Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball Featuring the Holcomb Bros. Band (Traditional Cajun food available) Miners Foundry, 325 Spring Street, Historic Downtown Nevada City Saturday, March 5, 2011, Hours:  8-midnight Tickets $10 advance/$15 at the door  (advance tickets recommended) 265-2692 or www.nevadacitychamber.com Mardi Gras Parade (Premier Mardi Gras celebration in the Sierra foothills) Broad Street, Historic Downtown [...]

The Nevada City Mardi Gras Parade is known for its colorful, off-the-wall and often zany parade entries.  You can be part of this year’s fun. The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce has announced that entries are open for this year’s parade, which is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, Mar. 6, in historic downtown Nevada City. The [...]

Longtime Nevada City Chamber of Commerce boosters Gerry and Denise Anderson have been named as King and Queen of the 2010 Nevada City Mardi Gras Celebration. Ray and Linda Pullizi of Nevada City have been named as Duke and Duchess for this year’s event.  The selections were announced this week by the Nevada City Mardi [...]

Mardi Gras Celebration in Historic Nevada City NEVADA CITY –  Gaily masked characters, pirates, Cajun cookin’ and midwinter fun come to the Sierra foothills Feb. 13-14 as Mardi Gras 2010 is celebrated with Old West style in historic Nevada City. Nevada City’s main drag, Broad Street, becomes a West Coast Bourbon Street as merry spectators [...]