Sassabration celebrates diversity at fourth annual festival in Carson City
The fourth annual Sassabration is happening now through Saturday evening in the parking lot of Carson Hot Springs Resort, 1500 Old Hot Springs Road in Carson City.
The 11-hour diversity festival, co-hosted this year by Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint, Carson Hot Springs Resort, and Shoe Tree Brewing Company, started at noon Saturday and runs until 10 p.m. tonight.
Proceeds from this year's Sassabration will benefit the local chapters of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and Transgender Allies Group (TAG) as well as the Ron Wood Family Resource Center.
Funds will be raised through vendor and a silent auction.
Jayme Watts, executive director of Sassabration, Inc., and co-owner of Sassafras Eclectic Food Joint, said the need for some Carson City pride was what inspired her to create Sassabration.
“We decided we wanted to give back in some way to everybody that helped us, and LGBTQ has always been my husband and I’s issued that we’re really concerned about,” Watts said.
The community involvement and interest has been steadily increasing over the past four years, Watts said. A total of $7,000 has been raised since the inception of the festival.
“We’ve decided the past couple of years that we’re trying to keep our beneficiaries in Carson to keep it local because Reno has their own pride, too,” Watts said.
The celebration included a parade in the morning, 34 vendors and booths, live music and special guests Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell and Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve.
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