111TH ANNUAL CARSON VALLEY DAYS

The Carson Valley Days Festival 2020 was canceled, but the annual Carson Valley Days Parade is set to return on Saturday, June 12.

Streets will be filled all over the Minden and Gardnerville areas as participants gather to celebrate agricultural heritage.

The parade begins at 9 a.m. and starts at the Douglas High School parking lot. The parade will travel down Country Road and over to Esmeralda Ave. and US Highway 395 and eventually cross through Lampe Park.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parade members are required to wear personal protective equipment including masks and gloves unless they are inside a vehicle. Trucks and flatbed trailers are allowed, but participants will not be allowed to walk the entire parade route.

As part of the parade, US Highway 395 will be closed from approximately 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday. Several other Minden and Gardnerville side roads including Esmeralda Ave. and Highway 88 will be closed, as well.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking parade attendees to stay off of the roads and on sidewalks to not interfere with the parade, be courteous to Citizen Patrol Volunteers and maintain valuable possessions.