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

Feb 17, 2023, 4:15 AM
(Arizona Beer Festival Photo, Facebook Photo/City of Buckeye Special Events)...
(Arizona Beer Festival Photo, Facebook Photo/City of Buckeye Special Events)
(Arizona Beer Festival Photo, Facebook Photo/City of Buckeye Special Events)

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

  • PhxArt AfterHours
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    • Venue: Phoenix Art Museum (1625 N. Central Ave.)
  • 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.)
  • Cactus Clubhouse
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    • Venue: Desert Botanical Garden (1201 N. Galvin Pkwy.)

Tempe

  • Turtle Resuce
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: Varies
    • Venue: SEA LIFE Arizona (5000 S. Arizona Mills Cir.)
  • LOUD
    • Day: Friday
    • Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
    • Venue: Tempe History Museum (809 E. Southern Ave.)

Mesa

Glendale 

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

Scottsdale

  • Arizona Beer Festival
    • Day: Saturday
    • Time: 1 p.m.
    • Venue: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (7555 N. Pima Rd.)
  • Arabian Horse Show
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: Varies
    • Venue: WestWorld of Scottsdale (16601 N. Pima Rd.)
  • Scottsdale Philharmonic
    • Day: Sunday
    • Time: 4 p.m.
    • Venue: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts (7380 E. Second St.)
  • Immersive Monet
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: Varies
    • Venue: Lighthouse Artspace (4301 N. Scottsdale Rd.)
  • 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.)
  • Lifespan of a Fact
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: Varies
    • Venue: Theatre Artists Studio (4848 E. Cactus Dr.)

Chandler

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

Peoria

Apache Junction

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.)

Fountain Hills

  • Art on the Avenue
    • Day: Each day
    • Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    • Venue: 16858 Avenue of the Fountains

Goodyear

  • Heart and Sole
    • Day: Saturday
    • Time: 7 a.m.
    • Venue: Goodyear Civic Square

Gold Canyon

Laveen

Litchfield Park

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