Sunday, Sept. 4 Labor Day weekend: Things to do around Carson City

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. The show features a simultaneous music broadcast that can be heard on local stations KRLT-FM 93.9 and KOWL - AM 1490. Show begins at 8:30pm. The fireworks are visible from all over town.

• 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)

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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