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.
