SPECIAL » EVENTS 2017
“LIGHTS ON THE LAKE,” held each Fourth of July at South Lake Tahoe, is the largest synchronized fireworks show west of the Mississippi. July 4 tahoesouth.com
With past participants such as Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Elway, South Lake Tahoe’s AMERICAN CENTURY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP has been called the “Super Bowl of Celebrity Sports.” July 19-24 tahoecelebritygolf.com
The LONE PINE FILM FESTIVAL highlights the astounding number of Hollywood westerns and other movies filmed in and around this tiny Owens Valley town, from 1925’s Riders of the Purple Sage to 2008’s Ironman. Oct. 5-8 lonepinefilmfestival.org