Time to join the locals at Grasshopper Point or one of the other swimming holes in the area to cool off during the heat of the day. The long days of summer offer extra time to enjoy all of Sedona's natural beauty and the surrounding area. Let the Southwest Inn be your home base for day trips to the Grand Canyon, Jerome and more. Call now to reserve your room.
2012-
JUL 1
45th Annual 4th of July Celebration
Sierra Vista - Veterans Memorial Park
On the 3rd at 5 pm a street dance, on the 4th pets & people parade, entertainment, food, displays, bands play at 6 pm, largest fireworks display in Cochise County at dusk, free, 800-288-3861 or 520-266-2304 or www.visitsierravista.com
JUL 3
2012 Light Up the Sky Festival
Phoenix - Maryvale Baseball Park
Features various games, activities designed for youth of all ages, then fireworks, free, 6:30-9:30 pm, 602-262-6275 or www.phoenix.gov/parks
JUL 4
100th Annual July 4th Round Valley Rodeo & Parade
Eagar
Rodeo competition, bull riding & barrel racing competition, parade, fireworks, rodeo, BBQ, art walk, arts & crafts vendors, community garage show, quilt exhibit, fireworks, $5, 10 am, 928-333-2123 or http://www.springerville-eagarchamber.com
JUL 4
34th Annual 4th of July at the Grand Canyon/Tusayan
Grand Canyon (Tusayan)
Theme is Happy Birthday Arizona, celebrate with a parade at 3 pm, food, beer garden sponsored by Grand Canyon Brewing Company, live band “Whiskey Rodeo”, fun for all, free, 3-8:30 pm, 928-638-2901 or http://therealgrandcanyon.info
JUL 4
Hometown 4th of July
Williams
Hometown 4th of July – an “All American Holiday” with one of the biggest parades in Northern Arizona at 6 pm, Arizona Vintage Baseball League Exhibition games, local Rotary BBQ, Kiwanis Korn Roast, ice cream social at the Methodist Church, Cataract Creek Rambler steam engine all weekend, 928-635-1418 or 800-863-0546 orhttp://www.ExperienceWilliams.com
JUL 4
City of Prescott 4th of July Extravaganza
Prescott - Pioneer Park
Craft tents for kids, contests, carnival games and rides, water slide, bungee jumping, pony rides, vendors, live music, food, free, carnival wrist band $15, noon – 10 pm, 928-777-1349 or http://www.visit-prescott.com
JUL 4
Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration
Kingman - Memorial Park Kingman
Games, game booths, food vendors, music, 3-legged races, sack races, balloon toss, volley ball, horse shoes, egg races and more, 951-203-1479 or 928-232-0994
JUL 4
July 4th Laser Light Show and Concert
Sedona - Posse Grounds Park
Concert by 2Suns, Red Rock BBQ food for sale, free glow sticks and a laser light show at dark, free, 6:30 pm, 928-282-7098 or http://www.SedonaAZ.gov/Park
Exploring Nature
Mormon Lake - Mormon Lake Lodge
Enjoy all of the environmental education and other family fun events and celebrations on this 5-day holiday, kids games, roping at the arena, trout and crayfish tournament, horseshoe tournament, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, Mormon Lake 4th of July Parade, free, 602-469-0708 or 928-354-2227 orhttp://www.mormonlakelodge.com/
12th Annual Arizona Coin, Currency & Stamp Expo
Mesa - Holiday Inn
Coins, currency & stamps, hobby supplies, free advice on collecting, unusual coins, gold & currency, door prizes, Fri. 11 am – 6 pm, Sat. 10 am – 6 pm, Sun 10 am – 4 pm, http://www.bickinternational.com
5th Annual Medieval Mayhem in the White Mountains
Pinetop-Lakeside - Mountain Meadows Recreation Complex
Celebrating the Medieval times/Dark Ages and the Renaissance all rolled into one, includes Vikings, Celtic warriors, pirates, nights in armor, an entire queen’s court, elves and faeries, different vendors, attractions, groups and guilds come to play, $10,http://www.azmayhem.com
JUL 6
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,http://www.jeromeartwalk.com
JUL 6
Show Low Main Street’s First Friday
Show Low
Deuce of Clubs and Festival Marketplace, merchants stay open late with shopping specials, artists, craftspeople and food vendors, live entertainment, 5-8 pm, 928-532-4124
Fred and Mary: An Unconventional Romance
Prescott - Elk's Opera House
Fred and Mary: An Unconventional Romance – Elks Opera House, re-imagines the relationship between groundbreaking architect Mary Jane Colter and pioneering hotelier Fred Harvey who has been credited with “civilizing” the West, straddling the border between historical and alternate realities, their story is interwoven with the beauty and culture of the indigenous people of the Southwest, 7 pm, 928-777-1370 orhttp://www.elksoperahouse.com
JUL 6
Hot Summer Nights Concert Series
Mesa - Broadway Palm West
Featuring Piano Man, celebrating the music of Billy Joel & Elton John, and features the multi-talented Terry Davies accompanied by a 10-piece band, $39 for dinner and show, $20 for show only, doors open at 6 pm, concerts at 7:30 pm, 480-325-6700 orhttp://BroadwayPalmWest.com
JUL 6
Downtown Friday Nights 2012
Flagstaff - Heritage Square
Featuring a variety of theatre, dance, music and live art demonstrations, this week features Circus Bacchus, 6-8 pm, http://heritagesquaretrust.org
JUL 7
Heritage Program Film Series
Flagstaff - Museum of Northern Arizona
This week: How to Make Fry Bread, historic and home film footage from 1973 from the American Indian Film Gallery, discusses the role of food and frybread in American Indian culture, a frybread vendor will be onsite, also a mockumentary film: More than Fry Bread, with professional Native actors as well as locals, $6-10, 928-774-5213 orhttp://www.musnaz.org
JUL 7
8th Annual Summer Melodrama
Alpine - Alpine Community Center
Alpine Community Theater presents an original melodrama production, titled “Sleight of Hand” or “The Medicine Show Must Go On”, after the parade & activities, the show will end before the fireworks begin. $1-5, 7 pm, 928-339-4656 orhttp://www.alpinearizona.com
JUL 7
Arizona History & Hi-Jinx
Sedona - Sedona Heritage Museum
An original one-act, one-man show featuring stories about the growing pains of the “Baby State”, i.e. suffrage & racism of 100 years ago, the statehood vote, the constitutional convention, politics of the day intertwined with the history of the greater Sedona area, stories of local pioneers, new poems and new stories will come and go throughout the year for variety, by Mike Peach, http://www.sedonamuseum.org/
JUL 7
Tlaquepaque’s Sizzlin’ Summer Bash
Sedona - Tlaquepaque
Pie eating contests, Dixieland, hot jazz and blues, potato sack races, face painting, and star-spangled crafts for kids, BBQ, a Red local fire engine truck courtesy of Sedona Fire Department, free, 11 am – 5 pm, 928-282-4838 or http://www.tlaq.com
JUL 7
Ha:san Bak Saguaro Harvest Festival
Vail - Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Participants harvest saguaro fruit, prepare & taste saguaro products & learn about the saguaro, its natural history, importance & uses to the Tohono O'odham, $65 for the workshop, plus admission, pre-register, for just the celebration with tastings and entertainment, $5/car up to six people, 520-647-7121 orhttp://www.colossalcave.com
JUL 7
July Evening Concert
Flagstaff - The Arboretum at Flagstaff
In the gardens under the shade of the cool pines, bring a picnic dinner, beer and wine for sale, this month features, $13-16, 5:30-7 pm, 928-774-1442 orhttp://www.thearb.org
JUL 7
July Evening Concert 2012
Flagstaff - The Arboretum at Flagstaff
In the gardens under the shade of the cool pines, bring a picnic dinner, beer and wine for sale, this month features Domingo DeGrazia-Spanish Guitar Band, blends Spanish guitar passion with the flair of Flamenco music, $13-16, 5:30-7 pm, 928-774-1442 or http://www.thearb.org
JUL 7
Pine Community Centennial Celebration
Pine
Museum opens at 10 am, parade at 10:30 am, BBQ under the Ramada hosted by the Pine/Strawberry Historical Society at noon, $5-8, activities for children under the Ramada, historical speaker, community dance with Junction 87 at 6 pm, 928-476-3678
JUL 7
Summer Saturday Evenings at Desert Museum
Tucson - Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, the museum stays open after sundown on Saturdays all summer long, with exhibits featuring the Sonoran Desert's nocturnal plants and wildlife, 7 am - 10 pm (last ticket sold at 9:15 pm), 520-883-2702 orhttp://www.desertmuseum.org
JUL 7
Hot Summer Nights Concert Series
Mesa - Broadway Palm West
Broadway Palm, featuring AbbaFab, the premier ABBA experience featuring Anne Davies, Chelsea Faulds and a 9-9piece band, $39 for dinner and show, $20 for show only, doors open at 6 pm, concerts at 7:30 pm, 480-325-6700 orhttp://BroadwayPalmWest.com
JUL 7
2012 Night Flight Golf
Phoenix - Palo Verde
9-hole course is lined with glow lights and players receive a glow necklace and glow ball, each foursome will receive a flash light to wave up the next foursome, golfers walk or pull a cart, a tournament format as a four-person scramble and includes prizes and a goodie bag for each player, $100/foursome, pre-register, 7 pm, 602-249-9930 orhttp://phoenix.gov/golf
Camp Butterfly
Greer - Butterfly Lodge Museum
4 days of art immersion, 9:00am to 11:45am: quilted wall hanging, Mexican tile trivet or wind chime, pottery flower bowl, pre-registration required (kit fees for materials only), three expert presenters / three products for each participant, http://butterflylodgemuseum.org
Bye Bye Birdie
Gilbert - Hale Theater
It’s 1960 and hip-swingin’ teen idol superstar Conrad Birdie has been drafted into the army, he is sent off in style with a swell new song and one last kiss from a lucky teenage fan on The Ed Sullivan Show, http://www.haletheatrearizona.com
JUL 13
Downtown Friday Nights 2012
Flagstaff - Heritage Square
Featuring a variety of theatre, dance, music and live art demonstrations, this week features Orchestra Northern Arizona and Human Nature Dance Theatre, 6-8 pm, http:// heritagesquaretrust.org
JUL 13
Downtown Friday Nights 2012
Flagstaff - Heritage Square
Featuring a variety of theatre, dance, music and live art demonstrations, this week features Orchestra Northern Arizona and Human Nature Dance Theatre, 6-8 pm, http:// heritagesquaretrust.org
15th Annual Prescott Indian Art Market
Prescott - Sharlot Hall Museum
Traditional and contemporary works of art, arts & crafts demonstrations, Indian fry bread, musical performances, cultural presentations, $5, children are fee, Sat. 9 am - 5 pm, Sun. 9 am – 4 pm, 928-445-3122 or http://www.sharlot.org
12 Hours at Night Mountain Bike Ride
Prescott - Pioneer Park
12 hour endurance mountain bike event for solo racers or teams of 2 or 3 done relay style, an 8-mile lap that includes wide track, hills, twisty single track, tunnels and more, benefits Prescott Kiwanis Foundation Endowment Fund, break out the headlights, $65 to participate, free for spectators, 8 pm – 8 am, 928-713-2733 or http://www.12hoursatnight.com or http://www.go-ar.com/12han.html
JUL 14
Kingman Mohave Lions Club Golf Tournament 2012
Kingman - Cerbat Cliffs Golf Course
Kingman Mohave Lions Club Golf Tournament 2012 – Cerbat Cliffs Golf Course, four person scramble, $66 includes green fees, cart, goodie bag and lunch, 928-753-6593
JUL 14
3rd Annual Firefighter’s Luau
Prescott - Old Firehouse Plaza
3rd Annual Firefighter’s Luau
July 14
Old Firehouse Plaza, 10:00 am to midnight
220 W. Goodwin St., Prescott
http://www.prescottffcharities.org/
Sand volleyball tournaments, raffle prizes, Tiki bars, live entertainment, pig roast, fire dancers and lots more!
JUL 14
Hot Summer Nights Concert Series
Mesa - Broadway Palm West
Broadway Palm, featuring The Kool Band with “Three Decades of Gold” a tribute to the great rock and roll music of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, $39 for dinner and show, $20 for show only, doors open at 6 pm, concerts at 7:30 pm, 480-325-6700 orhttp://BroadwayPalmWest.com
JUL 14
Titan Moonlight Madness
Green Valley - Titan Missile Museum
Mad Scientists host seltzer rocket launchings, rocket launch control room visits, space food samplings, astronaut tests and more on the second Saturday of the month, 5-9 pm (last tour 8 pm), 520-625-7736 (reservations required) or http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/
JUL 14
13th Annual Family Fun Day
Tempe - ASU Art Museum
Includes free hands-on art making projects, educational booths and entertainment in the form of performances by local musicians, dancers, magicians and puppeteers, this summer’s show is Collecting Arizona a tribute to Arizona’s Centennial showcasing artists from the region, free, 10 am – 2 pm, 480-965-2787 or http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu
JUL 14
AZ Trail History Hike
Mormon Lake - Mormon Lake Lodge
2 mile hike along a section of the Arizona National Scenic Trail led by Larry Snead, the Mormon Lake Lodge Environmental Programs Manager, discusses the history of the development of the Arizona Trail during the hike and shares the story about Flagstaff school teacher, Dale Shewalter, the founder of the Arizona Trail, free, 9-11:30 am, 928-354-2227 or http://www.mormonlakelodge.com/
JUL 14
Learn Your Lizards
Superior - Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Educates participants how to identify common species such as Western whiptails, Tree Lizards, Side-blotched and Greater Earless, family-friendly walk, meet at the visitor center, $3-7.50, 8:30 am, 520-689-2811 or http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu
JUL 15
WWE’S Money in the Bank
Phoenix - US Airways Center
Favorite WWE Superstars will battle for the coveted “Money in the Bank” briefcase and the guaranteed contract for a WWE title match, $25, 800-745-3000 or http://www.ticketmaster.com
JUL 15
Art Abounds at Posse Grounds
Sedona - Posse Grounds Park
Emerging artists can set up in the City Park and sell goods for $10/booth, free for spectators, 9 am – 3 pm, 928-282-7098 or http://www.SedonaAz.gov/Parks
JUL 15
Sunday Afternoon at Carr House – Going Batty Over Bats
Sierra Vista - Carr House
Jane Chambers, Friends of the Huachuca Mountains Board Member and Environmental Educator, presents a family oriented program about bats, you will find out about bat myths and discover how interesting and important bats are to the balance of nature, free, 1:30 pm, 520-417-6960 or http://www.huachucamountains.org
20th Annual Camp Verde Cornfest
Camp Verde - Downtown
Live bluegrass music, beer garden, food, family activities on Sat., vendors, farmers market, corn eating contest, hog calling, old-fashioned games, cow pie throwing, vendors, corniest joke contest, free, Fri 3-10 pm, Sat. 10 am – 10 pm,http://campverdecornfest.com/
11th Annual Lori Piestewa National Native American Games
Fort McDowell
Salt River Community, Fountain Hills and Fort McDowell Indian Community, features competition in sports including basketball, baseball, cross-country, flag football, softball, volleyball, wrestling & track & field, for men & women, 480-517-9700 orhttp://www.gcsg.org
ARCA Arizona State Convention & Hamfest
Williams - Bob Dean Rodeo Grounds
Arizona's largest hamfest, features major manufacturers, dealers, exhibits, speakers, swap meet, seminars, classes, prizes, free, 2 pm, 520-538-0200 or 928-635-1418 orhttp://www.arca-az.org/main/july_hamfest.html
Elk in the Attic
Prescott - Elks Opera House
Elk in the Attic – Elks Opera House, soon after a large number of drought-weary forest animals risk everything to temporarily take up residence in Prescott, nine-year-old Tim Armstrong discovers a huge bull elk named Bill living in the attic above his bedroom, 7:30 pm, 928-777-1370 or http://www.elksoperahouse.com
JUL 20
Downtown Friday Nights 2012
Flagstaff - Heritage Square
Featuring a variety of theatre, dance, music and live art demonstrations, this week features Flagstaff Community Band and Canyon Movement Company, 6-8 pm, http:// heritagesquaretrust.org
15th Annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival
Flagstaff - Foxglenn Park
Celebrating all things Celtic, music, piping, athletics, whisky tasting, educational workshops, vendors, historical reenactment, clans and societies and a kids area, $4-18, Sat 9 am - 6 pm, Sun 10 am – 4 pm, 928-556-3161 or http://www.nachs.info
3rd Annual Flagstaff Jewelry, Gem and Mineral Show
Flagstaff - Radisson Woodlands Hotel
Vendors selling jewelry (fine and costume), gold and sterling silver, gems, unset gemstones, minerals, fossils, slabs, rocks, cabochons, crystals, $3, and under 12 free with adult, 928-773-8888
Peach Mania Festival
Willcox - Apple Annie's Orchard
U-pick tree ripened peaches and apples, all-you-can eat pancake breakfast 7-10 am, peach ice cream, peach pie, 6:30 am - 5:30 pm, free, 520-384-2084 orhttp://www.appleannies.com
JUL 21
8th Annual Summer Melodrama
Alpine - Alpine Community Center
Alpine Community Center, Alpine Community Theater presents an original melodrama production, titled “Sleight of Hand” or “The Medicine Show Must Go On”, prior is a lasagna dinner & dessert, reservations required, $5 show only, $20 dinner & show, 5:15 pm dinner, 7 pm show, 928-339-4656 or http://www.alpinearizona.com
JUL 21
Kingman Family Fun Day
Kingman - Locomotive Park
Presented by Kingman’s Wild West Society, with western re-enactments and shootouts throughout the day, live music between performances, vendors, food, and art displays, shows begin at 11am, 12:30 pm, and 2 & 3pm, 928-203-1479 or http://www.kingmantourism.org/
JUL 21
Summer Soiree
Flagstaff - The Arboretum at Flagstaff
Catered dinner in the gardens with music, silent and live auctions, fundraising event, $75 for individual tickets; table sponsor options available, 5:30 pm, 928-774-1442 orhttp://www.thearb.org
JUL 21
2nd Annual Splash Mob 5K Fun Run & Walk
Tempe - Kiwanis Park
Benefit Children First Academy, during the run/walk, volunteers and children from the school will line the event course and keep the participants cool by using Super Soakers and water balloons to splash the participants, $35, 7 am, http://www.splashmob5k.com
JUL 21
Operation Help A Vet!
Kingman - Mohave Country Fairgrounds
Operation Help A Vet! – Mohave Country Fairgrounds, features live music, bike show, slow race, burnout competition, food, vendors and more, noon – 10 pm
JUL 21
Italian Night
Cordes Junction - Arcosanti
This year's Italian evening features opera singer Jayne Casselman joined by piano accompanist Linda Haefler, and of course the Italian dinner in the vaults, reservations required, 5 pm, 928-632-7135 or http://www.arcosanti.org
JUL 21
Kids Fun Day
Mormon Lake - Mormon Lake Lodge
9 am learn how to catch more fish, loaner fishing gear provided on a first come - first serve basis, 1 pm a scavenger hunt - a fun learning event about Leave No Trace Outdoor Ethics, prizes for the winning team, kids under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult, free, 9 am - 3:30 pm, 928-354-2227 or http://www.mormonlakelodge.com/
JUL 21
Absolute Bikes Taylor House Benefit Century Bicycle Ride
Flagstaff
With 95-, 65-, 45-, and 30-mile options, through Flagstaff area and northern Arizona, rest stops, lunch at start/finish, benefits the Taylor House for friends/family of patients of the Flagstaff Medical Center, 6 am, $55 minimum donation, 928-779-5969 or http://www.absolutebikes.net
JUL 22
Edible & Medicinal Plants
Superior - Boyce Thompson Arboretum
One-hour walk up the Curandero Trail to learn about Sonoran Desert plants, a few moderately steep sections, guided by Choctaw nation member and ethno botanist David Morris and “Foods of the Superstitions” cookbook author Jean Groen, $3-7.50, 8:30 am, 520-689-2811 or http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu
JUL 27
Annual Pioneer Day Celebration
Snowflake
Arts & crafts fair, parade, BBQ, rodeo, dances, kid’s entertainment, theatrical performance, pioneer day run, softball league tournament, free swimming, fireworks display, Sweet Wheels Car Show & Swap, 928-536-4331 orhttp://www.snowflaketaylorchamber.org
Monsoon Madness
Tucson - Tohono Chul Park
A botanical showcase with an impressive assortment of bizarre, edible, showy and trickster cacti, shrubs, herbs, vines and groundcovers, meet local growers, get answers from the experts, free admission to the park during the sale, 4 pm, 520-742-6455 orhttp://www.tohonochulpark.org
JUL 27
Summer Twilight Tours
Phoenix - Deer Valley Rock Art Center
A guided tour of spectacular rock art, educators tell all about petroglyphs, archaeology, desert plants and animals and Native American cultures, reservations, $3-7, 5:30 pm, 623-582-8007 or http://dvrac.asu.edu/
JUL 27
Downtown Friday Nights 2012
Flagstaff - Heritage Square
Featuring a variety of theatre, dance, music and live art demonstrations, this week features Echoes of Flagstaff and live art demonstrations, 6-8 pm, http:// heritagesquaretrust.org
JUL 28
8th Annual National Day of the American Cowboy Celebration
Sedona - Uptown Sedona
Cowboy festivities and western entertainment, Cowboy parade down Jordan Road to Cowboy Plaza, gunfights at High Noon, live performances, live western music, western artists and western trades and crafts demonstrations, compete in the Spirit of the West Outfit Contest, (prizes for the most authentic spirit of the West outfit, so dress the part), 10 am – 8 pm, 928-204-2390 or http://www.sedonamainstreet.com
7th Annual Shootout on Whiskey Row
Prescott
The Prescott Regulators and Their Shady Ladies a gathering of award-winning Western re-enactment groups from all over the West who compete in historic skits and gunfights, also a period costume contest with authentic 1800s clothing, vendors, free, 9 am – 4 pm, http://www.prescottregulators.org
Peach Mania Festival
Willcox - Apple Annie's Orchard
U-pick tree ripened peaches and apples, all-you-can eat pancake breakfast 7-10 am, peach ice cream, peach pie, 6:30 am - 5:30 pm, free, 520-384-2084 orwww.appleannies.com
Peach Mania Festival
Willcox - Apple Annies
U-pick tree ripened peaches and apples, all-you-can eat pancake breakfast 7-10 am, peach ice cream, peach pie, 6:30 am - 5:30 pm, free, 520-384-2084 orwww.appleannies.com
JUL 28
Prickly Pear Cactus Class
Superior - Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Learn how to harvest prickly pear fruits and extract their juice without turning your hands into a “porcupine”, included in admission, $3-7.50, 10:30 am 520-689-2811 orhttp://ag.arizona.edu/bta
JUL 28
Exploring Nature
Mormon Lake - Mormon Lake Lodge
Learn about the wildlife in the forest all around Mormon Lake Lodge with Program Leader Larry Snead, the Mormon Lake Lodge Environmental Programs Manager, includes a short hike on the “Trail for Tomorrow” that meanders through the forest in the cabin area, kids under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult, free, 9-11:30 am, 928-354-2227 or http://www.mormonlakelodge.com/
JUL 29
Sunday Afternoon at Carr House – Birding by Ear
Sierra Vista - Carr House
Rick Romea, expert birder, will help us to start to develop a common language to describe bird vocalizations, using examples from common southwest birds, learn to characterize bird sounds as to common types and sound qualities, identify to whom that “twittering call” or “thin whistle” belongs, free, 1:30 pm, 520-417-6960 or http://www.huachucamountains.org
10th Annual Art Unraveled
Phoenix - Embassy Suites
Join others from around the world in mixed media art workshops 9 am - 4:30 pm and evening workshops 6:30-9:30 pm , i.e., painting, drawing, jewelry making, book making, collage, journaling, metal clay, etc., workshops priced individually so that you could attend 1 or many workshops; shopping Extravaganza on Saturday, 8/6, 10 am - 4 pm, http://www.artunraveled.com
NOV 19
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SEP 3
Native American Bolo Ties: Vintage and Contemporary
Phoenix - Heard Museum
A fun new exhibit of Arizona’s official state neckwear, http://www. heard.org
FEB 11
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SEP 3
Centennial Canvas: Paintings by Prescott Artists
Prescott - Sharlot Hall Museum
Features works by created for this exhibition, in the new exhibition space, featuring Prescott and Yavapai County for the Centennial, 928-445-3122 or http://www.sharlot.org
FEB 11
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AUG 31
Geronimo: The Apache Experience
Phoenix - Heard Museum
Examines the celebrity attached to Geronimo and the resulting misrepresentations of Apache culture and heritage that followed the intense media attention, insight into the historic groups of Apaches and the leaders who were overshadowed by Geronimo’s persona, http://www.heard.org
Basketry Treasured
Tucson - Arizona State Museum
A sampling of the world’s largest collection of Southwest American Indian basketry and other woven wonders of American heritage. An exhibit of 500 pieces will represent the depth and breadth of the larger collection (some 25,000+ pieces) and provide an introduction to this peerless assemblage, designated an American Treasure in 2011. www.statemuseum.arizona.edu
Exhibit: Hopi Summer
Prescott - Smoki Museum
In 1927 a family from the east, ventured out on a cross-country trip, an eight day stop in Hopi resulted in an amazing friendship between two women from very different cultures, learn about the story, written by Carolyn O’Bagy Davis and see the collection from 1927 on loan from Wesleyan University, $10, 928-445-1230 orhttp://www.smokimuseum.org
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gilbert - Hale Centre Theatre
The story of love and friendship will bring back memories of the past, insight to the present and a glimpse into the future, based on the novel by Harper Lee, set in the South during the 1930s and deals with themes of race and intolerance,http://www.haletheatrearizona.com
Summer Flashlight Tours
Phoenix - Desert Botanical Garden
See, hear and feel the desert night including nighthawks, tortoises, insects and night-blooming flowers, bring your flashlight, free with admission, $8-18, Thursdays and Saturdays 7 pm, 480-941-1225 or www.dbg.org
Grease
Peoria - Arizona Broadway Theatre
One of the best-known and most-loved musicals of all time bursts on the scene in an all-new production, the Pink Ladies have never looked better and the Greasers are as slick as ever in this blockbuster hit that explores the teen-age complexities of love, cars and drive-ins, 623-776-8400 or http://www.azbroadway.org
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OCT 28
Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton: Artist and Advocate in Early Arizona
Flagstaff - Museum of Northern Arizona
First major retrospective of her work and pays tribute to this multitalented artist and marks the Arizona Arizona Centennial, as well as the Coltons’ honeymoon visit to Flagstaff in 1912, http://www.musnaz.org
Dine in Sedona Restaurant Fest
Sedona
A culinary tour of Sedona, experience a selection of specially priced meals from a variety of restaurants, 3-course, prix-fixe dinner at three levels, classic dining is $17; elegant dining is $25, fine dining $35, http://www.dineinsedona.com
Charlotte’s Web
Peoria - Arizona Broadway Theatre
Beloved children's classic comes to the stage, http://azbroadway.org
4th of July Rodeo
Kayenta - Kayenta Community Rodeo Grounds
Includes all Indian Rodeo, Junior Rodeo, country western dances, roping classic, celebrating Kayenta’s 100 year anniversary, 602-284-2164 orhttp://www.kayentarodeo.com
79th Annual Hopi Festival of Arts & Culture
Flagstaff - Museum of Northern Arizona
Meet Hopi master & emerging artists, Hopi social dances, taste traditional foods, walk the nature trail with a guide of native plants & their uses, learn about the Hopi values of humility, cooperation, respect, land and earth stewardship, $4-7, 9 am - 5 pm, 928-774-5213 or http://www.musnaz.org
37th Annual NEAFAA Arts & Crafts Show
Show Low - Charlie Clark’s
A park-like setting under tall trees, food from Charlie Clark's Restaurant and live music, creative original fine art and fine craft, artists from Arizona and the Southwest, fine art paintings, photography, metal work, sculpture, glass, pottery, fabric art, and jewelry, silent auction and raffle, Fri-Sat 10 am – 5 pm, Sun 10 am – 4 pm, 928-367-3916 or http://www.highcountryartgallery.com
Independence Day Festival
Flagstaff - Pioneer Museum
Historical re-enactors, Civil War and Mountain men camps, cowboys and other pioneers, traditional skills including blacksmithing, wood-working, camp cooking, 2nd US Artillery Battery B provides historic artillery demos, $3, 10 am – 4 pm, 928-774-6272 or http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org
Arizona Folklore Preserve Concert
Sierra Vista - Arizona Folklore Preserve
Featuring Dolan Ellis, Arizona’s Official State Balladeer, reservations required, $6-20, 2 pm, 520-378-6165 or http://www.arizonafolklore.com
45th Annual 4th of July Celebration
Sierra Vista - Veterans Memorial Park
On the 3rd at 5 pm a street dance, on the 4th pets & people parade, entertainment, food, displays, bands play at 6 pm, largest fireworks display in Cochise County at dusk, free, 800-288-3861 or 520-266-2304 or www.visitsierravista.com
JUL 3
2012 Light Up the Sky Festival
Phoenix - Maryvale Baseball Park
Features various games, activities designed for youth of all ages, then fireworks, free, 6:30-9:30 pm, 602-262-6275 or www.phoenix.gov/parks
JUL 4
100th Annual July 4th Round Valley Rodeo & Parade
Eagar
Rodeo competition, bull riding & barrel racing competition, parade, fireworks, rodeo, BBQ, art walk, arts & crafts vendors, community garage show, quilt exhibit, fireworks, $5, 10 am, 928-333-2123 or http://www.springerville-eagarchamber.com
JUL 4
34th Annual 4th of July at the Grand Canyon/Tusayan
Grand Canyon (Tusayan)
Theme is Happy Birthday Arizona, celebrate with a parade at 3 pm, food, beer garden sponsored by Grand Canyon Brewing Company, live band “Whiskey Rodeo”, fun for all, free, 3-8:30 pm, 928-638-2901 or http://therealgrandcanyon.info
JUL 4
Hometown 4th of July
Williams
Hometown 4th of July – an “All American Holiday” with one of the biggest parades in Northern Arizona at 6 pm, Arizona Vintage Baseball League Exhibition games, local Rotary BBQ, Kiwanis Korn Roast, ice cream social at the Methodist Church, Cataract Creek Rambler steam engine all weekend, 928-635-1418 or 800-863-0546 orhttp://www.ExperienceWilliams.com
JUL 4
City of Prescott 4th of July Extravaganza
Prescott - Pioneer Park
Craft tents for kids, contests, carnival games and rides, water slide, bungee jumping, pony rides, vendors, live music, food, free, carnival wrist band $15, noon – 10 pm, 928-777-1349 or http://www.visit-prescott.com
JUL 4
Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration
Kingman - Memorial Park Kingman
Games, game booths, food vendors, music, 3-legged races, sack races, balloon toss, volley ball, horse shoes, egg races and more, 951-203-1479 or 928-232-0994
JUL 4
July 4th Laser Light Show and Concert
Sedona - Posse Grounds Park
Concert by 2Suns, Red Rock BBQ food for sale, free glow sticks and a laser light show at dark, free, 6:30 pm, 928-282-7098 or http://www.SedonaAZ.gov/Park
Exploring Nature
Mormon Lake - Mormon Lake Lodge
Enjoy all of the environmental education and other family fun events and celebrations on this 5-day holiday, kids games, roping at the arena, trout and crayfish tournament, horseshoe tournament, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, Mormon Lake 4th of July Parade, free, 602-469-0708 or 928-354-2227 orhttp://www.mormonlakelodge.com/
12th Annual Arizona Coin, Currency & Stamp Expo
Mesa - Holiday Inn
Coins, currency & stamps, hobby supplies, free advice on collecting, unusual coins, gold & currency, door prizes, Fri. 11 am – 6 pm, Sat. 10 am – 6 pm, Sun 10 am – 4 pm, http://www.bickinternational.com
5th Annual Medieval Mayhem in the White Mountains
Pinetop-Lakeside - Mountain Meadows Recreation Complex
Celebrating the Medieval times/Dark Ages and the Renaissance all rolled into one, includes Vikings, Celtic warriors, pirates, nights in armor, an entire queen’s court, elves and faeries, different vendors, attractions, groups and guilds come to play, $10,http://www.azmayhem.com
JUL 6
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,http://www.jeromeartwalk.com
JUL 6
Show Low Main Street’s First Friday
Show Low
Deuce of Clubs and Festival Marketplace, merchants stay open late with shopping specials, artists, craftspeople and food vendors, live entertainment, 5-8 pm, 928-532-4124
Fred and Mary: An Unconventional Romance
Prescott - Elk's Opera House
Fred and Mary: An Unconventional Romance – Elks Opera House, re-imagines the relationship between groundbreaking architect Mary Jane Colter and pioneering hotelier Fred Harvey who has been credited with “civilizing” the West, straddling the border between historical and alternate realities, their story is interwoven with the beauty and culture of the indigenous people of the Southwest, 7 pm, 928-777-1370 orhttp://www.elksoperahouse.com
JUL 6
Hot Summer Nights Concert Series
Mesa - Broadway Palm West
Featuring Piano Man, celebrating the music of Billy Joel & Elton John, and features the multi-talented Terry Davies accompanied by a 10-piece band, $39 for dinner and show, $20 for show only, doors open at 6 pm, concerts at 7:30 pm, 480-325-6700 orhttp://BroadwayPalmWest.com
JUL 6
Downtown Friday Nights 2012
Flagstaff - Heritage Square
Featuring a variety of theatre, dance, music and live art demonstrations, this week features Circus Bacchus, 6-8 pm, http://heritagesquaretrust.org
JUL 7
Heritage Program Film Series
Flagstaff - Museum of Northern Arizona
This week: How to Make Fry Bread, historic and home film footage from 1973 from the American Indian Film Gallery, discusses the role of food and frybread in American Indian culture, a frybread vendor will be onsite, also a mockumentary film: More than Fry Bread, with professional Native actors as well as locals, $6-10, 928-774-5213 orhttp://www.musnaz.org
JUL 7
8th Annual Summer Melodrama
Alpine - Alpine Community Center
Alpine Community Theater presents an original melodrama production, titled “Sleight of Hand” or “The Medicine Show Must Go On”, after the parade & activities, the show will end before the fireworks begin. $1-5, 7 pm, 928-339-4656 orhttp://www.alpinearizona.com
JUL 7
Arizona History & Hi-Jinx
Sedona - Sedona Heritage Museum
An original one-act, one-man show featuring stories about the growing pains of the “Baby State”, i.e. suffrage & racism of 100 years ago, the statehood vote, the constitutional convention, politics of the day intertwined with the history of the greater Sedona area, stories of local pioneers, new poems and new stories will come and go throughout the year for variety, by Mike Peach, http://www.sedonamuseum.org/
JUL 7
Tlaquepaque’s Sizzlin’ Summer Bash
Sedona - Tlaquepaque
Pie eating contests, Dixieland, hot jazz and blues, potato sack races, face painting, and star-spangled crafts for kids, BBQ, a Red local fire engine truck courtesy of Sedona Fire Department, free, 11 am – 5 pm, 928-282-4838 or http://www.tlaq.com
JUL 7
Ha:san Bak Saguaro Harvest Festival
Vail - Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Participants harvest saguaro fruit, prepare & taste saguaro products & learn about the saguaro, its natural history, importance & uses to the Tohono O'odham, $65 for the workshop, plus admission, pre-register, for just the celebration with tastings and entertainment, $5/car up to six people, 520-647-7121 orhttp://www.colossalcave.com
JUL 7
July Evening Concert
Flagstaff - The Arboretum at Flagstaff
In the gardens under the shade of the cool pines, bring a picnic dinner, beer and wine for sale, this month features, $13-16, 5:30-7 pm, 928-774-1442 orhttp://www.thearb.org
JUL 7
July Evening Concert 2012
Flagstaff - The Arboretum at Flagstaff
In the gardens under the shade of the cool pines, bring a picnic dinner, beer and wine for sale, this month features Domingo DeGrazia-Spanish Guitar Band, blends Spanish guitar passion with the flair of Flamenco music, $13-16, 5:30-7 pm, 928-774-1442 or http://www.thearb.org
JUL 7
Pine Community Centennial Celebration
Pine
Museum opens at 10 am, parade at 10:30 am, BBQ under the Ramada hosted by the Pine/Strawberry Historical Society at noon, $5-8, activities for children under the Ramada, historical speaker, community dance with Junction 87 at 6 pm, 928-476-3678
JUL 7
Summer Saturday Evenings at Desert Museum
Tucson - Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, the museum stays open after sundown on Saturdays all summer long, with exhibits featuring the Sonoran Desert's nocturnal plants and wildlife, 7 am - 10 pm (last ticket sold at 9:15 pm), 520-883-2702 orhttp://www.desertmuseum.org
JUL 7
Hot Summer Nights Concert Series
Mesa - Broadway Palm West
Broadway Palm, featuring AbbaFab, the premier ABBA experience featuring Anne Davies, Chelsea Faulds and a 9-9piece band, $39 for dinner and show, $20 for show only, doors open at 6 pm, concerts at 7:30 pm, 480-325-6700 orhttp://BroadwayPalmWest.com
JUL 7
2012 Night Flight Golf
Phoenix - Palo Verde
9-hole course is lined with glow lights and players receive a glow necklace and glow ball, each foursome will receive a flash light to wave up the next foursome, golfers walk or pull a cart, a tournament format as a four-person scramble and includes prizes and a goodie bag for each player, $100/foursome, pre-register, 7 pm, 602-249-9930 orhttp://phoenix.gov/golf
Camp Butterfly
Greer - Butterfly Lodge Museum
4 days of art immersion, 9:00am to 11:45am: quilted wall hanging, Mexican tile trivet or wind chime, pottery flower bowl, pre-registration required (kit fees for materials only), three expert presenters / three products for each participant, http://butterflylodgemuseum.org
Bye Bye Birdie
Gilbert - Hale Theater
It’s 1960 and hip-swingin’ teen idol superstar Conrad Birdie has been drafted into the army, he is sent off in style with a swell new song and one last kiss from a lucky teenage fan on The Ed Sullivan Show, http://www.haletheatrearizona.com
JUL 13
Downtown Friday Nights 2012
Flagstaff - Heritage Square
Featuring a variety of theatre, dance, music and live art demonstrations, this week features Orchestra Northern Arizona and Human Nature Dance Theatre, 6-8 pm, http:// heritagesquaretrust.org
JUL 13
Downtown Friday Nights 2012
Flagstaff - Heritage Square
Featuring a variety of theatre, dance, music and live art demonstrations, this week features Orchestra Northern Arizona and Human Nature Dance Theatre, 6-8 pm, http:// heritagesquaretrust.org
15th Annual Prescott Indian Art Market
Prescott - Sharlot Hall Museum
Traditional and contemporary works of art, arts & crafts demonstrations, Indian fry bread, musical performances, cultural presentations, $5, children are fee, Sat. 9 am - 5 pm, Sun. 9 am – 4 pm, 928-445-3122 or http://www.sharlot.org
12 Hours at Night Mountain Bike Ride
Prescott - Pioneer Park
12 hour endurance mountain bike event for solo racers or teams of 2 or 3 done relay style, an 8-mile lap that includes wide track, hills, twisty single track, tunnels and more, benefits Prescott Kiwanis Foundation Endowment Fund, break out the headlights, $65 to participate, free for spectators, 8 pm – 8 am, 928-713-2733 or http://www.12hoursatnight.com or http://www.go-ar.com/12han.html
JUL 14
Kingman Mohave Lions Club Golf Tournament 2012
Kingman - Cerbat Cliffs Golf Course
Kingman Mohave Lions Club Golf Tournament 2012 – Cerbat Cliffs Golf Course, four person scramble, $66 includes green fees, cart, goodie bag and lunch, 928-753-6593
JUL 14
3rd Annual Firefighter’s Luau
Prescott - Old Firehouse Plaza
3rd Annual Firefighter’s Luau
July 14
Old Firehouse Plaza, 10:00 am to midnight
220 W. Goodwin St., Prescott
http://www.prescottffcharities.org/
Sand volleyball tournaments, raffle prizes, Tiki bars, live entertainment, pig roast, fire dancers and lots more!
JUL 14
Hot Summer Nights Concert Series
Mesa - Broadway Palm West
Broadway Palm, featuring The Kool Band with “Three Decades of Gold” a tribute to the great rock and roll music of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, $39 for dinner and show, $20 for show only, doors open at 6 pm, concerts at 7:30 pm, 480-325-6700 orhttp://BroadwayPalmWest.com
JUL 14
Titan Moonlight Madness
Green Valley - Titan Missile Museum
Mad Scientists host seltzer rocket launchings, rocket launch control room visits, space food samplings, astronaut tests and more on the second Saturday of the month, 5-9 pm (last tour 8 pm), 520-625-7736 (reservations required) or http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/
JUL 14
13th Annual Family Fun Day
Tempe - ASU Art Museum
Includes free hands-on art making projects, educational booths and entertainment in the form of performances by local musicians, dancers, magicians and puppeteers, this summer’s show is Collecting Arizona a tribute to Arizona’s Centennial showcasing artists from the region, free, 10 am – 2 pm, 480-965-2787 or http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu
JUL 14
AZ Trail History Hike
Mormon Lake - Mormon Lake Lodge
2 mile hike along a section of the Arizona National Scenic Trail led by Larry Snead, the Mormon Lake Lodge Environmental Programs Manager, discusses the history of the development of the Arizona Trail during the hike and shares the story about Flagstaff school teacher, Dale Shewalter, the founder of the Arizona Trail, free, 9-11:30 am, 928-354-2227 or http://www.mormonlakelodge.com/
JUL 14
Learn Your Lizards
Superior - Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Educates participants how to identify common species such as Western whiptails, Tree Lizards, Side-blotched and Greater Earless, family-friendly walk, meet at the visitor center, $3-7.50, 8:30 am, 520-689-2811 or http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu
JUL 15
WWE’S Money in the Bank
Phoenix - US Airways Center
Favorite WWE Superstars will battle for the coveted “Money in the Bank” briefcase and the guaranteed contract for a WWE title match, $25, 800-745-3000 or http://www.ticketmaster.com
JUL 15
Art Abounds at Posse Grounds
Sedona - Posse Grounds Park
Emerging artists can set up in the City Park and sell goods for $10/booth, free for spectators, 9 am – 3 pm, 928-282-7098 or http://www.SedonaAz.gov/Parks
JUL 15
Sunday Afternoon at Carr House – Going Batty Over Bats
Sierra Vista - Carr House
Jane Chambers, Friends of the Huachuca Mountains Board Member and Environmental Educator, presents a family oriented program about bats, you will find out about bat myths and discover how interesting and important bats are to the balance of nature, free, 1:30 pm, 520-417-6960 or http://www.huachucamountains.org
20th Annual Camp Verde Cornfest
Camp Verde - Downtown
Live bluegrass music, beer garden, food, family activities on Sat., vendors, farmers market, corn eating contest, hog calling, old-fashioned games, cow pie throwing, vendors, corniest joke contest, free, Fri 3-10 pm, Sat. 10 am – 10 pm,http://campverdecornfest.com/
11th Annual Lori Piestewa National Native American Games
Fort McDowell
Salt River Community, Fountain Hills and Fort McDowell Indian Community, features competition in sports including basketball, baseball, cross-country, flag football, softball, volleyball, wrestling & track & field, for men & women, 480-517-9700 orhttp://www.gcsg.org
ARCA Arizona State Convention & Hamfest
Williams - Bob Dean Rodeo Grounds
Arizona's largest hamfest, features major manufacturers, dealers, exhibits, speakers, swap meet, seminars, classes, prizes, free, 2 pm, 520-538-0200 or 928-635-1418 orhttp://www.arca-az.org/main/july_hamfest.html
Elk in the Attic
Prescott - Elks Opera House
Elk in the Attic – Elks Opera House, soon after a large number of drought-weary forest animals risk everything to temporarily take up residence in Prescott, nine-year-old Tim Armstrong discovers a huge bull elk named Bill living in the attic above his bedroom, 7:30 pm, 928-777-1370 or http://www.elksoperahouse.com
JUL 20
Downtown Friday Nights 2012
Flagstaff - Heritage Square
Featuring a variety of theatre, dance, music and live art demonstrations, this week features Flagstaff Community Band and Canyon Movement Company, 6-8 pm, http:// heritagesquaretrust.org
15th Annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival
Flagstaff - Foxglenn Park
Celebrating all things Celtic, music, piping, athletics, whisky tasting, educational workshops, vendors, historical reenactment, clans and societies and a kids area, $4-18, Sat 9 am - 6 pm, Sun 10 am – 4 pm, 928-556-3161 or http://www.nachs.info
3rd Annual Flagstaff Jewelry, Gem and Mineral Show
Flagstaff - Radisson Woodlands Hotel
Vendors selling jewelry (fine and costume), gold and sterling silver, gems, unset gemstones, minerals, fossils, slabs, rocks, cabochons, crystals, $3, and under 12 free with adult, 928-773-8888
Peach Mania Festival
Willcox - Apple Annie's Orchard
U-pick tree ripened peaches and apples, all-you-can eat pancake breakfast 7-10 am, peach ice cream, peach pie, 6:30 am - 5:30 pm, free, 520-384-2084 orhttp://www.appleannies.com
JUL 21
8th Annual Summer Melodrama
Alpine - Alpine Community Center
Alpine Community Center, Alpine Community Theater presents an original melodrama production, titled “Sleight of Hand” or “The Medicine Show Must Go On”, prior is a lasagna dinner & dessert, reservations required, $5 show only, $20 dinner & show, 5:15 pm dinner, 7 pm show, 928-339-4656 or http://www.alpinearizona.com
JUL 21
Kingman Family Fun Day
Kingman - Locomotive Park
Presented by Kingman’s Wild West Society, with western re-enactments and shootouts throughout the day, live music between performances, vendors, food, and art displays, shows begin at 11am, 12:30 pm, and 2 & 3pm, 928-203-1479 or http://www.kingmantourism.org/
JUL 21
Summer Soiree
Flagstaff - The Arboretum at Flagstaff
Catered dinner in the gardens with music, silent and live auctions, fundraising event, $75 for individual tickets; table sponsor options available, 5:30 pm, 928-774-1442 orhttp://www.thearb.org
JUL 21
2nd Annual Splash Mob 5K Fun Run & Walk
Tempe - Kiwanis Park
Benefit Children First Academy, during the run/walk, volunteers and children from the school will line the event course and keep the participants cool by using Super Soakers and water balloons to splash the participants, $35, 7 am, http://www.splashmob5k.com
JUL 21
Operation Help A Vet!
Kingman - Mohave Country Fairgrounds
Operation Help A Vet! – Mohave Country Fairgrounds, features live music, bike show, slow race, burnout competition, food, vendors and more, noon – 10 pm
JUL 21
Italian Night
Cordes Junction - Arcosanti
This year's Italian evening features opera singer Jayne Casselman joined by piano accompanist Linda Haefler, and of course the Italian dinner in the vaults, reservations required, 5 pm, 928-632-7135 or http://www.arcosanti.org
JUL 21
Kids Fun Day
Mormon Lake - Mormon Lake Lodge
9 am learn how to catch more fish, loaner fishing gear provided on a first come - first serve basis, 1 pm a scavenger hunt - a fun learning event about Leave No Trace Outdoor Ethics, prizes for the winning team, kids under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult, free, 9 am - 3:30 pm, 928-354-2227 or http://www.mormonlakelodge.com/
JUL 21
Absolute Bikes Taylor House Benefit Century Bicycle Ride
Flagstaff
With 95-, 65-, 45-, and 30-mile options, through Flagstaff area and northern Arizona, rest stops, lunch at start/finish, benefits the Taylor House for friends/family of patients of the Flagstaff Medical Center, 6 am, $55 minimum donation, 928-779-5969 or http://www.absolutebikes.net
JUL 22
Edible & Medicinal Plants
Superior - Boyce Thompson Arboretum
One-hour walk up the Curandero Trail to learn about Sonoran Desert plants, a few moderately steep sections, guided by Choctaw nation member and ethno botanist David Morris and “Foods of the Superstitions” cookbook author Jean Groen, $3-7.50, 8:30 am, 520-689-2811 or http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu
JUL 27
Annual Pioneer Day Celebration
Snowflake
Arts & crafts fair, parade, BBQ, rodeo, dances, kid’s entertainment, theatrical performance, pioneer day run, softball league tournament, free swimming, fireworks display, Sweet Wheels Car Show & Swap, 928-536-4331 orhttp://www.snowflaketaylorchamber.org
Monsoon Madness
Tucson - Tohono Chul Park
A botanical showcase with an impressive assortment of bizarre, edible, showy and trickster cacti, shrubs, herbs, vines and groundcovers, meet local growers, get answers from the experts, free admission to the park during the sale, 4 pm, 520-742-6455 orhttp://www.tohonochulpark.org
JUL 27
Summer Twilight Tours
Phoenix - Deer Valley Rock Art Center
A guided tour of spectacular rock art, educators tell all about petroglyphs, archaeology, desert plants and animals and Native American cultures, reservations, $3-7, 5:30 pm, 623-582-8007 or http://dvrac.asu.edu/
JUL 27
Downtown Friday Nights 2012
Flagstaff - Heritage Square
Featuring a variety of theatre, dance, music and live art demonstrations, this week features Echoes of Flagstaff and live art demonstrations, 6-8 pm, http:// heritagesquaretrust.org
JUL 28
8th Annual National Day of the American Cowboy Celebration
Sedona - Uptown Sedona
Cowboy festivities and western entertainment, Cowboy parade down Jordan Road to Cowboy Plaza, gunfights at High Noon, live performances, live western music, western artists and western trades and crafts demonstrations, compete in the Spirit of the West Outfit Contest, (prizes for the most authentic spirit of the West outfit, so dress the part), 10 am – 8 pm, 928-204-2390 or http://www.sedonamainstreet.com
7th Annual Shootout on Whiskey Row
Prescott
The Prescott Regulators and Their Shady Ladies a gathering of award-winning Western re-enactment groups from all over the West who compete in historic skits and gunfights, also a period costume contest with authentic 1800s clothing, vendors, free, 9 am – 4 pm, http://www.prescottregulators.org
Peach Mania Festival
Willcox - Apple Annie's Orchard
U-pick tree ripened peaches and apples, all-you-can eat pancake breakfast 7-10 am, peach ice cream, peach pie, 6:30 am - 5:30 pm, free, 520-384-2084 orwww.appleannies.com
Peach Mania Festival
Willcox - Apple Annies
U-pick tree ripened peaches and apples, all-you-can eat pancake breakfast 7-10 am, peach ice cream, peach pie, 6:30 am - 5:30 pm, free, 520-384-2084 orwww.appleannies.com
JUL 28
Prickly Pear Cactus Class
Superior - Boyce Thompson Arboretum
Learn how to harvest prickly pear fruits and extract their juice without turning your hands into a “porcupine”, included in admission, $3-7.50, 10:30 am 520-689-2811 orhttp://ag.arizona.edu/bta
JUL 28
Exploring Nature
Mormon Lake - Mormon Lake Lodge
Learn about the wildlife in the forest all around Mormon Lake Lodge with Program Leader Larry Snead, the Mormon Lake Lodge Environmental Programs Manager, includes a short hike on the “Trail for Tomorrow” that meanders through the forest in the cabin area, kids under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult, free, 9-11:30 am, 928-354-2227 or http://www.mormonlakelodge.com/
JUL 29
Sunday Afternoon at Carr House – Birding by Ear
Sierra Vista - Carr House
Rick Romea, expert birder, will help us to start to develop a common language to describe bird vocalizations, using examples from common southwest birds, learn to characterize bird sounds as to common types and sound qualities, identify to whom that “twittering call” or “thin whistle” belongs, free, 1:30 pm, 520-417-6960 or http://www.huachucamountains.org
10th Annual Art Unraveled
Phoenix - Embassy Suites
Join others from around the world in mixed media art workshops 9 am - 4:30 pm and evening workshops 6:30-9:30 pm , i.e., painting, drawing, jewelry making, book making, collage, journaling, metal clay, etc., workshops priced individually so that you could attend 1 or many workshops; shopping Extravaganza on Saturday, 8/6, 10 am - 4 pm, http://www.artunraveled.com