Dear Community Friends: The 4th of July Committee is comprised of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, Nevada City Chamber of Commerce & Grass Valley Downtown Association. As has been the tradition for many years, the 4th of July Committee is pleased to host the 4th of July parade which will be held in downtown [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]