Getaways calendar: July
Monday-Oct. 22, Cedar City, Utah: Utah Shakespeare Festival. This season’s plays include “Much Ado about Nothing,” “Henry V,” “The Three Musketeers,” “The Odd Couple,” and “Julius Caesar.” Matinees and evening performances. Dark Sundays. 800-752-9849. www.bard.org.
Tuesday-July 4, Prescott, Ariz.: 129th Annual Prescott Frontier Days, World’s Oldest Rodeo. Prescott’s biggest event of the year includes rodeo performances, trail rides, parade, fireworks, fine arts and crafts fair, dances and live entertainment. 928-445-3103. www.worldsoldestrodeo.com.
Friday-Aug. 1, Reno: 2016 Artown. This art festival is growing every year and features more than 500 events. Artists from around the world will showcase their talents in the visual, performing and humanities arts. Various venues. 775-322-1538. www.renoisartown.com.
Friday-July 3, Elko: Annual National Basque Festival. This event features traditional Basque dance, music, food and Old Country games such as handball, weightlifting and wood chopping. Elko Basque Club and other venues. 775-233-3178. www.elkobasqueclub.com.
Saturday-July 3, Flagstaff, Ariz.: 83rd Hopi Festival of Arts and Culture. Hopis gather to sell their wares at more than 65 booths and to show their skilled techniques in a variety of mediums. Storytelling, music, dancing and American Indian food. Museum of Northern Arizona. 928-774-5213. www.musnaz.org.
Saturday-July 4, Laughlin: Rockets over the River. A spectacular 20-minute fireworks display launched over the Colorado River and choreographed to music. 702-298-3321. www.visitlaughlin.com.
July 4, Big Bear Lake, Calif.: Big Bear Fireworks Show. This is the largest July Fourth fireworks display in Southern California and can be viewed from anywhere on or along the lake and from most of the town. The fireworks will be shot from a barge on the lake. 909-866-4607. www.bigbear.com.
July 5-Aug. 6, Cedar City, Utah: Neil Simon Festival. Plays this season include Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” and “London Suite” along with “On Golden Pond” by Ernest Thompson and “Hank Williams: Lost Highway” by Randall Myler and Mark Harelik. Matinee and evening performances. Heritage Center Theater. 435-267-0194. www.scenicsouthernutah.com.
July 8-Aug. 21, Lake Tahoe: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. This year’s plays are “Comedy of Errors” and “Forever Plaid.” Sand Harbor State Park. 775-832-1616. www.LakeTahoeShakespeare.com.
July 9, Big Bear Lake, Calif.: The annual Big Bear PaddleFest. This festival features clinics and races for kayaks, canoes and paddleboards on Big Bear Lake. This event is open to all levels of paddlers. Swim Brach at Meadow Park. 909-866-3414. www.bigbearpaddlefest.com.
July 15-16, Boulder, Utah: Boulder Heritage Festival. This is a celebration of the community’s arts, crafts, music and history. The festival takes place at Anasazi State Park. 435-335-7550. www.boulderheritage.org.
July 16, Big Bear Lake, Calif.: Chili Cook-Off. Come taste red chili, chili verde and homemade salsas made for this competition. This event is sanctioned by the International Chili Society. Bartlett Street parking lot in Big Bear Village. 442-243-1880. www.oldminers.org
July 22-23, Duck Creek, Utah: Duck Creek Days. Arts and crafts, live music and dancing. Chili cook-off on Saturday. Duck Creek Village. 435-682-3330. www.scenicsouthernutah.com.
