The Eldorado Hotel Casino Reno has transformed its showroom stage into a dazzling ice skating rink for The Holiday Ice Spectacular, a thrilling combination of skillful ice skating and theatre designed to get audiences into the Christmas spirit.

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Every year the Eldorado hotel-casino in downtown Reno brings the holidays indoors to its showroom stage. This year’s show, the Eldorado Holiday Ice Spectacular, is 90 minutes of twirling, swirling, musical magic on ice. Ice skaters skim across the stage to classic holiday tunes, and a jolly elf helps usher in the Christmas season.

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Celebrate one of Reno’s coolest outdoor activities areas by attending Reno Galena Fest on September 27. The new event hopes to raise money to keep Galena Creek Park open to visitors who like to hike, run, and ride mountain bikes along the parks many trails. With outstanding views and cool features, such as creeks, the park serves as one of Reno’s destinations for visitors with an eye toward the outdoors.

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Here is a wonderful gallery of shots from the 2009 Great Reno Balloon Race. This gallery includes shots from right here at Travel Nevada and others. If you have photos from the 2009 Great Reno Balloon Race on Flickr, please tag them grbr09 so they’ll be included!

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Known for sharing the culture and spirit of the blues, the Reno-Tahoe Blues Fest returns to Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno Aug. 14 -16. This year offers an unforgettable experience with headliners including James Ingram, The Emotions and Lil’ Dave Thompson to entertain audiences from near and far.

The fifth annual festival opens Friday, Aug. 14, with Lil’ Dave Thompson, who after two successful CDs and nominations for two Handy awards in 1996, has come full circle with the blues. In 1995 he burst onto the scene with his Fat Possum
debut, “Little Dave and Big Love.” He re-emerged in 2001 with “Big Love,” a 14-song slab of modern, original soulblues that are remarkably mature for a player under 35. He has continued to record with 2008’s “Deep in the Night,” his latest album.

The Emotions, who released album after successful album...

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