Annual Lake Tahoe Events

Some Lake Tahoe events are so good they just keep coming back year after year to the delight of locals and visitors. Annual Lake Tahoe events embrace a variety of forms relating to themes ranging from the indoors or the majestic outdoors, Tahoe-influenced arts or foods and regional productions for music or theater. Winter, spring, summer and fall, day and night, you can count on fun-filled annual Lake Tahoe events waiting just around the corner.

Take advantage of Lake Tahoe’s versatile terrain that’s suitable for all sorts of athletic activities, and enjoy annual outdoor sporting events like running, biking and skiing in South Lake Tahoe. If you’d prefer to get a taste of Lake Tahoe’s cuisine, visit wining and dining annual events held in Truckee. Savor the top dishes prepared by gourmet chefs and sample wines brought from regional wineries. These Lake Tahoe events often benefit local charities, so your food not only tastes good, but you also feel good about giving back. Annual Lake Tahoe events also include a few quirky and niche activities thrown in the mix, so if a chocolate festival sounds sweet to you, pay a visit to Incline Village.

Annual Lake Tahoe Events For All Interests

Or you can check out the plethora of other events in the area and meet folks who share your interests ... a certain genre of music, perhaps, that you can fan over at one of the many music festivals in Squaw Valley. Such music festivals welcome artists from all over the region and even the country to provide an eclectic blend of live tunes. When autumn rolls around, combine Germany with the Sierra Nevada for an Oktoberfest right here in Tahoe City. With German beers, bratwursts, pumpkins and more pumpkins, it’s a great way to celebrate the season. And where would annual events be if they didn’t take advantage of that sapphire lake. Get an up close look at Lake Tahoe with standup paddleboard annual events in North Shore. The Lake’s conditions are prime for such aquatic activities all through late spring to early fall.

No matter what time of year it is at Lake Tahoe, it’s easy to find an annual event that promises a good time. Annual Lake Tahoe events give you a taste of the community, and you’ll see why they return every year. Heck, you might too!

Battle Born BeerFest & Chili Cook-Off

The Chateau at Incline Village
Lake Tahoe Annual Event
955 Fairway Boulevard, Incline Village, NV
(775) 832-1303

If you enjoy local celebrations, this is annual event that should not be missed. In observation of Nevada Day, the Chateau in Incline Village hosts the annual Battle Born BeerFest and Chili Cook-Off. An important legal holiday that is celebrated on the last Friday in October, Nevada Day honors the day that Nevada was officially admitted to the Union. The actual day was October 31, 1864,...read more

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Classical Tahoe

Lake Tahoe Annual Event
291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, NV
(775) 298-0245

Classical Tahoe welcomes accomplished musicians to the shores of Lake Tahoe for a month-long event that embraces classical music. If you love the sound of a reverberating concerto, moving operetta or the quick strokes of bows on stringed instruments, you won’t want to miss this Lake Tahoe annual event. Classical Tahoe’s musicians are well-respected not only in the area but also throughout the world, and...read more

Classical Tahoe welcomes accomplished musicians to the shores of Lake Tahoe for a month-long event...read more

North Lake Tahoe SNOWFEST

Lake Tahoe Annual Event

Founded in 1982 as a community fundraiser, North Lake Tahoe's 10-day SNOWFEST celebration packs a punch in both fun and funds raised. The days and nights are full of activities for all ages that include parades, fireworks, snow golf tournaments, snow sculpture contests, crowning of the SNOWFEST Queen and King, races, parties, concerts, performances, kid-friendly activities, a wing-eating contest and so much more. Local restaurants,...read more

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Northern Lights Festival

Lake Tahoe Annual Event
(775) 833-5252

A series of events in November to December, Northern Lights Festival of Incline Village and Crystal Bay offers multiple opportunities to celebrate the holidays including Brunch with Santa, Northstar Chambers Players Woodwind Quartet Concert, a weekly Sip N Shop celebrating different neighborhood shopping areas as well as multiple New Year's Eve parties. This is a festival to enjoy over and over again, and many of...read more

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Summerlong Music Series

Lake Tahoe Annual Event
400 North Lake Boulevard, Tahoe City, CA
(530) 581-6900
5001 Northstar Drive, Truckee, CA
(530) 562-2267
1960 Squaw Valley Road, Squaw Valley, CA
(800) 403-0206
California Highway 28 and Bear Street, Kings Beach, CA
(530) 583-3074

There may not be anything more incredible than enjoying the uplifting quality of Tahoe air, the stunning backdrop of the basin and listening to a great live-music act. Summerlong Music Series makes it easy to do that with a repertoire of ways to enjoy music, Tahoe-wide, throughout the week. Happening in the beach-side locations of Tahoe City and Kings Beach as well as the mountainous...read more

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The Great Ski Race

Lake Tahoe Annual Event

Snap on your skis and take your mark for one of the largest Nordic ski races west of the Mississippi. This Lake Tahoe annual event is the main fundraiser for the Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team, a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization. It is open to anyone who buys a ticket, and the proceeds are used to purchase equipment, fund avalanche education programs for local youth...read more

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Truckee Pro Rodeo

Lake Tahoe Annual Event
The Historic McIver Arena, 10695 Brockway Road, Truckee, CA

If you like the feeling of balancing atop of a bucking bull or racing around barrels while on horseback, the annual Truckee Pro Rodeo is for you. This Lake Tahoe annual event has been held for more than 40 years and welcomes talented cowboys and cowgirls from all over the region. Participants and spectators are invited to join an all-day event of all things rodeo....read more

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WinterWonderGrass Festival

Lake Tahoe Annual Event
1960 Olympic Valley Road, Olympic Valley, CA

Imagine, if you will, that you could put the Tahoe and Truckee region into a bottle. Then you boil or distill the contents and evaporate off the extraneous material. Let's say that you do this two or three times so that you're left with the very essence of the Tahoe experience. It would probably look a lot like WinterWonderGrass. WinterWonderGrass is a late-spring festival at...read more

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WinterWonderGrass Festival

Lake Tahoe Annual Event

WinterWonderGrass Festival wants to change how you experience live music. The goal of this Lake Tahoe annual event is to bring together original music with North Lake Tahoe’s sporty lifestyle and its majestic, snowy wilderness. Local and national musicians come to this three-day festival to jam to bluegrass and acoustic roots music. Bluegrass lovers can show up for one day of the event or get...read more

WinterWonderGrass Festival wants to change how you experience live music. The goal of this Lake...read more