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Eat, drink, and be Basque at the National Basque Festival! Started in 1964 as a local gathering for sheepherders and cattle ranchers, this beloved event now draws thousands to Elko for two days full of food, fun, and culture. Get to the Elko Basque Clubhouse for your chance to rub elbows with the local Basque community and fill up on plates of chorizo, lamb, and paella. The red table wine will be flowing, as will Nevada’s official state drink—the Picon Punch. Between bites, cheer on traditional dance performances and rural sport exhibitions like weight lifting and wood chopping. Attendees can also find out firsthand what jota , bota , and irrintzi contests are, see who bakes the best sheepherder bread, or participate in a full Catholic mass in both English and Basque. Whether you’ve got sheepherder’s blood or you simply dig chorizo, you’re invited to Elko for Nevada’s six-decade-strong National Basque Festival—home to dancing, traditional music, woodchopping competitions, mouthwatering