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Las Vegas 51s vs. Albuquerque Baseball, beer, hot dogs, fireworks … Is there a more American way to do July 4, except maybe calling your mom first and asking her to bake an apple pie while listening to John Mellencamp? 7 p.m., $15-$30, Cashman Field.
Boulder City Damboree Celebrating our nation’s independence makes us long for parades, flyovers and fireworks. Capturing that old-timey American feeling is hard in the concrete jungle of Vegas, so be with your B.C. neighbors for their 67th annual all-day party. Music, food, games—hell yeah! July 4, 9 a.m., most activities at Broadbent Memorial Park and Veteran’s Memorial Park, bcnv.org.
HEAR
Teenage Bottlerocket “We’re on the prowl for something cool, we’re gonna shred your empty swimming pool,” sings Kody Templeman (also of The Lillingtons) on “Skate or Die.” The Fat Wreck Chords four-piece brings the pop-punk Downtown—bonus points if you skate there. With The Bombpops, Guilty by Association, Mercy Music, Franks & Deans. July 3, 8 p.m., $10, Beauty Bar.
Dizzy Wright The 22-year-old Las Vegas resident lands at home for the last date of his Growing Process tour, named after his recently released second full-length—the fourth local album to storm Billboard’s Top 200 sales chart (at No. 47) this year. With Jahni Denver, Demrick, DJ Hoppa. July 4, 6 p.m., $25, House of Blues.
EAT
Cronut Holes There’s nothing more sublimely perfect than a cronut, the love child of a croissant and a doughnut. But what if that love child had a baby of its own? What if it had a lot of babies, as cute as they are scrumptious? It did, at Pink Box. If eating a dozen is wrong we don’t want to be right. Baked daily, $3 per half-dozen; $6 per dozen, multiple locations.
DRINK
Stone Ruinten The San Diego County brewery calls its latest release—a triple (!) IPA—a “stage dive into a mosh pit of hops,” and we couldn’t agree more with that description. If you like ’em hoppy and boozy with notes of caramel and nectarine, this 10.8 percent ABV/110 IBU brew is the one to reach for. Available at local liquor outlets.