I Love Carson City’s Labor Day Weekend Event Summary: Sept 3 - 5

There are multiple ways to say farewell to summer this weekend. The Best in the West Rib Cook-off is a local favorite, as is the Fallon Cantaloupe Festival. It has finally cooled down a little, so the Downtown Carson Wine Walk is a perfect way to spend an afternoon. Keep reading and have a great time.

SATURDAY:

• California Free Fishing Day
• Fourth Annual Wounded Veterans Tournament at Silver Oak Golf Course (registration 7:30am, tee-off 8:30am; $95 includes morning refreshments, golf, range, BBQ and more; proceeds to benefit the Nevada Military Support Alliance)
• Revolution Dog Sports Rat-tacular Barn Hunt and BattleBorn Bonanza Jack Russell Trials at Fuji Park
• Nevada Artists Association Art Exhibit featuring artists Anna Louise Dardin and Bob Hickox with Photography by Chas. H. McDonnell, III at the Carson Visitor Center (8am-5pm)
• Coffee and Donuts with EAA Sierra Chapter 403 at 2500 E. College Pkwy (8:30am-12pm, all welcome)
• Third and Curry Farmers Market (8:30am to 1pm; fruits, vegetables, flowers, live music, local vendors, bowl painting with Empty Bowls, and more)
• Empty Bowls Bowl Decorating at the Third and Curry Farmers Market (8:30am until supplies run out or 1pm)

You’ve got a few last weeks to grab some yummy fresh produce at the Farmers Market. Lend a hand to the Empty Bowls Project and unleash your creativity while you’re there.

• Breakfast and Bowl at Carson Lanes (9am-12pm; breakfast and unlimited bowling until noon $13, $8 kids 12 and younger)
• Fallon Cantaloupe Festival and Country Fair at the Churchill County Fairgrounds, Fallon (9am-12am; $5 per day/ free for children 10 and under, or $10 for the entire weekend)
• Sixth annual Comstock Community Rummage Sale, Concert, and BBQ at the Silver City Town Park, Silver City (9am-5pm; a benefit for the Preservation of the Comstock Historic District)
• The Great Civil War Days in Virginia City (Civil War Camp at Miner’s Park Open to the Public 9am-5pm; 11:20am First Train Battle, 3pm Second train Battle; 4pm-6pm Swap Meet in camp; 6pm-8pm No host BBQ Buffet dinner upstairs at the Delta; 8pm Free Ball upstairs at the Delta; $13-20 for Train Battles; free admission to encampment)
• Ferris Family Speaker Series: Steve Davis, “A Visual Exploration of Photography and the American West in the 19th Century” at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park: 1450 Highway 88, Minden (10am; free)
• Photography and Regular Show at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
• V&T #25 Steam Train Rides at the Nevada State Railroad Museum (10am-4pm; $8, $4 kids; museum admission $6, under 18 free)
• Virginia and Truckee Round-trip Steam Train Rides -leave from Carson City Eastgate Depot: on Flint Drive, off U.S. Highway 50 East at 10am- Depart Virginia City Depot 3pm (tickets limited, $52, seniors and veterans $48, kids 3-16 $32; NV locals get 20% Off Adult Pre-Purchased Tickets For Roundtrip Rides with code LOCALS at www.vtrailway.com )
• All aboard at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. See the Glenbrook under steam and enjoy a ride on the historic V and T #25.
• Family Day at the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 1477 Hwy 395, Gardnerville (11am-3pm; free admission)
• Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off at Victorian Square in Sparks (11am–9pm; 7pm Jessie James Decker on the Main Stage)
• Swim Class for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the Carson City Aquatic Facility (11am; $4)
• WARF Cat and Kitten Adoption Event at Petco on Topsy Lane (11am-4pm; all cats are fixed, vaccinated and micro-chipped)
• Downtown Business Association's Wine Walk: sign up at the Carson Nugget, Cactus Jacks, Carson Jewelry and Loan, Remedy's Bar, Touched By Angels, Comma Coffee, or the Brewery Arts Center Artisan Store (1pm-5pm, raffle at 5pm in the Carson Nugget Alatte Coffee and Wine Bar; $15)
• Grand Opening Celebration at Carson City Art Gallery and Pottery: 110 S Curry St. (1pm-5pm)
• Meet the Author: comedienne and author Kat Simmons, "Kat's Daily Cups" at Morley’s Books: 201 W. King (1pm-5pm)

Downtown is becoming a hot-spot for art. Grab one of the new Art Walk maps from the Visitor Center for an easy tour. Make sure to welcome Carson City Pottery to their new location at S. Curry and Second St. as they undergo their transformation into Carson City Art Gallery and Pottery.

• Book and coin album giveaway at the Downtown Coin Club during the Wine Walk: 111 W. Telegraph (1pm-5pm)
• Live Music with Hallie Kirk at Comma Coffee (1pm-4pm)
• ‘It Takes a Village’ Music Festival at Mormon Station State Park, Genoa (2pm-7pm; $28, $38 VIP; featuring Dougie L, Mark Castro Band, Gruve Nation, and ROCKET MAN; Celebrity Costume Contest)
• Live Music with Catfish Carl at 1862 David Walley's Restaurant and Saloon in Genoa (5pm-9pm)
• Live Music with Tom Miller at Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint: 1500 Old Hot Springs Rd. (6pm)
• Live Music with Blue: The Biggest Little Ukulele Ensemble In Nevada at Living the Good Life: 1480 N. Carson (6pm-8pm)
• Live Music with Brian Lester at J’s Old Town Bistro, Dayton (6pm; Reservations recommended 775-246-4400)
• Painting Class at Van Gogh and Vino (7pm-9:30pm; $18 per painter)
• Live Music: Roo with special guest Reice Guerrero in the A to Zen ‘Zen Den’: 1803 N. Carson St. (6pm doors; 7pm start; $5 cover, you get $5 store credit)
• Live Music with Terri Campillo, Craig Fletcher, and friends at Glen Eagles Restaurant (7pm-10pm)
• Star Party and Telescope Viewing at Western Nevada College’s Observatory: 2699 Van Patten Ave (7pm-10:30pm; free; weather permitting)
• Live Music with Platinum at Casino Fandango (7pm-12am)
• Reno Jazz Orchestra presents “Music of the Masters” – a night of blues, swing, and soul with vocalists Jamie Davis and Clairdee at Sand Harbor State Park, Lake Tahoe (7:30pm-9:30pm; $25-$75)

History comes alive in Virginia City with this weekend’s Civil War Days. Enjoy battles, a Victorian High Tea, and more. Learn all about the Pony Express riders during a presentation at the Dayton State Park.

• Chautauqua: Kim Harris as Pony Express Rider Warren Upson at the Dayton State Park Campground (7:30pm, please arrive 10 minutes early; $7 per vehicle, $5 for NV residents; Bring a lawn chair if possible.)
• Live Music with Escalade in the Carson Nugget Sports Bar (8pm-12am)
• Live Music with the Tripping King Snakes at the Max Casino (8pm-12am)
• Live Music with Stew Stewart in the Carson Valley Inn Cabaret, Minden (8pm-1am)
• Live Music with the Adam Traum Band at Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City (8pm)
• Live Music with Southbound Train at the Ponderosa Saloon, Virginia City (8pm)
• Rock’n N Bowl’n at Gold Dust West (8pm)
• Karaoke at the Spoke Bar and Grill (8pm)
• Karaoke at Westside Pour House (9pm)
• DJ Dance Party at Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar (10pm-2am)
• Dance Party with DJ Bobby G at Living the Good Life: 1480 N. Carson St. (9pm)

Ribs and cantaloupes are on the menu today if you want to head out to Sparks or Fallon, respectively. Stay local and let the Elks Club serve you up some pancakes at their monthly breakfast. Genoa offers up a fun afternoon with friends: Sweet Sippin Sunday begins at 1 p.m. The Summer Concert Series at the Nugget offers up a tribute to Tom Petty and Bob Seger with Double Trouble. Continue on for even more weekend fun.

SUNDAY:

• First Sunday Breakfast at the Elks Club: 515 N Nevada (bar opens 7am; 8:30am-11am, $7)
• Revolution Dog Sports Rat-tacular Barn Hunt and BattleBorn Bonanza Jack Russell Trials at Fuji Park
• Nevada Artists Association Art Exhibit featuring artists Anna Louise Dardin and Bob Hickox with Photography by Chas. H. McDonnell, III at the Carson Visitor Center (8am-5pm)
• Breakfast and Bowl at Carson Lanes (9am-12pm; breakfast and unlimited bowling until noon $13, $8 kids 12 and younger)
• Fallon Cantaloupe Festival and Country Fair at the Churchill County Fairgrounds, Fallon (9am-12am; $5 per day/ free for children 10 and under, or $10 for the entire weekend)
• The Great Civil War Days in Virginia City (9am-5pm Civil War Camp at Miner’s Park Open to the Public; 9am-9:30am Period church service, public welcome; 11:20am Third Train Battle, $25; 2pm Victorian High Tea and Civil War Fashion Show upstairs at the Delta, tickets $25; 7:30pm Fourth (Champagne) Night Train Battle, $30)

Head up the hill and back in time. The Civil War Days in Virginia City rage on, but don’t race through Silver City. The friendly little community is hosting their annual rummage sale and bbq in the Town Park; you never know who you’ll see strumming a guitar on their brand new stage.

• Sixth annual Comstock Community Rummage Sale, Concert, and BBQ at the Silver City Town Park, Silver City (9am-5pm; a benefit for the Preservation of the Comstock Historic District)
• V&T #25 Steam Train Rides at the Nevada State Train Museum (10am-4pm; $8, $4 kids; museum admission $6, under 18 free)
• Virginia and Truckee Round-trip Steam Train Rides -leave from Carson City Eastgate Depot: on Flint Drive, off U.S. Highway 50 East at 10am- Depart Virginia City Depot 3pm (tickets limited, $52, seniors and veterans $48, kids 3-16 $32; NV locals get 20% Off Adult Pre-Purchased Tickets For Roundtrip Rides with code LOCALS at www.vtrailway.com )
• Art In The Park at Mormon Station State Park, Genoa (10am-4pm)
• Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off at Victorian Square in Sparks (11am–9pm; 7pm Eddie Money on the Main Stage)
• Barony of Fal Dare, Amtgard Live Action Role Play Plus Combat Group at Mills Park, at the end of Oxoby Loop (12pm-4pm; Foam sword fighting, crafts, classes; child-friendly, under 18 must have a waiver signed by their parents; newcomers welcome, for info email FalDareMonarchy@gmail.com )
• Sweet Sippin Sunday, Downtown Genoa (1pm-4pm; $12; Vodka is this month’s liquor, Masonic Lodge Douglas #12 is the non-profit; Live Music and raffle)
• Sunday Funday: Free game of pool with drink purchase at Westside Pour House

Fireworks aren’t just for Independence Day. South Tahoe lights up the sky tonight with their annual spectacular.

• Weekly Pool Tournament at Whiskey Tavern (register 1pm; 2pm start; $10 per person)
• Pool Tournament at Remedy’s (2pm-5pm; $5 buy-in; APA Rules)
• The Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation (FCCPR) hosts an Open House for the historic Wungnema House on the east end of Mills Park (2pm-5pm; Free)
• All Ages Family Day: Painting Class at Van Gogh and Vino (2pm-4:30pm; $18 per painter)
• Live Music with Catfish Carl at 1862 David Walley's Restaurant and Saloon in Genoa (5pm-9pm)
• Live Music with Deep Groove at the Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City (5:30pm-8:30pm)
• Live Music with the Blues Monsters in the Carson Valley Inn Cabaret, Minden (6pm-10pm)
• Summer Concert Series: Double Trouble - Tribute to Tom Petty and Bob Seger at the Carson Nugget (7pm; $15, $30 VIP; 21+)
• Labor Day South Lake Tahoe Fireworks Extravaganza (8:30pm; simultaneous music broadcast that can be heard on local stations KRLT-FM 93.9 and KOWL - AM 1490)

The long weekend lets us hold onto summer a little bit longer. Enjoy an interfaith community picnic on the lawn at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Bring something to share, your plates and utensils, and something for the F.I.S.H. food drive. Watch out for playa dust. Burning Man has ended and the roads will be packed with burners headed back home. Keep reading for all that Labor Day has to offer.

MONDAY: Labor Day

• Burning Man Exodus
• Revolution Dog Sports Rat-tacular Barn Hunt and BattleBorn Bonanza Jack Russell Trials at Fuji Park
• Nevada Artists Association Art Exhibit featuring artists Anna Louise Dardin and Bob Hickox with Photography by Chas. H. McDonnell, III at the Carson Visitor Center (8am-5pm)
• Keep Tahoe Blue Labor Day Beach Cleanup at Nevada Beach, South Shore Lake Tahoe (8:30am-12pm; bring reusable water bottle; for questions or more information, email events@keeptahoeblue.org or call 530-541-5388; RSVP at www.keeptahoeblue.org/rsvp)
• The Great Civil War Days in Virginia City (9am-11:30am Civil War Camp at Miner’s Park Open to the Public; 12pm Parade on C Street; 12:30pm The Battle for “C” Street; 2:20pm Fifth and final Train Battle, $25)
• Family Day: $1 Bowling and Shoe Rental Specials at Carson Lanes (9am-10pm)
• V&T #25 Steam Train Rides at the Nevada State Train Museum (10am-4pm; $8, $4 kids; museum admission $6, under 18 free)
• Photography and Regular Show at the Nevada Artists Association Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center (10am-4pm)
• Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off at Victorian Square in Sparks (11am–5pm; 3pm The Original Wailers on the Main Stage)

You’ve got one last chance for the Rib Cook-off or Fallon Cantaloupe Festival. Watch some talented canines at Fuji Park: the Rat-tacular Barn Hunt and BattleBorn Bonanza finishes up today.

• Fallon Cantaloupe Festival and Country Fair at the Churchill County Fairgrounds, Fallon (11am-4pm; $5 per day/ free for children 10 and under)
• Mimosa Monday all day at Ed’s Doghouse
• Labor Day Parade in Virginia City (12pm, followed by ‘The Battle for “C” Street’)
• Eighth annual Interfaith Potluck Picnic and FISH food drive on the lawn of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church: corner of Division and Telegraph (4pm-6pm; bring a main dish, salad, side dish, or dessert to share in the potluck; please bring your own set of plates, eating utensils, and lawn chair)
• Dharma Zephyr Sangah Sitting Group at Methodist Church: 213 N. Minnesota, Youth Group Building corner of Proctor and Minnesota (5:30pm-6:30pm Beginners; 7pm-8:30pm)
• Live Music with Bill Wharton in the Carson Valley Inn Cabaret, Minden (6pm-10pm)
• High Sierra Swing Dance Club’s Night Out at El Charro Avita (Flash Mob dance lesson 6pm, $8; Free open dance 7pm-9pm; please park in back or along the side)
• Game Night at Carson Cigar Co. AKA the Cigar Bar (7pm-9pm; drink specials for players, prize for winner; games rotate weekly)
• Firkin Karaoke at the Firkin and Fox (8pm)
• Gold Hill Ghost Tour at the Crown Point Restaurant at the Gold Hill Hotel, Gold Hill (Dinner 4pm-8pm, Ghost tour 8pm-10pm; $40 for the dinner and tour, $20 for the tour only; Dinner reservations required by contacting the Gold Hill Hotel at 775-847-0111; For tour information please call #775-815-1050)

Every week, I create a list of the fun stuff and events going on around the Carson City area for my Facebook page, I Love Carson City. There is quite a bit to do in our beautiful capital this week, so grab the kids, your friends and family, and have a great weekend.

My weekly Facebook list includes Friday-Thursday, so please go HERE for events beyond Monday, or just wait for my daily ‘Things to do’ here on Carson Now. You do NOT need a Facebook account to access the information.

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