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August 2020
Reno River Festival – CANCELLED
CANCELLED The Reno River Festival is an outdoor celebration in downtown Reno that officially kicks off event season in Northern Nevada. The River-Bike-Beer-Food-Adventure-Music Fest brings an array of traditional and unique warm weather activities to Wingfield Park. The family-friendly event has something for everyone. The heart of the festival is the Truckee River, where the world's top whitewater athletes take on one of the country's top-ranked whitewater courses on the circuit. There is free live music, food, libations, an…
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Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off – CANCELLED
CANCELLED The Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks, Nevada, announced today that the 2020 Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook Off has been cancelled due to COVID-19 related state and local government-imposed event restrictions. The Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook Off is an iconic special event in Northern Nevada and is the largest of its kind in the western United States, bringing hundreds of thousands of rib lovers to Northern Nevada since 1989. “This was a very difficult…
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Elko County Fair
This year, the Elko County Fair celebrates its 100th Anniversary! Can you believe the Elko County Fair has been mixing families and fun for 100 years now? With several different events and a variety of entertainment, there’s something for everyone to enjoy at the fair. We have everything from crafts and critters, to live music and fair food, horse racing and the Stock Horse Show, and so much more! You won’t want to miss the funnest summer event in Nevada,…
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Jim Butler Days – CANCELLED
CANCELLED Travel on US Highway 95 to celebrate the founder of Tonopah and it's historic past at the Annual Jim Butler Days. Highlights you won't want to miss include the 50th Annual Jim Butler Days Parade, Street Dance, Live Music, Comedy Show, Nevada State Mining Championships, Nevada Pro-Am Arm Wrestling, Bartender Races, Wine Tasting and Whiskey Tasting just to name a few. *Kid Friendly
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The Great Reno Balloon Race – CANCELLED
CANCELLED Safety has always been the organization’s top priority, and we will continue to uphold this philosophy in the wake of the global pandemic and its continued impacts on our community. While the organization has looked at many strategies to hold the 39th event, we cannot safely and financially do this while there is so much uncertainty. For that reason, GRBR has decided to cancel the 2020 spectator event. This decision doesn’t come lightly, and we know that so many…
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911 Memorial Mt. Grant Challenge – CANCELLED
CANCELLED Climb the highest peak in Mineral County, Nevada, as a tribute to those who lost their lives on 9/11. This is a rare opportunity to climb 17 miles of some of the most pristine lands in the region and ascend 7000 feet to the summit of Mt. Grant. The location for the 9/11 Challenge is situated in the high desert of Nevada and near the community of Hawthorne; known as "America's Patriotic Home."
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International Camel & Ostrich Races – Virginia City, NV – CANCELLED
CANCELLED In an event as hilarious as it sounds, the 61st International Camel & Ostrich Races will have you bursting with laughter for an all-out family-friendly event. Watch as camels, ostriches and even zebras gather in Virginia City to carry their daring riders across the finish line as the crowd goes wild. It’s a comical racing spectacle that the entire family will enjoy. You can even catch a ride on a camel – a photo op not to be missed. Once…
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World Human Powered Speed Challenge – Battle Mountain Nevada – CANCELLED
CANCELLED Human powered bicycle speed racing is a most unlikely spectator sport, and watching it isn’t easy. The instructions for spectators spell out the difficulties: limited parking and no services. Heats are conducted early each morning and late each afternoon of race week, with short intervals during the active periods to let the highway traffic through. There is no parking allowed along the road because the bikes do crash from time to time (hay bales are placed as bumpers where…
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Race the Rails – Coal Fired Steam Engine vs. Road Bikes vs. Mountain Bikes
The steam locomotive and the bicycle were both invented a little over 10 years apart. Both changed the way we travel. Which one will prevail on September 12 at the Race The Rails? At the sound of the train whistle, mountain bikers and road bikers race onto their individual courses to see who can get back to the depot before the train. This is not a race against time or your fellow riders, it’s a race against one of histories…
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Fears, Tears, and Beers MTB Enduro Race – Ely NV
Fears, Tears, and Beers is an Enduro format mountain bike event in Ely Nevada. Come out to Ely and pedal your bike to the top of the mountain while you are timed at specific sections of the course. There will be 2-6 timed sections comprised of twisty downhills and sprint sections. The event takes place on BLM and USFS administered lands under special use permits. Men’s and women’s events for all classes. Beginner Run: 11 miles, 1000’ climbing, 2 timed sections…
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