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
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 150,000 [...]
DATE: December 16, 2009 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
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
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 terrific [...]
DATE: December 3, 2009 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
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
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 the [...]
DATE: March 7, 2009 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Alex Highland
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 Kings [...]
DATE: February 17, 2009 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Alex Highland
In the southern Bradshaw Mountains lie the ruins of the Humbug Ghost Town, an unspoiled example of an Arizona mining camp from the early 1880’s that was inhabited on and off into the 1940s . Located on private property, the ghost town is seen by few and there are several active claims in the area [...]
DATE: February 16, 2009 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Alex Highland
Updated for 2009
If you are looking for something different to do this Halloween, spending Halloween in Jerome, Arizona may just be the ticket.
Jerome, a small former ghost town is perched quite literally on the edge of Cleopatra Hill in the Verde Valley. Mining towns once abounded in Arizona, but even in their hey-day, Jerome was [...]
DATE: October 14, 2008 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Andrew Emmott
Nestled in the high Sonora Desert north of Phoenix, Arizona, Carefree is surrounded by sharp mountains, abundant desert growth and blue, blue sky. Carefree, conceived in the 1940s as a planned community, places emphasis on leisure as well as Western culture. The street names reflect the overall feeling of Carefree: Easy Street, Tranquil Trail, Ho [...]
DATE: August 21, 2008 | FILED IN: AZ Events | AUTHOR: Jen Wolfe
