Jim Butler Days-Memorial weekend

Join us each Memorial Day Weekend when we celebrate the founding of Tonopah!

We have the Nevada State Mining Championships, street dance, parade, bartender races, whiskey and wine tastings, stock car races, Nevada State arm wrestling championships, and much, much more!

  • Events may include
  • Ghost Walks
  • Fishing Derby
  • Summer Rodeo
  • Starry Nights Art Festival
  • Blacksmithing Classes
  • NV State Mining Championships
  • Parades
  • Wine & Whiskey Tastings
  • Arm Wresting
  • Street Dances
  • Auto races

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Courtesy T. Turner – The desert blooms