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Summer still has plenty to offer with events and activities like free concerts, affordable ghost walks, vintage train rides and golf getaways.
A fun family weekend awaits with the 25th Annual Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival in Washoe Valley, August 13 – 15. The festival features bands in the picturesque setting of Bowers Mansion Regional Park on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada. Shows take place Friday and Saturday evening at the Davis Creek Campground. Tickets are $15 for adults and $3 for children ages 2 – 12. www.bowersbluegrassfestival.org.
There’s plenty of reasons to get jazzed up for the Carson City Jazz Festival as more than 100 artists and 25 bands will perform throughout the month of August. Free and low costs shows, from big band to swing. Visit http://jazzcarsoncity.com for tickets, performer and concert details.
For the more adventurous, rafting and kayaking excursions follow a stretch of the Carson River Aquatic Trail, through scenic Carson River Canyon with historic relics of Comstock gold mining. A 9.3-mile float on the Carson River ventures through Class II and Class III whitewater, bringing explorers downstream to Santa Maria Ranch River Park in Dayton, Nev. Call Great Basin Sports 775-450-3446 for information and reservations.
Ghost Walk Tours are a delightfully spooky way to relive Carson City’s Victorian Era. Madame Curry, one of the city’s founding ladies, comes to life to lead guided walking tours of the downtown district’s historic homes August 21 and September 25. Ghost hunters of all ages can learn about lingering spirits of the past, with haunting surprises.
