Weekend guide: Here are the biggest events around the Valley for Dec. 31 – Jan. 2

PHOENIX — New Year’s Eve events highlight the weekend in metro Phoenix, but there are still some Christmas events going on for those who are not quite ready for the holiday season to come to an end.

Here are some of the biggest events around the metro Phoenix area this weekend.

Phoenix

• New Year’s Eve 2022 Block Party
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 8:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Walter Where?House (702 N. 21st Ave.)

• CitySkate
  • Days: Each day
  • Time: 5 p.m. until 11 p.m.
  • Venue: CityScape Phoenix (11 W. Washington St.)

• Phoenix New Year’s Eve Party 2022 – Gatsby’s House
  • Day: Friday/Saturday
  • Time: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
  • Venue: Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel (100 N. 1st St.)

• Million Dollar Quartet Christmas
  • Day: Sunday
  • Times: 2 p.m.
  • Venue: Phoenix Theatre Company (1825 N. Central Ave.)

• New Year’s Eve Celebration with Leslie Odom, Jr. and the Phoenix Symphony
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Symphony Hall (75 N. 2nd St.)

• Old Hollywood New Year’s Eve at The Ainsworth
  • Day: Friday/Saturday
  • Time: 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.
  • Venue: The Ainsworth (3 S. 2nd St.)

• Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
  • Days: Friday and Sunday
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. on Sunday
  • Venue: Herberger Theatre Center (222 E. Monroe St.)

• Pretty In Pink New Year’s Eve Party
  • Day: Friday/Saturday
  • Time: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
  • Venue: FOUND: RE Phoenix Hotel (1100 N. Central Ave.)

• 2021-2022 New Year’s Bash
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Lucky’s Indoor/Outdoor (817 N. 2nd St.)

• Happy Noon Year Celebration
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Venue: Children’s Museum of Phoenix (215 N. 7th St.)

• New Year’s Eve with Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Valley Bar (130 N. Central Ave.)

• ZooLights at the Phoenix Zoo
  • Days: Each day
  • Time: 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Phoenix Zoo (455 N. Galvin Pkwy.)

• Metamorphosis NYE Block Party
  • Day: Friday/Saturday
  • Time: 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
  • Venue: Pemberton PHX (1121 N. 2nd St.)

• Nightly Snowfall at Desert Ridge Marketplace
  • Days: Friday
  • Times: 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Desert Ridge Marketplace near AMC Theatres (21001 N. Tatum Blvd.)

• Rock Gold New Year Celebration
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Copper Blues (50 W. Jefferson St.)

• New Year’s Eve with FUTURISTIC
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Crescent Ballroom (308 N. 2nd Ave.)

• My Mother’s Italian My Father’s Jewish & The Therapy Continues
  • Days: Each day
  • Times: 8 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, 2 p.m. on Sunday
  • Venue: Herberger Theatre Center (222 E. Monroe St.)

Scottsdale

• Holiday Light Experience
  • Days: Friday and Saturday
  • Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Venue: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (7555 N. Pima Rd.)

• Mirrorball New Year’s Eve Celebration
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 9:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Talking Stick Resort (9800 Talking Stick Way)

• Mavrix New Year’s Eve Party
  • Day: Friday/Saturday
  • Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
  • Venue: Mavrix (9139 E. Talking Stick Way)

• Holiday Lights at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
  • Venue: McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park (7301 E. Indian Bend Rd.)

• Ring in 2022
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 9 p.m.
  • Venue: Casino Arizona (524 N. 92nd St.)

Glendale

• New Year’s Eve Live!
  • Day: Friday/Saturday
  • Time: 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
  • Venue: Westgate Entertainment District (6751 N. Sunset Blvd.)

• World of Illumination Candy Rush
  • Days: Each day
  • Time: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Venue: Desert Diamond Casino (9431 W. Northern Ave.)

• Noon Year’s Eve
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 10 a.m. to noon
  • Venue: Westgate Entertainment District (6751 N. Sunset Blvd.)

• Murphy Park LiGHTS
  • Days: Each day
  • Time: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Venue: Murphy Park (W. Glendale Ave.)

• Skate Westgate
  • Days: Each day
  • Time: Various
  • Venue: Westgate Entertainment District (6751 N. Sunset Blvd.)

Mesa

• NYE Fun Bash
  • Day: Friday/Saturday
  • Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
  • Venue: Jake’s Unlimited (1830 E. Baseline Rd.)

• Arizona Lights In The Night
  • Days: Each day
  • Times: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday
  • Address: 1901 N. Alma School Rd.

• Jack Frost’s Food Truck Forest
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Venue: Pioneer Park (526 E. Main St.)

• Straight No Chaser
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Mesa Arts Center (1 E. Main St.)

• Winter Wonderland Ice Rink
  • Days: Each day
  • Time: Noon to 5 p.m. on Friday, noon to 10 p.m. on Sunday
  • Venue: Mesa City Plaza (20 E Main St.)

Tempe

• World of Illumination Reindeer Road
  • Days: Each Day
  • Time: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Venue: Tempe Diablo Stadium (2200 W. Alameda Dr.)

• NYE Havana Nights Rooftop Party
  • Day: Friday/Saturday
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 2 a.m.
  • Venue: Alibi (108 E. Univesity Dr.)

• NYElectric 2022 at Westin Tempe
  • Day: Friday/Saturday
  • Time: 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
  • Venue: Westin Tempe (11 E. 7th St.)

• Nightly Snowfall at Tempe Marketplace
  • Days: Friday
  • Time: 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Tempe Marketplace at the District Stage (2000 E. Rio Salado Pkwy.)

Chandler

• Decadence Arizona
  • Day: Friday/Saturday
  • Time: 6 p.m. to 3 a.m.
  • Venue: Rawhide Event Center (5700 W. North Loop Rd.)

• FunBox: World’s Biggest Bounce Park
  • Days: Each day
  • Times: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday
  • Venue: Chandler Fashion Center (3111 W. Chandler Blvd.)

• The Best of Broadway with Musical Director JR McAlexander
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Venue: Chandler Center for the Arts (250 N. Arizona Ave.)

Peoria

• Ring in 2022 with Arizona Broadway Theatre 
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
  • Venue: Arizona Broadway Theatre (7701 W. Paradise Ln.)

Carefree

• Carefree Farmer’s Market
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Venue: Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion (Easy Street)

Queen Creek

• Christmas at Schnepf Farms
  • Days: Friday
  • Times: 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Venue: Schnepf Farms (24810 E. Rittenhouse Rd.)

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