County Fair Guide

Pershing County Fair

Lovelock, Nevada

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Typical Month

August

Duration

3 days

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Size

small

What You'll Find There

Expect livestock shows, 4-H competitions, rodeo events, and the small-county community spirit of a northern Nevada ranching fair.

The Fair

Held annually in Lovelock, the Pershing County Fair celebrates a Humboldt Sink county on the old emigrant trail where the Lovelock Cave preserved remarkable Pleistocene-era artifacts of early Nevada inhabitants, and where the Rye Patch Reservoir and cattle ranching sustain a small community along the I-80 corridor between Reno and Winnemucca.

Local Tips

Lovelock is famous for its "Lovers Lock" tradition — couples attach padlocks to a circular fence in the town center as symbols of enduring love. Rye Patch State Recreation Area on the Humboldt River reservoir provides fishing, boating, and camping.

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