If you like getting out and being involved in what's happening locally, John Ascuaga's Nugget is the perfect starting point for your experience!

Victorian Square, just steps outside our door, is the area's premiere special events venue. Whether seeking farm-fresh produce, live entertainment or lip-smacking ribs, hundreds of thousands of locals and visitors flock to Victorian Square each year for our renowned events. Some of the activities the Nugget produces include Star Spangled Sparks, Hot August Nights and the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off. Other annual Victorian Square events include a Cinco de Mayo festival, Arts in Bloom, Sparks Hometown Farmer's Market, Street Vibrations Spring Rally motorcycle festival and an annual Christmas Parade.

Just minutes away from the Nugget, the greater Reno/Sparks/Lake Tahoe is home to hundreds of annual world-class events, including the Reno Jazz Festival, Lake Tahoe Food & Wine Festival, Reno River Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival at Sand Harbor, Reno Rodeo, Reno-Tahoe Odyssey Relay Run Adventure, Tour de Nez, Artown, PGA Tour's Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, American Century Celebrity Golf Championship, Reno-Tahoe Blues Festival, Great Reno Balloon Race, America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride, Virginia City International Camel Races, Reno Basque Festival, National Championship Air Races, Tahoe Arts Festival, Great Italian Festival, Tahoe-Reno International Film Festival, Reno Gay Pride and the XTERRA USA Championships… just to name a few!