Getaways Calendar, August 2015
Through Aug. 8, Cedar City, Utah: Neil Simon Festival. Plays this season include Simon's "They're Playing Our Song" and "Chapter Two," with "The Foreigner" by Larry Shue and "I'm Not Rappaport" by Herb Garner. Matinee and evening performances. Heritage Center Theater. 435-267-0194. www.scenicsouthernutah.com/
Through Aug. 23, Lake Tahoe: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. This year's plays are "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Fantasticks." Sand Harbor State Park. 775-832-1616. www.LakeTahoeShakespeare.com/
Through Sept. 5, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah: star parties. Park staff and astronomy volunteers conduct the events featuring telescopes. The program starts at the park's visitor center then heads out to Point Supreme. Saturday nights, dependent on good weather. 435-586-0787. www.nps.gov/cebr/
Through Oct. 31, Cedar City, Utah: Utah Shakespeare Festival. This summer's plays are "King Lear," "The Taming of the Shrew," "Henry IV, Part 2," "Amadeus," "Charley's Aunt" and "South Pacific." Matinees and evening performances available. Dark Sundays. Additional shows planned in the fall. 800-752-9849. www.bard.org.
Friday, Sat. and Aug. 2, Goldfield: Goldfield Days Celebration and Land Auction. This festival features ghost tours, bed races, floats down Main Street, a poker walk, chili cook-off and vendors. On Saturday, the annual land auction will take place. 775-485-3560. www.goldfieldnevada.org/
Saturday and Aug. 2, Flagstaff, Ariz.: 66th Annual Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture. Visit more than 80 Navajo artists with booths set up to display and sell art. Watch artists demonstrate jewelry, painting, beading and pottery techniques. Museum of Northern Arizona. 928-774-5213. www.musnaz.org/
Aug. 6-9, Eureka: Eureka County Fair. This four-day family event features a horse show, team branding competition, hay contest, old-fashioned saddle bronc riding, entertainment, exhibits, games and plenty of food. 775-237-6026. www.co.eureka.nv.us
Aug. 12-15, Panguitch, Utah: Garfield County Fair. Events include Fish Grab, Dutch Oven/Chili cook-off, pet show and talent contest. Panguitch Fairgrounds. 435-676-1160. www.panguitch.com/
Aug. 14-16, Washoe Valley: 30th Annual Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival. This year's bands include Blue Highway, 6 Mule Pile-Up, The Mountain Girls, The Note-Ables. Workshops and musical instruction. Bower’s Mansion County Park. 775-849-7988. www.bowersbluegrassfestival.org/
Aug. 27-29, Kanab, Utah: Annual Western Legends Roundup and Film Festival. This celebration of the Old West includes cowboy poetry, fiddle contest, tent revival, Dutch oven cook-off, Indian dancing, quilt show and a quick draw contest. Street fair with art and food, parade and live cowboy music. 435-644-3444. www.westernlegendsroundup.com
Aug. 29-Sept. 7, Elko: Elko County Fair. This event features horse racing, stallion competitions, stock horse challenges, 4-H livestock shows, Basque food, and arts and crafts. 775-738-3616. www.elkocountyfair.com/
Aug. 30-Sept. 7, Black Rock City: Burning Man. This annual event is partly an art festival and partly an experiment in temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and self-reliance. This year's theme is "Carnival of Mirrors." www.burningman.com/
Sept. 3-7, Parowan, Utah: Iron County Fair. Called Utah's "Biggest Little Fair," events include 5K Fun Run, Miss Iron County Pageant, eating contests, Tour de Gap Bike Race, carnival and parade. 435-477-8380. www.ironcountyfair.net/
Sept. 4-7, Fallon: Fallon Cantaloupe Festival. This is a family festival that features the sweet, juicy Fallon cantaloupe. Activities include arts and crafts, exhibits, petting zoo, farmers market and a mud volleyball tournament. Churchill County Fairgrounds. 775-423-9721. www.falloncantaloupefestival.com/
Sept. 4-7, Pioche: Annual Labor Day Celebration. The town's largest event of the year features mining events, 10k Fun Run, fishing derby, Chili cook-off and electric light parade and children's events. 775-962-5544.www.piochenevada.com/
