May 21\u201325, 2026

Memorial Day Weekend Itinerary Las Vegas — No Cover 2026

Day-by-day Memorial Day weekend plan. Kygo at Palm Tree Beach Club, Fisher at OMNIA Dayclub, Calvin Harris at EBC \u2014 how to sequence pool parties and nightclubs across five days without burning out.

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The Schedule

Day-by-Day Memorial Day Plan

Thursday May 21

Morning

Arrive, hotel check-in by 4 PM

Afternoon

Optional pool party (LIV Beach or Ayu — low pressure, strong guest list)

Evening

Dinner 7:30 PM, pre-game 9:30–10:30 PM

Night

Second-choice nightclub 11 PM–2 AM (Zouk, LIV, or OMNIA warm-up)

Friday May 22

Morning

Sleep until 10 AM, breakfast by 11 AM

Afternoon

EBC (Mau P) or OMNIA Dayclub (Chris Lake — ticketed) noon–4 PM

Evening

Hotel 4:30 PM, nap 5–6:30 PM, dinner 7:30 PM

Night

Loud Luxury at EBC at Night or XS/Zouk 11 PM–2:30 AM

Saturday May 23

Morning

Wake 9 AM, large breakfast, sunscreen applied before leaving hotel

Afternoon

Kygo at Palm Tree Beach Club OR Calvin Harris at EBC 11 AM–3:30 PM

Evening

Hotel 4 PM, shower, nap 5–6:30 PM, dinner 7:30 PM

Night

BigXthaPlug at Hakkasan OR Steve Aoki at OMNIA 11 PM–2:30 AM

Sunday May 24

Morning

Sleep until 10 AM, brunch

Afternoon

Fisher at OMNIA Dayclub OR Diplo at EBC 11 AM–3:30 PM

Evening

Hotel 4 PM, nap 5–6:30 PM, dinner 7:30 PM

Night

Closing-party nightclub 11 PM–2 AM (guest list broadly available)

Monday May 25 (Memorial Day)

Morning

Sleep until 10 AM, brunch

Afternoon

Optional morning pool party session if flight allows (noon–2 PM departure)

Evening

Check-out, airport transfer (20 min from Strip to airport)

Night

Fly home — budget 2 hours before departure for security and boarding

Before You Arrive: Pre-Trip Planning for Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas requires more advance planning than a standard trip. The combination of a five-day federal holiday, the largest pool party lineup of early summer, and nightclub headliner demand means the planning window compresses faster than most people expect. Here is the timeline. Eight to twelve weeks out — February or March: book flights and hotel. Memorial Day is the first major summer holiday weekend with airline demand to match, and Strip hotels begin filling or pricing sharply upward by mid-March. Book before April for the best combination of price and availability. Six weeks out: reserve VIP space if desired. Cabanas at Palm Tree Beach Club for the Kygo show on Saturday and at OMNIA Dayclub for the Fisher show on Sunday are the most in-demand MDW reservations. Minimums start at $2,500 for cabanas and $500 for daybeds. They will be gone before May. Four weeks out: buy tickets for Saturday pool party events. Both Kygo at Palm Tree Beach Club (Saturday May 23) and Calvin Harris at Encore Beach Club peak-tier pricing requires advance purchase. Waiting until the week of MDW means resale prices. Two weeks out: sign up for nightclub guest list, confirm all reservations, check venue event calendars for any lineup updates, and pack your outfits for both pool parties and nightclubs. One week out: confirm hotel check-in time and arrange airport transportation. Harry Reid International Airport is 15 to 20 minutes from the Strip by rideshare.

Thursday May 21: Arrival and Opening Night

Thursday May 21 is the opening day of Memorial Day weekend 2026, and for groups arriving Thursday, it is both an arrival day and a legitimate nightlife night. The optimal Thursday strategy is a morning or early afternoon flight, hotel check-in by 4:00 PM, and a low-pressure Thursday night to ease into Vegas mode before the peak days. Thursday arrival timing matters: land by 2:00 PM, check in by 4:00 PM, decompress for two hours, eat dinner by 7:30 PM. Avoid the temptation to go hard on Thursday — you have four more days ahead of you. Thursday pool party option: the dayclubs are running full MDW programs from Thursday. If your flight allows an early enough arrival, heading to a dayclub on Thursday afternoon (12:00 to 4:00 PM) is the best way to absorb the opening weekend energy without hitting it at Saturday intensity. LIV Beach and Ayu Dayclub are the right picks for a Thursday pool party — both have solid lineups and guest list is broadly available. Thursday nightclub: this is the low-pressure night to visit your second-choice venue. Save your top choice for Saturday. If Hakkasan (BigXthaPlug) is Saturday's plan, use Thursday for Zouk, LIV, or OMNIA with whatever their opening MDW acts are. Thursday nightclub guest list is the most widely available of the weekend — sign up, arrive by midnight, and use this night to calibrate your entry process and figure out how the weekend's logistics work. Exit by 2:00 AM. You have four more days.

Friday May 22: First Full Day — Mau P and MDW Kickoff

Friday May 22 is the first full day of Memorial Day weekend and the first day of serious headliner programming at every venue. The structure of Friday: late morning, breakfast by 11:00 AM, pool party from noon to 4:00 PM, hotel rest and nap from 4:30 to 6:30 PM, dinner at 7:30 PM, nightclub from 11:00 PM to 2:30 AM. Pool party recommendation for Friday: Encore Beach Club for Mau P — the Dutch tech-house DJ whose driving, groove-focused sets are ideal for the first full day of MDW energy. EBC guest list is available Friday for both genders with arrival before 1:00 PM. Alternatively, OMNIA Dayclub for Chris Lake (ticketed), Ayu Dayclub for groups who want Balinese tropical environment with electronic music, or Soleia with Sean Paul for hip-hop-leaning groups. Friday crowds are heavier than Thursday but below Saturday intensity — arrive at any venue by noon for comfortable entry. The nap is mandatory. Friday afternoon pool party plus Friday night nightclub is a combined eight to ten hours of activity. Without the 4:30 to 6:30 PM recovery window, you will not make it to 2:00 AM at the nightclub in any meaningful way. Nightclub recommendation for Friday: Loud Luxury at EBC at Night if you want the melodic house sound and want to see the venue before the Calvin Harris Saturday show. Alternatively, XS at Encore for electronic programming, or Zouk for EDM with the Resorts World day-to-night pipeline from Ayu Dayclub. Friday guest list is broadly available at all venues.

Saturday May 23: The Peak Day — Kygo, Calvin Harris, and TYGA

Saturday May 23 is the main event of Memorial Day weekend 2026. The day runs from 11:00 AM at the pool to approximately 3:00 AM at the nightclub — sixteen hours of structured activity. Executing Saturday correctly requires two decisions made in advance: which pool party and which nightclub. Pool party decision: Kygo at Palm Tree Beach Club versus Calvin Harris at Encore Beach Club. For melodic, uplifting tropical house: Kygo at Palm Tree Beach Club. For the all-around peak MDW pool party experience with a more pop-accessible headliner: Calvin Harris at EBC — one of the best-selling artists of any genre, with fifteen years of chart-topping discography compressed into a peak afternoon performance. Both are the right call depending on your music taste. Both require tickets purchased in advance. Both fill to capacity by 12:30 PM. Note: The Chainsmokers close XS Nightclub on Saturday night — not a daytime pool party option. Wake up at 9:00 AM on Saturday — no exceptions. Eat a large breakfast before leaving the hotel. Apply sunscreen SPF 50 before you leave your room. Pool party from 11:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Return to hotel by 4:00 PM. Shower completely — four hours of pool party in late May Las Vegas heat means you are sunscreened, pool-wet, and need a full reset. Nap from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Set an alarm. Eat dinner at 7:30 PM — a real meal, not just hotel bar apps. The day is sixteen hours; dinner is the fuel source for the nightclub half of it. Pre-game at the hotel room from 9:30 to 10:30 PM. Nightclub entry at 11:00 PM. BigXthaPlug at Hakkasan is the Saturday recommendation for hip-hop-oriented groups. Steve Aoki at OMNIA is the pick for electronic groups who want visual spectacle. For Saturday nightclub, arrive by 11:00 PM — after midnight the wait at Hakkasan can exceed 30 to 45 minutes even with guest list. Exit the nightclub by 2:30 AM. Get to the hotel by 3:00 AM.

Sunday May 24: Fisher and the Closing-Party Nightclub Energy

Sunday May 24 is the second peak day of Memorial Day weekend, and for many groups the most memorable day of the trip. Sunday brings Fisher at OMNIA Dayclub at Caesars Palace for the pool party — the tech-house headliner who consistently draws a more music-focused, dance-oriented crowd than Saturday's broader audience — and the closing-party energy at nightclubs that makes Sunday nights in Las Vegas feel different from any other night of the week. Sunday pool party: Fisher at OMNIA Dayclub from 11:00 AM. Ticketed event through Tao Group, same arrival rules as Saturday. The Fisher crowd skews toward tech-house and electronic music fans, which means the pool deck energy is more uniform than a Saturday crowd with mixed genre expectations. Arrive at 11:00 AM for the best positioning. Alternatively, Diplo at Encore Beach Club on Sunday brings a genre-spanning pop-electronic set — one of the best guest list day values of the entire MDW weekend. Sunday afternoon recovery structure is the same as Saturday: pool party until 3:30 PM, hotel by 4:00 PM, nap from 5:00 to 6:30 PM, dinner at 7:30 PM. Sunday nightclub: guest list reopens broadly. This is the best night of the weekend for men's guest list availability. Sunday is also the closing night energy night — the crowd at any Vegas nightclub on the final night of a major holiday weekend knows it is the last night, and DJs respond to that. Go to your first-choice venue on Sunday if you split Thursday, Friday, and Saturday across different venues. Sign up through nocovervegas.com, arrive by 11:30 PM, and you will have no issue getting in.

Monday May 25 — Memorial Day: Closing Session and Departure

Monday May 25 is Memorial Day itself — the official federal holiday — and the final day of the Las Vegas MDW window. How you use Monday depends on your flight time. Morning flight (before noon): skip nightclub Sunday, get to the airport by 9:00 AM, accept that you had four days and four nights which is the full MDW experience. Afternoon flight (noon to 3:00 PM): attend a Monday pool party session if the dayclub you want has confirmed Monday programming. Not all dayclubs run Monday events during MDW — check individual venue calendars. A 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM pool party session followed by checkout and airport transportation works for a 3:00 PM flight. Evening flight (after 5:00 PM): this is the ideal departure scenario. Sleep until 10:00 AM, eat a real brunch, visit a casino or attraction in the afternoon, and get to the airport by 4:00 PM for a 6:00 PM or later flight. This gives you the full Sunday night nightclub experience without the stress of a morning departure. Monday pool party option: some dayclubs run Memorial Day Monday programming — check Encore Beach Club, LIV Beach, and Soleia for confirmed Monday events. The Monday sessions have the closing-day energy of the final pool party of the weekend — lighter attendance than Saturday or Sunday, more space on the pool deck, and a celebratory mood from the crowd that knows they have survived the full five-day run.

Pacing and Energy Management Across Five Days

Memorial Day weekend is a five-day marathon, and the groups that have the best complete experience across all five days follow consistent pacing principles regardless of their specific venue choices. The nap rule is the most important: after every pool party session, you need 60 to 90 minutes of actual sleep before the nightclub. Not rest — sleep. The nap window (5:00 to 6:30 PM each day) must be protected. Skipping the nap on Friday means surviving Saturday at half capacity. Skipping it on Saturday means Sunday is a recovery day rather than a day-to-night experience. The meal rule: eat a real breakfast on every pool party day (egg protein, carbohydrates, coffee), eat a real dinner before every nightclub night (protein and carbohydrates, not just appetizers). Pool party days are eight-hour commitments that start at 11:00 AM — you need fuel at both ends. The drink rule: pool parties in late May Las Vegas are in 85 to 95 degree heat at the low end of summer temperatures. You are outside in direct sun for three to four hours. Alternate one glass of water between every two alcoholic drinks. Nightclubs are air-conditioned but dry — alternate water between every two drinks. The water discipline in the pool party hours determines how well you function in the nightclub hours. The sleep rule: seven hours per night, minimum. Even if you are getting home at 3:00 AM, waking up at 10:00 AM gives you seven hours. Push Thursday morning activities to the afternoon; protect your sleep window. The sunscreen rule: SPF 50 applied before leaving the hotel on pool party days, reapplied every 90 minutes, with deliberate shade breaks. A Saturday sunburn makes Sunday miserable and Monday travel painful.

Budget Planning: What Memorial Day Weekend in Las Vegas Actually Costs

A realistic Memorial Day weekend budget depends on your VIP level and number of nights. Here are the per-person benchmarks for a four-night trip (Thursday arrival through Monday departure) for a group of four. Flights: $150 to $500 depending on origin city and booking lead time. Hotel: $250 to $600 per night at Strip properties ($63 to $150 per person per night in a four-person room). Four nights at the midpoint: $500 to $900 per person for the room share. Pool parties: Kygo at Palm Tree Beach Club or Fisher at OMNIA Dayclub tickets $50 to $150. One additional dayclub at $35 to $75 cover or guest list (potentially free). Total pool party: $85 to $225 per person. Nightclubs: two nights at $0 to $40 per person with guest list, or $40 to $80 without. Total: $0 to $160 per person. Food and drinks: four dinners at $60 to $120 per person, plus venue drinks across pool parties and nightclubs. Realistic total: $350 to $700 per person for food and beverage. Transportation: $120 to $220 across the full trip. Total per person estimate at moderate spending: $1,200 to $2,500. Budget travelers maximizing guest list and splitting costs can get the full MDW experience for $800 to $1,200. VIP upgrades — cabanas, bottle service, premium rooms — push the ceiling to $3,000 to $6,000 per person for a fully loaded Memorial Day weekend.

Plan Every Detail

Memorial Day Deep Dives

Pool Parties Guide

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Nightclub Guide

Zedd, Loud Luxury, BigXthaPlug, Steve Aoki \u2014 night-by-night MDW nightclub breakdown.

Full MDW Hub

Complete Memorial Day overview \u2014 all venues, pricing, and guest list strategy.

Pool Party Prices

Cover charges, cabana minimums, and daybed pricing at every Las Vegas pool party.

Guest List Guide

How guest list works in Las Vegas \u2014 sign-up, arrival tips, and what to expect at the door.

MDW Venue Events

See what each individual nightclub and dayclub has planned for Memorial Day weekend.

MDW Day-by-Day Schedule 2026

Night-by-night DJ lineups, pool party picks, and no-cover guest list strategy for May 22–25.

Common Questions

Memorial Day Itinerary FAQ

What is the best Memorial Day weekend itinerary for Las Vegas 2026?

The optimal Memorial Day weekend Las Vegas 2026 itinerary runs Thursday arrival through Monday departure. Thursday: arrive, easy opener nightclub (Zouk or LIV). Friday: pool party noon to 4 PM (EBC for Mau P or OMNIA Dayclub for Chris Lake), nap, dinner, then Loud Luxury at EBC at Night or XS nightclub at 11 PM. Saturday: large breakfast, Kygo at Palm Tree Beach Club or Calvin Harris at EBC from 11 AM to 3:30 PM, nap, dinner, BigXthaPlug at Hakkasan or Steve Aoki at OMNIA at 11 PM. Sunday: Fisher at OMNIA Dayclub or Diplo at EBC, nap, closing-party nightclub. Monday: brunch and airport departure. The nap between pool party and nightclub every afternoon is not optional — it determines whether you actually enjoy Saturday and Sunday nightclub.

Should I arrive Thursday or Friday for Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas?

Thursday arrival is strongly recommended. Arriving Thursday May 21 gives you a low-pressure opener night with the best guest list availability of the weekend, a Thursday pool party option if you land early enough, and means Saturday (the peak day) is your third day in Vegas rather than your first — you are in the rhythm of the trip rather than still jet-lagged or still calibrating the logistics. A Friday arrival is workable if Thursday is impossible, but landing on Friday afternoon and trying to immediately hit a pool party or nightclub the same evening while managing luggage and hotel check-in is exhausting and sets you up poorly for Saturday.

How do I plan pool parties and nightclubs on the same day during MDW?

The structure that works for every pool party plus nightclub day: pool party from 11 AM to 3:30 PM, hotel return by 4:00 PM, shower, 90-minute nap from 5:00 to 6:30 PM, dinner at 7:30 PM, pre-game at the hotel from 9:30 to 10:30 PM, nightclub arrival at 11:00 PM. The two non-negotiable elements are the nap and the dinner. Skipping either one means running out of energy before midnight at the nightclub after a four-hour pool session in late May Las Vegas heat. Groups that execute this structure consistently enjoy both the pool party and the nightclub on the same day. Groups that skip the nap or eat poorly spend the nightclub hours in a declining state.

What are the biggest crowds like during Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas?

Memorial Day weekend is one of the five peak weekends in Las Vegas along with New Year's Eve, July 4th, EDC Week, and Labor Day. Saturday is the peak day: expect 30 to 45 minute lines at Hakkasan and OMNIA even with guest list after midnight. Pool parties at Palm Tree Beach Club and EBC reach capacity by 12:30 PM on Saturday. Friday and Sunday are significantly more manageable. Thursday is the least crowded day of the five-day window. The Strip hotel rates, Uber surge pricing, and restaurant waits all reflect the demand level. Book transportation, restaurants, and venue access in advance for Saturday specifically.

What should I pack for Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas?

Pack for two distinct environments: outdoor pool parties in late May heat and indoor air-conditioned nightclubs. For pool parties: at least two swimsuits, cover-ups, sandals, SPF 50 or higher sunscreen (bring your own — venue sunscreen is expensive), a small waterproof bag for phone and cards, and quality sunglasses. Late May Las Vegas temperatures run 90 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit during peak afternoon hours. For nightclubs: at minimum two complete nightclub outfits following the dress code (collared shirts for men, fashionable attire for women). Casinos and nightclubs are heavily air-conditioned — bring a light layer for hotel-to-nightclub transitions. Portable phone charger is essential for five days of heavy navigation, photography, and communication use.

How much should I budget per day for Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas?

A realistic per-person daily budget for Memorial Day weekend (excluding flights and hotel): Pool party day with ticketed headliner (Kygo or Fisher): $50 to $150 for tickets plus $80 to $150 for drinks and food at the venue. Pool party day with guest list: $35 to $75 cover plus $80 to $150 in venue drinks and food. Nightclub night with guest list: $0 to $40 entry plus $80 to $150 in drinks. Nightclub without guest list: $40 to $80 entry plus $80 to $150 in drinks. Add $60 to $120 per person for dinner each evening. Total active day: $200 to $400 per person excluding hotel and flights. Budget for five days of at this level: $1,000 to $2,000 per person for venue entry, drinks, and food before accommodation and transportation.

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