Discover Your Nevada

Fallon Cantaloupe Festival & Country Fair

Aug 26 – 28, 2022

Nothing tastes quite like the juicy, sun-ripened melons grown in the bread basket of Nevada.

Beatty Days Festival

Oct 28 – 30, 2022

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.

Christmas at Coffinwood

Nov 25 – Dec 31, 2022

Ready for Christmas in Pahrump? Explore these over-the-top lights display at this must see holiday event all through the month of December. Tune in to the radio from the comfort of your car to view this synchronized light show.

Genoa Candy Dance Arts & Crafts Faire

Sep 24 – 25, 2022

Nestled in the heart of historic Genoa, a century of sweet & success born from old town tradition in a charming pioneer community beckons crafters, vendors, and history-lovers alike to one of Carson Valley’s largest annual events.

Hot August Nights

Aug 2 – 7, 2022

For generations, Hot August Nights has been a mecca for motorheads, who cruise in by the thousands from all over the country for a weeklong celebration of hot rods, vintage vehicles, and all all things classic car.

Fire & Ice Winter Festival

Jan TBD, 2023

Ice sculpting, snow bowling and ice fishing derbies on frozen Cave Lake—plus the only fireworks show we know of that launches explosives from a moving steam train—and plenty more winter-defying activities make Ely’s Fire & Ice Winter Festival the hottest (and coolest) place to be.

National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2023

Warm up this winter with an abundance of buckaroo stories—first-hand accounts, narratives passed down and around, and undoubtedly, a yarn or two.

Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off in Sparks, NV

Aug 31 – Sep 5, 2022

With thousands of pounds of ribs prepared by competitive BBQ-ers from all corners of the US, get in on the country’s best national rib cook-off and beer fest at the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook Off.

Great Reno Balloon Race

Sep 9 – 11, 2022

It’s only fitting that the world’s largest free hot-air balloon festival comes to The Biggest Little City in the World every September.

Silver State Classic Challenge

Sep 15 – 18, 2022

How about an open-road race on a closed public highway from Las Vegas to Ely? As the world’s fastest road race, The Silver State Classic Challenge is where the rubber meets the road, sure to satisfy the speed demons in all of us.