Spring training in the baseball world offers unparalleled opportunities for fans to scout their favorite teams and to get up close and personal with the players, especially in the Cactus League in Phoenix, Arizona. Professional baseball has had a presence in Arizona since the early 1900′s when minor league teams frequently stopped in Arizona to [...]
DATE: February 27, 2012 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
Thanksgiving is a time for family get togethers and what better place to gather than in Phoenix, Arizona. Average temperatures around Thanksgiving are in the low 80s or high 70s with shockingly blue skies, so it is a great place to getaway from the snows that are already flying in the northern states. And there [...]
DATE: November 20, 2011 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
The people of Flagstaff, Arizona, have a unique way to ring in the New Year. No Waterford Crystal glittering ball for these folks! Instead, courtesy of the Weatherford Hotel, citizens and guests get to watch a 70-pound silver pine cone (8 feet long by 4 feet wide) make an elegant descent to mark the midnight [...]
DATE: December 15, 2010 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
{openx:1}Join us in Arizona for the 20th Anniversary of the Celebration of Fine Art in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is a fun and exciting thing to do if you happen to be in Scottsdale in the winter and early spring. Housed in a unique venue, under 40,000 feet of “big white tent”, this is the temporary [...]
DATE: January 6, 2010 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
{openx:1}Rock the Block at the Fiesta Bowl Block Party! Kick off the New Year with a rocking celebration in Tempe, Arizona — the Fiesta Bowl Block Party! Named one of the top ten places in the nation to ring in the New Year by USA Today, the Fiesta Bowl Block Party will welcome more than [...]
DATE: December 16, 2009 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
{openx:1}Glendale Glitters is an annual holiday festival held on Friday and Saturday nights at Murphy Park and the Glendale Visitors Center in Historic Downtown Glendale, Arizona. With more than 1.5 million multi-colored lights that cover 12 historic blocks of downtown Glendale, this is a holiday spectacular you won’t want to miss. More than 50,000 people [...]
DATE: December 10, 2009 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
{openx:1}Celebrate the holidays and the Old West by joining Pioneer Pepper and the Sunset Pioneers for a Singing Cowboy Christmas at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theater in Mesa, Arizona. You will be treated to all your favorite songs and carols, as well as stories and poetry about the Old West. Before the show, enjoy a [...]
DATE: December 3, 2009 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
{openx:1}All aboard The Polar Express! This magical journey is offered by the Grand Canyon Railway each year to help families experience the wonder and joy of Christmas. The Polar Express departs the depot nearly every evening at 6:30 and again at 8:00 p.m., beginning mid-November and going through early January. As the train takes you [...]
DATE: November 25, 2009 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
{openx:1}NASCAR races into Phoenix and The Valley of the Sun twice a year giving NASCAR fans a chance to escape into the Sonora Desert for the excitement of NASCAR racing. The first race of the 2009 season in Phoenix is the weekend of April 17th with both NASCAR Nationwide and the first night race of [...]
DATE: March 7, 2009 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Alex Highland
{openx:1}It’s time again for the Annual Great Arizona Beer Festival March 7 and 8 2009 at Tempe Beach Park. The Festival features tastes of more than 100 specialty and micro brewed beers, live music, games and fun for people age 21 and over. The event also features live entertainment by two great bands, the Crown [...]
DATE: February 17, 2009 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Alex Highland
