A number of events have been canceled or postponed in recent weeks amid COVID-19 concerns.

The Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry is a Comstock tradition and the unofficial kickoff to event season in Virginia City. But this year, the March event was canceled just days before the festivities were scheduled to start.

"We work closely in all the events we do with county and city officials, and they work directly with health departments," said Jess Horning, Partner with Liquid Blue Events. "And through the recommendations for the health and safety of the community, it was recommended the event close."

And this year the Reno River Festival won't be at Wingfield Park this Mother's Day Weekend. Organizers decided to hold it in August instead.

"It went from Mother's Day Weekend to August 15th and 16th," Horning said.  "Even though it's outside of the current window, we want to put on an event that is as safe as possible for the community and we're going to make it a big community celebration."

They're hoping for a big turnout at the end of the Summer, even though the whitewater events won't be a part of it this year.

"The reason the River Festival is in May is because of the whitewater athletes circuit and also it's the peak flow of the the Truckee River," Horning said. "Having it in August, we will not be able to have the whitewater events. But the event itself is a Summer celebration event and we're going to be adding new elements to make it more interactive with the community here in Northern Nevada. We look forward to announcing those things in the future."

Chili on the Comstock , another popular Virginia City event, is being moved to the Fall.

"It was past the window as it stands now but just too close," Horning said. "Working with Storey County, their primary focus is the health and safety of Northern Nevada and we thought is would be a safer window to push it more towards the end of the year, so it's going to be in October."

He says they're monitoring the COVID-19 situation every day and hope to get people out for events once the risk is over.

"The thing that we can do for Northern Nevada, for local businesses right now, is stay home," Horning said. "The more we stay home, the faster this thing will end, and the faster we can get back to supporting Northern Nevada."

In the meantime, Liquid Blue is working on an online run, walk or bike event that you can do on your own. They'll be donating the proceeds from that to local charities.