The Winnemucca Edition Friday, May 22, 2026
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RUN-A-MUCCA PLANS FOR ROCKIN’ ROARIN’ WEEKEND IN WINNEMUCCA The Run-A-Mucca Motorcycle & Music Festival will celebrate its 24th year this Memorial Day weekend, and Winnemucca is gearing up for one great time. “Run-A-Mucca 2026” is scheduled for Friday, May 22, through Sunday, May 24, and participants can expect everything from live concerts and a $1,000 Poker Run to death defying special acts, bike games, and the now-famous Burning Bike spectacular. Plus, for just $20 a ticket, raffle participants have the chance to win a new 2025 Harley-Davidson Street Bob motorcycle. Tickets are $20 each or six for $100; only 2,000 tickets will be sold. The drawing will take place at 9 p.m. Sunday, May 24; participants do not need to be present to win the bike, but must be 21 or older to purchase a ticket. Sunday will also see more giveaways, including cash and other great prizes. For those drawings, participants must be present to win. Last year, participants gathered from all over the United States and Canada. This year, organizers are expecting even more participants and more fun as they continue to establish the event as a Memorial Day tradition. Friday, vendors will open from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Winners Inn & Casino, while “Southbound” takes the Main Stage Outside from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Participants may pick up their “Run Packages” from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Winnemucca Inn. At 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. the “MOB FMX Bike Jumpers” will perform outside the Winners on
Fourth Street. “Southbound” will once again be on the Main Stage Outside at 5 p.m. followed by “Aranda” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, vendors will be open at the Winners Inn & Casino from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., followed by live music from “Korner,ston” at 9:30 a.m. on the Main Stage Outside. Run-A-Mucca Radio Rock 94.3 will take over at 10:30 a.m. Participants may also pick up their “Run Packages” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Winnemucca Inn. Live music with “Southbound” will take place throughout the day at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. on the Main Stage Outside at the Winners Inn & Casino. Saturday’s $1,000 Poker Run will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participants will visit a variety of Humboldt County businesses with the object of building the best poker hand possible; first place takes home $1,000 cash. From 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., a barbecue will be served at Paradise Valley, located about 40 miles north of Winnemucca via US Highway 95. The “MOB FMX Bike Jumpers” will return at 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Fourth Street, and signups for the Run-A-Mucca Tattoo Contest will be held in the Winners Inn & Casino Lounge at 4 p.m.; competition between event participants will begin at 4:30 p.m. Contest entry is $10 without a “Run Package”; a total of $500 will be given out in prizes. At 6:30 p.m., All Pro Wrestling by the Reno Wrestling Factory will return for the fourth year to the Winners East Lot. See EVENT, Page 2
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