2025 Events Schedule
Everyone’s invited! All events, except where noted, are free for youth 16 and younger. Please bring your own seating, and arrive no earlier than one hour before showtime. No pets allowed at events—certified service animals only. Both member and general public tickets will be available at each ticketed event. Advanced ticket purchase is not available to the general public, but members of the non-profit Friends of Dangberg Home Ranch can contact the park for more information. Members receive ticketing discounts and other perks. Click on the Support option in the menu above for more information about membership and donations.
To download a printable version of the events schedule (pdf), click HERE.
Chautauqua
“Chautauqua, the most American thing in America!” -Theodore Roosevelt
“Women Who Changed Their World”
Evenings, 6:30-8:00 pm, $15
June 11: Mary Ann Jung portrays Grace O’Malley—Ship’s captain and pirate queen.
June 18: Bowen Lee portrays Anna May Wong—First Chinese-American film star in Hollywood.
June 25: Roopa Mohan portrays Kasturba Gandhi—Civil rights activist and wife of Mahatma Gandhi.
July 16: Dorothea Phelan portrays Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus—Founder of the American Association of Retired Persons.
August 13: Steve Hale portrays Major General John C. Frémont—Reminiscence of his wife Jessie Benton Frémont.
August 20: Kim Harris portrays Elizabeth Van Lew—American abolitionist. “Southern Woman, Yankee Spy.”
“They Did It Their Way”
Mornings, 10:00-11:00 am, Free for everyone.
June 6: Researcher Debbe Nye will give a presentation on the “History of Chautauqua” followed by a portrayal by a guest Young Chautauquan.
June 13: David Woodruff portrays William Mulholland—Engineer of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. “There It Is … Take It!”
June 27: Kim Harris portrays Sarah Althea Hill—Mistress to Comstock millionaire William Sharon.
July 11: Margaret Bergland portrays Lottie Deno—Notorious nineteenth century “Lady Gambler.”
July 18: Cora Johnson portrays Anne Henrietta Martin—Suffragist, pacifist, and author from the state of Nevada.
August 1: Dave Pierson portrays Abe Curry—Founding father of Carson City, Nevada.
August 8: Ross Mortensen portrays William Sharon—Notorious millionaire and infamous “King of the Comstock.”
August 22: Kathy Pierson portrays Helen J.W. Stewart—“First Lady of Las Vegas.”
September 5: Barbara Lewicki portrays Etta Place—Member of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch.
September 12: Nancee Goldwater portrays Mary Preston—Pioneer of the mining town of Bodie, California.
“The Famous and the Infamous” Chautauqua Showcase with McAvoy Layne as Mark Twain
July 25th and 26th, $45/All event pass or $15/performance
July 25, 10:00-11:00 am: Douglas County Historical Society’s Young Chautauquans will portray an array of historical characters. Free for all to attend.
July 25, 6:30-7:30 pm: Doug Mishler portrays Al Capone—American gangster during the era of Prohibition.
July 26, 10:00-11:00 am: Kim Harris portrays Calamity Jane—American frontierswoman, associate of Wild Bill Hickok.
July 26, 6:30-7:30 pm: Leslie Goddard portrays Lucille Ball — American actress, comedian and studio executive.
Chautauqua Workshop
June 12, 10:00-11:30 am, $50 (any age).
Includes tickets to all Chautauqua events. Please register in advance.
Mary Ann Jung, award-winning actress, Chautauquan and Smithsonian scholar will present a workshop designed to help Chautauquans and re-enactors add animation and personality to their characters, helping bring them alive and make them memorable.
Concerts
Evenings, 6:30-8:00 pm, $20.
June 19: Old West Trio plays songs of the cowboy: three voices, two guitars, and a stand-up bass bring Western harmonies and plenty of fun.
July 10: Hick’ry Switch plays bluegrass and Americana music, and much more!
July 17: Carolyn Dolan & Big RED play rockin’ blues and R&B with Mick Clarke on his Gibson guitar.
August 14: Moni’s 30s & 40s Bebop Revival with music to make you get up and swing.
Speakers and Authors
Mornings, 10:00-11:00 am, free for everyone.
June 7: Historian Pat Hickey will speak on his book, Here and Hereafter.
June 21: Mark McLaughlin, historian and author, presents “True Tales From Tahoe” introducing his latest compendium of Tales from the Tahoe Sierra.
June 28: Historians David and Gayle Woodruff will speak on “Memories of Bonanza.”
July 12: Gregory Crouch, historian and author, will speak on “William Sharon: Comstock Millionaire.”
July 19: Historian Larry Schmidt will speak on “Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe.”
August 2: Glen Whorton, of the Nevada State Historic Prison Preservation Society, will speak on “Executions.”
August 9: Susan Clemons of the Glenbrook Historical Society will speak on “Glenbrook: Timber to Tourism.”
August 16: Historian Michael Fischer will speak on Nevada’s notorious mobsters.
September 6: Tami Force will speak on her book, In the Shadow of the Sierra.
September 13: Donna Inversin returns to speak on the ongoing restoration of the “Historic V&T Trail.”
Festival Sponsors
Douglas County
Frances C. and William P. Smallwood Foundation
Carson Valley Health ~ Cora J.
Edward Jones Investments – Tim Cleveland
Holiday Inn Express and Suites ~ Horse Tales
Christensen Automotive of Gardnerville
Douglas Disposal & Recycling Service
Robert E. Schilling Charitable Fund
Snowshoe Thompson Chapter 1827 E Clampus Vitus
