Darque Carnival are winners of the 2006 4th annual Fallon Cantaloupe Festival Battle of the Bands, 2nd place winnersof the 2007 5th annual Fallon Cantaloupe Festival Battle of the Bands, Semi finalists in the BoDog battle of the bands in San Francisco California playing such classic venues as The 12 Galaxies, Slim's and the Great American Music Hall, a showcase band at the 2007 Amplify! Music Conference in Las Vegas. Darque Carnival is one of 2 Jagermeister sponsored bands in the state of Nevada along with Hemlock from Las Vegas. Darque Carnival has played with such acts as Mushroomhead, Soil, The Autumn Offering, Brand New Sin, Dope, Nile, Testament, Metal Church and LA Guns, Helmet, Five Finger Death Punch, Drowning Pool, Ekotren, Mower and Diecast, Hatebreed and 3 Inches of Blood