Discover Your Nevada

Bonneville Speed Week

Aug 3 – 9, 2024

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.

Perseid Meteor Shower

Jul 14 – Aug 24, 2024

Stargazing in the Silver State gets that much sweeter during the Perseid Meteor Shower, where 150-200 meteors streak through the skies every hour.

Fallon Cantaloupe Festival & Country Fair

Aug 23 – 25, 2024

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

Beatty Days Festival

Oct 25 – 27, 2024

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.

Great Reno Balloon Race

Sep 6 – 8, 2024

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.

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!

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.

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.

Genoa Western Heritage Days

Apr 26 – 28, 2024

Set against the snow-covered Eastern Sierra in the heart of Nevada’s oldest town, join in on this three-day celebration honoring cowboy poetry, authentic Western music, and plenty of family fun for the whole crew.

Hot August Nights

Aug 2 – 11, 2024

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.