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Burning Man
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.
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Burning Man
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.
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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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Jazz & Beyond Festival
Blues, Latin, bluegrass, and tango jazz is the name of the game at the 10-day Jazz & Beyond Festival, with exciting live music, art, film, and dance performances happening all over town in Nevada’s Capital City every August.
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Coffinwood Second Saturdays
Art wars, anti-car shows, graveyard tours, and reptile demonstrations—it’s all part of the fun at Coffinwood Second Saturdays.
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Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival
Downtown Reno’s streets close to cars for this grill-sparkin’ keg-tapppin’ tune-rockin’ summer kickoff party, featuring more than 50 craft brewers, food vendors galore, and two stages of free, non-stop music.
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Reno Basque Festival
Enjoy family-friendly fun at the Reno Basque Festival, featuring weightlifting and wood chopping exhibitions, Basque lunch, traditional dancers, live music, and an evening social dance.
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RiSE Lantern Festival
Celebrating music and art, individuality, a meaningful venue design, sustainability, and the timing of the Fire and Lantern Ritual, RiSE Lantern Festival honors the sum total of each participant’s unique story and personal Lantern Message.
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Eldorado Great Italian Festival
Mangia! A Carano family tradition that’s been part of the Reno events scene for more than 40 years, discover the BLC’s Italian culture and authentic traditions one meatball at a time at the Eldorado Great Italian Festival each fall.
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OffBeat Music Festival
As the SXSW or Treefort of Reno, this raucous, three-day “music discovery” event packs more than a dozen Midtown venues with nearly 100 emerging regional and festival circuit artists, spanning everything from psychedelic rock to outlaw honky-tonk to retro soul. Be sure to show up rested—the party tends to go all night, every night.
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Great Basin Astronomy Festival
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.