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Upcoming Events in Gering Nebraska


June

17 - 19 Sugar Valley Rally - The Sugar Valley Rally is one of Western Nebraska's great summer events for people of all ages. The Rally is a precision-driving contest for antique cars (1961 and older) that covers hundreds of scenic miles in the North Platte Valley. The Sugar Valley Rally is sanctioned by Great Race, L.L.C. Enjoy the old cars on the road or in one of the Panhandle Towns.

Ph: 308-632-3381 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: sugarvalleyrally@gmail.com
Web: www.sugarvalleyrally.com

25 Gering Arts Festival - A Celebration of the Arts featuring talents and works of 40+ local and regional fine artists. Demonstrations, sales, food vendors and children's arts activities.
Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m.

Address: Legion Park, 12th & N Sts , Gering, Nebraska
Ph: 308-436-6886 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: convrus@geringciviccenter.com
Web: www.geringtourism.com
Fee: Free

14 - 15 High Plains Auto Club Rock 'N Roll Father's Day Classic - Biggest Car Show in Western Nebraska
Gering NE (Scottsbluff/Gering Twin Cities area)
Friday - Entrants BBQ and Cruise for Cash - Ice Cream Social
Gering NE Civic Center Parking Lot Party
Saturday - Parade 9:00 Downtown Gering NE
Show and Shine and Swap Meet 10-4 Five Rocks Amphitheater/Gering
Door Prizes all Day - Grassy parking sight
Vendors on sight for lunch - T-shirts on sight
Saturday Evening - Entrants Awards Banquet / Slide Show - Civic Center
Contact: Jim Spencer 308-247-2291 Jerry Schaeffer: 308-631-3696
www.highplainsautoclub.com for applications on line
Scotts Bluff County Tourism Event - www.VisitScottsbluff.com

Address: Civic Center Five Rocks Amphitheater Gering NE , Gering, Nebraska
Ph: 308-247-2291 (Always call and confirm events)
Fax: 308-247-1004
Email: jcspencer@embarqmail.com
Web: www.highplainsautoclub.com
Fee: $35.00 per vehicle

July

27 - 30NE0707004e002 - Gering Oregon Trail Days - Western Nebraska's largest event continues the tradition of celebrating and honoring those stalwart individuals who settled the North Platte Valley. Annual events held in downtown Gering includes Western & Wildlife Art Show, Kiddie Parade, Oregon Trail Days Grand Parade (20,000 spectators), Chili Cookoff, Food and Craft Fair, Bed Races, and evening concerts at the Amphitheater.

Ph: 308-436-4457 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: OTD@AlloPhone.com
Web: www.oregontraildays.com
Fee: Free

27 - 29 Annual Oregon Trail Craft Show - Held during Oregon Trail Days Celebration. 9am-4pm.

Address: Oregon Trail Baseball Diamond , Gering, Nebraska
Ph: 308-436-2388 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.oregontraildays.com
Fee: Free

29 Solid Rock Music Fest - Enjoy Christian music featuring top artists surrounded by spectacular views. Camping available. Gates open at Noon.

Address: Five Rocks Amphitheater , Gering, Nebraska
Ph: 308-436-5096 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.gering.org/5rocks.html
Fee: $15-$20.00

September

31 - 1NE0707004e003 - Gering Farm and Ranch Museum Annual Harvest Festival - THIRD WEEKEND - Demonstrations, displays of horse, steam and gas powered vintage equipment.

Steam tractors, Stationary Baling, Sweep Grinding, hay rides, corn shelling by hand and power, threshing, gas engines, many tractors and other implements! Vintage Horse and Tractor Plowing Demonstrations. Blacksmith, sugar beet equipment, mowing, raking, stacking, stationary and horse powered baling. Drilling a well with a cable tool driller and displays of bean equipment. Plows include: 10 bottom John Deere sod plow, walking, sulky, tumble, two way, spinner and dry land plows.

Address: 2930 M Street, Highway 92, East of Scotts Bluff National Monument , Gering, Nebraska
Ph: 308-436-1989 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: farm@bbc.net
Web: www.farmandranchmuseum.com
Fee: FREE ADMISSION !!!

November

18 - 19 Gering Holiday Craft Fair - Premier hand-made holiday crafts by crafters from 5 states. Pottery, jewelry, wood, sculpture, furniture, and more. Sat, 9am-5pm; Sun, 10am-4pm.

Address: Civic Center, 1050 M Street , Gering, Nebraska
Ph: 308-436-6888 (Always call and confirm events)
Web: www.geringciviccenter.com

December

16 High Plains Christmas - Christmas on the prairie. Children make traditional decorations, traditional music.

Address: Farm and Ranch Museum, 2930 Old Oregon Trail , Gering, Nebraska
Ph: 308-436-1989 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: farm@farmandranchmuseum.com
Web: www.farmandranchmuseum.com

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Five Rocks Amphitheater

The Five Rocks Amphitheater and pavilion houses bands and other open-air entertainment in the summer months, as well as Thursday night movies with a "drive-in"-like atmosphere. Tickets for Five Rocks Events are available at the City of Gering offices, 1025 "P" Street.

Gering, NE Theatres

Mitchell Pass

Following the opening or rediscovery of the Platte River route to the west by the fur traders and mountain men of the 1820's and 1830'

Gering, NE Pioneer Life

W.H. Jackson Collection

William Henry Jackson, frontier photographer and artist, was an early photographer of the American West, as well as an accomplished artist. He traveled the Oregon-California Trail in 1866 and 1867

Gering, NE Arts

Robidoux Pass Trading Post

Following the Oregon Trail can be quite exciting, imagining the pioneers that must have traveled the path, what they were like, what they were thinking and what they went through to conquer such terrain as is found at Gering's Robidoux Pass, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Gering, NE Pioneer Life

Farm and Ranch Museum

The Farm And Ranch Museum located by Scotts Bluff National Monument is a volunteer driven agricultural museum and the only one of its kind in the state, dedicated to the preservation of the story of the North Platte Valley's deep-seeded agricultural traditions. You'

Gering, NE Museums

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