the event, including accommodations for RVs, visit www.dix-ielandjazzfestival.org.
For California tourist information, visit www.visitcalifornia.com
stampede.com or call (406) 755-6088.
For more Montana events, visit www.visitmt.com.
NEVADA
IDAHO
Ernest Hemingway Festival: Sept. 20–23
The years that novelist Ernest Hemingway spent in Paris will be
the focus of this year’s event in Sun Valley, where the author lived
off and on for two decades before his death in 1961. The author’s
grandson, John Hemingway, will deliver the keynote address, entitled “Hemingway in Paris: the Crazy Years.”
The festival will include a book fair, a guided tour of
“Hemingway Hideouts,” readings, and a dinner at Ernest
Hemingway’s home. Scholars will give talks on Hemingway and
the expatriate community in Paris in the
1920s. For information, visit www.visitsunval-ley.com.
Nevada Day: Oct. 27
“Mysteries of Nevada—Area 51” will be the theme of this year’s
parade in Carson City to celebrate the admission of Nevada to statehood. UFO encounters, Elvis sightings and rumors of secret government programs in a remote area of Nevada are among the mysteries that may be explored by parade entries. The parade is at 10
a.m. Saturday, but there is also a carnival and many additional activities that weekend. For information, visit www.nevadaday.com.
For Nevada tourist information, visit www.travelnevada.com.
Sun Valley Swing ‘n’ Dixie Jazz Jamboree:
Oct. 17–21
Music from the early 1900s to the late
1940s will be featured in this jazz festival that
attracts about 6,000 people annually to Sun
Valley. Performances are presented at a number of locations in the Sun Valley area.
Scheduled performers include the U.S. Coast
Guard Dixie Band, Forever Plaid, Pearl Django,
the Hot Tomatoes Dance Orchestra, and the
Dixieland Express. RV camping is available.
For information, visit www.sunvalleyjazz.com
or call (877) 478-5277.
For more Idaho events, visit www.visitid.org.
OREGON
Mt. Angel Oktoberfest: Sept. 13–16
More than 350,000 people come every year
to the rural community of Mt. Angel, 40 miles
south of Portland, to experience Bavarian food
and entertainment. The event offers 60 food
chalets, wine and beer gardens, free entertainment, a classic car show and sports events,
including golf and volleyball tournaments. A
free kindergarten is open to entertain children
Saturday and Sunday. The event runs from 11
a.m. until midnight Thursday through Saturday
and 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday. For information, visit www.oktoberfest.org or call (503)
845-9440.
School children will perform folk dances at noon
daily during Oktoberfest at Mt. Angel, Oregon.
MONTANA
Glacier Jazz Stampede: Oct. 4–7
“Cold Ice and Hot Jazz” is the theme of the 14th annual
Glacier Jazz Stampede, which will feature four days of traditional,
ragtime, Dixieland, big band and swing music in Kalispell. The
festival’s headquarters is at the Red Lion Inn. RV accommodations
are available in the area. For information, visit www.glacierjazz-
Oregon Covered Bridge Festival: Sept. 16–17
Oregon has 51 covered bridges, the most
west of the Mississippi River, and that fact is
celebrated every year at Pioneer Park in Stayton with family activities and guided tours of bridges. The featured bridge this year is
the Larwood Bridge, which was built in Linn County in 1939. For
information, visit ocbfestival.com.
North Coast Seafood Festival: Oct. 6–7
Music from Africa, Latin America and Polynesia will be part of
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