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Adventure Sports Week

The outdoor lifestyle event features competitive events in triathlon, trail running, stand-up paddle boarding, swimming, mountain biking and other sports. There will also be guided hikes, clinics, film screenings, live music, kids’ activities and more. The festivities kick off on Thursday, June 19, and continue through Sunday, June 29, at various venues in Tahoe City. Visit www.adventuresportsweektahoe.com for details.

Speak Your Mind Hip Hop Art Festival

The annual music festival features hip hop artists from both coasts. Headliners include Apprentice, Black Rock City Allstars, Scarub from Living Legends, C-Rayz Walz, Z-Man, Kosha Dillz, among other acts. The all-ages event also features a vendor village, food, an art stroll and other attractions. The festival takes place from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, at Wingfield Park, First Street and Arlington Avenue in downtown Reno. Admission is free. Visit www.facebook.com/symfestival.

Great Eldorado BBQ, Brews and Blues Festival

The Eldorado Resort Casino’s 19th annual barbecue block party, micro-brew tasting event and music festival features a variety of grilled treats, cold beers and performances by John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band and Friends, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Mobility, Shane Dwight, Eric Sardinas, Maxx Cabello Jr., Delta Wires, Jason King Band, Carolyn Dolan Blues Band, Rick Hammond Blues Band and Buddy Emmer Blues Band. The festival takes place from from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, June 20, and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, outside the Eldorado, 345 N. Virginia St. in downtown Reno. Admission is free. Call 786-5700 or visit www.eldoradoreno.com.

Reno Rodeo

The 95th annual “Wildest, Richest Rodeo in the West” gets underway this Thursday, June 19, with the Xtreme Bull Riding show, which features 40 of the country’s best professional bull riders who will ride some of the toughest bulls in the sport to compete for a purse of $40,000. Another highlight of the nine-day event is the Reno Rodeo Parade through downtown Reno on Saturday, June 21. The rodeo also features team roping, steer wrestling, barrel racing, bronc riding and mutton bustin’, as well as carnival rides and the Double R Marketplace. The Reno Rodeo runs through Saturday, June 28, at the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave. Tickets range from $7 to $25. Call 329-3877 or visit www.renorodeo.com.

—Kelley Lang

Nevada Humanities Chautauqua Festival

In celebration of Nevada’s sesquicentennial, Nevada Humanities 23rd annual Chautauqua event explores the theme “Battle Born: Making Nevada.” Chautauquan performers will portray characters that have influenced the growth and development of our state, including Reno civil rights activist Alice Smith, Las Vegas entrepreneur Howard Hughes and Comstock journalist and writer Dan DeQuille. Evening shows begin on Tuesday, June 24, and will run through Thursday, June 26, at the Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater at Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road. Local musical performances will open up each day’s event at 6 p.m., followed by Chautauqua presentations at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10-$25. Admission is free for children age 12 and younger. The festival also features workshops, roundtable discussions and other daytime events at various venues. Call 784-6587 or visit www.nevadahumanities.org.