Despite some rain, people are packing the streets of Reno this weekend, with two major events taking over downtown. The Reno Sculpture Fest and the Reno River Festival offer something different for everyone in the community. 

At the Reno River Festival, mother nature cooperated this year, with high river levels making for some serious kayaking competition.

Jess Horning, the organizer for the Reno River Festival Organizer said, "The foundation of the event is the kayaking event and last year we weren't able to have them because the water levels were so low. But now, because of the weather, we have perfect conditions. The best we've ever had, and on top of that, we have the US championships here for the first time."

Water sport fans watched the top athletes in the country taking on the Truckee River Whitewater Park for a national title. 

Along with the athletic events, live music plays and there are plenty of food vendors and shopping to enjoy. 

Samantha Ene, a Reno resident said, "There's tons of stuff for everybody to do. There's stuff for kids to do, there's stuff for adults to do, and there's stuff to get involved, and we get to look at what, different sports!"

And for the first time, bike riders toured the streets of Reno. They wore some festive costumes for the Reno River Roll, as they trailed behind a live mobile band.

Just down the block, thousands of people are checking out the Reno Sculpture Fest. One of the pieces featured is Octavius, a giant size octopus.

Aric Shapiro, the organizer for the Reno Sculpture Fest said, "We have a few very qualified, esteemed sculpture that have moved to Reno and I want to get them out of their studio, put them right in the streets so that the general population of Reno can enjoy this stuff."

This is the second year for the Reno Sculpture Fest and it's bigger than ever. More than 30 sculptures are on display.

Some locals we talked to say they have been looking forward to this festival. 

"It's something you don't see everyday. It's something that everyone should enjoy. Like I said, it's very creative and everyone is just doing their festive thing," said Rommel Santos and Melissa Altieri from Sparks. 

The Reno River Festival will continue Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. And the Reno Sculpture Fest will be all day until 7 p.m.