Discover Your Nevada

Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival

Jun 28 – Aug 25, 2024

Imagine a perfect Lake Tahoe sunset, your special someone, and first-class live entertainment. That’s the magic of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.

Goldfield Days Celebration & Land Auction

Aug 2 – 4, 2024

Revel in the boomtown history of this good timin’ “living ghost town” with Old West gunfights, bed races, ghost tours, miners’ lying contests, old-fashioned children’s games, hearty western BBQ, a car show, parade and more. Can’t bear to leave? Pony up to the Land Auction and stake your claim!

Virginia City Grand Prix

Apr 27 – 28, 2024

The annual Virginia City Grand Prix gives spectators an about-as-close-as-it-gets view of one of the largest and most unique motocross races in the west, with dirt bikers ripping up and down mountains, old mining roads, and Historic C Street.

Sunset, Stars & Champagne Train

May 16 – Oct 12, 2024

Bubbly champagne. Kaleidoscopic sunsets. Dazzling dark skies. Does it get any more magical than Nevada Northern Railway’s Sunset, Stars & Champagne train ride?

Summer Concert Series at Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena

Jun 14 – Sep 21, 2024

South Lake Tahoe turns up, tunes in, and rocks out at the annual Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series, where chart-topping music legends put on concerts of a lifetime next to America’s most beautiful lake.

National Basque Festival

Jul 6 – 7, 2024

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.

Run-A-Mucca Motorcycle and Music Festival

May 24 – 26, 2024

Pull the chopper out of the garage—it’s rally time in northern Nevada! At Winnemucca’s annual Run-A-Mucca—home of the burning bike—count on live music poker runs, VIP parties, vendors, and more.

Ruby Mountain Balloon Festival

Sep 20 – 22, 2024

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.

Jim Butler Days & Nevada State Mining Championships

May 19 – 27, 2024

This truly Nevadan weeklong party honors the founder of the famed “Queen of the Silver Camps’” (and his feisty donkey) with arm wrestling tournaments; the Nevada State Mining Championships; beer, wine, whiskey tasting; live music; street dances; parades; and tons more.

Stewart Father’s Day PowWow

Jun 14 – 16, 2024

Visit the Stewart Indian School on Father’s Day weekend to witness (or join in) as the campus comes alive for its biggest annual event, featuring hundreds of dancers, dozens of arts and craft vendors, Indian Tacos, Stewart School alumni recognition, special events, exhibits and more.