Constitution Day Parade & Celebration Sept. 11-12

August 18, 2010

The 44th Annual Constitution Day Parade tops a full weekend of festivities Sept.11-12 in this colorful Gold Rush town.
Nevada City’s Constitution Day Parade has been a local tradition since 1967 and is reported to be the oldest and largest Constitution observance in western America.
The 2 p.m. Sunday parade features about 100 entries and caps a [...]

Parade and Community Celebration for Nevada City Fire Department 150th

June 15, 2010
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You are invited to a community celebration on Saturday, June 19th.
The day will begin at 11:00 AM with a procession of vintage and modern firefighting equipment from the top of Broad Street through historic downtown Nevada City.
The community celebration will be held at the Eric Rood Government Center at 950 Maidu Avenue, Nevada City, CA 95959.  Opening [...]

Rich Brooks to be Grand Marshall

March 4, 2010
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Rich Brooks will be the Grand Marshall for the Nevada City 4th of July Parade. Rich is the former head football coach at the University of Kentucky. Prior to Kentucky, he won the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award for national coach of the year after leading Oregon to the 1995 Rose Bowl.
The 4th of July parade [...]

Gerry and Denise Anderson Named King and Queen of NC Mardi Gras

February 11, 2010

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 Gras [...]

Mardi Gras Celebration in Historic Nevada City

January 7, 2010

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 fill [...]