Weekend guide: Here are the biggest events around metro Phoenix for Feb. 17-19

PHOENIX — This President’s Day weekend, Arizona Coyotes return to play, a beer festival kicks off in Scottsdale and an air fair takes places in Buckeye.

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

Phoenix

• World Championship Hoop Dance contest
  • Day: Saturday and Sunday
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Venue: Heard Museum (2301 N. Central Ave.)
• Pedal Haus Mardi Gras Party
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 2 p.m. to midnight
  • Venue: Pedal Haus Brewery (214 E. Roosevelt St.)

• The music of John Williams in concert
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Symphony Hall Phoenix (75 N. Second St.)

• PhxArt AfterHours
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Venue: Phoenix Art Museum (1625 N. Central Ave.)

• Scenic View Sculpture Exhibit
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Venue: Five15Arts @ Chartreuse (1301 Grand Avenue)

• Opera for lunch
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
  • Venue: Arizona Opera (1636 N. Central Ave.)

• Hozho
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
  • Venue: Walter Studios (747 W. Roosevelt St.)

• Love, The Good Feelz
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: The Phoenix Theatre Company (1825 N. Central Ave.)

• Inner Wave — Jukebox Tour
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 8 p.m.
  • Venue: The Van Buren (401 W. Van Buren St.)

• An American in Paris
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: The Phoenix Theatre Company

• Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
  • Venue: 720 N. Fifth St.

• Sidewalk Saturday Artisan Market
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Venue: The Churchill (901 N. First St.)

• Cactus Clubhouse
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Venue: Desert Botanical Garden (1201 N. Galvin Pkwy.)

• Playing with stars: Rotraut at Desert Botanical Garden
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Desert Botanical Garden

• Dinosaurs in the Desert
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Venue: Phoenix Zoo (455 N. Galvin Pkwy.)

Tempe

• Arizona Coyotes vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 6:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Mullet Arena (201 S. Packard Dr.)

• Turtle Resuce
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: SEA LIFE Arizona (5000 S. Arizona Mills Cir.)

• Broadway Rave: The Musical Dance Theatre Dance Party
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 9:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Marquee Theatre (730 N. Mill Ave.)

• LOUD
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Venue: Tempe History Museum (809 E. Southern Ave.)

• Mike Masse: Epic acoustic classic rock in concert
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Tempe Center for the Arts (700 W. Rio Salado Pkwy.)

• A pattern, a trace, a portrait
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: Arizona State University Art Museum (51 E. 10th St.)

Mesa

• PPA Arizona Grand Slam
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Venue: Bell Bank Park (6321 S. Ellsworth Rd.)

• Downtown Mesa Farmers Market
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Mesa Arts Center (1 E. Main St.)

• Shen Yun 2023
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: Mesa Arts center

Glendale 

• Chocolate Affaire
  • Day: Saturday and Sunday
  • Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Venue: Glendale Civic Center

• Glendale Farmers Market
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Venue: Cabela’s (9380 W. Glendale Ave.)

Scottsdale

• Arizona Beer Festival
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 1 p.m.
  • Venue: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (7555 N. Pima Rd.)

• 3rd Annual Mardi Gras Bar Crawl
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 3 p.m.
  • Venue: El Hefe (4425 N. Saddlebag Trail)

• Arabian Horse Show
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: WestWorld of Scottsdale (16601 N. Pima Rd.)

• Navajo Rug Show and Sale
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Venue: Holland Center (34250 N. 60th St.)

• Scottsdale Philharmonic
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 4 p.m.
  • Venue: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts (7380 E. Second St.)

• 27th Annual Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: 6501 E. Greenway Pkwy.

• Waterfront Fine Art and Wine Festival
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Venue: Downtown Scottsdale (7135 E. Camelback Rd.)

• Immersive Monet
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: Lighthouse Artspace (4301 N. Scottsdale Rd.)

• Old Town Scottsdale Farmers Market 
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Venue: 3806 N. Brown Ave.

• Fun Box – World’s Biggest Bounce Park
  • Day: Each day
  • Times: Varies
  • Venue: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

• Sacred Spaces Exhibition
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Venue: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin (12621 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd.)

• Phillip K. Smith III: Mirrorworks 
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (7374 E. Second St.)

• Lifespan of a Fact
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: Theatre Artists Studio (4848 E. Cactus Dr.)

Chandler

• Downtown Chandler Fine Art and Wine Festival
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Venue: Downtown Chandler

• Karen Hester as Dolly
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 3 p.m.
  • Venue: Chandler Center for the Arts (250 N. Arizona Ave.)

Peoria

• After Dark Cabaret | Mame
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Venue: Arizona Broadway Theatre (7701 W. Paradise Ln.)

Apache Junction

• Lost Dutchman Marathon
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: Prospector Park (3015 N. Idaho Rd.)

Avondale

• Tough Mudder
  • Day: Saturday and Sunday
  • Time: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Venue: Phoenix Raceway (7602 Jimmie Johnson Dr.)

Buckeye

• Buckeye Air Fair
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Venue: Buckeye Airport (3000 S. Palo Verde Rd.)

• Arizona Renaissance Festival
  • Day: Saturday and Sunday
  • Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Venue: 12061 E. Highway 60

Laveen

• 37th Annual Arizona Gay Rodeo
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: Varies
  • Venue: Corona Ranch and Rodeo Grounds (7611 S. 29th Ave.)

Litchfield Park

• Wigwam Fine Art Festival
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Venue: The Wigwam Resort (300 E. Wigwam Blvd.)

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