Dustin Drai has been scoping out nightclubs his entire adult life. He’s always been enamored of the architecture, the inventive possibilities beyond a club experience.
Drai’s father, nightlife pioneer Victor Drai, founded the underground Drai’s After Dark at the then-Barbary Coast, today’s Cromwell, more than a quarter century ago. The space was unique from the jump, toggling between a restaurant early in the evening and a club at night.
Today, Dustin Drai is creating more innovation in the haunt below the Strip beginning Sept. 12-14 with Drai’s Comedy Club.
Mario Hodge is the opening headliner with D’Lai as the featured comic. Performances will run twice-nightly, one at 7 p.m. and another at 10 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
“Comedy has become so popular in Las Vegas, and we have this great space. We felt it was a good time to try this series and expand what we offer,” Drai said in a recent interview. “I have seen the opportunity at Drai’s, and looking at other clubs around Las Vegas, and there is so much potential for other types of entertainment.”
The series is billed as a six-week run. Top club pros Esau McGraw, Brett Riley, Kevin Tate, Rob Love and Chelcye Perry are the headliners. Drai is partnering with veteran comedy producers B. Taylor and Eddie Abram in booking the venue.
“We’re looking to welcome tourists and visitors,” Drai said. “We have what I think is a unique experience. If it works out, we can continue.”
B. Taylor is an Internationally Acclaimed Multi-Award Winning Artist, Producer, Decorated Navy Veteran, with (5) Number One Songs, and (3) Top Ten Songs on the Billboard and iTunes Charts.
He is the first ever hip hop/urban artist/producer discovered/signed by the Motown Legends of “Smokey and The Miracles” and the Motown family. He has worked with/produced for CBS “NCIS’s” actress Pauley Perrette, Two Chainz, Snoop Dogg, Ray J, Flo Rida, Chris Brown, Rascal Flatts, Jellyroll, and many more.
He is a best- selling author, speaker, philanthropist, and “A Goodwill Global Ambassador and Advocate of Entertainment for the U.S. Military, Veterans, First Responders, and Their Families.” His nonprofit L1FE Organization (pronounced One Life) runs 21 alternative wellness programs that help active duty military, veterans, first responders, and their dependents free of charge.
Eddie Abram, a native of Oakland, California where he attended Dominican University of California on a basketball scholarship earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Degree. I furthered my education by attending Holy Names University, obtaining a Master’s Degree in Education.
In 2020, Eddie partnered with a Japanese Technology Billionaire named Norio Ichihasi, Co-Founder of Mobileye, which developed autonomous driverless software. His company was purchased by Intel in 2017 for $15.3 Billion. This transaction is believed to be the largest acquisition recorded in Israel’s history.
Today, he the proud Founder and CEO of EA Innovations LLC. A Los Angeles-based, minority-owned, global technology corporation. This developing company has partnered with innovative conglomerates, embracing evolving technologies producing artificial intelligence (AI) that manufactures and distributes engineered pathogen control devices that providing state-of-the-art safety and security protocols made right here in the good ‘ol USA.
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