Sunflower Festival
2023-08-04 16:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-05 10:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-10 16:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-11 16:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-12 10:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-17 16:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-19 10:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Andelin Family Farm, 8100 Pyramid Way, Spanish Springs, NV, 89436
The Sunflower Festival Admission ticket includes a wagon ride to the sunflower field, visiting and seeing the farm animals, the kitten barn, barrel train ride, hamster wheel, straw bale maze, mini zips, big slide, duck race activity and other barn yard activities and access to the sunflower field.
The weekday online price for this ticket is $13. The price of the weekday ticket if you purchase it at the farm is $15. The Saturday ticket pricing is $15 online & $17 onsite.
Tickets are timed, meaning you will select a day and specific time to enter the festival. Once at the festival you can stay as long as you would like, the average stay is 90-120 minutes.
The hours for the Sunflower Festival are from 4pm-8pm on Thursdays and Fridays and 10am-8pm on Saturdays. The last online or walk up ticket time for entry is 7pm, with the farm closing at 8pm.

Please arrive 5 – 10 minutes before your ticket time.
Each ticket includes 1 sunflower bloom. Additional blooms can be purchased.
Please note that crop availability is subject to growing and weather conditions.
Our food trailers and ice cream trailers will be operating on festival days with delicious offerings and refreshing treats!
On Saturdays there will be live performers!
Babies TWO Years and under are free. We accept credit card and cash. No pets allowed on the farm please.
Additional Cost Activities are pony rides $8 (Saturdays Only), gem mining sluice ($6-$30)
Additional Sunflower Blooms: Single Small $2 , Single Large $5
Purchase and Fill a bucket $25
On Tuesdays and Wednesdays we will offer admission to only the sunflower field. If you are looking to purchase a field only ticket click here.

Food Truck Fridays - Reno Street Food
2023-08-04 16:00 - 21:00, 2023-08-11 16:00 - 21:00, 2023-08-18 16:00 - 21:00 | Idlewild Park, 1000 Cowan Dr., Reno, NV, 89509
Food Truck Friday @ Idlewild Park, 4pm-9pm every Friday June 2 – August 25 , 2023
Instagram @foodtruc

Music on the Beach
2023-08-04 18:00 - 20:30, 2023-08-11 18:00 - 20:30, 2023-08-18 18:00 - 20:30 | Kings Beach State Recreation Area
It’s time to break out our happy dances! NTBA is beyond excited to announce that we are back with a FULL LINEUP OF LIVE MUSIC at our 17th Annual Music on the Beach concert series! Start your 2023 summer weekends off right by listening and dancing to FREE live music performances featuring a variety of genres on the beautiful North Shore of Lake Tahoe. Concerts take place every Friday night at the Kings Beach State Recreation Area; music starts at 6:30pm.
NTBA has decided to continue the love and dedicate our Music on the Beach series to the beloved Pam Emmerich. Pam was essential in the creation and development of Music on the Beach as well as the growth and sustainability of NTBA as a whole. Let’s come together to keep Pam’s memory alive through what she loved most, MUSIC and COMMUNITY.
NTBA looks forward to a FUN summer listening to live music, sipping cold beverages, and soaking in the amazing North Lake Tahoe sunsets every Friday night, all summer long, with YOU! We will be serving beer from Alibi Ale Works and wine from Truckee River Winery, in addition to non-alcoholic beverages. Local food vendors will have food available for purchase from 6-9pm. No outside alcohol or pets are permitted.
While we are thrilled for this summer and the opportunity to bring back LIVE events to our Kings Beach community, we will continue to keep our community’s safety on the forefront.

Brunch in the Barn at the Farm
2023-08-06 11:00 - 14:00 | Sierra Valley Farms, 1329 County Road A23, Beckwourth, CA
NEW THIS SUMMER 20231 Join us for one or more of six delightful Sunday Brunches in our 1938 barn, here at Sierra Valley Farms. Unique menus utilizing local and organic ingredients will be exquisitly prepared each Sunday by Executive Chef Adam
Bronson and his staff. Brunches are non-refundable.

Bluesdays Free Concert Series
2023-08-08 18:00 - 20:30, 2023-08-15 18:00 - 20:30 | The Village at Palisades Tahoe, Olympic Valley, CA
Bluesdays FREE Concert Series

The Village welcomes the return of Bluesdays, Tahoe’s must-see summer music series. This free outdoor concert series features top blues musicians every Tuesday from June 20 through August 29, 2023.
Event Details

Admission: Free
Bluesdays features an outdoor Blues bar with beer, wine and spirits as well as great grab-and-go food offerings from Village restaurants.
A limited amount of seating is available, please bring your own low back chair to be placed in our Music Venue Seated Area if you plan to sit.

Cocktail School at Ferino Distillery
2023-08-09 16:00 - 17:30, 2023-08-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Ferino Distillery, 541 E. 4th St., Reno, NV, 89512
LEARN THE ART OF MIXING THE PERFECT DRINK AT COCKTAIL SCHOOL!
Class is in session and each month we are going to go deep on one fundamental cocktail. Inspired by the iconic Cocktail Codex and it’s premise that “There are only six cocktails”, we will explore the history, the components and the techniques behind making these classic drinks, one at a time.
In each session you will:

Learn the fundamentals – the construct of a cocktail

Enjoy 3 cocktails – 2 made by us and one that you craft yourself

Learn the history of that month’s focus cocktail

Learn both the classic version and our “perfect” version of the cocktail

Get behind the bar and use your new skills and knowledge to make yourself a proper cocktail.

Go home with a Cocktail School recipe reference card

2023 SCHEDULE
MAY: OLD FASHIONED
JUNE: MARTINI
JULY: WHISKEY HIGHBALL
AUGUST: DAIQUIRI
SEPTEMBER: SIDECAR
OCTOBER: FLIP / SOUR

Feed the Camel
2023-08-09 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-08-16 17:00 - 19:00 | McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV
Food Trucks in Scenic Setting

Music in the Park
2023-08-09 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-08-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Truckee River Regional Park
Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District and Val Videgain Team present Music in the Park, a community gathering with great music, every Wednesday from June 22 – August 31 from 6:30 pm-8:30 pm at the Truckee Regional “Salty” Gebhardt Amphitheater.
To ensure the safety and enjoyment of all who attend:

No smoking and no dogs
Please supervise your children at all times.
Your contribution of any amount helps to ensure a full schedule of concert dates, as event costs continue to rise. Look for the blue donation boxes. Thank you!

Truckee Thursdays
2023-08-10 17:00 | Downtown Truckee, Truckee, CA
Truckee Thursdays is a feel-good event that beckons the community to enjoy some exuberant downtown summertime energy. Offering a stage with live music; a food court with an eclectic selection of eats; children’s activities; a beer garden; and a wide variety of artisan vendors, it’s no wonder this lively weekly event is on both locals’ and visitors’ must-do list. In addition, attendees will find sidewalk sales and other activities hosted by downtown merchants, offering the opportunity to reacquaint with all Historic Downtown Truckee has to offer year round!

Concours d'Elegance
2023-08-11, 2023-08-12 | Obexer’s Boat Company, 5300 W Lake Blvd, Homewood, CA
The Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegancebegan as a few wooden boat owners coming together to share their passion. Since then, Concours has consistently raised the bar year after year to earn the title of North America’s premier wooden boat show.
The show has spanned across four marinas and nearly five decades. It was 1972 when that handful of Tahoe Yacht Club Members and their friends gathered at Chamber’s Landing for the first ever Concours. The show moved to Tahoe City’s Tahoe Boat Company in 1976 and then to the Sierra Boat Company in Carnelian Bay in 1993. In 2014, Concours came full circle and returned to the West Shore and the birthplace of wooden pleasure boating on Lake Tahoe. It now calls Obexer’s Boat Company – the first wooden boat dealership in Tahoe and as classic as the Concours boats themselves – home.
In 1994, Concours was given a cause with the founding of the Tahoe Yacht Club Foundation. TYCF’s mission is to raise money to help preserve the environment and history of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance is the Foundation’s largest event. Since it’s induction, and thanks to the Concourscommunity, the Foundation has been able to award over $410,000 in grants to various maritime-related, charitable, and cultural organizations.
In the beginning, the purpose of the Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance was simple – enjoy the past-time of wooden boat tradition. The show quickly became a must-see display and a way to educate the public about classic watercraft from the past and present. It evolved into a way to give back to Lake Tahoe. The Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance is now a benchmark of the wooden boat community, renowned all over the world for its quality of boat exhibits and high judging standards and practices. Through the prestige, Concours remains true to its roots. Its main purpose was, is, and always will be to share the passion of wooden boats with the world.

Dinner in the Barn
2023-08-12 16:30 - 19:30 | Sierra Valley Farms, 1329 County Road A23, Beckwourth, CA
RETURNING SUMMER 2023! Be dazzled by Executive Chef Mike Trombetta, along with local guest chefs who incorporate over 40 different local, organic ingredients into the menu that is developed the night of the
dinners for your surprise!

Raise the River
2023-08-17 17:00 | Idlewild Park, 1000 Cowan Dr., Reno, NV, 89509
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! TIME TO RAISE THE RIVER WITH KTMB AND A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE FRIENDS.

Thursday, August 17th, in the Sensory Garden at Idlewild Park

Tables and tickets are now on sale! Purchase yours below.
Grab some of your favorite people and make a night of it with a table for eight, or take things up a notch with a Raised Experience. Or purchase a ticket and meet some new friends? The choice is yours!
Scroll down to purchase your table and tickets!

Foodshed Dinner Series
2023-08-17 17:30 - 21:00 | Tunnel Creek Cafe, 1115 Tunnel Creek Rd Suite a, Incline Village, NV
FARM TO TABLE DINNER SERIES – LATE SUMMER
Each summer, gather with us at one long community table, to meet the farmers who grow our food, hear their stories, and celebrate the harvest. We host 3 dates during the series in 3 distinct Tahoe locations. Ech dinner pairs a local chef with a local farmer & rancher. Together they design a seasonal, 4-course menu reminiscent of simpler times and long summer nights.
August 17th at Tunnel Creek Café in Incline Village with food prepared by longtime local Chef Scott Yorkey

Dog Days of Summer Dance Festival
2023-08-18 18:00 | E.L. Cord Plaza, Pioneer Center, Reno, NV
Dog Days of Summer Dance Festival returns to the Pioneer Center August 18-20, 2023, on the E.L. Cord Plaza stage. This outdoor performance event features a different mixed-genre program each night and stars a wide range of northern Nevada based dance companies along with special guest artists. This free community event is open to the general public—patrons are encouraged to arrive early, bring their own chairs or blankets for seating, and enjoy a variety of food trucks before the show.
In addition to showcasing exceptional dance performances, Dog Days of Summer Dance Festival spotlights the work of SPCA of Northern Nevada to raise monetary donations and awareness of their life-saving mission to help animals in need here in our community. SPCA-NN will present a nightly Pup Parade fashion show that showcases dogs and volunteers from their organization–event attendees are kindly asked to keep their own pets at home.
Featured dance companies:

Around the Stage (Keely Cobb, director)
Ballet Folklórico Internacional de Reno / Danza Azteca Aztlán(Mariano Lemus, Antonio Muñoz, & Anastacio Duran, directors)
Controlled Burn (Tami Matus, booking manager)
Entity Movement (Sierra Taylor-Cline & Brandon Dabu, directors)
Ka Pā Hula ʻO Kawaiolanoelaniokāne (Kawaiola Deguilmo, director)
Nevada Dance Company (Oliver & Erica Adams, directors)

Special Guest Artists:

Kate Hutter Mason – Co-founded L.A. Contempo rary Dance Company in 2005, held the Artistic Directorship from 2005 – 2015, and is Board President today. Originally from Carson City, Kate is an alumnus of the Walnut Hill School, and holds a BFA from USC and an MFA in Dance from Purchase College. Kate has presented her choreography at venues throughout L.A. and was the movement director for the band, Foster the People, on their 2013 Summer Tour. She teaches as an Adjunct Professor of Dance for Loyola Marymount University and owns Stomping Ground L.A., a community arts space in East L.A.
Kevin Williamson – A Lester Horton Award recipient, a Bates Educators Fellow, and Center Theatre Group Sherwood Award Finalist. His choreography has been presented by DanceSpaceProject, REDCAT’s NOW Festival, Dixon Place, CounterPulse, LACMA, Austin’s OUTsider Festival, Minnesota Fringe, Diversionary Theater, and the Beijing Dance Festival. Dances for theatre and opera include choreography for Washington National Opera, Atlantic Theater Company, The Juilliard School, Geffen Playhouse, Yale Theater, and Opera UCLA; and commissioned works for CSULB, LMU, and AMDA. He is currently Associate Professor of Dance and Chair of the Scripps College Dance Department.

Tahoe Adventure Challenge
2023-08-19 | Lake Tahoe
The Tahoe Adventure Challenge California’s longest running Adventure Race and a multi-sport event in which teams and individuals participate and compete in kayaking or stand up paddling, mountain biking, trail running, and navigation. Designed such that participating teams will complete in an 8 hour maximum time. Teams travel on land and lake to gather as many checkpoints as possible and finish within the 8 hour time limit.
However, don’t take the Tahoe Big Blue lightly as the event starts out at 6200’ and heads up to 9000’ and will include challenging and steep terrain. No matter how long your adventure takes we promise to greet you with a smile as you cross the finish line and provide you with a festive post race party, food and beer.
Defined by both the incredible beauty of Lake Tahoe and the towering peaks of the High Sierra, North Lake Tahoe is one of the world’s most famous sporting playgrounds. The “North Shore” has an almost endless variety of spectacular mountain biking trails, adventurous hikes and, of course, waterborne activities on the “Big Blue” – Lake Tahoe – one of the largest, deepest and purest alpine lakes on earth.
The Tahoe Adventure Challenge is a celebration of the natural environment of the North Shore, and the perfect climate of “Indian Summer.” September is a favorite month of Tahoe locals… and no wonder: daytime temperatures are in the 80’s with the evenings cooling into the 60’s, the skies are deep blue with only an occasional afternoon thunderstorm rolling through (to help keep the dust down on the trails!). This is a perfect time for a visit to the Big Blue.
