A young visitant astatine the 2025 Aki Matsuri Japanese Festival connected Water Street successful Henderson tries connected accepted Japanese clothing. This year's festival is coming up Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, astatine the Water Street Plaza. Photo by: Courtesy of metropolis of Henderson
By Las Vegas Sun Staff (contact)
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026 | 2 a.m.
Henderson’s fashionable Aki Matsuri Japanese Festival returns for its 17th twelvemonth this fall, bringing accepted performances, nutrient and taste activities to Water Street Plaza.
The escaped festival is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 10. The lawsuit drew much than 17,000 attendees past twelvemonth and has go 1 of Southern Nevada’s astir fashionable taste events.
Festivalgoers tin expect unrecorded amusement and demonstrations crossed aggregate stages, authentic Japanese nutrient and beverages, accepted and modern Japanese dance, involvement tasting, and kids’ crafts and activities.
New this year, the Cultural Stage volition diagnostic 7 Odaiko — ample drum — players from the North American Taiko Taikai.
The Aki Matsuri is presented successful concern with the Japanese Festival Association of Nevada and receives enactment from the Consul General of Japan successful San Francisco. The festival has received the Foreign Minister’s Commendation from the Japanese authorities for promoting relationship and taste speech betwixt Japan and the United States.
For much information, sojourn cityofhenderson.com.
Airport performers people Mexican Independence Day
Mariachi Alas Doradas and Ballet Folklorico Halcones de Oro, pupil groups from Duane D. Keller Middle School, volition execute from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday connected the 2nd floor, Door 42, astatine Terminal 3 of Harry Reid International Airport to people Mexican Independence Day.
The performances coincide with El Grito, the yearly solemnisation of Mexican independence.
The mariachi set volition beryllium joined by ballet folklorico dancers successful accepted Mexican costumes to greet arriving passengers.
Airport officials said LAS typically sees accrued rider enactment astir Mexican Independence Day. Mexico ranks 2nd among planetary sources of visitors to Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
For parking, the airdrome recommends visitors for the performances usage short- oregon semipermanent parking successful T3 and bring their summons for validation.
City of Las Vegas offers fall, wintertime camps for school-age kids
The metropolis of Las Vegas is accepting registrations for autumn no-school amusive days and wintertime interruption camps astatine 7 locations crossed the city.
The programme serves youths successful kindergarten done eighth people erstwhile Clark County School District has unit improvement days this autumn and vacation abrogation days this winter. Hours are 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Prices alteration by location, and abstraction is limited.
No-School Fun Days presently scheduled for autumn 2026 are Sept. 21, Oct. 12, Nov. 3 and Nov. 25. Locations see Cimarron Rose Community Center ($35/day), Doolittle Community Center ($20/day), Dula Community Center ($20/day for ages 5-18, adaptive recreation), Mirabelli Community Center ($35/day), Stupak Community Center ($20/day) and Veterans Memorial Community Center ($35/day).
Winter Break Camp for youths ages 5-14 runs 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Dec. 21-24 and Dec. 28-31; determination volition beryllium nary campy Dec. 25 oregon Jan. 1. Weekly rates scope from $80 to $120 depending connected location. Becker Technology Center is besides disposable for the wintertime session.
The docket is taxable to alteration based connected the CCSD calendar. To registry oregon for much information, sojourn lasvegasnevada.gov/Camps oregon telephone 702-229-7529.
New CBP installation to unfastened Thursday astatine LAS
Harry Reid International Airport volition unfastened a caller U.S. Customs and Border Protection installation Thursday to service wide aviation and backstage pitchy operations.
A ribbon-cutting ceremonial is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday astatine the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Facility, 45 E. Dewey Drive.
Speakers astatine the ceremonial volition see Donald R. Kusser, CBP manager of tract operations for Los Angeles and Las Vegas; James C. Chrisley, Clark County manager of aviation; and Brad Williams, Signature Aviation main operating officer.
Airport officials said the installation was a decennary successful the making. It volition service planetary wide aviation and cargo operations, separating those functions from planetary commercialized hose arrivals to trim congestion and amended efficiency.
Harry Reid International Airport and its 4 wide aviation facilities are owned and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation.
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