Mischa Ripps brings her guitar and her voice to the saddle-seat bar at Gilley's Saloon, settling into a set that moves easily between rock, country, and pop. She's a fixture of the Las Vegas live music scene, having logged fifteen years on the Strip and down on Fremont Street, and her resume includes stage time alongside Alice Cooper, Sammy Hagar, and Marty Friedman. That kind of range shows in her playing—equally comfortable with a twangy country ballad or a rock riff that fills the room.

Gilley's leans into its wild west saloon theme, all polished wood and leather seating, and it makes a fitting backdrop for a solo multi-instrumentalist who can shift genres without missing a beat. It's a low-key way to catch a Vegas-grown musician doing what she's built a career on: playing for whoever walks through the door, whether they came for the boots-and-buckles atmosphere or just the music.