Events & Entertainment

January

P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon & Half Marathon

Held in early January

Location: Both the marathon and ½ marathon will start in downtown Phoenix at Wesley Bolin Plaza and will finish in Tempe, between ASU’s Sun Devil and Sun Angel Stadiums.

800-311-1255

What better way to get started on that New Year’s resolution to improve your health, or perhaps that personal best time… participate in a running tour of Greater Phoenix and experience fun in the sun and music on the course at one of Arizona’s biggest road races.

Santa Cruz Valley Car Nuts Annual Car Show Held in mid – late January

Location: Tubac Golf resort

520-885-6630

See more than 500 collector cars, trucks and motorcycles! The show also features family fun activities, food, raffles & live radio broadcast. 

Maricopa County Home and Garden Show Held in mid January

602-485-1691 One of Arizona’s largest Home Shows features a professional landscape competition with numerous landscape companies showcasing spectacular landscape displays. The event is sponsored by Horticultural Frontiers Landscape & Design, at the Landscaper’s Boulevard.

February

Matsuri-A Festival of Japan Held in late February Location: Monroe 5th-7th Street-Phoenix 602-262-5029 Annual Cultural Event

March

Annual Voices Take Flight Held in early March

Location: Phoenix First Assembly Join the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services for in an afternoon of song featuring the United States Coast Guard Academy Cadet Choir, the Arizona Choir from the University of Arizona. Each of these groups of young people performs individually, then join together to perform a rousing finale of God Bless America – raising their voices to celebrate music and support the military, particularly veterans many of whom have been stricken with incurable neurological diseases. Voices Take Flight is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of incurable neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) – a fatal neurological disease that inordinately affects our Gulf War Veterans.

Pioneer Village Annual Bridal Fair Held in early March

Location: Pioneer Living History Village

623-465-1952 With its picturesque romantic sunsets, 1880's white wedding chapel, the white gazebo surrounded by mountains and the 1800's Opera House, Pioneer Village has become a popular location to hold a Bridal Fair. 

The Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market Held in early March

Heard Museum 602-252-8840

Call for additional information

Aloha Festival Held in mid March

Location:  Heritage & Science Park

480-967-7366

Admission Free

The Arizona Aloha Festival provides fun activities, demonstrations and displays to round out the island experience. 

The American Tenors- Annual Endowment Benefit Held in mid March

Location: Chandler Center for the Arts

480-782-2680

The Chandler Center for the Arts represents a culmination of the unique cooperative efforts between the Chandler Unified School District and the City of Chandler.

October

Rainbow Festival

Held in early October

Location:  Heritage & Science Park 602-252-6284

Call for additional information Annual Festival

November

Annual Sedona Red Rock Fantasy

Held mid November – early January

Location: Los Abrigados Resort & Spa

928-282-1777

Nestled within the world-renowned red rocks of Sedona, Red Rock Fantasy is a festival of more than a million lights providing a man-made marvel within the scenic beauty that has drawn visitors for the past one hundred years. Boasting forty-one displays created by families from the Southwest, the festival promises never-before-seen marvels of light that leave children in wonderment and move adult minds to enjoy the holidays as they did when they were young. It is a magic that can bring cartoon favorites to life, challenge children to scavenger hunts within the displays, or illuminate a 25' swan in dazzling, blue moonlight. That is the magic that has made Red Rock Fantasy a favorite among Arizonans and visitors to the state alike.

Entertainment

Actors Theatre of Phoenix

112 N Central Ave Phoenix, AZ 85004

602-253-6701

Call for performance schedule

A professional theatre company in the heart of downtown Phoenix. Presenting New York quality productions at the city's premier arts venue - classics, contemporary and musicals.

Arizona Opera Company

4600 N. 12th St.

Phoenix, AZ 85014 877-639-0188

Call for performance schedule Arizona Opera is the only professional producer of grand opera in the state. The company produces five operas annually in its home cities of Phoenix and Tucson. 

Arizona Theatre Company

502 W. Roosevelt St.

Phoenix, AZ 85003 602- 256-6995

Call for performance schedule

The Arizona Theatre Company is one of the state’s leading professional theatre, performing six productions at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson and at the Herberger Theater Center.

ASU Public Events at Gammage Auditorium

1200 S Forest Ave Tempe, AZ 85281 480-965-5062

Call for performance schedule

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Gammage seats 3,000 and presents a year-round season of nationally touring Broadway musicals, plus much more.

Ballet Arizona

3645 E. Indian School Rd.

Phoenix, AZ 85018 602-381-0184

Ballet Arizona is one of the Southwest's premier professional ballet companies. Performances are held at The Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix and at various locations throughout the state.

Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre

5247 E. Brown Rd.

Mesa, AZ 85205 888-504-7256 This 500-seat, year-round, professional dinner theater presents full-length Broadway musicals and comedies combined with a savory buffet meal to create a dinner-and-show package that is exception.

Dodge Theatre

400 W. Washington St.

Phoenix, AZ 85001 602-379-2800

It is completely different and is a state-of-the-art entertainment venue designed specifically for concerts, Broadway and family stage shows, boxing and conventions. 

Herberger Theatre Center

222 E. Monroe

Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-252-8497

The Herberger Theater Center is a two-stage complex featuring year-round music, drama and dance performances presented by four resident professional performing companies.

Phoenix Symphony

455 N. 3rd St.

Phoenix, AZ 85004 800-776-9080

Call for performance schedule One of Arizona's largest performing arts groups presents classics, pops, family, chamber concerts and special events.

Phoenix Theatre

100 E. McDowell Rd.

Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-889-5284 Phoenix Theatre, founded in 1920, is one of the oldest theatre companies in Arizona, and one of the oldest continuously operating arts groups in the country. The theatre is known for producing, and redefining.

Valley Youth Theatre

525 N. 1st St.

Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-253-8188 Valley Youth Theatre has state-of-the-art technical capabilities in its 202-seat proscenium-style theater.

Sports

Arizona Cardinals

Phoenix, AZ 85001

Professional Football – NFL

800-999-1402

Season runs September – January

Call for schedule

Arizona Diamondbacks

Phoenix, AZ 85001

Professional Baseball - MLB 602-514-8400

Season runs April - October Hit a home run with by arranging an outing to beautiful Bank One Ballpark to enjoy exciting Arizona Diamondbacks baseball.

Phoenix Coyotes

Professional Hockey – NHL

ALLTEL Ice Den

9375 E. Bell Rd.

Scottsdale, AZ 85260 480- 473-5600

Call for schedule Games played at America West Arena.

Phoenix Suns

Professional Basketball – NBA

201 E. Jefferson St.

Phoenix, AZ 85004 602-379-7900

Season runs October – April, call for schedule Phoenix's own National Basketball Association team plays at America West Arena.