Attractions
Genoa Western Heritage Days
Historic Downtown Genoa
2289 Main Street, Genoa, NV 89411May 3
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
September 13 @ 11:47 am
Nevada’s oldest town celebrates its Western heritage with three days packed with music, history, art, food and fun on May 2-4, 2025.
Genoa Western Heritage Days – May 2-4, 2025
Nevada’s oldest town celebrates its Western heritage with three days packed with music, history, art, food and fun on May 2-4, 2025.
NEW! Heritage Sponsorships go on sale November 1, 2024 for $150 per person. Each Heritage Sponsorship includes a ticket to both Town Hall concerts, four drink tickets, a tax deduction and public recognition. Or buy the Heritage Sponsorship/Progressive Dinner package for $190!
Individual tickets for the Town Hall concerts and the Progressive Dinner go on sale January 2, 2025.
Town Hall Concerts
Individual Town Hall Concert Tickets are $45 per concert and go on sale January 2, 2025.
7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2 Dave Stamey and Kristyn Harris.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3 Gary Allegretto and The Cowboy Way
Town Hall Concert Headliners
Dave Stamey has been a cowboy, a mule packer, a dude wrangler, and is now one of the most popular Western entertainers working today. He has been voted seven times Entertainer of the Year, seven times Male Performer of the Year and Five times Songwriter of the Year by the Western Music Association and received the Will Rogers Award from the Academy of Western Artists. In November 2016, Dave was inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame.
Kristyn Harris is known for her western swing spin on original and classic songs of the western and rural lifestyle. She is recognized for her powerful voice, swing rhythm guitar chops, songwriting, yodeling, and energetic stage presence, as well as the passion and authenticity that she puts into each performance. Kristyn has been named International Western Music Association Entertainer of the Year five times and IWMA Female Performer of the Year seven times.
The Cowboy Way is a trio of award-winning musicians from New Mexico consisting of Mariam Funke, Doug Figgs, and Jim Jones. Their lively shows feature tight harmonies, high energy and smokin’ instrumentals. These prolific songwriters take you on the ride of a lifetime as they honor traditional cowboy songs, then bowl you over with their dynamic contemporary original Western tunes. They have been named Western Group of the Year four times by the International Western Music Association.
Gary Allegretto is an International Western Music Association Performer of the Year. Not only is Gary the best harmonica player you will likely ever hear, he is a remarkable singer, songwriter, guitarist and a masterful entertainer. His songs have reached the #1 spot on the Western Music radio charts and his music is featured in major motion picture soundtracks. Gary’s engaging songs draw from his diverse life experience (including ranch hand, forest firefighter as a USFS Hotshot, and bouncer in a couple of rough honky-tonks).
Free Festival for all ages – Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Amble throughout Genoa and enjoy live Western 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.
For art lovers, there will be Western artists, vendors and makers.
Food and drinks are available throughout town for purchase.
Horse Parade!
A highlight of the Saturday festival is the Invitational Horse Parade, which will proceed through the historic downtown at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3.
Progressive Dinner on Saturday, May 3 from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Enjoy a nosh and libation at four Genoa eateries. Participants receive passports and colored wristbands that let them rotate between each of the four restaurants in timed groups. Tickets are $40 and go on sale January 2, 2025.
Sunday, May 4 activities
Cowboy Church at 9 a.m. in the Town Hall with Pastor Patrick Jolly.
Harmonica Workshop following Cowboy Church with special instructor Gary Allegretto.
Individual tickets for the Concerts and the Progressive Dinner go on sale January 2, 2025, and will be available online at EventBrite.com, by mail, or at the Town of Genoa, 775-782-8696 or Genoa Town Office, 2289 Main St., Genoa.
Heritage Sponsorships AND the Heritage Sponsorship/Progressive Dinner package go on sale November 1, 2024, and will be available online at EventBrite.com, by mail, or at the Town of Genoa, 775-782-8696 or Genoa Town Office, 2289 Main St., Genoa.
Be sure to follow Genoa Western Heritage Days on Facebook.
Genoa Western Heritage Days is brought to you by Friends of Genoa.
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