Local Events – Nevada County
OCTOBER
3 – Grass Valley Brew Fest
3 – Nevada City Oddities Show
The Menagerie invites you to celebrate 6 years in Nevada City with an interactive cabinet of curiosities at the Miners Foundry. Explore a highly curated collection of 60 extraordinary vendors selling handmade wares, offering everything you never knew you needed.
10-18 – Kodo Arts Japanese Antique Show
New container has been unloaded into the Kodo Arts warehouse full of treasures, the unusual and something for every budget and taste.
17 – Heart of Gold Gravel Ride
This October 17th, we ride from Nevada City’s Pioneer Park over three course options ranging from 28 – 70 miles.
24 – Disco Inferno Halloween Ball
This is one of those BIG nights where you run into all your friends, make some new ones and dance until you can’t dance anymore. Come dressed disco, Halloween, or BOTH, the more outrageous, the better!
30 – Safe Trick or Treat for Preschoolers
Bring your little ghosts, goblins, princesses, superheroes, and other costumed characters downtown for a fun and festive Halloween morning. Downtown businesses will welcome our youngest trick-or-treaters, with plenty of opportunities to shop, stroll, and take photos among the Halloween characters, decorations, and murals throughout historic downtown Grass Valley.
31 – Nevada City Spooktacular Trick-or-Treat
Ghouls and ghosts of all ages are invited to roam our haunted halls of the Rood Center and the spooky streets of Nevada City, go on a Spooktacular Scavenger Hunt, and gather tasty treats from each store and department, where they’ll find a different world behind every door.
NOVEMBER
14 – Grass Valley Downtown Holiday Market
Get a jump start on the Holiday shopping with sales, raffles, giveaways, and more from your local merchants!
26 – Nevada County Turkey Trot
The Turkey Trot Foundation brings Nevada County together to invest in what matters most: the health, hope, and resilience of our community. Proceeds from our annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot support two local organizations working on the front lines of that mission.
27 – Duck Hunt at Foothills Gift & Thrift
Search for rubber duckies hidden throughout the store to unlock discounts & prizes. While you’re there, enter the raffle for a chance to win a gift basket!
27 – Cornish Christmas
Step into a winter wonderland in historic Downtown Grass Valley as we celebrate the magic of the season with Cornish Christmas — a cherished tradition that brings our community together with warmth, light, and holiday cheer.
27-29 – Country Christmas Faire
Visitors to the Country Christmas Faire will enjoy musical entertainment, a gingerbread house and holiday exhibit displays, a community bonfire, and wagon rides. There are also delicious food and beverage booths.
DECEMBER
4-6 – Clara & The Nutcracker
Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet, “The Nutcracker,” is a timeless masterpiece rooted in the original story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” authored by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1814. The ballet unfolds in two captivating acts.
4-18 – Cornish Christmas
Step into a winter wonderland in historic Downtown Grass Valley as we celebrate the magic of the season with Cornish Christmas — a cherished tradition that brings our community together with warmth, light, and holiday cheer.
5 – Holidays at Empire Mine
Enjoy festive music, chestnut roasting, candle dipping and tin punching, historic children’s games, mine yard demonstrations and more on the beautifully decorated historic grounds of Empire Mine State Historic Park!
6-20 – Nevada City Victorian Christmas
Welcome the holiday season in Nevada City. It’s a magical setting of hilly streets with authentic gas lamps, wandering carolers dressed in Victorian attire, and visitors sharing holiday cheer and good tidings.
18 – Menorah Lighting
Featuring the largest Menorah in Nevada County and entertainment for children and adults. There will be greetings from elected officials and plenty of dreidels, donuts and latkes for all. All are welcome, no charge, security present.
*Events subject to change.
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