Nevada Events Calendar

Great Reno Balloon Race

Sep 8 - 10, 2023

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.

Fallon Cantaloupe Festival & Country Fair

Aug TBD, 2023

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

Bonneville Speed Week

Aug 5 - 11, 2023

Ready to get right into the heart of the action at a prestigious national racing event at a one-of-a-kind motorsports complex? Start your engines, and get ready to know what Salt Fever is all about at this legendary racing event on a track unlike any other.

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

Aug 30 - Sep 4, 2023

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.

Taste of Downtown

Jun 17, 2023

A party with a purpose, dig into Carson City’s culinary scene at Taste of Downtown—a local foodie fest that celebrates food, fun and community.

Goldfield Days Celebration & Land Auction

Aug TBD, 2023

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!

Hot August Nights

Aug 1 - 6, 2023

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.

Burning Man

Aug 27 - Sep 4, 2023

The biggest party on Planet Earth is devoted to community art, self-reliance, and self-expression forms an against-all-odds city in the desert, a culture of possibility, a network of dreamers and doers.

Great Basin Astronomy Festival

Sep 14, 2023

With the darkest, quietest skies in the Lower 48, Great Basin National Park is the perfect place for an Astronomy Festival, featuring talks by astro-experts, photography workshops, and unbeatable stargazing, including through dozens of real-deal telescopes that truly let you see for yourself.

Great Basin Star Train

May 20 - Sep 16, 2023

All aboard for interstellar constellations! One of many annual specialty train rides offered by the Nevada Northern Railway, bring the whole fam for an unforgettable ride through this galaxy and beyond.