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Parting is such sweet sorrow
The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival wraps up its 52nd season this weekend. It’s your last chance to see the mainstage productions of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor and Ted Swindley’s musical celebration of a country legend, Always … Patsy Cline. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. on alternating days through Sunday, Aug. 25. Tickets are $17-$75 for gallery seating and $105-$460 for premium seats or table seating. The festival’s Showcase Series closes with a performance by the Reno Jazz Orchestra featuring vocalist/tenor saxophonist Camille Thurman starting at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 26. Tickets are $32-$105. A Nevada State Parks Entrance Pass ($10-$15) is required to gain access to and park at Sand Harbor. All performances take place on the William Edward Trepp Stage, Sand Harbor at Lake Tahoe NV State Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village. Call 800-747-4697 or visit laketahoeshakespeare.com.
Live wires
Reno Blues Society presents a night of electrifying Bay Area blues performed by The Delta Wires. The high-energy blues outfit headed by singer/harmonica player Ernie Pinata is known for its originality, versatility and crisp, tight sound. The group was a finalist in the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge held in Memphis, Tenn.; was voted best live band in the annual readers’ polls by Oakland Magazine and East Bay Express; and was inducted into the California Blues Hall of Fame in 2012. The septet has released eight albums over the years, including its latest offering, If Somebody Told Me … . The Delta Wires will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 23, at Nashville Social Club, 1105 S. Carson St., in Carson City. Tickets are $25. Call 775-515-0020 or go to thenashvilleclub.com.
Hear ye! Hear ye!
The Valhalla Renaissance Faire returns to South Lake Tahoe for its 28th anniversary celebration. Experience an Elizabethan-era fair where visitors can interact with 900 costumed actors, shop in the artisan marketplace, watch jousting and choreographed battles, and enjoy other entertainment including music, dancing, magic shows and other performances on three stages. There will also be plenty of food and drink—turkey legs, meat pies, ales and mead, as well as more modern choices like pizza, tacos, shaved ice and lemonade. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 24; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 25, at Tahoe Valley Campground, 1175 Melba Drive, South Lake Tahoe. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for teens, seniors and military, and $15 for kids ages 7-12. Admission is free for kids age 6 and younger. Parking is $5 per car. Visit www.valhallafaire.com or www.facebook.com/valhallafaire
Rokenrol
The Levitt AMP Carson City Music Series concludes its 2024 season with an evening of “Siberian surf rock” performed by Igor & Red Elvises. Frontman Igor Yuzov founded the band in 1995 after he dreamed that Elvis Presley told him to start playing rock ’n’ roll. Igor and fellow Russian émigrés Oleg Bernov and Zhenya Rock then became the Red Elvises. They started off as a street act at Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade, but their popularity quickly grew beyond the Los Angeles metro area. The group has released 12 studio albums and has appeared on or contributed music to several films and television shows, including Six String Samurai, Mail Order Bride, Armageddon and Melrose Place. While the Red Elvises have gone through several lineup changes over the years, their penchant for fun, catchy and humorous music has remained the same. Igor & Red Elvises and opening act The Sun Rays get the party started at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Brewery Arts Center Outdoor Stage, 449 W. King St., in Carson City. Admission is free. Call 775-883-1976, or go to breweryarts.org.
How it starts
Like the Red Elvises mentioned above, Denver, Colo., quartet DeVotchKa is also known for adding a little Eastern European flavor to their music. Originally a backing band for burlesque shows, DeVotchKa developed its genre-defying sound with each album release and tour. Their first big break came with their song “How It Ends,” from their 2004 album of the same name, after Los Angeles radio station KCRW started playing the album. The song was also featured in the trailer for the 2005 film Everything Is Illuminated. Film directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris picked the band to score the 2006 indie film Little Miss Sunshine, which would later earn four Academy Award nominations. The band has released six full-length albums, its latest being 2018’s This Night Falls Forever. DeVotchKa will perform at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 24, at Barkley Theatre, Oats Park Art Center, 151 E. Park St., in Fallon. Tickets are $10-$20. This show is a rescheduled performance from March, so tickets from that show will be honored. Call 775-423-1440, or visit churchillarts.org.
Burning out?
Burning Man is reportedly having trouble selling out tickets this year, according to some news outlets. Whether that’s due to disinterest, inflation fatigue or fear of a repeat of last year’s rainy weather and subsequent gridlock during the exodus, some longtime Burners are supposedly deciding to stay home. If that’s true, then perhaps their loss will be your gain. This may be your time to head out to the Black Rock Desert and see what you’ve been missing. Just come prepared; make sure to carry enough provisions to last a week or more before you head out the temporary city dedicated to “community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance.” This year’s theme is “Curiouser and Curiouser,” which “celebrates puzzles without answers, embraces the irrational and the absurd and invites the unknown over for tea.” The journey down the rabbit hole starts on Sunday, Aug. 25, and runs through Monday, Sept. 2. Tickets start at $575. Visit burningman.org.
Trip the light fantastic
Get ready to dance when Body of Light illuminates the stage this coming week. The Tempe, Ariz., electronic dance duo made up of brothers Alex and Andrew Jarson has a sound reminiscent of ’80s synth pop acts such as Red Flag, Camouflage and early Depeche Mode, but it’s one that stands out from its contemporaries. As its record label Dais Records asserts: “A new age demands new waves, and Body of Light belongs at the forefront of a resurgent generation fusing modern methods with the sounds of futures past.” Body of Light, along with local supporting acts Lav Andula and Heaven 07, perform at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 27, at The Holland Project, 140 Vesta St. The show is open to all ages. Tickets are $15. Call 775-448-6500 or visit hollandreno.org.
Make no bones about it
The biggest barbecue event in the West returns for another year of carnivorous revelry. The Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off gathers rib-cookers from near and far to compete for an almost $20,000 cash prize and bragging rights to the title of “best ribs in the West.” Visitors can sample a wide variety of ribs and other barbecued delights for sale, and browse through arts and crafts vendor tents, play in the kids’ area, and enjoy live music and entertainment on two stages, including main stage headliners Ying Yang Twins, Thompson Square (pictured), Uncle Kracker, Foghat, Eddie Montgomery and The Legendary Wailers. The end-of-summer bash kicks off on Wednesday, Aug. 28, and runs through Labor Day weekend at Victorian Square, along Victorian Avenue between 14th Street and Pyramid Way in downtown Sparks. Festival hours are 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, Aug. 28-Sept. 1; and 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Sept. 2, when the winners will be announced. Festival admission is free. Visit nuggetribcookoff.com.
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