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August 2008 Arizona Events Calendar
This calendar of events for Arizona communities has been produced to assist you in making travel arrangements. It is for information only and does not constitute a recommendation.
Dates for August 2008 Arizona events were correct at time of publication. Since dates are occasionally changed, please confirm them in advance. Updates, additions and corrections to any Arizona events are made at www.ArizonaGuide.com.
The Arizona Office of Tourism will release a 2008 Summer Calendar of Events, which includes information for events held between Memorial Day, May 28 through Labor Day, September 3.
The printed Summer Calendar of Events is now available at the Arizona Office of Tourism, 1110 W. Washington, Ste. 155, Phoenix, and will also be available at local visitor centers throughout Arizona and online. To request an Arizona Summer Events Calendar visit www.ArizonaGuide.com.
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August 1-14, 2008
1 CLARKDALE: Grape Train Escapes - Verde Canyon Railroad, wine tasting trains, , wine tasting trains, with unique wines and food from around the world, 928-639-0010 or 800-293-7245 or www.verdecanyonrr.com
1 FLAGSTAFF: First Friday Art Walk - Artists Gallery, featuring selected artists from the co-operative, free, 6:30 pm, 928-773-0958 or www.theartistsgallery.net
1 PHOENIX: Artlink First Fridays - self-guided art tour of central Phoenix, galleries, art spaces, studios, first Friday of each month, free shuttle rides, free, 6-10 pm, 602-256-7539 or www.artlinkphoenix.com
1-2 EAGAR: 23rd Annual Eagar Daze - Ramsey Park, ice cream social and entertainment Friday night, Sat. chili cook-off, entertainment, mud mania, logging events, dog show, watermelon eating contest, evening community appreciation dinner, 928-333-4128 or www.eagar.com
1-2 GLENDALE: Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS) presented by Wrangler – jobing.com Arena, the toughest sport on the planet, with the top 45 bull riders in the world competing, $10-100, www.pbrnow.com
1-3 FLAGSTAFF: Arts & Crafts Festival - Wheeler Park, elaborate & decorative handcrafted art by artists throughout the Southwest, free, 9 am - 5 pm, 602-789-7222 or www.dixiegreenpromotions.com
1-3 GLENDALE: 15th Annual Maricopa County Home & Garden Show – University of Phoenix Stadium, 250,000 square feet of exhibit space, interior designers vignettes, complimentary consultations, landscape display, international furnishings, concurrent seminars on remodeling/decorating & gardening, prize drawings, include the “Living Green Home”, benefits the 100 Club, $5, Fri-Sat 10 am – 7 pm, Sun 10 am – 6 pm, 602-485-1619 or 800-995-1295 or www.maricopacountyhomeshows.com
1-3 PRESCOTT: Prescott Gem & Mineral Club, 5th Annual Show & Sale – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, more than 28 dealers with fine jewelry, beading components, mineral specimens, tools, equipment and rock for lapidary work, rough rock, door prize drawings, $2, under 12 free, Fri-Sat 9 am – 5 pm, Sun 9 am – 4 pm, www.prescottgemmineral.org
2 ALPINE: Alpine Area Library Friends Quilt Show – Alpine Community Center, 928-339-4042 or www.alpinearizona.com
2 FLAGSTAFF: Gypsy Chicks & Friends – Heritage Square, part of the Heritage Square Trust’s Summer Concert Series, traditional Middle Eastern dance fused with their own special style, 2 pm, 928-853-4292 or www.heritagesquaretrust.org
2 PHOENIX: James Taylor – Dodge Theatre, 8 pm, www.livenation.com
2 PHOENIX: Summer Twilight Tours by Desert Little Bear! - Deer Valley Rock Art Center, join Public Educator, Desert Little Bear, for a guided tour of the Deer Valley Rock Art Center's spectacular rock art, the Center has the largest concentration of Native American petroglyphs in the Phoenix Valley, Desert Little Bear answers questions about desert wildlife, birds, insects, plants and Native American cultures, 7 pm, reservations, $2.50-6.50, 623-582-8007 or www.asu.edu/clas/shesc/dvrac
2 SCOTTSDALE: Summer Concert Series – Kierland Commons, 15205 N. Kierland Blvd. 85254, this week featuring Aaron Nelson Project, variety pop, rock & blues, 7 pm, free, 480-348-1577 or www.kierlandcommons.com
2 CHANDLER: The Armand Boatman Be Bop Revolution – Chandler Center for the Arts, high-energy jazz quintet with music encompassing the emergence of modern jazz with Be Bop to Neo Traditional original compositions, 7:30 pm, free, http://chandlercenter.org/
2 FLAGSTAFF: Summer Night Concert – Coconino Center for the Arts, presented by the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra and Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition, to celebrate Flagstaff’s 50th Anniversary as the World’s First International Dark Skies City, featuring music themed to celebrate the night sky, with Symphony String Quintet, 8 pm, $15-18, 928-779-2300 or www.culturalpartners.org
2 JEROME: Jerome Art Walk – visit more than 30 of the unique art studios and galleries, meet the artists and see handcrafted art including jewelry, pottery, glass, leatherwork, clothing, paintings and sculpture and more made both locally and internationally, free, 5-8 pm, www.jeromeartwalk.com
2 PRESCOTT: Movies in the Park – Granite Creek Park, featuring Nancy Drew, (PG), concessions and vendors on site, free, 6 pm, www.cityofprescott.net
2 SUPERIOR: Dragonfly Walk – Boyce Thompson Arboretum, parents and kids can learn to identify colorful dragonfly species during a one-hour walk, 9:30 am, $3-7.50, 520-689-2811 or http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu
2 TUCSON: Summer Saturday Evening Program – Volcano! - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Michael Conway, Ph.D., gives a “brief” rundown on the last 15 million years of volcanic activity in Arizona, also make and erupt your own volcano, $5, 5-10 pm, 520-883-2702 or www.desertmuseum.org
2-3 ELGIN: August Fest - Sonoita Vineyards, wine tasting, tours, souvenir wine glass, country western music, grape stomping, food, $10, 10 am - 4 pm, 520-455-5893 or www.sonoitavineyards.com
2-3 FLAGSTAFF: 59th Annual Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture – Walk in Beauty - Museum of Northern Arizona, more than 70 Navajo artists, storytellers and cultural interpreters from many clans, juried awards for basketry, meet basket makers creating works on-site, join rug weavers, silversmiths, potters, painters and storytellers to learn about the Navajo "Beauty Way" philosophy of living in harmony, hike with a Navajo ethno botanist, Zonnie Gorman, daughter of Code Talker Carl Gorman and a recognized historian on the subject, will present “Growing Up with Heroes…The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II: A Daughter’s Journey,” Pollen Trail Dancers, activities for kids, $4-7, 9 am - 5 pm, 928-774-5213 or www.musnaz.org
2-3 PRESCOTT: 34th Annual Prescott Antique Auto Club Car Show & Swap Meet - Watson Lake Park, pre1983 cars, old engine fire-up and car corral, trophies, raffle, $5 parking/admission donation, 928-445-9570 or 928-771-0184 or 928-445-4060 or www.azautohobbyist.com
2-3 WILLCOX: 11th Annual Peach Mania Festival - Apple Annie's Orchard, u-pick tree ripened peaches and apples, all-you-can eat pancake breakfast 7-10 am, peach ice cream, peach pie, this weekend includes a craft festival, free, 6:30 am - 5:30 pm, 520-384-2084 or www.appleannies.com
3 FLAGSTAFF: Dog Days Star Fest - Lowell Observatory, numerous telescopes set up for viewing throughout the Lowell campus and indoor exhibits and presentations, 8 pm, 928-233-3211 or www.lowell.edu
3 FLAGSTAFF: Goddess Get Down – Heritage Square, part of the Heritage Square Trust’s Summer Concert Series, a multi-faceted music and dance performance that celebrates femininity, 2 pm, 928-853-4292 or www.heritagesquaretrust.org
3 PRESCOTT: “An Afternoon with Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein” - Yavapai College Performance Hall, featuring guest conductor Darrell Rowader and the Prescott Pops Festival Chorus, 3 pm, 877-928-4255 or www.yc.edu/content/communityevents/default.htm
3 VAIL: Sunday in the Park – Colossal Cave Mountain Park, Bugs! Carol Olson presents a slide show and leads a bug hunt, 3-5 pm, 520-647-7275 or 520-647-7121 or www.colossalcave.com
6 HOLBROOK: Learning Center Series – Petrified Forest National Park,, 10 am, 928-524-6228 or www.nps.gov/pefo/parknews/newsreleases.htm
6 PAYSON: Turn N Burn Barrel & Pole Bending Series – Payson Event Center, books open at 5:30 pm, competition starts at 6:30 pm, 928-474-5242 or www.paysonrimcountry.com
6 PHOENIX: Lyle Lovett – Dodge Theater, 7:30 pm, www.livenation.com
6 TUCSON: Primavera Cooks! – a series of Apprentice chef and gourmet dinning events, community members, under the tutelage of some of Tucson’s finest chefs, create and prepare an elaborate wine-paired dinner to guests, in the kitchens and dining rooms of participating restaurants, this week’s venue is Pastiche Modern Eatery, $125, 520-623-5111 ext. 101 or www.primavera.org/events_cooks.php
6-10 SIERRA VISTA: 17th Annual Southwest Wings Birding & Nature Festival – Windemere Hotel, self-guided and guided tours, field trips, displays, lectures, bat stalks, owl prowls, displays, arts & crafts, Pete Dunn is featured speaker, 520-678-8237 or www.swwings.org
7 GLENDALE: Preseason: Arizona Cardinals vs. New Orleans Saints – University of Phoenix Stadium, 5-8 pm, 602-379-0101 or www.universityofphoenixstadium.com
7 PHOENIX: Projekt Revolution Tour – Cricket Wireless Pavilion, featuring Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, 2 pm, www.livenation.com
7 PRESCOTT VALLEY: Movies Under the Stars - Prescott Valley Civic Center, (7501 E. Civic Circle), featuring Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, (G), concessions and vendors on site, 6 pm, www.pvaz.net
7-10 PHOENIX: Annual Arizona Dance Classic – Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, featuring dance competitions, workshops, exhibitions and social dancing, accomplished dancers from the worlds of Ballroom, Country and Swing, 281-830-9929 or www.arizonadanceclassic.com
8 PHOENIX: Steve Miller Band – Dodge Theatre, and Joe Cocker, 7:30 pm, www.livenation.com
8-9 SIERRA VISTA: 14th Annual Carter Classic Invitational – Pueblo del Sol Country Club, skill games, reception, serious golf, awards and prizes, contestants state-wide participate, benefits Sierra Vista Regional Health Center Hospital, 520-417-4990 or www.visitsierravista.com
8-10 TOMBSTONE: Vigilante Days - 1880s fashion show, 10K, shoot-outs, hangings, concert, chili cook-off, saloon girls, 520-457-3197 or 520-457-3291 or www.tombstone.org
8-24 PHOENIX: Disney’s Aida – Herberger Theatre Center, by Valley Youth Theatre, a musical bursting with contemporary energy chronicling the love triangle between Aida, a Nubian princess stolen from her country, Amneris, an Egyptian princess, and Radames, the soldier they both love, 7:30 & 2 pm, $17-33, 602-253-8188 or www.vyt.com
8-9/21 PEORIA: Nunsense – Arizona Broadway Theatre, a musical comedy phenomenon, The Little Sisters of Hoboken have discovered that their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, has accidentally poisoned 52 of the sisters and they are in dire need for funds for the burial, 623-776-8400 or www.azbroadwaytheatre.com
8-9/27 MESA: Murder on the 19th Hole – Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, interactive murder mystery comedy, $39 for dinner and show, 7:30 pm, 480-325-6700 or www.broadwaypalmwest.com
9 CHANDLER: 15th Annual Clown Day Celebration - Rawhide at Wild Horse Pass, in honor of National Clown Week, the largest clown gathering in the SW, more than 100 clowns parade, prance and promenade down Rawhide’s Main Street, free face painting & balloon sculpting for the kids, free, 5-10 pm, 480-502-5600 or www.rawhide.com
9 CLARKDALE: Tequila Tasting Train/ Saturday Night Starlight Train - Verde Canyon Railroad, experience a variety of Mexico’s indigenous national spirit from the botanical name of the cactus Agave Tequilana, 928-639-0010 or 800-293-7245 or www.verdecanyonrr.com
9 CORDES JUNCTION: California E.A.R. Unit - Arcosanti, dynamic performance of 21st century music by L.A.’s best New Music ensemble, 928-632-6217 or www.arcosanti.org
9 FLAGSTAFF: Burnett Family Bluegrass – Heritage Square, part of the Heritage Square Trust’s Summer Concert Series, skilled musicianship and sweet harmonies, 4 pm, 928-853-4292 or www.heritagesquaretrust.org
9 FLAGSTAFF: Popular Music of the Riordan Years – Riordan Mansion State Park, Erik Larson, with a generous sampling of the vintage music the Riordans enjoyed at the turn of the 20th century, 7 pm, RSVP, free, www.azstateparks.com
9 FLAGSTAFF: Clair Anna Rose – Heritage Square, part of the Heritage Square Trust’s Summer Concert Series, folk, 2 pm, 928-853-4292 or www.heritagesquaretrust.org
9 PHOENIX: Bill Maher – Dodge Theatre, 8 pm, www.livenation.com
9 PINE: Second Saturday “Shop Hop” – visit your favorite shops and galleries and discover some new ones, meet the merchants, artists and craftsmen of Pine, local art, antiques, 4-8 pm, free, 928-476-2219 or 928-476-3655
9 PINETOP-LAKESIDE: White Mountain Sheriff's Posse Barbecue – Civic Center, 1-7 pm 928-367-4290 or www.pinetop-lakeside.com
9 PRESCOTT: Movies in the Park – Watson Lake Park, featuring Eragon, (PG), concessions and vendors on site, 6 pm, free, www.cityofprescott.net
9 PRESCOTT VALLEY: Sounds of Music Concert – Entertainment District, 6 pm, www.pvchamber.org
9 SCOTTSDALE: Summer Concert Series – Kierland Commons, 15205 N. Kierland Blvd. 85254, this week featuring The Rave, variety covers, 7 pm, free, 480-348-1577 or www.kierlandcommons.com
9 SUPERIOR: Learn Your Lizards – Boyce Thompson Arboretum, educates participants how to identify common species such as Western whiptails, Tree Lizards, Side-blotched and Greater Earless, family-friendly walk, meet at the visitor center, 8:30 am, $3-7.50, 520-689-2811 or http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu
9 TUCSON: Sports Compact and Street Legal - Southwestern International Raceway, 8 pm, 520-762-9700 or www.Sirace.com
9 TUCSON: Summer Saturday Evening Program – Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, learn new facts from “the Bugman” University of Arizona Entomologist Dr. Carl Olson, also hands-on activities for kids, $5, 5-10 pm, 520-883-2702 or www.desertmuseum.org
9-10 PINETOP/LAKESIDE: 18th Annual White Mountain Bluegrass Music Festival – Hon-Dah Resort & Casino, bluegrass bands from the Southwest, gospel music on Sunday, jam sessions, family entertainment, food, some arts & crafts, $8-10, under 12 free, 928-367-4290 or 800-573-4031 or www.pinetoplakesidechamber.com
9-10 PRESCOTT: 58th Annual Summer Fine Arts & Crafts Festival - Courthouse Plaza, by Mountain Artists Guild, features 150 of the West's finest juried artists and artisans, with oils, watercolor, photography, jewelry, fiber art, ceramic, woodworking, metal art and hand made furniture, demonstrations by artists and vendors, food booths, free, 928-445-2510 or www.mountainartistsguild.org
9-10 WILLCOX: 11th Annual Peach Mania Festival - Apple Annie's Orchard, u-pick tree ripened peaches and apples, all-you-can eat pancake breakfast 7-10 am, peach ice cream, peach pie, free, 6:30 am - 5:30 pm, 520-384-2084 or www.appleannies.com
10 CORDES JUNCTION: “Jazz Without Borders” Second Sunday Jazz Concert Series – Arcosanti, 3-6 pm, $20 or $35 including dinner, 928-632-7135 or www.arcosanti.org
10 FLAGSTAFF: Jacqui Foreman – Heritage Square, part of the Heritage Square Trust’s Summer Concert Series, a prolific songwriter with original rhythm pattern and catchy melodies, 2 pm, 928-853-4292 or www.heritagesquaretrust.org
11 FLAGSTAFF: Perseid Meteor Shower - Lowell Observatory, evening program on meteor showers, telescope viewing included, $, 8 pm, 928-233-3211 or www.lowell.edu
11 FLAGSTAFF: 31st Annual “Run for the Magic” Big Brothers/Big Sisters Half Marathon & 5K Fun Run - Wheeler Park, $25-40, 7 am, 928-774-0649 or www.bbbsf.com
14 FLAGSTAFF: Full Moon Bat Program - Arboretum at Flagstaff, learn about the habitats of native Arizona bats and bats from around the world from conservation expert Brian Keeley, learn about echolocation using a “bat detector,” observe bats feeding on insects at sunset, $5-7, 6-8 pm, 928-774-1442 or www.thearb.org
14 PRESCOTT VALLEY: An Evening with Kenny G - Tim’s Toyota Center, 7:30 pm, 866-443-8849 or www.timstoyotacenter.com
14 PRESCOTT VALLEY: Movies Under the Stars - Prescott Valley Civic Center, (7501 E. Civic Circle), featuring The Astronaut Farmer, (PG), concessions and vendors on site, free, 6 pm, www.pvaz.net
14-15 GRAND CANYON: Native American Heritage Days - North Rim, celebrate the connections between Native peoples and the history of the Grand Canyon, daily programs presented by special guest speakers, 928-638-7864 or www.nps.gov/grca
Continued Arizona Event Listings for August 15-31, 2008
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