Genoa Cowboy Festival Scheduled for April 30th through May 2nd, 2015
Genoa, Nevada – March 17, 2015 – The Town of Genoa, Nevada, announced today that the sixth annual Genoa Cowboy Festival will take
place from April 30th through May 2nd
in the Town of Genoa. Previous Cowboy Festivals have attracted
thousands of visitors to the picturesque community located in the
eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Genoa, widely recognized as
Nevada’s oldest town,
is a short 45-minute drive south from Reno and in close proximity to
South Lake Tahoe.
This
year’s event will feature performances by some of the best-known
entertainers in Western music and cowboy poetry, including Lacy J.
Dalton, Gary Allegretto, Mike Beck, Belinda Gail, Richard
Elloyan, Sourdough Slim, Larry Maurice, “Bimbo” Cheney, The Western
Flyers western swing band, and many more.
Other
festival events include: Chautauqua performances; a birding nature walk
at the River Fork Ranch; a “Birds and Buckaroos in the Carson Valley”
photography show at The Nature Conservancy’s
Whit Hall Interpretive Center; and a dinner and barn dance on Thursday evening, April 30th, at Trimmer’s Outpost in the Town of Genoa.
The
Genoa Cowboy Festival is a wonderful blend of beautiful setting,
entertainment, heritage and Western culture. This year’s event is free
to the public and also features cowboy mercantile
crafts and clothing, Western art exhibits, pioneer and Old West living
history reenactors, and a variety of delicious food from popular local
eateries.
