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Bring your friends, a picnic, and join Lake Tahoe Dance Festival’s first ever community night in Kings Beach! Bring your picnic blanket or a low-back chair to enjoy the performance. Admission to the grounds begins at 5PM. Tickets are just $30 and can be purchased at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2025-lake-tahoe-dance-festival-kings-beach-community-night.

Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 9pm at Kings Beach State Recreation Area

Bear St, Kings Beach, CA 96143, USA

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective is delighted to present the 13th Annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival from July 22 - 25, 2025, featuring artists from New York City Ballet, Broadway, Boston Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and more. An opening night gala in Tahoe City at William B Layton Park marks the beginning of the Festival, followed by Tahoe City Community Night, Kings Beach Community Night, and a closing night benefit in Incline Village.

With a mission to present the finest quality professional dance and dance instruction in North Lake Tahoe, Christin Hanna and Constantine Baecher started The Lake Tahoe Dance Festival in 2013, now in its second decade. Lake Tahoe Dance commissions new works, preserves the legacy of rarely-seen classics and fan favorites, while offering the highest caliber artists a creative platform.

Some of the artists featured at the 2025 Lake Tahoe Dance Festival include Lia Cirio and Paul Craig (Boston Ballet); Melody Mennite Walsh (Houston Ballet), Dwayne Brown (Metropolitan Opera Ballet); Amber Neff (New Chamber Ballet), Taylor Stanley and Indiana Woodward (New York City Ballet); and Stephen Hanna (New York City Ballet / Broadway).

ABOUT LAKE TAHOE DANCE COLLECTIVE:

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective’s mission is to promote classical, modern, and contemporary dance of the finest quality in the Lake Tahoe area through performance, education, and outreach, enriching the community as a whole as a cultural destination.

What started as Tahoe Youth Ballet in 2009 with a single performance has become a company and school that presents a range of performances for Lake Tahoe audiences throughout the year, including its own productions as well as visiting dance companies.

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev./Calif. – On the morning of Saturday, July 5, Tahoe-lovers are invited to clean up, refresh, and revitalize the Lake’s sandy shores and surrounding areas as part of the 12th annual “Keep Tahoe Red, White & Blue” Cleanup hosted by Keep Tahoe Blue.

Every July 5, passionate volunteers pour in from inside and outside the region to take part in Tahoe’s largest cleanup event. Many repeat volunteers even plan their annual vacations so they can join. Together, their efforts exemplify how to take care of Tahoe.

In addition, Keep Tahoe Blue is working together with beach managers, concessionaires, and businesses through its Tahoe Blue Beach program to “raise the bar for beach management.” Participating beaches are taking steps to make responsible, Lake-friendly recreation the easy and obvious choice for everyone who comes to the shore. Zephyr Cove Resort, Tahoe Beach Club, Meeks Bay Resort, and Camp Richardson Resort are all taking part, as is Kings Beach with funding from TOT-TBID Dollars at Work which funds programs that promote community vitality, environmental stewardship, and economic health in North Lake Tahoe.

Keep Tahoe Blue encourages everyone to protect where you play this holiday weekend and all summer-long. With just a few small actions, you can do your part.

All the events run from 8 – 11:30 a.m.

Where: Incline Village – 960 Lakeshore Boulevard, Incline Village, NV 894– *Starts at 6am– Reception located at the Aspen Grove Community Center.– Participants will clean the beach, Lakeshore Boulevard, and surrounding areas.– Partners: Incline Village General Improvement District and ECO-CLEAN Solutions.

Commons Beach – 400 North Lake Boulevard, Tahoe City, CA 96145– Reception located at Commons Beach.– Participants will clean the beach, through the town, and into 64 Acres.– Partners: Tahoe City Public Utility District and Tahoe City Downtown Association.

Skylandia Park – 30 Manzanita Avenue, Tahoe City, CA 96145– Reception located at Skylandia Park.– Participants will clean the trails and beach.– Partner: Sierra Nevada Alliance.

Kiva Beach – 1 Heritage Way, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150– Reception located at Tallac Historic Site.– Participants will clean Kiva Beach, south towards the highway, and east to Camp Richardson.– Partners: USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Heavenly Mountain Resort, and Camp Richardson Resort.

Kings Beach State Recreation Area – Bear Street, Kings Beach, CA 96143– Reception located between the North Tahoe Event Center and parking kiosk.– Participants will clean the beach and surrounding downtown area, as well as North Tahoe Beach, Secline Beach, and Moon Dune Beach.– Partners: CA State Parks and Northstar Mountain Resort.

Lakeview Commons/Regan Beach – 1004 Lakeview Avenue, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150– Reception located at Lakeview Commons.– Participants will clean Lakeview Commons, Regan Beach, and Hidden Beach.– Partners: City of South Lake Tahoe and Kirkwood Mountain Resort.

Nevada Beach – 416 Bittlers Road, Zephyr Cove, NV 89448– Reception located near the Nevada Beach pavilion.– Participants will clean the beach, campground, and along Elks Point Road.– Partners: Vista Recreation, Stio Mountain Studio Tahoe, and Bally’s Lake Tahoe.

To help offset the extraordinarily high costs of developing lodging in the Lake Tahoe Basin, Placer County took action this week to incentivize revitalization in the Tahoe City and Kings Beach town centers.

Nine years ago, the county established the North Lake Tahoe Economic Development Incentive program to spur investment in environmental and economic development projects in the Placer County portion of the Lake Tahoe Basin, where no new lodging projects of scale have been built since the early 1960s.

This week, the board moved forward with incentives for two properties, one for an existing hotel in the Tahoe City town center and another for a proposed project in the Kings Beach town center. First, the board approved a transient occupancy tax rebate to Campus Tahoe LLC for the remodel of evo hotel, a 48-unit property formerly known as America’s Best Value Inn in Tahoe City. The approved incentive rebates 80% of the transient occupancy tax to evo hotel over the next nine years. That rebate is estimated to amount to approximately $112,283 per year.

The evo hotel remodel includes a new HVAC system, flooring, fixtures, a renovated restaurant and bar area, as well as added outdoor amenities, including a sauna, fire pit and seating. Construction of these amenities has been fully completed or is near completion today.

The board also approved a separate option agreement with KB Kings Beach, LLC, or Kingsbarn, for its proposed development of a 170-unit hotel and condominium project called 39 North. The board authorized the County Executive Officer, or designee, to execute a tourist accommodation unit transfer and TOT rebate option agreement for 106 tourist accommodation units.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency created a cap for tourist accommodation units in the Lake Tahoe Basin more than a decade ago, requiring jurisdictions to collect units for redevelopment projects. As recommended by multiple economic studies and direction from the Board of Supervisors, Placer County hasbanked more than 200 TAUs for such developments since the beginning of the incentive program.

The board previously approved an incentive program application in June 2021 for the Tahoe City Lodge project, allocating 60 of those TAUs. Based on the recently approved option agreement, the county will maintain 40 TAUs in its bank for future hotel redevelopment projects that meet the criteria of the incentive program

The proposed 39 North project still needs to complete environmental and public review processes before the board can evaluate the proposal. Each of those reviews will be publicly noticed before a formal review is held. This approved option agreement signifies a placeholder for these 106 TAUs and will only be fully granted if the proposed project obtains all required approvals.

In April 2022, Kingsbarn submitted a draft application to the county requesting a development rights cost offset and a TOT rebate for the proposed project. Over the course of the past few years, which included a board presentation in January 2024, the proposed project has evolved based on board and local input.

Over the past year and a half, the Kingsbarn team revised the proposed project to embrace an “Old Tahoe” aesthetic while reducing the height of the proposed project from six stories to four. The proposed hotel was reduced from 217 to 170 total units in downtown Kings Beach. Further changes were made to move the proposed hotel entrance from North Lake Blvd. to Salmon Ave, workforce housing height and green space included in the proposed project.

Click here to read more about the incentive program.

Celebrations for the 4^th of July include parades, fun runs, beach parties, concerts and both fireworks shows with festivities.

Pack a picnic, stake out your spot early, bike or take public transit and bring cash for food, beverages and donations to fund local fireworks. Many restaurants offer viewing parties and local tour companies offer cruises and guided kayak tours on Lake Tahoe during the shows; make reservations early.

Fireworks Shows

Incline Village | 9:30 p.m. fireworks Tahoe City | 9:30 p.m. fireworks Truckee | 9:30 p.m. fireworks South Lake Tahoe | 9:45 p.m. fireworks

Graeagle | 9:30 p.m. fireworks

Take advantage of the region’s free local transit to minimize traffic and the headaches of driving.

July 2-5 | area venues | Incline Village, Nev.

The festivities begin on July 2 with Summerfest and the Tahoe Philharmonic’s “Pops & Patriotic Songs” concerts. On July 3, enjoy the flag-raising and pancake breakfast, followed by a kids’ bike parade, a Local Heros Parade, Local Heros Community Fair, Ice Cream Eating Contest, Veterans Recognition Reception and Flag Retirement Ceremony.

On July 4 there is the Veterans Club Pancake Breakfast, free barbecue at Incline Beach and the fireworks show at Incline Beach 9:30 p.m. On July 5 join the Community Cleanup Day. | ivcba.org

July 4 | Truckee

Independence Day is an all-day event in Truckee, starting with a pancake breakfast hosted by the Truckee Fire Department at the station next to Wild Cherries from 7 to 10 a.m. The annual 1-Mile Firecracker Run starts at 9:45 a.m. followed by the parade from 10 a.m. to noon. The fun continues at West End Beach with live music, dancing, games and barbecues until the fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. The beach event is for Truckee residents and homeowners only. Viewing is also available from Donner Memorial State Park beaches and 37 public piers on Donner Lake’s north shore.

Shuttles are available from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. from Truckee neighborhoods for the parade and from 3 p.m. to midnight from Truckee High School to West End Beach. On-demand shuttles will also be running using the TART Connect app. | visittruckeetahoe.com

July 4 | Highway 50 | South Shore

The parade starts at 9 a.m. along Lake Tahoe Boulevard (Hwy. 50) from Ski Run to Al Tahoe Boulevard to Bijou Community Park. | cityofslt.us

July 4 | Tahoe City

Enjoy fun at the lake in Tahoe City starting at 11 a.m. with a Family Fun Zone at Heritage Plaza, along with t-shirts and hats for sale in Heritage Plaza and in front of North Tahoe Arts Center. Enjoy live music, entertainment and kids’ activities throughout town at local businesses, including several Fireworks Viewing parties. The fireworks show is at 9:30 p.m.

A free shuttle will be offered from Northstar with a pick up in Kings Beach, as well as a free shuttle from Olympic Valley and on the West Shore to Tahoe City from 4 to 11:30 p.m. | visittahoecity.org

July 4 | South Shore

The fireworks display, visible from all over South Shore, is at 9:45 p.m. Pick a spot on the shoreline, a beach, a park or a cruise on Lake Tahoe. Prime viewing locations at Lakeview Commons/El Dorado Beach, Nevada Beach and Tallac Historic Site. Music will be simulcast with the fireworks show on KRLT-FM 93.9. | visitlaketahoe.com

July 4-6 | Graeagle

Celebrate “Stars, Stripes & Summer Nights” during the 51st Celebration of this hometown tradition. This year’s events start off with the 2nd Annual Don Clark Kick-Off Concert on July 4. On July 5 is the 5th Annual Cornhole Tournament, Day in the Park, and Fireworks show. Enjoy the Fireman’s Pancake Breakfast, Day in the Park, hometown Parade and Show and Shine Car show on July 6.| graeagle.com

Placer County has an alcohol ban on the Truckee River from July 1 to 6from Tahoe City to Alpine Meadows. An alcohol ban is also in place at Zephyr Cove and Shoals, Meeks Bay, and at other select beaches in the Tahoe Basin over the duration of the July 4 holiday weekend.

Other than the licensed and permitted shows listed, all fireworks are illegal in the Tahoe Sierra. This includes City of South Lake Tahoe, Town of Truckee, and Douglas, El Dorado, Douglas, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra and Washoe counties. Fireworks are also prohibited on all federal lands, as well as in all California and Nevada state parks.

In an effort to reduce wildfire risk and maintain the health and safety of visitors and residents during Fourth of July celebrations, county officials are emphasizing two key rules: All fireworks are illegal in unincorporated Placer County, including the Lake Tahoe Basin, and alcohol is banned on the Truckee River from July 1-6.

Due to Placer County’s vulnerability to damaging wildfires, the county has an ordinance that prohibits fireworks of all types, including those ‘safe and sane’ fireworks intended for home use that are sold at roadside stands throughout the region.

The fireworks prohibition applies to the following:

Anyone caught violating the fireworks ban could be charged with a misdemeanor and face a fine of up to $2,000 per violation. Residents within the city limits of Roseville, Lincoln and Rocklin are advised to check with their local municipalities for regulations pertaining to legal fireworks use during the designated Fourth of July period.

There are a variety of professionally organized Fourth of July celebrations throughout Placer County to ensure residents have a fun, yet safe celebration. The following events feature music, entertainment and more for the entire community:

Tahoe City 4th of July Park and Ride

Residents and visitors can celebrate Independence Day stress-free by taking advantage of TART’s free park and ride service. Shuttles will run between the Northstar Castle Peak parking lot and the Tahoe City Transit Center for the 4th of July Fireworks Celebration.

Starting July 1, park-and-ride service from Northstar Village to Kings Beach will be available daily. Service will operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays through Thursdays, and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays. One vehicle will run continuously during operating hours, providing reliable transportation throughout the summer season ending Aug. 31.

Alcohol banned on the Truckee River

Officials are also warning visitors that alcohol is banned on the Truckee River from July 1-6, an annual safety banoriginally passed by the Board of Supervisors in 2012.

The ban prohibits possession of open alcoholic containers in and along both sides of the river, including islands and bridges, from its outfall at Lake Tahoe in Tahoe City to the upstream edge of the Alpine Meadows Bridge during the holiday week. Violations of the ban are punishable by a fine not to exceed $150 for the first violation, $500 for the second violation and $1,000 for the third violation.

The Placer County Sheriff's Office will be stepping up enforcement throughout the North Lake Tahoe Basin to ensure safety during the holiday weekend.

Signage noting the ban is posted at river access points throughout the enforcement area. Businesses along the river with a valid liquor license are excluded from the ban.

Lastly, Placer County will increase staff to monitor the county’s short-term rental complaint hotline throughout the holiday weekend. Officials are urging visitors to enjoy the area responsibly and to follow posted rules. Anyone can report short-term rental rule violations by calling Placer’s 24/7 hotline at 530-448-8003.

Learn more about theshort-term rental hotline here.

Learn more aboutPlacer’s fireworks ordinance here.