Weekly Arizona Event Calendar For Week Beginning Monday, June 29, 2009
Moonlight Hike
Includes a naturalist-led interpretive program on the park’s beautiful trails, enjoy sunset and moonrise, wear suitable clothing and bring water and a flashlight.
Independence Star Fest
Indoor programs and numerous telescopes set up for viewing throughout the campus.
76th Annual Hopi Festival of Arts & Culture
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.
14th Annual Holualoa Firecracker Triathlon
750 meter pool swim, 12 mile bike ride around the UA area, 3 mile run through UA campus, includes a Youth Triathlon with a 250 meter swim, a 4 mile bike and a 1 mile run.
Indoor/Outdoor Antique Fair
60-90 antique vendors with furniture, pottery, china, glass, farm implements,art work,coins, native artifacts, and Oriental rugs.
Ha:san Bak: Saguaro Harvest Festival
Participants harvest saguaro fruit, prepare & taste saguaro products & learn about the saguaro, its natural history, importance & uses in the Tohono O'odham.
Annual Fourth of July Celebration
Fireworks, watermelon bust, fun & games.
4th of July Celebration
4 pm free rides for the children, live music, food, fireworks at 9:30 pm.
13th Annual 4th of July Parade
Old-fashioned community parade, 100 entries include vintage vehicles, dancing, music, animals, floats.
10th Annual Fantastic Family Fourth of July
Kids inflatable play and water rides, food, pie & watermelon eating contests, live entertainment, fireworks.
Lake Havasu Freedom Festival & Fireworks Show
Food, games, contests, activities for children and families, live entertainment, watermelon and pie eating contests.
4th of July Celebration
Enjoy an F-16 flyover, good food, a DJ, music and a great fireworks extravaganza.
4th of July Celebration and Fireworks
Arts and crafts, children's booths, rock climbing wall, inflatables and more. Proceeds from this event benefit Kiwanis Club of Queen Creek, an organization that raises money for local children's charities.
Nick Colionne concert
Jazz/funk guitarist, part of the Tucson Jazz Society’s Jazz in Style summer concert series.
24th Annual Freedom Wireless Fabulous Phoenix Fourth
Two stages of entertainment, Kids World area, classic car exhibit, vendors.
Fourth of July Celebration & Fireworks
Red, White and Blue parade followed by the fireworks.
Great American BBQ
Hotdog eating contest, a water zone with blow up slides and water features, fireworks at dark.
International Water Ski Tournaments
International Water Ski Tournaments, Fireworks & Rubber Duck Race,rubber duck race at 5 pm, fireworks at 8:45 pm.
Summer Saturday Evening
Showcasing what happens in the desert after dark and how plants and animals adapt, program this evening live and “sort of” on the Loose and Raptor free flight.
97th Annual July 4th Round Valley Rodeo & Parade
Rodeo competition, bull riding & barrel racing competition, parade, fireworks, rodeo, BBQ, fireworks.
Independence Day Celebration
Celebrate the Fourth with fireworks and entertainment, bring a blanket, food vendors, games include gunnysack races, tug-of-war, and other activities for all ages from 3-5 pm, at 7 pm, live family entertainment. 928-474-5242 ext. 7
Let Freedom Sing
Fourth of July concert featuring patriotic choral music by Arts Express Choir and Orchestra.520-319-0400 or 520-791-4101 or www.visittucson.org or www.arts-express.org
4th of July Celebration
Live music by the Groove Merchants, water zone where parents and kids can play and stay cool, magicians, clown and fun, concessions,fireworks can be viewed from the Community Park and 8 Acres Park for free.
July 4th Celebration
Craft tents for kids, contests, carnival games and rides, water slide, bungee jumping, pony rides, vendors, live music, food.
Taylor 4th of July Celebration & Rodeo
A flag raising ceremony, firing of the anvil, a BBQ, rodeos, dances, patriotic program and fireworks, a 10K & 2-mile run, softball, free swimming, fireworks. 928-536-4331 or www.july4throdeo.com
Fourth of July
Crafts, food, kids games and prizes, fire trucks spraying water, Native Navajo dancers.
Small Town 4th of July
6 pm parade with Arizona Skyhawk Sky Jumper’s parachuting onto Rt. 66, ice cream social, BBQ, fireworks display, and a special Centennial Fourth of July photo reenactment, visitors may dress in 1909 period clothing.
2009 ARR Summer Series Race #3
5K run, 5K walk,www.getsetaz.com or www.arizonaroadracers.com
4th of July Celebration
9 am parade, entertainment, food, water fights, live music, fireworks.
Family-Fun 4th of July
Food, entertainment, fireworks.
Headshot Film Festival
Promoting the Western genre through independent film arts.
Jerome Art Walk
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.
July 4th– A Star Spangled Shoot Out!
Family fun & fireworks display.
Annual Fourth of July Celebration
9 a.m. Bisbee Coaster Races down Tombstone Canyon, the oldest and longest gravity-powered race in the U.S., also the Bisbee Iron Man Mile, parade at 11 am, ball games, fireworks, food booths, mining contests mucking & hard-rock drilling. 520-432-6016
29th Annual Pine-Strawberry Arts & Crafts Festival
85+ arts & crafts booths, food.
Independence Day Celebration
2 pm games and family fun, 9 pm fireworks.
Fourth of July Celebration
Old-fashioned family fun, free games and crafts for the kids, fireworks in the evening.
Independence Day Celebration
Parade, games, vendors, fireworks and historical military exhibition, vendors, fireworks.
Fourth of July Fireworks
Fireworks at dusk.
Independence Day Celebration
Old-fashion family fun, food, games, free watermelon, roasted corn by local Hauser farms, fireworks at 9 pm. 928-567-0535 ext. 135
Summer Concert
In the gardens under the shade of the cool pines, bring a picnic dinner.
30th Annual Glendale Hometown 4th of July Celebration
Multiple stages of entertainment, family oriented picnic competitions, swimming, rides, food, kid's area, fireworks.
Firecracker Express
Celebrate with a barbeque and patriotic music.
23rd Annual Independence Day Flag Raising Ceremony
Includes a military color guard & firing party, patriotic music & speaker.
Family Style 4th of July
Softball tournament, games, food, city fireworks at dusk.
Freedom Fest
Family Day events, horseshoe tournament, Florence “Fiery Salsa” challenge, red, white and blue family parade, pool activities, entertainment, vendors and fireworks show.
Freedom Fest 2009
Features the best in music, activities and fireworks. Take part in the watermelon eating contest or enjoy some delicious treats while waiting until dark for the Show Low Fire Departments firework show.
Fireworks, Independence Day Celebration
A morning parade down Main Street, at 10 am, fireworks presentation set to patriotic music from at the Graham County Fairgrounds.
Grand Canyon Renaissance Faire & Mountain Music Festival
Featuring stage shows, food and comedy.
Frontier Days Parade
Celebrate the history and heritage and the pageantry of this annual tradition.
Independence Day Rendezvous
Historical re-enactors, Civil War, Mountain men, cowboys and other pioneers, traditional skills including blacksmithing, wood-working, camp cooking, 2nd US Artillery Battery B provides historic artillery demos.
18th Annual Sidewalk Egg Frying Challenge
Sidwalk frying and other eggciting events, prizes. 928-768-7400
Fourth of July Celebration
11 am Parade with hanging of Grand Marshall at noon at Town Gazebo, music, food and vendors in the park all day. 8 pm fireworks at Patagonia High School.
All American Festival
Two entertainment zones, (1 country and 1 rock and roll), an F-16 fly-over, food, kids zone and water zone, vendors, fireworks.
Western Heritage Days
Celebrates the western heritage of Willcox, dinner theater on Friday featuring Wyatt (a descendant of the historic Wyatt Earp) and his wife Terri, Sat. parade at 9 am, craft vendors, music, book signings, historic story tellers, kid’s games and workshops.
30th Annual Prescott Rodeo Days Fine Arts & Crafts Show
A juried show featuring on-site artisans and crafts persons from across the Southwest, music and entertainment.
Artlink First Fridays
Self-guided art tour of central Phoenix, galleries, art spaces, studios, first Friday of each month, free shuttle rides.
Rope America Fourth of July Team Roping
Teams from across the country compete for prize money, live music, fireworks.
First Friday Art Walk
Featuring selected artists from the co-operative. www.theartistsgallery.net
Power from the Past Association - Antique Tractors and Engines
There will be running engines powering machinery, a static display of tractors, and ice cream made with an old engine and a five-gallon tub. The ice cream will be available to the public for a donation to benefit Power from the Past.
Power from the Past, an antique engine and tractor association, exists to preserve and maintain early examples of machinery, their related components and tools which were designed as labor-saving devices for agricultural, commercial, and domestic service. It serves as a source of information for the benefit of the members and the general public. Power from the Past collects, restores, exhibits, and conducts research on early day engines, tractors, and equipment.
Independence Day Celebration
Parade at 11 am on Saturday, Festival in the Park with arts & crafts, food, entertainment, games, and fireworks at Mogollon High School.
Dragonfly Walk
Parents and kids can learn to identify colorful dragonfly species during a one-hour walk.
Flagstaff Art in the Park Fourth of July Show
Juried fine art and craft show, no imports, mass produced good or commercial resale, live continuous music, food booths, children’s activities,Sat 9 am – 6 pm, Sun 9 am – 4 pm.
2009 Light Up the Sky Festival
Music, youth rides & craft activities then fireworks.
4th of July Fireworks & Celebration
Celebrations, soccer play offs, fireworks, parade, live music, games.
54th Annual Coconino County Horse Races
Live & telecast Thoroughbred & Quarter Horse races with full pari-mutuel wagering.
Street Faire
A live band each Thursday, this week is Mogollon, country.
3 Doors Down
Quintessential rock band.
Wicked
Broadway’s biggest blockbuster, winner of 15 major awards.
Phoenix Mercury vs. Seattle
602-252-WNBA
U.S. Angler’s Choice Fishing Tournament
50 bass boats, weigh-in at 3 pm, 928-855-2784 or www.azstateparks.com or www.usanglerschoice.net
23rd Annual 4th of July Youth Celebration & PRCA Rodeo Tour
Carnival, traditional song & dance, Indian arts & crafts, fireworks display, concerts.
122nd Annual Prescott Frontier Days & World's Oldest Rodeo
8 rodeo performances, Arizona’s largest rodeo parade, kiddie parade, arts & crafts show, food, rodeo dances, 7:30 & 1:30 pm select days, 928-445-3103 or 866-407-6336.
Phoenix Volleyball Festival
More than 7,000 players from more than 700 teams from more than 25 states.
Under Western Skies
The essence of our panoramic vistas will be captured in 2-D and 3-D with a special “3-D challenge.
Dine in Sedona Restaurant Fest
A 16-day culinary tour of Sedona, experience a selection of specially priced meals from a variety of restaurants, 3-course, prix-fixe dinner at three levels, modest dining is $19.95; classic dining is $29.95 and elegant dining is $39.95.
Guided Nature Walk
Meet at 10 am at Fort Valley Plaza Shopping Center and carpool to the preserve, 2-3 hours for round trip, easy walk, dress for the outdoors and bring water. 928-774-8892 ext 5
Night Splash at Sunsplash
A program that features all of the day time water park fun without the sun.
Friday Night Splash will conclude on August 7 and Night Splash on Saturdays ends on August 29.
Summer Movies and Summer Classic Movie Series at Fox Tucson Theatre
Classic movies for the entire family, at downtown Tucson’s historical Southwestern Art Deco movie palace, Classic series includes The Wolf Dog, The Underseas Kingdom, the Green Archer, classics are Saturdays 1 pm, other movies will be shown on various dates at 7:30 pm.
Bye Bye Birdie
Conrad Birdie, the biggest singing sensation of the 1960s, has been drafted!, his manager signs him up for one last publicity stunt; Conrad will kiss one randomly chosen member of his teenage fan club goodbye on a live broadcast of The Ed Sullivan Show, dinner theatre.
Summer Flashlight Tours
See, hear and feel the desert at night including nighthawks, tortoises, insects and night-blooming flowers, bring your flashlight.
Disney’s High School Musical
Disney’s hit phenomenon comes to life on stage.
Summer Band Concert Series
Bring a lawn chair or blanket.
Native American Dances
A variety of authentic dances & involve the members of the public who wish to participate.free weekdays
Guided Hikes
Join the park ranger, strenuous 2-mile guided hike into the backcountry, through ancient Sinagua ruins, reservations required, $5, Ledge Hike Sat & Ranger Cabin Walk Sun 10 am – 1 pm.
Grand Canyon/Tusayan Native American Art Show & Dances
Authentic Native American arts and jewelry, music and dancing, Navajo tacos.
Arizona Snowbowl's Scenic Skyride
The easiest way to see northern Arizona is by taking the skyride.
10th Annual Summer Family Exhibition – “Food”
This year’s theme will be a feast for the eyes, food for thought and tastefully exhibited.
Summer Saturday Music and Picnic Series
Live music, picnic lunches available.
More Than Child’s Play: American Indian Dolls
Features a range of dolls from the Heard Museum collection, primarily dolls made for the tourist trade and art market, the elaborately decorated dolls come from tribes from across North American.
7D Barrel and Pole Bending Series
A series on Wednesday evening, books open at 5 pm, competition starts at 6 pm.
Summer Concerts in the Park
Live performances, variety of local bands, train & carousel.
Beyond Face Value
See how portraits and sculpture created by 20th century artists convey more than just pictures; these works also delve to explore many levels of information and perspective.
“Remembering George” Exhibit
Celebrating the 25-year anniversary of the Phippen Museum, this exhibition will feature the work of George Phippen and founding fathers of the CAA, as well as selected modern work courtesy of current and emeritus members of the CAA who where inspired by the first president.
Circles of Life: Katsina Imagery in Hopi Basketry
Arizona State Museum presents an historic overview of Hopi basket-making traditions, types and techniques; including tips on "reading" and identifying distinguishing katsina iconography, and examples of historic and contemporary works.
DeGrazia: 100 Years, 100 Works
A retrospective exhibition of 100 works of art by Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia (1909-1982), including examples of artwork that brought him international acclaim, displayed as part of a centennial celebration commemorating the 100th anniversary of the artist's birth.
Animals in Arctic Art: Selections From the Albrecht Collection
Come experience how people live and work in a land without trees, farms or other resources we take for granted! Living in a harsh land that lacked natural resources such as trees and agricultural crops, Inuit traditionally depended almost entirely on animals for food and for almost every aspect of their material technology. This exhibit reflects that traditional economy and the connection between people, the land and animals.
The Rock Paintings of Hueco Tanks
Showcases the 1997 winner of the American Rock Art Research Association’s Oliver Award for Excellence in Rock Art Photography, Clay Martin.