Virginia City Nevada

It’s going to be a breezy weekend, so you may want to rethink spending the day at the lake. Luckily, plenty of options are available just about anywhere you are. Carson City has a car show and Brewfest hitting the downtown corridor, and to the south, Minden and Gardnerville are having their party of the year: Carson Valley Days. It’s World Doll Day at the Nevada State Museum with special displays, activities, and a special performance by the local Young Chautauquans.

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. — Whether it’s history, mining, museums, fine dining or a thirst-quenching drink from a local saloon, Virginia City’s Taste of the Comstock: Food, Whiskey and Single Jack Competition is a delicious rendezvous into the area's famed Wild West roots.

Engrid Barnett is an award-winning researcher, author, educator, and musician. She received a doctoral degree in geography from the University of Nevada, Reno, for her work on the unlikely but, nonetheless, strong influence of Virginia City on the 1960s psychedelic esthetic and cultural scene that would take San Francisco by storm in 1967.

Nevada Author Sandie La Nae Book Signing, Saturday, May 12, 2018, 11:00 to 2:00, Virginia Nevada Studios
395 F. Street. Virginia City, Nevada (at the Comstock Gold Mill).

For Further Information, contact Sandie at admin@sandiespsychicstones.com

Join Nevada Author Sandie La Nae
in a book signing of her newest (#17) volume:

A Memoir
"Doc Durden...A Living Legend Living His Dream."

Doc Durden is a Western Performer who depicts Wild Bill Hickok, including his bullwhip cracking talent.

Northern Nevada’s first big event of the season takes place on St. Patrick’s Day this year. The 27th annual Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry returns to historic Virginia City, Nev. on Saturday, March 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each year, more than 7,000 people fill the streets to have some tasty testes prepared by over a dozen cooks all competing to claim the winning title and bragging rights.

Local citizens will gather Saturday afternoon for a candlelight vigil calling on Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval to reverse the Nevada Department of Agriculture’s cancellation of the humane management cooperative agreements and current plan to sell the estimated 3,000 Virginia Range wild horses who fall under the state of Nevada’s jurisdiction to a private entity, according to a press release from local wild horse advocacy groups.

They were known as “The Oak Ridge Quartet” when they were formed in 1945. The name change came in 1961 when they became “The Oak Ridge Boys.” Several members have come and gone over the years, but the mainstay of this group for the last 40 years are the first four men on the cover of this album.

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. — An event that is almost as famous as the town it’s held in returns for its 58th year and brings with it a host of critters, four fast-paced shows, new seating options, special pricing and more entertainment value.

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. – It’s no coincidence that Virginia City, legendary for its 1800s silver mining bonanza, and its official spirit Cemetery Gin won a Silver Award at the San Francisco 2017 Worlds Spirits Competition. Silver city, silver award, thereby making it one of the top spirits in its class.

Enter the exciting realm of self-portraiture & expressive collage! Description: Experiment with multiple layers and clippings from magazines, using colored paper and paint to create an expressive self-portrait! We will examine various artists who use collage to represent many layers of personality. Students will push beyond the traditional form of silhouette portraiture to explore new and exciting realms in mixed media work!

The Austin Lounge Lizards return to historic Virginia City, Nevada for another fun filled night at Piper's Opera House. Doors at 6:30, show at 7:30.

Nevada Author, Sandie La Nae and Nevada Historian, Arline La Ferry present their new book, "Weird Silver Terrace Cemetery Tales Beneath The Tombstones," at the Silver Terrace Cemetery in Virginia City, Nevada.
This volume is the second in a trilogy of interesting information about the famous Mining Town.

Community Chest, Inc. is proud to present multi-Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell to the Piper’s stage! The 8th Annual “A Night to Imagine” benefit show will be held on April 14, doors open at 7:30 inside the historic Piper’s Opera House in Virginia City.

The Virginia & Truckee Railroad 2017 season debuts discounted family and group packages for authentic period steam train rides that transport passengers through the silver boom towns of the Wild West.

The play on words are endless for Virginia City’s 26th annual Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry, taking place March 11, 2017 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the heart of the historic mining town. The “oysters” consumed at this festival are the land variety, meaning bull or sheep testicles.

Members of the Carson City Leisure Hour Club will share in the history of Laura D. Fair, Fatal Mistress.

Four times married, twice widowed and twice divorced all by the age of 33, Laura Fair was the first woman in California sentenced to hang for the murder of her lover, Alexander Parker Crittenden in November of 1870.

Members of the Carson City Leisure Hour Club will share in the history of Laura D. Fair, Fatal Mistress. Four times married, twice widowed and twice divorced all by the age of 33, Laura Fair was the first woman in California sentenced to hang for the murder of her lover, Alexander Parker Crittenden in November of 1870.

The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition, "From the Ground Up", by artist Gil Martin at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery. CCAI will host a reception for the artist on Friday, February 3, 5-7pm; Martin will give a talk about his work at 5:30pm. The exhibit will be in the gallery from February 3 – May 24, 2017.

Michael R. Curcio passed away quietly on December 11th following a battle with lengthy illnesses. Michael was born on September 4th, 1939 in San Jose, California.
Michael was a firefighter in San Jose, California, retired and moved with his family to Genoa, Nevada where he pursued a dream of a wild west actor and entertainer, fast draw enthusiast and gunsmith, and showing his Track T with the Hot Rodders in Gardnerville Nevada.
Michael was preceded in death by his parents, Emilio and Goldie Curcio of San Jose CA, his wife Sharon, and his daughter Shelle.

Virginia City’s annual holiday celebration, Christmas on the Comstock, kicks off this Saturday, Dec. 3 with The Grinch Made Me Do It Saloon Crawl, a Parade of Lights and the Christmas in the Sierra Comstock Cowboys concert at Piper’s Opera House.

Join us as we ring in the New Year, New York, style, in a 'New York Minute'. Saturday, December 31, 2016. Price includes fancy hors d'oeuvres, champagne toast, balloon drop and party favors.

Dance to Reno's well-known big band sound of Deep Groove. Watch a live feed from Times Square as we count down as the ball drops and we ring in the new year East Coast time. We should all be in bed by 10:30 and who doesn't like that? Proceeds to benefit Piper's Opera House Programs.

Recognized as one of a handful of the most haunted towns in the U.S., Virginia City rattles the chains, cages, ballroom floor and railroad tracks for the rest of the month as part of its “Hauntober” celebration, offering up ghostly adventures culminating Oct. 31, Nevada Day and Halloween.

The sight of a pair of outhouses barreling down the street with thousands cheering them on in an all-out, old school potty race would probably be considered an odd form of entertainment almost anywhere, but not in Virginia City.

This annual fall tradition on the Comstock, the World Championship Outhouse Races, takes place the first weekend of October and pits teams of three costumed outhouse racers against each other, sprinting down the town’s historic main street, C Street, toward the toilet paper finish line.

From barrel racing, bull and extreme bronc riding to trick motorcycle stunts and the always entertaining kids mutton bustin’ rodeo that's worthy of a thousand photos, Virginia City Arena and Fairgrounds will be the place to be this weekend.

Playing host to The Way It Was Rodeo, Saturday and Sunday, the event marks the return of rodeo on the Comstock for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Native Nevadan and local talent, Heather M. Parsons, DMD acquires Valley Pediatric Dentistry in Minden, Nevada. On August 16, 2016, Dr. Parsons took ownership of Valley Pediatric Dentistry and, along with her team, will be providing Northern Nevada youth with exceptional pediatric dental care.

Gus Fincel, a retired law enforcement officer, veteran and member of the 601 Vigilance Committee, which provides grants and scholarships in the Comstock region, will talk about the original “601 Vigilance Committee” at Gold Hill Hotel’s Thursday Night Presentations at 7:30 p.m.

Nevada's Wild West spirit with all the flavor arrives this Saturday, June 11 in Virginia City with Taste of the Comstock, an event that blends food tasting restaurant tours with Comstock-era history, demonstrations, competitions and thirst-busting saloon drinks.

As the weather warms, so does heat dished up this weekend with all the right spices at the 33rd annual Chili on the Comstock in Virginia City.

The 2016 Virginia & Truckee Railroad season chugs full steam ahead starting Memorial Day weekend, May 28-29. Authentic period steam trains ride through the heart of Nevada’s 1860s silver boom towns where legends of the Wild West were born and live on today along the original 16-mile route between Carson City and Virginia City, Nevada.

Mary Kaye Knaphus returns to Piper’s Opera House, Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 3:30pm. Doors open at 3:00pm.