Autograf return to Las Vegas for a late night at Rouge Room

The Chicago electronic duo hasn't played Las Vegas since 2024; they're back on Saturday, Dec. 12, in a far more intimate setting.

The last time Autograf played Las Vegas, it was Discopussy in September 2024. Their next visit swaps the party for a lounge: on Saturday, Dec. 12, the Chicago duo plays Rouge Room, and the set doesn't start until 10:30 p.m.

The details: Autograf play Rouge Room on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 10:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale through the venue's Ticketsauce page. It's their first Las Vegas show since Sept. 21, 2024, more than two years between visits.

Autograf formed in Chicago in 2013 and today are the duo of Louis Kha and Mikul Wing (Wikipedia). They started out as a trio, with Jake Carpenter a past member (Apple Music). Their debut album, *The Ace of You*, came out on Armada Music in 2020, followed by *Affirmations* in 2023 (Wikipedia). They have never been in a rush. Back in 2019, their *Love and Retrograde* EP closed a three-year gap between releases (Dancing Astronaut). It's a band that takes its time, which makes a return like this one feel considered rather than routine.

A band that takes its time, which makes a return like this one feel considered rather than routine.

JamBase files them across pop, EDM and indie, and that spread is the point. Autograf have always sat between the dance floor and the songwriting side of electronic music, the kind of act that works in a club but rewards people who actually listen. That makes the room choice interesting.

Rouge Room is a cocktail and live-entertainment lounge at Red Rock Resort from restaurateur Nick Mathers and the Wish You Were Here Group (Las Vegas Review-Journal). It opened with a French-driven menu (KTNV), and one writeup compared its interior to the private chambers of a cabaret star (Grazia). That's a long way from a festival stage, and it's a setting where a duo like this can play to people standing close enough to see what they're doing.

The 10:30 p.m. start means a proper late night. Make dinner plans first, and expect to be out well past midnight. A Saturday in mid-December also puts this right in the stretch of holiday weekends when Las Vegas nights fill up, so don't leave tickets to the last minute.

For local fans who have been waiting since 2024, this is the first chance in more than two years to catch them in town. For anyone who only knows them from a playlist, a lounge show is about as close as you'll get. Two years is a long gap; the room makes up for it.

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