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Weekend guide: Here are the biggest events around the Valley for March 25-27

Mar 25, 2022, 4:35 AM

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(Steph Chambers/Getty Images, Facebook Photo/Tempe Festival of the Arts, Facebook Photo/Cave Creek Rodeo Days)

PHOENIX — Spring training games, Tempe Festival of the Arts, and the Cave Creek Rodeo are among the things to do in the Valley this weekend.

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


Phoenix

  • Ricardo Arjona
    • Day: Saturday
    • Time: 8 p.m.
    • Venue: Footprint Center (201 E. Jefferson St.)
  • Singin’ In The Rain
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, 2 p.m. on Sunday
    • Venue: Phoenix Theatre Company (1825 N. Central Ave.)
  • Marvel & DC Comics Art Con
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday
    • Venue: Phoenix Convention Center (33 S. 3rd St.)
  • Nina Simone: Four Women
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday
    • Venue: Herberger Theatre Center (222 E. Monroe St.)
  • Arab American Festival
    • Day: Saturday and Sunday
    • Time: 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
    • Venue: Steele Indian School Park (300 E. Indian School Rd.)
  • The Color Purple
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 8 p.m. on Friday, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday
    • Venue: Phoenix Theatre Company (1825 N. Central Ave.)
  • My Son The Waiter
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 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.)
  • Pass Over
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. on Sunday
    • Venue: Herberger Theatre Center (222 E. Monroe St.)

Scottsdale

  • Exclusively Little Expo
    • Day: Saturday
    • Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    • Venue: McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park (7301 E. Indian Bend Rd.)

Mesa

  • AZ Quilters Guild 2022
    • Day: Friday and Saturday
    • Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday
    • Venue: Mesa Convention Center (263 N. Center St.)
  • Vimshathi Vaibhava
    • Day: Saturday and Sunday
    • Time: 5 p.m. on Saturday, 3 p.m. on Sunday
    • Venue: Mesa Arts Center (1 E. Main St.)
  • Cry of the Celts
    • Day: Sunday
    • Time: 3 p.m.
    • Venue: Mesa Arts Center (1 E. Main St.)

Tempe

  • Tempe Festival of the Arts
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    • Venue: Downtown Tempe (on Mill Avenue between 3rd St. and University Parkway, 5th Street between Myrtle and Ash Avenue)

Glendale

  • LiVE! @ Murphy Park
    • Day: Friday and Saturday
    • Time: 7 p.m.
    • Venue: Glendale City Hall (5850 W. Glendale Ave.)
  • Mercyme
    • Day: Friday
    • Time: 7 p.m.
    • Venue: Gila River Arena (9400 W. Maryland Ave.)

Apache Junction

Carefree

Cave Creek

  • Cave Creek Rodeo
    • Days: Each day
    • Time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. on Sunday
    • Venue: Cave Creek Memorial Arena (37201 N. 28th St.)

Chandler

  • Ledisi Sings Nina
    • Day: Saturday
    • Time: 7:30 p.m.
    • Venue: Chandler Center for the Arts (250 N. Arizona Ave.)

Carefree

Fountain Hills

  • Ripcord
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Sunday at 2 p.m.
    • Venue: Fountain Hills Theatre (11445 N. Saguaro Blvd.)

Gilbert

  • Gilbert Global Village Festival
    • Day: Friday and Saturday
    • Time: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday
    • Venue: Downtown Heritage District (just south of the Western Powerline Trail between Gilbert Road and Ash Street)

Goodyear

  • DJ in the Park
    • Day: Saturday
    • Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    • Venue: Goodyear Recreation Campus (420 Estrella Pkwy.)

Gold Canyon

Peoria

Sun City

  • The Backstage Crew
    • Day: Sunday
    • Time: 6 p.m.
    • Venue: Sun Bowl Amphitheatre (10220 N. 107th Ave.)

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Weekend guide: Here are the biggest events around the Valley for March 25-27