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Weekend guide: Here are the biggest events around metro Phoenix for Dec. 16-18

Dec 16, 2022, 4:25 AM

(Facebook Photo/Mesa Santa Express - Twitter Photo/@Suns)...

(Facebook Photo/Mesa Santa Express - Twitter Photo/@Suns)

(Facebook Photo/Mesa Santa Express - Twitter Photo/@Suns)

PHOENIX — The Arizona Coyotes and Phoenix Suns are in town and more holiday events are set to begin this weekend in the Valley.

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


Phoenix

  • CitySkate
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 4 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
    • Venue: Patriot’s Park inside CityScape (11 W. Washington St.)
  • Zoo Lights
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
    • Venue: Phoenix Zoo
  • Holiday Harvest
    • Day: Sunday
    • Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    • Venue: The Rhythm Room

Mesa

  • Lights at the Farm
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
    • Venue: Vertuccio Farms (4011 S. Power Rd.)
  • Mesa Santa Express
    • Day: Friday and Saturday
    • Time: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
    • Venue: Light rail station near Mesa Dr./Main St.
  • Mesa Book Festival
    • Day: Saturday
    • Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    • Venue: Benedictine University (225 East Main St.)

Glendale 

  • Glendale Glitters
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
    • Venue: Downtown Glendale and Murphy Park
  • Skate Westgate
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: Varies
    • Venue: Westgate Entertainment District

Scottsdale

  • The Immersive Nutcracker
    • Day: Saturday and Sunday
    • Time: Starts at 10:30 a.m. each day
    • Venue: Lighthouse ArtSpace (4301 N. Scottsdale Rd.)
  • Enchant
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
    • Venue: Salt River Fields
  • 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.)
  • Winter Wonderland 
    • Day: Friday and Saturday
    • Time: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
    • Venue: W Scottsdale (7277 E. Camelback Rd.)

Tempe

Chandler

Fountain Hills

Gilbert

  • Riparian After Dark
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    • Venue: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch (2757 E. Guadalupe Rd.)

Litchfield Park

Queen Creek

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Weekend guide: Here are the biggest events around metro Phoenix for Dec. 16-18