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The 3rd Annual MARK TWAIN DAYS | October 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th 2025
October 17 All day
Brewery Arts Center, in partnership with Visit Carson City, is excited to be hosting the 3rd Annual Mark Twain Days! We have a ton of activities planned! Check out the schedule below to plan your weekend!
Thursday, October 16th – At the Brewery Arts Center (BAC)
• Mark Twain Reading Area Ribbon Cutting – 4 to 5pm Nevada State Library
• Gold Hill News Reception – 5 to 8pmExhibition Hall
• Connections Central – 5:15 to 7pm Grand Ballroom
• Hope Academy Twain Program, featuring McAvoy Layne – 7:30 to 9pm Performance Hall
• Ticketed – Mark Twain & Friends
• Tony Evans Jr. – 7:30pm Nashville Social Club
• Ticketed – Tony Evans Jr
Friday, October 17th –
• State Folklorist Brad McMullen Discusses Nevada’s Rich Folklore – 2 to 2:45pm Nevada State Library
• Twain Train – 2 to 6:45pm – V&T Railway Eastgate Depot
• Ticketed – Twain Train
• Dani Putney Discusses Poetry – 3 to 3:45pmNevada State Library
• PPI presents Arsenic & Old Lace – 7pm BAC Maizie Theater
• Ticketed – Arsenic & Old Lace
• Mark Twain & Julia Bulette: Together Again – 7:30 to 9pm BAC Performance Hall
• Ticketed – Together Again Tickets
• Tin Drum Family Band – 7:30pm Nashville Social Club
• Ticketed – Tin Drum Family Band
Saturday, October 18th –
• Kids Fishing Day – 9am to 12pm Bailey’s Fishing Pond
• Harvest Train – 10am to 3pm Nevada State Railroad Museum
• Twain & the Fabulists Ghost Walk – 10 to 11:30am McFadden Plaza
• Ticketed – Mark Twain & the Fabulists
• Vendor Fair and Live Performances – 11am to 4pm BAC Campus
• Impressing Twain: Hands-On Letterpress for Beginners with Dr. Ghilieri – 11am to 4pm BAC Exhibition Hall
• Ogres-Holm Pottery: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Workshop – 11 to 4pm BAC Pottery Studio
• Wagon Rides – 12 to 3pm BAC Campus
• Workshops at BAC
• Grand Ballroom
• Michael Branch – 11:15am to 12pm
• Jen Tune, 1:45 to 2:30pm
• Fil Corbitt, 2:45 to 3:30pm
• Jed Block – 4pm to 5:30pm
• Performance Hall Lobby
• Suzanne Williams – 12 to 1:15pm
• Michael Smith – 1:30 to 2:15pm
• Bradford McMullin – 3 to 3:45pm
• Mark Twain From the Grave, a lecture by Janice Oberding – 1 pm Carriage House, 1207 North Carson Street
• Low Brow Social – 6 to 9pm Nevada State Museum
• Ticketed – Low Brow Social
• PPI presents Arsenic & Old Lace – 7pm BAC Maizie Theater
• Ticketed – Arsenic & Old Lace
• The Everly Brothers Experience – 7:30pmNashville Social Club
• Ticketed – Everly Brothers
Sunday, October 19th –
• Harvest Train – 10am to 3pm Nevada State Railroad Museum
• PPI presents Arsenic & Old Lace – 2pm BAC Maizie Theater
• Ticketed – Arsenic & Old Lace
• Songwriter’s Round Presents: The Sibling Sessions – 4 to 6pm Nashville Social Club
• Ticketed – Songwriter’s Round
