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3rd Annual Mark Twain Days

October 18 @ 9:00 am - 9:30 pm
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One event on October 17, 2025 at 2:00 pm

One event on October 18, 2025 at 9:00 am

One event on October 19, 2025 at 10:00 am

Brewery Arts Center, in partnership with Visit Carson City, is excited to be hosting the 3rd Annual Mark Twain Days.

Thursday, Oct. 16 – At the Brewery Arts Center (BAC)

  • Mark Twain Reading Area Ribbon Cutting – 4-5 p.m., Nevada State Library 
  • Gold Hill News Reception – 5-8 p.m., Exhibition Hall
  • Connections Central – 5:15-7 p.m., Grand Ballroom
  • Hope Academy Twain Program, featuring McAvoy Layne – 7:30-9 p.m., Performance Hall
  • Tony Evans Jr. – 7:30 p.m., Nashville Social Club

Friday, Oct. 17 – 

  • State Folklorist Brad McMullen Discusses Nevada’s Rich Folklore – 2-2:45 p.m., Nevada State Library
  • Twain Train – 2-6:45 p.m., V&T Railway Eastgate Depot
  • Dani Putney Discusses Poetry – 3-3:45 p.m., Nevada State Library
  • PPI presents Arsenic & Old Lace – 7 p.m., BAC Maizie Theater
  • Mark Twain & Julia Bulette:  Together Again – 7:30-9 p.m., BAC Performance Hall
  • Tin Drum Family Band – 7:30 p.m., Nashville Social Club

Saturday, Oct. 18 – 

  • Kids Fishing Day – 9 .m.-noon, Bailey’s Fishing Pond
  • Harvest Train – 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Nevada State Railroad Museum
  • Twain & the Fabulists Ghost Walk – 10-11:30 a.m., McFadden Plaza
  • Vendor Fair and Live Performances – 11 a.m.-4 p.m., BAC Campus 
  • Impressing Twain: Hands-On Letterpress for Beginners with Dr. Ghilieri – 11 a.m.-4 p.m., BAC Exhibition Hall
  • Ogres-Holm Pottery: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Workshop – 11-4 p.m., BAC Pottery Studio
  • Wagon Rides – noon- 3 p.m., BAC Campus
  • Workshops at BAC
    • Grand Ballroom
      • Michael Branch – 11:15 a.m. to noon
      • Jen Tune – 1:45-2:30 p.m.
      • Fil Corbitt- 2:45-3:30 p.m.
      • Jed Block – 4-5:30 p.m.
    • Performance Hall Lobby
      • Suzanne Williams – Noon-1:15 p.m.
      • Michael Smith – 1:30-2:15 p.m.
      • Bradford McMullin – 3-3:45 p.m.
  • Mark Twain From the Grave, a lecture by Janice Oberding – 1 p.m., Carriage House, 1207 North Carson Street
  • Low Brow Social – 6-9 p.m., Nevada State Museum
  • PPI presents Arsenic & Old Lace – 7 p.m., BAC Maizie Theater
  • The Everly Brothers Experience – 7:30 p.m., Nashville Social Club

Sunday, Oct. 19 – 

  • Harvest Train – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nevada State Railroad Museum
  • PPI presents Arsenic & Old Lace – 2 p.m., BAC Maizie Theater
  • Songwriter’s Round Presents: The Sibling Sessions – 4-6 p.m., Nashville Social Club

Details

Date:
October 18
Time:
9:00 am - 9:30 pm
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Website:
https://breweryarts.org/event/20251016-mark-twain-days/