Oct 21, 2025 | Entertainment
Tickets go on sale Friday, October 24th
UNCASVILLE, CT (October 21, 2025) – Get ready to Rock as Mohegan Sun Arena is thrilled to welcomes the one and only Bret Michaels for an unforgettable night of all killer hits, high energy, and pure rock ‘n’ roll on Saturday, February 7, 2026. Fans can expect the 8:00pm Live & Amplified 2026 show to be packed with smash hit songs and electrifying stage presence as the multi-platinum frontman delivers his signature “Nothin’ But a Good Time” experience.
Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster at 10:00am on Friday, October 24th, and will be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Saturday, October 25th.
With over three generations of fans, Bret Michaels is revered as a megastar in the entertainment industry. One of music’s most iconic singer/songwriters, Michaels has sold over 100 million records, digital downloads and streams worldwide and had numerous hit singles including Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Go That Far, and Nothing But A Good Time.
His record-breaking television shows include Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, Life As I know It, and the Travel Channel’s Bret Michaels Rock My RV as well as the audience fan favorite Banana in the Fox hit show The Masked Singer.
In addition to his music and television successes, Michaels is well-known as a creative entrepreneur. After winning The Celebrity Apprentice, Michaels went on to create the only product to have lived on past the show – his famous Snapple Trop-A-Rocka Iced Tea. Michaels, a lifelong diabetic and the son of a veteran, has always made giving back a priority throughout his career. Having been twice named Humanitarian of the Year by the world-famous Hollywood Christmas Parade, the musician’s Life Rocks Foundation continues to provide support to a myriad of charities and causes around the globe. Find all the latest tour dates, news and more, visit www.BretMichaels.com or on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America.” Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first worldwide “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size from both Pollstar and VenuesNow. In recent years, the “Most Beloved Venue in America” has also been named the “World’s Best Casino Venue,” by Hartford Magazine, and is an eight-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards and one from G2E Las Vegas. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit the Mohegan Sun website. For this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711. Complimentary self-parking is available in three convenient garages.
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Oct 15, 2025 | Entertainment
The multi-platinum girl group brings two shows to Uncasville on Friday, December 12th and Saturday, December 13th
UNCASVILLE, CT (October 15, 2025) – Mohegan Sun is excited to welcome one of the most successful girl groups of the 2000s, Danity Kane, for two back-to-back performances at The Cabaret Theatre (The Cab) this December. Both shows will begin at 8:00pm.
Tickets to see this nostalgic performance and their timeless classics go on sale Friday, October 17th via Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Saturday, October 18th, subject to availability. For Friday tickets, click HERE and for Saturday, click HERE.
Danity Kane is one of the most accomplished female groups in modern music. They are the first ladies in history to debut their first two albums at #1 on Billboard. Their debut release Danity Kane – spent fifteen weeks on the Billboard 200. The self-titled album reached RIAA Platinum certification. The group’s follow-up album – Welcome To The Dollhouse – earned RIAA Gold certification, spending over twenty weeks on the Billboard 200.
Danity Kane has won a Billboard Award, an Urban Music Award, and been nominated for two MTV Awards, a Teen Choice Award, and a Soul Train Music Award. The group has scored nine Billboard charted hits including “Show Stopper”, “Ride For You”, “Lemonade” ft. Tyga, “Sleep On It”, “Lights Out”, “Touching My Body”, “Ecstasy” ft. Rick Ross, “Bad Girl” ft. Missy Elliott, and “Damaged” – the #1 worldwide hit which charted in over 30 countries.
To celebrate their 20th anniversary, the ladies are back. DK – The Untold Chapter Tour.
Three voices of the storied group will hit the road and step on stage together for the first time in years. It will be a night filled with new takes on their hit music, unexpected confessions, and moments which will never happen the same way twice. DK is determined to inspire their fans and write an entirely new chapter of the DK story. The world has heard their music and seen the headlines. But the truth has never been told. Until now.
ABOUT THE CABARET THEATRE
The 450-seat Cabaret Theatre, known also as “The Cab”is a beautiful venue in Mohegan Sun’s Casino of the Sky that returns in full force in 2025 hosting acts like Anthony Rodia, Roy Wood, Jr., The Bacon Brothers and more. Throughout its history, “The Cab” has showcased dynamic music, popular comedy performances and intimate special events. Opened in 2002, top performers and personalities who have had events inside The Cabaret Theatre include: Dionne Warwick, Al Jarreau, Tony Danza, Neil Sedaka, Joey McIntyre, Michael Bublé, Lou Rawls, Tony Bennett, Wanda Sykes, Paul Anka, Smothers Brothers, Tony Orlando, Derek Jeter, Aaron Lewis, Indigo Girls, Dave Attell, Chris Botti, Air Supply and Chelsea Handler.
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Oct 14, 2025 | Entertainment
Boy George & Culture Club Set to Bring Their Iconic Sound to Mohegan Sun Arena in March
The Grammy Award-winning Pop legends return with an unforgettable night of timeless hits, and vibrant style
UNCASVILLE, CT (October 14, 2025) – Mohegan Sun Arena is set to welcome one of the most influential Pop groups of all time when Boy George & Culture Club take the stage at 7:00pm on Sunday, March 1st, 2026, for a night celebrating decades of chart-topping hits, colorful charisma, and the unmistakable voice that helped define an era.
Tickets go on sale Friday, October 17th at 10:00am via Ticketmaster.com. Subject to availability, fans of the English Pop Rock band can purchase tickets at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting on Saturday, October 18th.
ABOUT BOY GEORGE
When Boy George first appeared on Top of the Pops with Culture Club in 1982, he instantly had people talking. The New Romantic Pop sensations went on to achieve seven UK Top 10 singles, nine Top 10 singles in the USA, and nine Top 20 singles in Australia – including “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” – and sell over 100 million singles and 50 million albums worldwide. In 1984, the band picked up the Grammy Award for “Best New Artist”, and the awards for “Best British Group” and “Best British Single” at the BRIT Awards.
Culture Club became the first group since The Beatles to have three Top 10 hits in America from a debut album, and the first group in music history to have an album certified diamond in Canada. After Culture Club’s split in 1986, Boy George released his debut solo single “Everything I Own”, which reached #1 in the UK and reached the Top 10 in an additional eight countries. In a solo career spanning three decades, Boy George has released nine studio albums, as well as 1993’s At Worst… The Best of Boy George and Culture Club compilation album.
Boy George has written and released three memoirs; 1995’s Take It Like a Man, 2005’s Straight and 2023’s Karma. All three have become UK best sellers, with the latter staying in The Sunday Times’ best-seller list for six weeks.
Boy George debuted at Number 1 on the Official Vinyl Singles Chart for his collaboration with Kim Wilde – “Shine On”! Boy George & Culture Club recently performed a series of exclusive UK outdoor shows as part of Heritage Live Concert Series for 2021, which included a very special date at Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath in July 2022. In 2024 Culture Club did a very successful arena tour of their first two albums, performing both albums in full.
ABOUT CULTURE CLUB
Since their inception in 1981, Culture Club have sold more than 150 million records worldwide, recognized as a Grammy Award winning UK institution with a stream of classic hits including “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”, “Karma Chameleon”, “Church Of The Poison Mind”, “Victims”, “It’s A Miracle” and “The War Song”. The group are fronted by singer/songwriter Boy George, universally loved as one of music’s most iconic artists, with Roy Hay on guitar/keyboard and Mikey Craig on bass. As the first multi-racial band with an openly gay front man, Culture Club set many records and established themselves as icons of British musical history and popular culture.
Boy George & Culture Club recently performed a series of exclusive UK outdoor shows as part of Heritage Live Concert Series, which included a very special date at Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath in July 2022. In 2024, Culture Club performed a very successful arena tour, large scale stage production of their first two albums, Kissing To Be Clever & Colour By Numbers, performing both albums in full.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America.” Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first worldwide “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size from both Pollstar and VenuesNow. In recent years, the “Most Beloved Venue in America” has also been named the “World’s Best Casino Venue,” by Hartford Magazine, and is an eight-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards and one from G2E Las Vegas. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit the Mohegan Sun website. For this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711. Complimentary self-parking is available in three convenient garages.
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Oct 9, 2025 | Awards, Entertainment
Prestigious industry recognition celebrates Mohegan Sun’s continued commitment to hosting world-class entertainment
UNCASVILLE, CT (October 9, 2025) – Mohegan Sun, home to two award winning venues including the 10,000-seat Mohegan Sun Arena as well as the iconic 350 seat Wolf Den in Uncasville, Connecticut, was honored in Nashville on Tuesday, October 7th, with its third International Entertainment Buyers Association (IEBA) Award for “Casino of the Year.” This prestigious global recognition celebrates Mohegan Sun Arena as one of the premier live entertainment venues in the world and represents the top honor bestowed by IEBA members comprised of leading talent buyers, promoters, and entertainment professionals across the industry.
“We’re always honored to be nominated for these impactful entertainment industry awards, let alone win,” said Tom Cantone, President of Sports & Entertainment for Mohegan. “This recognition is a testament to the incredible team that runs our venues and to the long-standing relationships we’ve built with agents and artists who love performing at Mohegan Sun Arena and experiencing our world-class resort.”
The International Entertainment Buyers Association Honors and Awards Ceremony took place October 7th in downtown Nashville’s Grand Hyatt. The awards are voted on by top entertainment executives in the nation including the biggest agencies, artist management groups and other arenas, theatres and clubs throughout the U.S.
This marks Mohegan Sun’s third IEBA award, joining previous wins in 2015 and 2017. Fallsview Casino Resort, a sister property within the Mohegan enterprise featuring the 5,000-seat OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino, was also nominated for the Casino of the Year honor. This was the first time two venues from the same organization, located in different countries, have been recognized in the same category for the IEBA awards.
For a full list of winners and imagery from the 2025 IEBA Honors & Awards, visit facebook.com/iebaconference
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN
Owned by Mohegan, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic Southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to two unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, two world-class spas, two distinct convention centers, an expo center, a golf course, over 70 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including the 10,000-seat Mohegan Sun Arena and the legendary Wolf Den . Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on X and Instagram @mohegansun and view us on YouTube.
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Oct 7, 2025 | Entertainment, General News, Special Events
Electrifying DJs, Special Giveaways, and Unforgettable parties takeover VISTA Lounge, Avalon Nightclub, The Cab and much more; Halloween Festivities kick-off on Friday, October 24th
UNCASVILLE, CT (October 7, 2025) – With Halloween just around the corner, guests are invited to a hauntingly good time at Mohegan Sun! Now through Sunday, November 2nd, guests can enjoy the decked out and buzzworthy Spookeasy Pop-up Bar in Mohegan Sun’s Sky Tower hotel lobby, serving drink specials like the Witch’s Snare with Grey Goose Vodka, sour apple, lemon sour and gummy candy. Additionally, the resort is set to come alive with thrilling entertainment, outrageous costumes, and family-friendly fun.
Guests can head to the Wolf Den on Friday, October 24th at 8:00pm for a free performance by Here Come the Mummies, an eight-piece Funk-Rock band of 5000-year-old Egyptian mummies. Known for their “Terrifying Funk from Beyond the Grave,” this high-energy group promises a night of unforgettable grooves and ghoulish fun. Guests are encouraged to arrive early as seating is on a first-come, first served basis.
On Saturday, October 25th at 9:00pm, Avalon Nightclub will be pulsing with beats from DJ Tommy Carlucci during the Open Costume Party. Guests can compete for thrilling prizes including VIP experiences, hotel stays, and $200 gift cards to popular Mohegan Sun restaurants like Michael Jordan’s Steak House, The Farm Italy at Ballo Italian, and TAO Asian Bistro & Lounge. Additional prizes will be awarded for Best Group Costume, Most Creative Costume, and Best Arcade/Sports Theme, with perks from Game On including a bowling lane and Free Play Cards. Also at 9:00pm, VISTA Lounge at Wombi Rock is set to host a Halloween Costume Party featuring champagne, cocktails, and dancing! Additionally, the Best Overall Costume will win a free VIP experience at the venue.
The Halloween excitement continues on Friday, October 31st with Fright Night @ The Cab: A Halloween Experience. Starting at 9:00pm, DJ K’Otic will take over The Cabaret Theatre with electrifying video mixes, creating a night of music, madness, and mayhem. Expect the unexpected with surprise pop-up performances of iconic Halloween hits like Thriller and Time Warp, guaranteed to get guests’ bones moving. Come dressed to impress (or distress!) for an ultimate costume contest, where creativity, creepiness, and killer style are all rewarded. Tickets to Fright Night @ The Cab: A Halloween Experience are on sale now and can be purchased HERE. Also on Halloween night, guests can enjoy dinner and drinks accompanied by live music at The Lansdowne Irish Pub & Music House, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Families won’t be left out of the fun! Jurassic Quest with Brick Fest Live brings the ultimate adventure to town from Friday, October 31st through Sunday, November 2nd. This immersive experience combines the world’s most popular dinosaur event with the creativity of LEGO® building, offering hours of discovery and play for all ages. On Halloween evening at 5:00pm, GAME ON hosts the Games & Treats Halloween Party, featuring spider-infested bowling lanes, a spooky arcade, and chilling mocktails. Kids in costume will receive candy and a FREE 1-Hour Unlimited Play Card.
For more details on all Halloween festivities at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com/halloween.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN
Owned by Mohegan, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic Southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to two unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, two world-class spas, two distinct convention centers, an expo center, a golf course, over 70 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on X and Instagram @mohegansun and view us on YouTube.
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Jul 7, 2025 | Entertainment
Stage Musical Celebrates Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts Comic Strip, 1965 Television Special, and Vince Guaraldi’s Musical Score
UNCASVILLE, CT (July 7, 2025) ––Peanuts’ timeless holiday television special comes to life with the national tour of A Charlie Brown Christmas Live On Stage, skates into Uncasville’s Mohegan Sun Arena for back to back shows on Friday, December 12th at 7:00pm and Saturday, December 13th for a 3:00pm matinee.
Tickets for the pair of 50th anniversary Christmas shows go on sale on Friday, July 11th at 10:00am via Ticketmaster.com. For Friday tickets, click HERE and for Saturday click HERE. Peanuts fans can also purchase tickets at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, July 12th, subject to availability.
Peanuts is among the most popular and influential brands in the world, and Schulz’s Emmy and Peabody award-winning story has been a longstanding tradition, warming the hearts of millions of fans. This touring production arrives at a particularly special time, as the beloved television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, marks its 60th anniversary this year!
A Charlie Brown Christmas Live On Stage encompasses each of your favorite scenes from the original animated television show, with more fun, more music, and more finding the true Christmas spirit. After the final bow, the show crescendos into a celebration of holiday music as the Peanuts gang sings traditional Christmas songs and carols. The show is 90 minutes including intermission.
For the latest news and updates from cast on the road, follow A Charlie Brown Christmas Live on Stage on Facebook and Instagram (@charliebrownchristmaslive) and Twitter (@cbchristmaslive); #ACharlieBrownChristmas.
ABOUT GERSHWIN ENTERTAINMENT
Gershwin Entertainment is a diversified entertainment production and marketing agency founded by industry veteran Todd Gershwin. Gershwin Entertainment specializes in producing live events, theatrical tours, and lifestyle marketing. Gershwin has developed and produced successful theatrical productions, concerts and tours for numerous iconic brands. North American touring projects have included A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer the Musical, Million Dollar Quartet, Arthur & Friends Live, Here to Stay, ‘S Wonderful, and A Night with Janis Joplin. Gershwin’s projects have played at leading venues throughout North America including Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl, Ravinia, Wolftrap, Arena Stage, and Pasadena Playhouse, and numerous Broadway theaters. Corporate marketing clients have included Pepsi, Reebok, Oracle, Nike, Geico, TIAA-CREF, and the Big East Conference.
ABOUT PEANUTS
The characters of Peanuts and related intellectual property are owned by Peanuts Worldwide, which is 41% owned by WildBrain Ltd., 39% owned by Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and 20% owned by the family of Charles M. Schulz, who first introduced the world to Peanuts in 1950, when the comic strip debuted in seven newspapers. Since then, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang have made an indelible mark on popular culture. In addition to enjoying beloved Peanuts shows and specials on Apple TV+, fans of all ages celebrate the Peanuts brand worldwide through thousands of consumer products, as well as amusement park attractions, cultural events, social media, and comic strips available in all formats, from traditional to digital. In 2018, Peanuts partnered with NASA on a multi-year Space Act Agreement designed to inspire a passion for space exploration and STEM among the next generation of students.
ABOUT LEE MENDELSON FILM PRODUCTIONS
Lee Mendelson Film Productions (LMFP) opened in Burlingame, California (17 miles south of San Francisco) in 1963. Fresh from their previous two-year productions at KPIX-TV (where they won a Peabody Award for the best locally produced documentaries in the country), writer-producer-director Lee Mendelson and cinematographer and editor Sheldon Fay Jr. created the documentary A MAN NAMED MAYS, which became a major hit on NBC-TV. They followed this with A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN, a documentary on Charles Schulz and his “Peanuts” characters. This led to a 38-year association with Schulz and animator Bill Melendez that created over 50 prime time network “Peanuts” specials and four animated Feature films. Other Mendelson animation projects included 12 prime time Garfield specials and a 120-program series Garfield and Friends (with animator Phil Roman and writer Mark Evanier)…. plus, a series of 13 shows on Mother Goose and Grimm with cartoonist Mike Peters… three prime time Cathy specials with cartoonist Cathy Guisewite…and the first two time Barbar the Elephant specials. LMFP has been awarded 12 prime time Emmys, and garnered numerous other Emmy nominations, as well as two Grammy and one Oscar nomination. Mendelson Productions is also the Publisher of the Vince Guaraldi Library of Charlie Brown music.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Mohegan Sun Arena, one of the busiest sports and entertainment venues in the world, was awarded the 2024 Newsweek Readers’ Choice award for “Best Casino with Live Entertainment in America.” Mohegan Sun Arena was also named “Best Casino/Resort Venue of the Year” at the 35th Annual Pollstar Awards. In 2021, the 10,000-seat Arena also received its first worldwide “#1 Indoor Arena” ranking for its size from both Pollstar and VenuesNow. In recent years, the “Most Beloved Venue in America” has also been named the “World’s Best Casino Venue,” by Hartford Magazine, and is an eight-time national award winner for “Arena of the Year” by the Academy of Country Music Awards and one from G2E Las Vegas. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit the Mohegan Sun website. For this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711. Complimentary self-parking is available in three convenient garages.
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