Weekend guide: Here are the biggest events around metro Phoenix for Sept. 9-11

PHOENIX — The Arizona Cardinals open the regular season in Glendale, Kendrick Lamar is in town and there’s a host of 9/11 tributes.

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

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Phoenix

• Kid Laroi
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Arizona Financial Theatre (400 W. Washington St.)

• Banda MS
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Footprint Center (201 E. Jefferson St.)

• Alice In Chains and Breaking Benjamin
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 5:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Ak-Chin Pavilion (2121 N. 83rd Ave.)

• Kendrick Lamar
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Footprint Center (201 E. Jefferson St.)

• Alicia Keys
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Arizona Financial Theatre (400 W. Washington St.)

• Jeezy w/ Lloyd
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 9 p.m.
  • Venue: Celebrity Theatre (440 N. 32nd St.)

• Frida Kahlo, An Immersive Biography
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: Various
  • Venue: Walter Where?House (702 N. 21st Ave.)

Mesa

• Lany
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 6 p.m.
  • Venue: Mesa Amphitheatre (263 N. Center St.)

• Downtown Mesa Farmers Market
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • Venue: Mesa Arts Center (1 E. Main St.)

• Salt River Tubing
  • Day: Each day
  • Time: 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Salt River Tubing (9200 N. Bush Hwy.)

Scottsdale

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

• Little River Band
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Talking Stick Resort (9800 E. Talking Stick Way)

• 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 6:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (7555 N. Pima Road)

Glendale

• Kansas City Chiefs vs. Arizona Cardinals
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 1:25 p.m.
  • Venue: State Farm Stadium (1 Cardinals Dr.)

• 9/11 Tower Challenge
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
  • Venue: Gila River Arena (9400 W. Maryland Ave.)

Avondale

• Slander
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 8:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Phoenix Raceway (7602 Jimmie Johnson Dr.)

Apache Junction

• Jann and the Moondoggs
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Flatiron Park (100 N. Apache Trail)

Buckeye

• Patriot Day Memorial Climb
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.
  • Venue: Victory steps at Verrado (Trail 340, N. Verrado Way)

Carefree

• Carefree Farmers Market
  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • Venue: Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion (Easy Street)

Goodyear

• 9/11 Memorial and Pancake breakfast
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 8 a.m. to noon
  • Venue: Goodyear Fire Station #183 (3075 N. Litchfield Rd.)

Chandler

• Downtown Chandler Farmers Market
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
  • Venue: Dr A.J. Chandler Park West (3 S. Arizona Ave.)

• Phoenix Rising vs. Oakland Roots SC
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 7:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Wild Horse Pass (19615 S. 48th St.)

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

• Kansas
  • Day: Saturday
  • Time: 8 p.m.
  • Venue: Gila River Resorts & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass (5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd.)

• Weird Al Yankovic
  • Day: Sunday
  • Time: 7 p.m.
  • Venue: Chandler Center for the Arts (250 N. Arizona Ave.)

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