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Sunset, Stars & Champagne Train
Bubbly champagne. Kaleidoscopic sunsets. Dazzling dark skies. Does it get any more magical than Nevada Northern Railway’s Sunset, Stars & Champagne train ride?
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Sunset, Stars & Champagne Train
Bubbly champagne. Kaleidoscopic sunsets. Dazzling dark skies. Does it get any more magical than Nevada Northern Railway’s Sunset, Stars & Champagne train ride?
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Race the Rails
Only in Nevada will you find an event like Ely’s Race the Rails, during which hardy cyclists compete against a 19th-century steam locomotive through old-time copper mining territory.
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Top Gun Dragstrip Drag Racing Series
High-octane racing and Nevada grit combine at the annual Top Gun Dragstrip Drag Racing Series. Test and tune your own hot rod, compete against other racers, or get in on the spectator side of the action from the grandstands at the premier drag strip in northern Nevada.
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National Basque Festival
Whether you’ve got sheepherder’s blood or you simply dig chorizo, you’re invited to Elko for Nevada’s six-decades-strong National Basque Festival—home to dancing, traditional music, woodchopping competitions, mouthwatering paella and chorizo, and chances aplenty to taste our unofficial state drink, the Picon Punch.
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Mark Twain Days
Honoring a local legend in both Carson City and Virginia City, Mark Twain Days is three days of festivities featuring everything from jumping frogs and unruly scribes to Victorian-era parties and specialty train excursions.
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Lattin Farms Fall Festival
Fall into fun at Lattin Farms, where visitors and generations of Nevadans alike celebrate the season with northern Nevada’s largest corn maze, grown-right-there pumpkins, a Kids Korner, Scarecrow Factory, Crafters Market, Costume Contests, and much more.
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Ruby Mountain Balloon Festival
Nearly 40 balloons hover over the majestic Ruby Mountains during a free festival the whole family will love. Take in the magic of a nighttime glow show, rub shoulders with pilots and balloon crews, enter your best balloon pics in the photo contest, and more at this annual Elko event.
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Beatty Days Festival
Ready for a three-day Weird Nevada extravaganza? Brimming with parades, cook-offs, art shows, only-in-Nevada races, and a whole lotta award winning chili, there’s no better way to celebrate the spirit of southwestern Nevada than Beatty Days.
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Beaver Dam Gravel Grinder
Your pedal-powered gateway to miles of spectacular scenic wonder, get yourself registered for the premiere gravel grinder road race of the Silver State.
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Street Vibrations Fall Rally
Pull the chopper out of the garage—it’s rally time in northern Nevada! At Reno’s Street Vibrations, more than 50,000 bikers from all corners of the country get revved up on live music, poker runs, VIP Parties, vendors galore, and more, right in the heart of the BLC.