the Palms with her "Best Damn Tour," with guests Boys Like Girls also after a performance poolside during the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. 7 p.m. at The Pearl Concert Theater.

Tickets: $38, $43, $48 and $78, 702-474-4000, www.ticketmaster.com. Doors open at 6 p.m.

ONGOING

Las Vegas last week launched a new fleet of buses and trolleys for travel around the Strip and various city landmarks.

Collectively called the Vegas.com Arrow, the vehicles are equipped with videos about attractions and with touch screens that allow you to buy tickets for shows and tours.

Single-ride tickets are $2.50, or buy a $10 all-day ticket that includes the Arrow and the monorail, which has seven stops. Buy passes at hotels or at www.vegas.com/vegascomarrow.

Town Square, the new 1.5 million square-foot open-air shopping mall also known as a Regional Lifestyle Center, opened this month.

The $750 million complex has 150 stores, more than a dozen restaurants and a 19-screen Rave Motion Pictures theater complex. Also in the center are two parks, one for children with a tree house in a 42-foot live oak, themed playhouses, a hedge maze, a merry-go-round and a theater. The other is for grown-ups and has a pavilion for concerts, picnic areas and more.

Town Square is near the intersection of the 15 and 215 freeways at 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, about two miles south of Mandalay Bay. www.townsquarelasvegas.com.