Experience Events Like Never Before
Fire up the grills, tap the kegs and crank up the tunes for Reno’s best summer kick-off party in mid-June, the BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival! The festival is part barbecue block party and part microbrew tasting event and is one of Reno’s iconic summer events. Downtown Reno rocks with live entertainment, amazing food, and beer from more than 65 local, regional and international breweries. The streets of downtown are lined with food booths and vendors, and there are two stages featuring non-stop rock and blues music.
Reno Rodeo
Did you know that John Wayne attended the Reno Rodeo Parade in 1949? First held in 1919, the Reno Rodeo has history that stretches out for almost a century in the Biggest Little City.
Hot August Nights
Three decades ago, organizers decided to hold a classic car show to fill an empty spot in Reno’s events calendar. Today, this celebration of classic cars and rock and roll is one of the big boys when it comes to happenings in the Biggest Little City.
Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off
The end of summer typically represents a sad time for some. For the city of Sparks, however, it means serving up some great barbecue. About 240,000 pounds of it, according to organizers of the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off.
Street Vibrations
Fire up the grills, tap the kegs and crank up the tunes for Reno’s best summer kick-off party in mid-June, the BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival! The festival is part barbecue block party and part microbrew tasting event and is one of Reno’s iconic summer events. Downtown Reno rocks with live entertainment, amazing food, and beer from more than 65 local, regional and international breweries.
Experience Events Like Never Before
Fire up the grills, tap the kegs and crank up the tunes for Reno’s best summer kick-off party in mid-June, the BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival! The festival is part barbecue block party and part microbrew tasting event and is one of Reno’s iconic summer events. Downtown Reno rocks with live entertainment, amazing food, and beer from more than 65 local, regional and international breweries. The streets of downtown are lined with food booths and vendors, and there are two stages featuring non-stop rock and blues music.
Hot August Nights
Three decades ago, organizers decided to hold a classic car show to fill an empty spot in Reno’s events calendar. Today, this celebration of classic cars and rock and roll is one of the big boys when it comes to happenings in the Biggest Little City.
Reno Rodeo
Did you know that John Wayne attended the Reno Rodeo Parade in 1949? First held in 1919, the Reno Rodeo has history that stretches out for almost a century in the Biggest Little City.
Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off
The end of summer typically represents a sad time for some. For the city of Sparks, however, it means serving up some great barbecue. About 240,000 pounds of it, according to organizers of the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off.
Street Vibrations
Fire up the grills, tap the kegs and crank up the tunes for Reno’s best summer kick-off party in mid-June, the BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival! The festival is part barbecue block party and part microbrew tasting event and is one of Reno’s iconic summer events. Downtown Reno rocks with live entertainment, amazing food, and beer from more than 65 local, regional and international breweries.
Burning Man
Every year in late August, tens of thousands of people — just under 70,000 in 2017 — flock to the Black Rock desert 140 miles north of Reno and brave sand, sun and the elements in order to imbibe in this counterculture festival.
Reno Air Races
The National Championship Air Races event is entering its 55th year in 2018, making it one of the stalwarts of the Reno event calendar. It’s also one of the most exhilarating, featuring an assortment of planes blazing through the skies above Reno-Stead airport. A major accident in 2011 adversely impacted the air races, which continues […]
Reno River Festival
Reno’s river festival is relatively a young pup compared to the other events in this list. Despite starting just 15 years ago, however, it has amassed a large following, now attracting 42,000 people downtown. In addition to its whitewater and kayaking events, the festival features a Reno River Roll event for cyclists and a Craft […]
Great Reno Balloon Race
As the heat of summer slowly gives way to the chilly air of fall, thousands of spectators wake up before dawn and head to Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno to watch balloons come to life around them. First started with 20 balloons in 1982, the event now attracts as many as 100 balloons per […]
Artown
Back in 1996 before Midtown made Reno’s downtown a cool place to visit, members of the art, business and civic community joined forces in holding an art festival to help bring folks back to the Biggest Little City’s core. After attracting 30,000 attendees that first year, Artown has grown into an event that attracts about […]
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
If the notion of trading a kingdom for a horse makes you nod with approval, then you won’t need much convincing about the merits of this event. First started in 1972, this celebration of The Bard’s work started with eight performances by the New Shakespeare Company. Since then, the event has turned into one of […]
American Century Championship celebrity golf
With beautiful Tahoe views, a $600,000 purse and the opportunity to raise funds for charity, there’s certainly plenty of reason for this event to be a draw. The biggest reason for its popularity, however, is the opportunity to check out its celebrity roster. That includes checking the unique mechanics of perennial participant Charles Barkley’s one-of-a-kind […]
