*Sedona Events in Red Rock Red

June 3

Glendale, Arizona.  44th Annual Summer Band Concert Series. 100 musicians play marches, ballads and show tunes. The community band, conducted by John Farris, plays for free on Fridays at 8:00 p.m.  Enjoy an old fashioned band-in-the-park event under a beautiful Arizona sky. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.  For more information, call 623-930-2299 or visit www.glandaleaz.com/events.

June 4

First Friday Art Gallery Tour. On the first Friday of each month, members of the Sedona Gallery Association offer a monthly showcase highlighting artists, special exhibits and events. Visit the Sedona Gallery Association website for more information.

First Friday Art Walk in Flagstaff.  The First Friday Art Walk is presented by Flagstaff Cultural Partners – Historic Downtown Flagstaff, live music and refreshments, meet local artists, shop for original artwork, free, 6-9 pm, 928-773-2300 or www.FlagstaffArtWalk.com.

Artlink First Fridays in Phoenix.  Self-guided art tour of central Phoenix, galleries, art spaces, studios, first Friday of each month, free shuttle rides, free, 6-10 pm, 602-256-7539 or www.artlinkphoenix.com.

9th Annual Arizona Crawdad Festival in Camp Verde.  New Orleans/Cajun style event, crawdad eating contests, crawdad races, kids carnival, root beer and beer gardens, live cajun music, Fri 5-11 pm, Sat 4 – 11 pm, 928-567-9294 or www.visitcampverde.com.

June 4 – 6

“Passport to Flagstaff.” The first weekend in June is a great time to to head to Flagstaff.  in addition to the First Friday ArtWalk, more than 100 retailers, restaurants, hotels and attractions will offer special deals to anyone who presents a “Passport.”  Join folks from Arizona Highways magazine downtown at Heritage Square during the weekend for a variety of activities and events such as music, movies on the square, photography workshops and exhibits.  For more information and to download your “Passport,” visit: www.arizonahighways.com.

June 5

Sedona Community Farmer’s Market.  Every Friday from 8 am to 1 pm.  The market is located at the Sedona Airport by the overlook in West Sedona and features local growers, producers and artisans.

Winetasting 2010 Ahwatukee. Ahwatukee’s premier social event, the annual Wine and Beer Tasting Festival is slated for Saturday, June 5 at the Foothills Golf Club.  Nearly 1,000 people gather at the Foothills Golf Clubhouse for an evening of wine/beer tasting (over 50 varieties!), appetizer tasting from several local restaurants, live entertainment, socializing and competitive bidding in a Silent Auction that boasts over 100 items.

10th Annual Family Farm Day Glendale.  Tolmachoff Farms, Children’s activities including u-pick garden, train rides, corn husking and watermelon eating contest, crafts, food samples, farm theme games, $4, 8 am – 2 pm, 623-386-1301 or www.tolmachoff-farms.com.

Jerome Art walk Jerome.  Visit more than 30 of the unique art studios and galleries, meet the artists and see handcrafted art including jewelry, pottery, glass, leatherwork, clothing , paintings and sculpture and more made both locally and internationally, free, 5 – 8 pm, www.jeromeartwalk.com.

June 5 – 6

Deuces Wild Triathalon Festival in Show Low.  The Olympic course is swim 1500 meters, bike 24.9 miles and run 6.2 miles, Deuce Man Long Course is swim 1.2 miles, bike 56 miles and run 13.1 miles.

19th Annual Wool Festival in Flagstaff. Celebrating the tradition of sheep ranching and fiber craft in Northern Arizona, live sheep, goats and alpaca, herding dog and shearing demonstrations, fiber craft demonstrations by Navajo and other local artisans, living history sheep camp, sample traditional sheep camp cooking, fleece and fiber crafts for sale, $3, 10 am – 4 pm, 928-774-6272 or www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org

21st Annual Custom, Comp and Cruise at the Courthouse Square in Prescott.  Presented by the Prescott Auto Enthusiasts, 10 classes, 5/50, prizes, first 150 dash plaques, trophies, 10 am – 3 pm, 928-778-0000 or www.paecarclub.com.

2nd Annual Festival of Native American Culture in Sedona.  Various venues in Sedona, Cottonwood, Camp Verde, Jerome and Clarkdale, includes a Native American Film Festival, Heritage Expeditions, Talks, Symposium, a Native American Fine Arts Market, Native American Cultural Awareness Week and a Celebration of Native American Music and Dance, 928-282-1228.

Main Street Farmers Market and Art Walk in Show Low.  The Festival Marketplace featuring local produce growers, food product producers, artisans and craftspeople, Saturdays, 9 am – 1 pm, 928-521-9284 or www.pinetop-lakeside.com.

Antiques on the Square in Prescott. Courthouse Plaza, 50 + dealers of antiques and collectibles, includes glass, pottery, furniture, art, jewelry, primitives and unique surprises, sponsored by the Thumb Butte Questers, free, 9 am – 5 pm, 928-445-5137 or www.prescott.org.

June 12-13

Bisbee Lodging Tour: Doors Wide Open in Bisbee, AZ.  Twelve of Bisbee’s finest accommodations on display in historic Bisbee, including B & B’s, hotels, inns, homes and motels, the varied buildings on the tour illustrate both the architectural heritage of Bisbee as well as how new buildings augment the character of the former copper mining town, $10 and $1 for shuttle bus, 11 am – 4 pm, 520-432-5421 or www.bisbeearizona.com or www.discoverbisbee.com.

20th Annual Strawberry Festival in Strawberry, Arizona.  Held in Downtown Strawberry, music, crafts, food, Sat 9 am – 5pm, Sun 9 am – 3 pm.  Pine strawberry Community Center and Ramada in the heart of Pine, AZ off Hwy. 87 (Beeline Hwy) across from the Post Office. ADMISSION: FREE.  The festival sponsors (PSBC), volunteers and vendors always go out of their way to make this a family fun event.  The festival this year will be held in conjunction with Strawberry Patchers’ Quilt Show (Admission free) located in Pine, AZ, in the Cultural Hall, and the Strawberry Valley Blues Festival (admission free) in Strawberry, AZ, only 3 miles north of Pine.  There are activities for the kids, a great selection of food from fry bread, kettle corn, hamburgers and hot dogs to, of course, many strawberry delicacies such as pies, sundaes, floats, shortcake, jam, strawberry sparkle drink, chocolate dipped strawberries, flats of strawberries and on and on.  Vendors and artisans will be selling a great diversity of wares. (PSBC)  Pine Strawberry Business Community (PSBC) is a local organization comprised of members from the towns of Pine and Strawberry, Arizona.  PSBC helps local businesses and the community members through fundraising events.  928-476-3655 or www.pinestrawhs.org.

June 12 – June 27

Dine in Sedona Restaurant Fest. This event gives local foodies and visitors the chance to experience a selection of specially priced meals from a wide variety of Sedona’s restaurants.   Guests will enjoy three course prix-fixe dinner menus with the opportunity to select items for each course.  For participating restaurants and more information, visit www.dineinsedona.com.

June 13

Sedona Taste. Lovers of fine food, wine and beer are invited to spend a fun evening supporting a good cause.   Los Abrigados Resort, creek-side, 8 pm, tickets $60.  All proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Arizona. For more information visit www.apositiveplace.org

June 17 – 20

Annual Prescott Valley Days in Prescott Valley, AZ.  Prescott Valley Entertainment District. (3001 N. Main Street Prescott Valley, 86314), carnival, parade, arts and crafts, PV Idol, live music.  www.pvchamber.org.

June 18 -20

11th Annual Juneteenth Festival & Ethnic Arts Fair in Cordes Junction, Arcosanti, celebrating freedom through music and art, ethnic arts fair will feature music, workshops, guest speakers, art shows, dancing, children’s theatre and food vendors, live entertainment includes gospel, jazz, blues, reggae/funk, Fri openning at Hassayampa Inn in Prescott, then continues on Sat & Sun at Arcosanti, $5-10, 11 am – 7 pm, 928-772-5019 or www.pjazz.org.

June 18 – 29

2010 Multi-Cultural Arts, Crafts & Antique Expo in beautiful, cool Williams.  Highlights the cultural diversityof area artists and crafters, interactive art booths, crafts, antiques and live entertainment, 928-814-9899 or 928-635-1418 or www.williamschamber.com.

June 19

Flagstaff Wine & Food Festival. A celebration of regional wines and local foods. Meet regional wine makers and sample their wines, taste a variety of local food creations by some of northern Arizona’s finest restaurants, and support Pine Mountain Amphitheater, 12 – 6 pm, tickets $10 in advance, for more information visit www.pmamp.com

Buffalo Soldier Historic Sites Tourin Sierra Vista.  Learn more about the renowned Buffalo Soldiers, the All-Black unit in the late 1800s through the turn-of-the-Century, reservations required, $12, 11:15 am, 520-417-6960 or 800-288-3861 or www.visitsierravista.com.

June 19 – 20

8th Annual Flagstaff Music Festival in Flagstaff.  Held in Heritage Square (on Aspen between Leroux and San Francisco) promotes local Flagstaff and Northern Arizona bands and musicians, free, Sat 12 pm – 10 pm, Sun 12 pm – 8 pm, 928-699-0119 or www.flagstaffmusicfestival.com.

Arts & Craft Show in Sedona at the Bell Rock Plaza, between 35-55 artists with paintings, leather, jewelry, wood, metal, fountains, carvings and many Native American artists too, 928-284-9627 or www.bellrockartshows.com/

June 20 – October 31

Ed Mell – Paintings of the New West. Flagstaff.  Museum of Northern Arizona.  This exhibit highlights 38 Mell paintings and sculptures, decidedly Western in theme and expression,  from 1990 to 2009.  The Museum of Northern Arizona is located three miles north of downtown flagstaff on State Route 180.  The museum is open 9 am to 5 pm daily.  For more information visit www.musnaz.org.

June 20

24th Annual Father’s Day Fishing Contest held in Pinetop, Woodland Lake Park, 1 – 4 pm, 928-367-4290 or www.pinetop-lakeside.com

June 25

“Packin’ on the Patio.” Sedona Film Festival presents an evening of Oscar-nominated short films plus “Taste of Tlaquepaque.”  What do you get when you mix together Oscar-nominated  films, food, fun and vacations?  These all ad up to another Sedona Film Festval fundraising event, a party being held on the Patio del Norte in Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village.  Space is limited to 100 people for his very special event.  Call the Sedona International Film Festival at (928) 282-1177 for tickets and more information, or visit www.SedonaFilmFestival.com.

June 26

Made in the Shade Beer Tasting Festival. Flagstaff.  Over 50 breweries from around the Southwest and West coast, food, live music, Coconino County Fairgrounds, tickets $40 in advance, $50 at event.  Buy tickets at www.azbeer.com.

JUNE 2009

6/1 – 6/7 – “Outdoor Living” – El Prado Gallery

6/2 – Murder Mystery Dinner Theater – Marketplace Cafe/Canyon Moon Theater, 6 pm.

6/5 – Sedona’s Farmers Market – Airport Mesa, 10 am – 5 pm.

6/5 – First Friday Art Walk.

6/5 – Nobody, Etal. playing at Java Love Cafe, 7 pm

6/5 – 6/13 – Festival of Native American Culture (various venues throughout the Verde Valley). For more information visit, festivalofnativeamericanculture.org

6/6 Sedona Heritage Museum “Voices of Verde”. Also, “Vintage Cameras-Vintage Sedona Photographers”

6/6 – Jerome Art Walk

6/6 & 6/7 – Moonlight Hikes at Red Rock State Park, 6:30 pm

6/11 – “Healing art of Dine Sand Painting” – Ring Rocks Foundation

6/18 and 6/19 – Gospel Music at Sedona Studio Live. 7 pm. Call (928) 282-0549 for more information

6/20 – Summer Solstice Celebration. Sedona Creative Life Center. 7 – 9pm.

6/20 -Phenomenal Touch Massage. Sedona Creative Center. 7 – 9 pm.

6/27 Verde Canyon Railroad “Tequila Train” 5:30

6/30 Canyon Moon Theatre “Mystery Dinner Theatre”

And Don’t Forget to Check out Sedona’s Premier Bed and Breakfast, The Southwest Inn!