Happy Labor Day 2015

Some Fireworks over Lake Tahoe as shot from lower Kingsbury this Labor Day.



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20th Annual Great Lake Tahoe Sternwheeler Race



The fairest sight the whole earth affords... Lake Tahoe.

I went out on the Tahoe Queen for the 20th Annual Great Lake Tahoe Sternwheeler races this last Labor day. thanks to a media ticket fromTony Lyle of Lake Tahoe Cruises. Captain Jerry Summers put on a great race against the MS Dixie II, and I captured it all in high definition... Check out my video of the event below:



"All passengers to the stern," the captain said
"We need more weight in the stern, they're gaining on us!"

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There's a parasailer interfering in the race course

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Dixie got the trophy, Tahoe Queen got the Barton bedpan
 "cuz you'd have done better to stay in bed that day"

Labor Day weekend 2012 in Tahoe South

Labor Day weekend is the last of the big summer holidays in Lake Tahoe, and we have a lot of great public events from concerts to parties to boat races to help you end the summer season in Tahoe in style.

Shows that last all Weekend:

• Heavenly Village Labor Day Car show featuring classic cars and trucks on display at Heavenly Village
• Arts and Crafts fairs at the Horizon, South Tahoe Middle School, and in Truckee and across the region.

SATURDAY 9/1:

Firehouse pancake Breakfast 8-10AM

The Douglas county fire department will be hosting their annual all-you-can eat pancake breakfast at the firehouse on 9/1; all proceeds go to benefit the Tahoe-Douglas fire protection district. Great way to come out and meet the community while raising money for fire safety and defensible space in Lake Tahoe... Only $5.00 and kids eat free.

20th Annual Great Lake Tahoe Sternwheeler Race: 10:30-12:30AM

Every Labor Day weekend since I was a kid the Tahoe Queen has raced the M.S. Dixie II along the south Shore of Lake Tahoe. You can see it from any of the beaches along the south shore from Stateline all the way to El Dorado beach, though the best shore views are usually from Ski Beach where you can watch the Tahoe Queen leave and return, though you may find it hard to get a space there.
Lakeview commons also offers an excelent view of the race and has a much larger crowd capacity because of the big stone ampetheatre there. Of course, the best place When I was a kid my Grandpa used to take us out on his boat every year to watch the sternwheeler races, and I can highly reccomend the view from a boat since you can see way more than anyone on shore can. Check out my video of the 2010 Sternwheeler races if you're interested in seeing what it looks like from a boat.

By far the most exciting place to watch the races from is the deck of one of the two boats, and it's really a pretty good deal if you think about how rare the opportunity to be on the deck of a race boat is. If you go to ZephyrCove.com you can get tickets for as little as $25. I'm going to be filming it from the deck of the Tahoe Queen this year; so if you're on the Queen come say Hi and you can be in my video.

Sammy Hagar - The Red Rocker: 8:00PM

Also September 1st former Van Halen frontman and multi-platnum solo artist Sammy Hagar will be finishing off the season at Harvey's Outdoor Ampetheatre with his band the Wabos and special guests from Montrose, Chickenfoot, and Van Halen will be doing music from all across Sammy's long career. Better yet, according to Sammy's website RedRocker.com there will be an afterparty with ALL the artists at Sammy's basement bar in Harvey's Cabo Wabo.

LABOR DAY SUNDAY 9/2:

Montbleu end-of-season pool party:

Labor Day marks the unofficial end of the outdoor pool season in Lake Tahoe, so the Montbleu will be having an end-of-season pool party at their pool on Labor Day. There'll be a DJ, discounted drinks, and lots of people in swimsuits on display.

Sample the Sierra: 1:00-5:00 PM

Down at Ski Run on Labor Day there will be an all day Sample the Sierra organic food and wine event going on where you can sample wines from a dozen different wineries as well as food from Freshies, Lakeside Inn, the Blue Angel Cafe. There will also be an arts and crafts fair and a farmer's market where you can buy locally grown and organic produce from across the region. Tickets are $30.

Labor Day Fireworks: 8:30PM

As always, Lake Tahoe will be having another one of our amazing fireworks displays from Pyro Spectacular's Inc. on Labor Day. The show begins at 8:30PM and will be visible from most of the beaches on the South shore with synchronized music on KOWL 1600AM and KRLT 93.9FM. Check out my 4th of July weekend Planner for more information about Tahoe fireworks and where to watch them. For a sample of the fireworks themselves watch my video here

Labor Day Weekend Planner

COMING THIS WEEK:
8/24 Atmosphere at the Blu nightclub @ Montbleu
8/25 Michael Bolton @ Northstar at Tahoe
8/27 Anytime Fitness presents the "Tahoe Show" bodybuilding competition and pose-off @ Montbleu
 Pimps of Joytime at the Blu Nightclub @ Montbleu
 Lake Tahoe Air Show at the Tahoe airport
8/31  Tahoe Aunties Ukelele Band @ Tahoe Senior center
 Art exhibition at Ski Run Marina
 Hypnotist Chris Cady at the Horizon
 Cash Only Band at Harvey's Cabo Wabo on "Naughty Schoolgirl night"
9/1-4 Cool Black Kettle @ Harvey's Cabo Wabo
9/1 Outdoor summer movie in the village at Squaw Valley
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
 "Sample the Sierra" food and wine tasting at Ski Run
  http://www.samplethesierra.com
 Northstar Tahoe's 3rd annual arts and crafts fest
 The Tahoe Rim Trail association is having trail building
 events all around the basin http://www.tahoerimtrail.org/
  "Artist to You" vendor festival at south Tahoe Y
 Heavenly valley days car show @ Heavenly village
 Catch Masters of Magic at the Montbleu
 Nate Owens "Motown After Dark" @ Harrah's South Shore room
9/2 K/T Concert series @ Squaw Valley feat. Stung, Hollywood Stones, and Zoo Station
 Sunset Cruise w/ Patrick Major from Sierra Cloud catamaran
 Tahoe Queen wine tasting cruise @ 7PM
9/3 Donner lake 6000m run
 Gourmet cooking demonstration @ Black Bear Inn on Ski Run
 Purple Haze band @ Crown room @ Crystal Bay club

LABOR DAY
 Alpen Wine festival at the village @ Squaw Valley
9/4 30 Seconds to Mars w/ Jered Leto @ Montbleu
 Nick Bloom and the Gramblers @ Crown Room
 Live Jazz at the Tahoe Biltmore on the north shore
Coming next month Sammy Hagar at the Harvey's summer concert series on September 10,