Phoenix Events

The most populous US state capital (1.6 million) is teeming with things to see/do in both sports and the performing arts. You can catch the Diamondbacks at Chase Field; the Cardinals at State Farm Stadium; the Suns, Mercury and Rattlers at Talking Stick Resort Arena; or the Coyotes at Gila River Arena. There are the D1 programs of Arizona State in nearby Tempe. Phoenix is also home to two college football bowl games: the Fiesta Bowl and Cactus Bowl. Plus, there’s the Phoenix International Raceway, the LPGA’s Founder’s Cup and the PGA’s Phoenix Open. For music lovers, there’s the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and Arizona Opera, and a host of venues for concerts and plays, including the Orpheum Theatre, Herberger Theater Center, Comerica Theatre, Trunk Space, Crescent Ballroom and Celebrity Theatre. The choice is yours. Grab your event tickets at StubHub.

Phoenix Festivals

The non-profit M3F music festival was established in 2004 and brings acts like Flume, Beck, Father John Misty and the Avett Brothers to Margaret T. Hance Park each spring. Also on the festival calendar is FORM Arcosanti, located in an experimental conclave an hour north of Phoenix. The alt-perspective affair is billed as three days of “progressive music, art, ideas, architecture, wellness” and was founded by the long underappreciated indie-electronic outfit Hundred Waters. It features a carefully curated lineup for a lucky and limited audience of 2,000. In 2019, acts like Florence + the Machine, Anderson .Paak and Kaytranada were in the lineup. And there’s the Pot of Gold Music Festival, which has featured the likes of Ozuna, Post Malone, Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne.