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Legends of Beer Festival!
The fourth annual Legends of Beer Festival combines the best that Reno-Tahoe has to offer, including outdoor recreation and craft beer/food. The festival is brought to you by IMBĪB Custom Brews with major sponsorships from The Outlets at Legends and Visit Reno-Tahoe. We are excited to host you once again at this one-of-a-kind festival.
It all starts with a “beer-mile” relay competition that pits four-person teams against one another to complete the beer mile (drink one mystery beer; run a quarter-mile; and make the handoff).
The festival follows the beer-mile relay and features more than 30 craft beverage producers including local and regional brands. Not just a “beer festival,” the event will also include tastes of canned cocktails, cider, seltzer and spirits. There will also be craft non-alcoholic beverage options available for designated drivers or those who choose no alcohol. And new this year, we are excited to bring you the ScavengBeer Hunt as part of the event where you can engage in solving challenges throughout the day and win free beer and prizes to take home. The Legends of Beer Festival takes place from 1 to 4:45 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 14, at The Outlets and Legends; Very Important Drinkers get special access at noon. Click here for tickets and information. (Sponsored Content)
Aerials in the sky
About 100 colorful hot air balloons will greet early risers when The Great Reno Balloon Race returns this weekend. The 43rd annual special event starts at 5 a.m. with the Super Glow Show, featuring more than 35 glowing balloons lighting up the pre-dawn sky. Dawn Patrol, in which a handful of skilled pilots fly their balloons in the dark, follows at 5:30 a.m. The show continues with the mass ascension of hot air balloons at 7 a.m. There will also be tethered balloon rides, a vendor area and special free admission at the Wilbur D. May Museum, which will be open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday through Sunday. Gates open at 3:30 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6-8, at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St. Festival admission is free. Limited parking is available at the lots on the corner of Sierra Street and McCarran Boulevard, as well as at Coleman Street, for a $25 cash donation. Visitors can park for free at the Green and Blue 1 lots near Mackay Stadium at the University of Nevada, Reno. RTC will also offer free bus rides to the park from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. on its RAPID Virginia Line. Visit renoballoon.com for details.
One wing to rule them all
Six bands and six restaurants will compete for top honors at the Guitar Strings vs. Chicken Wings fundraiser for the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS). Each band will rock for votes to win a $500 cash prize and the Best Band title. Each restaurant will cook up its best chicken wing recipes to sway voters’ taste buds and win the Wing vs. Wing Champion Trophy. For a small donation to TINS, participants each receive six wooden coins with which they can cast three votes for their favorite wing, and three votes for their top band. The donation also gains entry into the event and a chance to win raffle prizes. Gates open at 4 p.m., Friday, Sept. 6, at The Village at Palisades Tahoe, 1750 Village East Road, Olympic Valley. Visit www.palisadestahoe.com or www.tinsweb.org/guitar-strings-vs-chicken-wings.
Undulating ungulates
In 1959, a prank war between two newspapers gave rise to one of the wackiest competitions in the West. As legend has it, the editor of the Territorial Enterprise wrote a fake story about camel racing in Virginia City. The San Francisco Chronicle, not knowing it was a hoax, printed the story. The following year, in response to this humiliation, the Chronicle sent a team to Virginia City to race a camel that was borrowed from the San Francisco Zoo. Thus, the International Camel & Ostrich Races was born. Sixty-five years later, professional and amateur jockeys continue the offbeat tradition by racing camels and ostriches, as well as zebras and emus, down a track while spectators cheer them on. The three-day event kicks off with its Hot Camel Nights show at 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 6. It continues with two shows at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 7, and wraps up with its Family Day show at noon, Sunday, Sept. 8. Tickets are $20 for general admission, $30 for shaded seating and $13 for kids ages 3-12. The fun takes place at the Virginia City Fairgrounds, 458 F St., in Virginia City. Free shuttles will run to and from C Street and the fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday. Go to visitvirginiacitynv.com/events/international-camel-ostrich-races-virginia-city for details.
Greece is the word
Considered to be the birthplace of democracy and the cradle of Western civilization, the small but mighty nation of Greece has given the world more than its fair share of contributions to art, architecture, music, literature, theater, philosophy, mathematics and science. There’s also the country’s beautiful landscapes and seascapes, delicious cuisine and a people fiercely proud of its heritage. While you won’t be sunbathing on a secluded beach or meandering through temples and ruins, you will get to enjoy some of the food, music and culture of this ancient land at the Reno Greek Festival. Shop for imported items, eat a variety of tantalizing dishes and desserts, listen to live music by the Helios Greek Band and watch traditional dancing by the Saint Anthony Greek Dancers. The event takes place from 5 -10 p.m., Friday, Sept. 6; and noon to 10 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 7, at Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church, 4795 Lakeside Drive. Tickets are $5 at the door. Go to renogreekfest.com for details.
In the name of love
The 10th annual Northern Nevada Pride Festival will be one of many big events going this weekend. The LGBTQIA+ pride event celebrating “love, diversity and inclusion” kicks off at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 7, with the CommUNITY parade down Virginia Street, starting at the Reno Arch and heading south toward the Truckee River. This year’s parade grand marshal is Felicia Jewel Halston (Tony Pratt). The festivities continue at 11 a.m. at Wingfield Park, 2 S. Arlington Ave. It’s free to watch the parade, but there will be a $10 general admission fee to enter the festival, which will feature food trucks, live entertainment on three stages and 100 vendor booths—including one shared by RN&R and Double Scoop, so stop by and say hello! Visit northernnevadapride.org.
I wanna be a cowboy
This weekend we’ve got hot air balloons, a parade, festivals galore … hey, let’s throw a rodeo into the mix! Head down to Gardnerville for the fourth annual Douglas County Rodeo, which offers rodeo events such as Xtreme bronc riding, barrel racing and bull riding, as well as a freestyle motocross show, tattoo convention, vendor area, food trucks and bounce houses and activities for kids. Gates open at 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 6; and 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 7. Rodeo tickets are $65 for adults and $30 for kids ages 7-12. Kids age 6 and younger get in for free. The tickets include admission to concerts featuring country artists Eric Paslay and Mark Mackay on Friday night and Jerrod Niemann and Red Shahan on Saturday night. The rodeo takes place at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 920 Dump Road, in Gardnerville. Visit douglascountynvrodeo.com.
Icky(-osaur) thump
Nevada Museum of Art celebrates the opening of its new exhibition Deep Time: Sea Dragons of Nevada with a discussion by Martin Sander, one of the world’s leading ichthyosaur paleontologists. He will talk about his 30-year odyssey excavating fossils in Nevada’s Augusta Mountains and what his study of the ancient sea creatures teaches us about evolution, life on Earth and Nevada’s place in the global scientific community. The exhibition explores the rise and fall of ichthyosaurs through a blend of paleontology, art, history and design. The talk begins at 10 a.m. and again at 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 7. Afterward, the museum will hold its Summer Block Party featuring a DJ, a beer garden, food trucks and family-friendly activities, including a fossil dig, dinosaur crafts and a “prehistoric” photo booth. The party starts at 4 p.m. at the NMA, 160 W. Liberty St. Tickets for the talk are $5-$20 and include admission to the block party. Party-only tickets are $20 general admission, $5 for children, and free for NMA members. To register for these events, go to www.nevadaart.org.
The price of fame
The Reno Phil welcomes the touring production of Saint-Georges’ Sword & Bow to its annual Free Family Concert next weekend. Hoping to become the next great pop sensation, a young girl discovers her music teacher was the biggest star in 18th century France. In this time-bending musical adventure, Giselle learns about life’s triumphs and tragedies from the most accomplished man in Europe, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges. As she gets to know his complicated story and his incredible compositions, Giselle realizes that fame can turn on you in a minute, but true passion can last a lifetime. The free concert starts at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St. Prior to the concert, there will be special activities for children on the plaza and in the concert hall lobbies from 10-10:55 a.m. Visit renophil.com/free-family-concert.
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