May 16, 2023 | McGill, Nevada Schellraiser 2023 is stoked to welcome Jim Ruland to this year's event! Jim Ruland is the LA Times bestselling author of "Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records," which was named a best book of 2022 by Pitchfork,...
May 5, 2023 | McGill, Nevada Revolutionary hand painting artist Steve Keene, known worldwide as the most prolific painter in history, will join the Schellraiser Music Festival, creating an interactive live art show for patrons who can watch him create for the length of the festival. Rob Sheffield...
April 19, 2023 To paraphrase Sally Field, Hipcamp likes us. It really, really likes us! The online campground booking site just named Schellraiser a Runner Up for the best Hipcamp listing in Nevada this year. We had no idea that we were even a contender for this honor:...
March 16, 2023 With much regret, the Meat Puppets are canceling their appearance at the June 2023 Schellraiser festival. This was a personal decision made by the band and its management team, with the interests of everyone in mind. We look forward to getting back out...
We don't know what to say, except: "Craig Leerman, we love you!"* Schellraiser 2023 is shocked and saddened to hear that our production manager Craig Leerman of Tech Works has died.Working with Craig on last year's event was among the greatest experiences of my life, and...
The first phase of our solar energy project is nearly finished! Our private campground is totally off-grid, so these panels will power our furnished glamping tents, yurts and shipping container homes. The system includes battery storage units, which will help us keep the power on when...
Camp home featured on HGTVThe newest addition to the Schellraiser campground had a starring role this month in the new HGTV series "Off the Wall Builds." Alternative Living Spaces of Las Vegas built the shipping container home as a dwelling unit for a family in...
For the past four months, we've been developing a private campground on 80 acres about one mile north of the festival venue at the McGill Pool Park. New roads and designated camping spaces are now in place, and in the coming months, we'll be turning our...
The Schellraiser 2022 music festival kicked off its fundraising drive last week by donating $25,000 to the nonprofit Nevada Northern Railway in Ely. The donation will help the railway complete the restoration of Locomotive 81. Schellraiser founder Rudy Herndon (third from left) is pictured with Lennox Purinton...
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and statewide restrictions on outdoor gatherings, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to postpone Schellraiser until June 2022. We are optimistic that Covid vaccines will become widely available to the general public this year, and that the...