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July 2020
Carson City Fair – CANCELLED
CANCELLED Carson City's “small town” traditional youth/agriculture, carnival, tractor show, entertainment, and family fun kind of fair. The Carson City Fair returns to Fuji Park on July 24-26th. Reintroducing the agricultural and youth aspect to this years fair while still including antique tractors, carnival rides, games, live music, and vendors.
Find out more »August 2020
Reno River Festival
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…
Find out more »September 2020
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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Genoa Candy Dance & Faire
The Genoa "Candy Dance" originated in 1919 as an effort to raise money to purchase street lights for the small, but enterprising community of Genoa, Nevada's first settlement. The original mission of the Genoa Candy Dance was to bring light to the town streets. Each Candy Dance after the first one in 1919 helped pay for the electricity and upkeep on those lights. Now, Candy Dance and the Arts & Crafts Faire added in the mid 1970s, provides for a…
Find out more »October 2020
Nevada Day
As Nevadans, we love our state. That’s why we throw a big party – complete with a parade – every year to celebrate its birthday. The best part is you don’t have to be a Nevadan to join the festivities. So come to Carson City and party like you were born here! Festivities include: pancake breakfast, hot-air balloon launch, the Nevada Day Classic Run/Walk, chili feed, the parade, single-jack drilling, beard contest, governor’s mansion tour, the Nevada Day Powwow…
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