Genoa Western Heritage Days

Come on down to Nevada’s oldest town on Saturday, April 27 for a day packed with music, history, art, food, and fun – and it’s all free!

Genoa’s Western Heritage Days Saturday festival offers an array of activities from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. (Ticketed events on Friday and Saturday night are sold out).

Don’t miss the Invitational Horse Parade, which will proceed through the historic downtown at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Get your spot early to view this popular event!

Amble throughout the historic downtown and enjoy free live music, cowboy poetry, Chautauqua actors portraying historic characters, children’s activities, Ag in the Classroom with the Douglas County Farm Bureau, a Civil War Camp, and demonstrations by the Truckee Meadows Pioneers.

A detailed schedule of Saturday’s free activities is on the Town website at bit.ly/GWHD. Saturday daytime performances include:

– Music by Sierra Sweethearts, Jon & Betsy Elliott, Jakota Wass Band, Ten Dollar Pony, Those Windburn Brothers, Lost Reverends of the High Sierra, Carson Chandler, and Rough Edges.
– Cowboy poetry by Tony Argento and Larry Maurice.
– Chautauqua actors: Charley Parkhurst portrayed by Kim Harris; Children’s Chautauqua at 1 p.m. in the Community Church.

For art lovers, there will be Western artists, vendors, and makers with items for sale in the Trimmer Lot across from the Town Hall, an Artist Gallery in the Masons’ Hall, and art and collectibles at the Genoa Gallery and Home store in the Country Inn building and lawn area.

While the Trinity Seely Town Hall concert is sold out, fans can hear her perform on Sunday, April 28 in Cowboy Church. The nondenominational services led by Reverend Patrick Jolly begin at 9 a.m. in the Town Hall.

For more information, visit bit.ly/GWHD2023 or follow Genoa Western Heritage Days on Facebook.