Events
Folklife
Pineapple Music Fest
Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza 770 Twin Lakes Drive, Las Vegas, NV, United StatesLas Vegas’ newest family music festival featuring a lineup of your favorite local bands, including the renowned SECOS. Experience an evening of community spirit and top-notch performances that promises to be fun for the whole family! Be part of the movement that values and elevates our city’s artists.
A Public Fit presents References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot
Charleston Heights Arts Center 800 Brush St., Las Vegas, NV, United StatesBy José Rivera, directed by Gigi Guizado. In the dusty backyard of her house in Barstow, California, Gabriela waits for her soldier husband to return from war. Grappling with loneliness and desire, her vivid imagination weaves together dreams, memories and fantasy while the Moon plays the violin and sings to the cat and coyote. Rivera’s […]
Kizuna Society Japanese Spring Festival
Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza 770 Twin Lakes Drive, Las Vegas, NV, United StatesThe seventh annual Kizuna Japanese Spring Festival will feature entertainment, food trucks, Kizuna cultural booths, workshops and many activities throughout the entire day at the Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza.
Kizuna Society Japanese Spring Festival
Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza 770 Twin Lakes Drive, Las Vegas, NV, United StatesThe seventh annual Kizuna Japanese Spring Festival will feature entertainment, food trucks, Kizuna cultural booths, workshops and many activities throughout the entire day at the Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza.
A Public Fit presents References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot
Charleston Heights Arts Center 800 Brush St., Las Vegas, NV, United StatesBy José Rivera, directed by Gigi Guizado. In the dusty backyard of her house in Barstow, California, Gabriela waits for her soldier husband to return from war. Grappling with loneliness and desire, her vivid imagination weaves together dreams, memories and fantasy while the Moon plays the violin and sings to the cat and coyote. Rivera’s […]
Nevada Old-Time Fiddlers’ Contest
Eureka Opera House 31 S. Main St., Eureka, United StatesThe Nevada Old-Time Fiddlers' Contest will be held May 16 & 17, 2025, at the Eureka Opera House in Eureka, Nevada. This event is one of many state and regional events held annually throughout the United States to preserve and promote the unique musical art form of old-time fiddling. Contestants have five minutes to perform […]
Frontier Baseball in Nevada with Bob Nylen
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesBob Nylen, retired curator with the Nevada State Museum, has researched and written about the fascinating history of frontier baseball in Nevada. His talk will highlight how the sport spread across Nevada in the late 1860s, capturing the excitement of Nevadans. He will cover how teams were formed, how games were played, and why the […]
Find Your Folklife Exhibit at Nevada State Museum Carson City
Nevada State Museum Carson City 600 N. Carson St., Carson City, United StatesThe Nevada Arts Council’s photographic exhibition, Find Your Folklife, will be featured in the South Gallery of the Nevada State Museum Carson City. This exhibition is highlighting the cultural identities of everyday Nevadans through a three-year case study! Featuring 22 lenticular images, the artwork shows the lives of Nevadans at work, at home and at […]
A Conversation with Brad McMullen: Folklife Specialist
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesBrad McMullen lives in Las Vegas, where he serves as the Folklife Specialist at the Nevada Arts Council. Previously, he spent five years as the Programs and Gathering Manager at the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada, where he oversaw the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering and other programs. What does a Folklife Specialist do? Brad […]
A Conversation with Wild Nevada’s Chris Orr
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesChris Orr has been at PBS Reno, the PBS member station serving northern Nevada for more than 25 year. Orr is PBS Reno's senior producer and host of the travel-adventure series Wild Nevada, which has been broadcast for more than 20 years. The award-earning Wild Nevada series features Orr taking road trips and having outdoor adventures […]
A Conversation with Mark Maynard, Local Author & Filmmaker
Carson City Senior Center 911 Beverly Dr., Carson City, United StatesMark Maynard teaches at Truckee Meadows Community College and sits on the Editorial Advisory Board of the University of Nevada Press. He has served as chair of the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame selection committee since 2019. Maynard's collection of short stories "Grind" (Torrey House Press) was selected as the 2016-17 Nevada Reads Book by […]
Canceled FY26 Nevada Heritage Fellowship Award Review Panel
Nevada Arts Council 300 S. Virginia St., Suite 320, Reno, NV, United StatesThe Nevada Art Council will hold a public award review panel for the Fiscal Year 2026 Nevada Heritage Fellowship. An expert panel will review, discuss and score FY26 Nevada Heritage Fellowship applications. The Nevada Arts Council received nine eligible applications. Each applicant requested up to $5,000 for a total request of $45,000. The public welcome […]