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

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.

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Phoenix

• Arizona Bridal & Wedding Expo
  • Day: Saturday and Sunday
  • Time: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Venue: Arizona State Fairgrounds (1826 W. McDowell Rd.)

• Ricardo Arjona
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Footprint Center (201 E. Jefferson St.)

• Ballet Arizona presents All Balanchine
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, 1 p.m. on Sunday
  • Venue: Orpheum Theatre Phoenix (203 W. Adams St.)

• World Championship Hoop Dance Contest
  • Day: Saturday and Sunday
  • Time: 9 a.m.
  • Venue: Heard Museum (2301 N. Central Ave.)

• Seattle Mariners vs. Milwaukee Brewers
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 1:10 p.m.
  • Venue: American Family Fields of Phoenix

• 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.)

• San Diego Loyal SC vs. Phoenix Rising
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex at Wild Horse Pass

• 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.)

• Play Date Life’s A Beach Party
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Children’s Museum of Phoenix (215 N. 7th St.)

• 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.)

• Philidelphia 76ers vs. Phoenix Suns
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 3 p.m.
  • Venue: Footprint Center (201 E. Jefferson 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

• Cleveland Guardians vs. San Francisco Giants
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Scottsdale Stadium

• Los Angeles Angels vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 1:10 p.m.
  • Venue: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

• Old Town Farmer’s Market
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Address: 3806 N. Brown Ave.

• Cincinnati Reds vs. San Francisco Giants
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Scottsdale Stadium

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

• Texas Rangers vs. Colorado Rockies
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 1:10 p.m.
  • Venue: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

• Colorado Rockies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 1:10 p.m.
  • Venue: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

Mesa

• Colorado Rockies vs. Chicago Cubs
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Sloan Park

• Milwaukee Brewers vs. Oakland Athletics
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Hohokam Stadium

• 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.)

• We Tell The Story! Inclusion Works One-Act Play Festival
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, 2:30 p.m. on Sunday
  • Venue: Mesa Arts Center (1 E. Main St.)

• Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago Cubs
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Sloan Park

• 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.)

• Seattle Mariners vs. Oakland Athletics
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Hohokam Stadium

• Mozart and the Planets
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Mesa Arts Center (1 E. Main St.)

• Downtown Mesa Farmers Market
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 8 a.m. to noon
  • 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)

• Lemon Andersen WHEN ALIENS FRALL FROM THE SKY
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 7 p.m.
  • Venue: ASU Gammage (1200 S. Forest Ave.)

• Strat Cat Theatre presents Sheepdog
  • Day: Friday and Saturday
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Tempe Center for the Arts (700 W. Rio Salado Pkwy.)

• Arizona Dragon Boat Association
  • Day: Saturday and Sunday
  • Time: 8 a.m.
  • Venue: Tempe Town Lake (550 E. Tempe Town Lake)

• San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Angels
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 1:10 p.m.
  • Venue: Tempe Diablo Stadium

Glendale

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

• San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 6:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Camelback Ranch

• Mercyme
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 7 p.m.
  • Venue: Gila River Arena (9400 W. Maryland Ave.)

• Movies by Moonlight – Jurrasic Park
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 5:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Sahuaro Ranch Soccer Field (63rd Avenue and Mountain View Road)

• Arizona Super Show 2022
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: Noon
  • Venue: State Farm Stadium (1 Cardinals Dr.)

• Los Angeles Angels vs. Chicago White Sox
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Camelback Ranch

• Chicago White Sox vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Camelback Ranch

Apache Junction

• Rock Paint Under the Stars
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Earth Heart Park (625 N. Plaza Dr.)

• Itty Bitty Olympic Games
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 10:30 a.m. to noon
  • Venue: Flatiron Park (100 N. Apache Trail)

Carefree

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

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

• Downtown Chandler Farmers Market
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Venue: Dr A.J. Chandler Park West (3 S. Arizona Ave.)

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

• Chandler Symphony Orchestra – Around the World
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 3 p.m.
  • Venue: Chandler Center for the Arts (250 N. Arizona Ave.)

Carefree

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

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.)

• Fountain Hills Dark Sky Association Festival
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Venue: Fountain Hills Community Center (13001 N. La Montana Dr.)

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.)

• Oakland Athletics vs. Cleveland Guardians
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Goodyear Ballpark

• Colorado Rockies vs. Cincinnati Reds
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Goodyear Ballpark

Gold Canyon

• Arizona Renaissance Fesitval
  • Day: Saturday and Sunday
  • Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Address: 12601 E. US Highway 60

Peoria

• Chicago White Sox vs. Seattle Mariners
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 6:40 p.m.
  • Venue: Peoria Sports Complex

• 20th Annual Arts and Cultural Festival
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Venue: Old Town Peoria (near 83rd Avenue and Grand)

• Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 1:10 p.m.
  • Venue: Peoria Sports Complex

• Music in March at Paloma Community Park – Soul Power
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Paloma Community Park (29799 N. Lake Pleasant Pkwy.)

• Cleveland Guardians vs. San Diego Padres
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 1:10 p.m.
  • Venue: Peoria Sports Complex

Sun City

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

Surprise

• Texas Rangers vs. Kansas City Royals
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Surprise Stadium

• Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Kansas City Royals
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 6:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Surprise Stadium

• Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Texas Rangers
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 1:05 p.m.
  • Venue: Surprise Stadium

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