Ten Summer Dates and a Different Cover Every Night at the Kelly Clarkson Las Vegas Residency

Studio Sessions Returns to The Colosseum

Kelly Clarkson plays ten dates at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace this July and August as part of her Studio Sessions residency. The run picks up July 17 and closes August 15, with shows every Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. If you’re browsing las vegas music for a summer trip, this is the headliner to build your weekend around. Tickets start at $89 on Spotlight.

A Two-Hour Show Built on Career Hits and Nightly Kellyoke

The setlist runs over 20 songs and covers every era of Clarkson’s career. Opening night in 2025 started with “Me” and moved through “Walk Away,” “Behind These Hazel Eyes,” “Heartbeat Song,” and “Breakaway” before hitting deeper cuts like “Mine,” “Catch My Breath,” “Beautiful Disaster,” and an emotionally charged “Piece by Piece.” The second half builds toward “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and closes with “Since U Been Gone” as the encore finale.

The detail that separates Studio Sessions from a standard residency is Kellyoke. Each night, Clarkson picks a different cover song and performs it live with her full band. Past shows have featured Radiohead’s “Creep,” Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” Maneskin’s “Beggin’,” and The Beatles’ “Come Together.” If you’ve seen the Kellyoke segment on The Kelly Clarkson Show, this is the live version, inside a 4,100-seat room where the vocals carry in a way a TV mic never captures.

The production is deliberately stripped back. No pyrotechnics, no massive LED walls. Clarkson, her band, and the songs do the work. Reviewers have rated it as high as 9.1 out of 10, calling it one of the best vegas show experiences on the Strip.

From American Idol Season One to a Colosseum Headliner

Clarkson won the first season of American Idol in 2002 and has spent the 24 years since building a career that crosses pop, country, and soul. Three Grammy Awards. Hits that defined the 2000s. An Emmy-winning daytime talk show. Now she’s performing at the same Colosseum that hosted Celine Dion and Elton John for record-breaking runs.

Studio Sessions is her second Las Vegas residency. The first, “Chemistry: An Intimate Evening with Kelly Clarkson,” ran 14 shows at Bakkt Theater in 2023 and 2024, grossing over $10.8 million across those dates. The move to The Colosseum for Studio Sessions in July 2025 was an upgrade in both venue prestige and production scale, and strong demand led Caesars to add ten more dates for summer 2026.

Planning Your Trip Around the Residency

The 2026 dates fall on five consecutive weekends: July 17-18, July 24-25, July 31-August 1, August 7-8, and August 14-15. That Friday-Saturday pattern leaves your weeknights open for other shows.

The Colosseum stays packed between Clarkson’s dates. Rod Stewart’s Encore Shows run through early June (from $76), Jerry Seinfeld headlines multiple weekends this summer (from $123), and Nikki Glaser and David Spade return for Labor Day weekend dates (from $73). For a full look at live music in Las Vegas this summer, The Colosseum alone covers four headliners across three months.

On Spotlight, Kelly Clarkson tickets range from $89 to $196. The interactive seating map lets you pick your exact section inside The Colosseum’s tiered layout, and Spotlight’s best price guarantee means you’re covered.

Book Your Colosseum Seats

Ten dates. Over 20 hits per show. A Kellyoke cover you won’t hear at any other performance. Choose your section from the seating chart and lock in Kelly Clarkson tickets from $89 before the summer run sells through.