Weekend guide: Here are the biggest events around metro Phoenix for May 19-21
May 19, 2023, 4:05 AM | Updated: 2:38 pm
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PHOENIX — An event to say farewell to the Metrocenter Mall and various theatre performances lead events in the Valley this weekend.
We’ve made a list of some places to go, things to do and people to see this Friday through Sunday.
Here are some of the biggest events around metro Phoenix this weekend.
Phoenix
- Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market
- Day: Saturday
- Time: 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Venue: 720 N. Fifth St.
- Ballet Arizona – The Rite of Spring 2023
- Day: Friday and Saturday
- Time: 8 p.m.
- Venue: Desert Botanical Garden (1201 N. Galvin Pkwy.)
- Dermot Kennedy
- Day: Saturday
- Time: 7:30 p.m.
- Venue: Arizona Financial Theatre (400 W. Washington St.)
- Private Lives
- 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: Herberger Theater Center (222 E. Monroe St.)
- Northern Arizona Wranglers vs. Arizona Rattlers
- Day: Saturday
- Time: 6:05 p.m.
- Venue: Footprint Center (201 E. Jefferson St.)
- Taco Fest
- Day: Saturday
- Time: 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
- Address: 1st and Moreland streets
- Chicago Sky vs. Phoenix Mercury
- Day: Sunday
- Time: 1 p.m.
- Venue: Footprint Center (201 E. Jefferson St.)
- Metrocenter: A Fond Farewell Event
- Day: Sunday
- Time: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Venue: Metrocenter Mall (9617 N. Metro Pkwy.)
Scottsdale
- Leonardo: The Universal Man
- Day: Each day
- Time: Varies
- Venue: Lighthouse Artspace (4301 N. Scottsdale Rd.)
- Immersive Monet
- Day: Each day
- Time: Varies
- Venue: Lighthouse Artspace (4301 N. Scottsdale Rd.)
- Old Town Scottsdale Farmers Market
- Day: Saturday
- Time: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Venue: 3806 N. Brown Ave.
- Phillip K. Smith III: Mirrorworks
- Day: Each day
- Time: Varies
- Venue: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (7374 E. Second St.)
- McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park Summer Concert Series
- Day: Sunday
- Time: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Venue: McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park (7301 E. Indian Bend Rd.)
Glendale
- Glendale Farmers Market
- Day: Sunday
- Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Venue: Cabela’s (9380 W. Glendale Ave.)
Mesa
- Pre-Summer Splash Pool Party
- Day: Friday
- Time: 5 p.m.
- Venue: Brimhall Aquatic Complex (4949 E. Southern Ave.)
- Heritage Academy Dance Concert 2023
- Day: Friday
- Time: 6 p.m.
- Venue: Mesa Arts Center (1 E. Main St.)
- Downtown Mesa Farmers Market
- Day: Saturday
- Time: 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Venue: Mesa Arts Center (1 E. Main St.)
- Joy Alexander
- Day: Saturday
- Time: 7:30 p.m.
- Venue: Mesa Arts Center (1 E. Main St.)
- 9 to 5
- Day: Each day
- Time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. on Sunday
- Venue: Mesa Arts Center (1 E. Main St.)
Peoria
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Day: Each day
- Time: 5:30 p.m. on Friday, 12 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, 12 p.m. on Sunday
- Venue: Arizona Broadway Theatre (7701 W. Paradise Ln.)
Tempe
- A Solder’s Play
- Day: Each day
- Time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Sunday
- Venue: ASU Gammage (1200 S. Forest Ave.)
- ABCD School of Bollywood: Let’s Nacho
- Day: Sunday
- Time: 5 p.m.
- Venue: Tempe Center for the Arts (700 W. Rio Salado Pkwy.)
Chandler
- Yen-Li Chen Ballet School Presents Giselle
- Day: Saturday
- Time: 6:30 p.m.
- Venue: Chandler Center for the Arts (250 N. Arizona Ave.)
Apache Junction
- Storywalk at Prospector Park
- Day: Saturday
- Time: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Venue: Prospector Park (3015 N. Idaho Rd.)
Fountain Hills
- The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Day: Each day
- Time: 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. on Sunday
- Venue: Fountain Hills Theatre (11445 N. Saguaro Blvd.)
Queen Creek
- Monster Truck Wars
- Day: Saturday and Sunday
- Time: 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday
- Venue: Horseshoe Park & Equestrian Centre (20464 E. Riggs Rd.)
