Get in the holiday spirit by lacing up your skates at one of these five ice skating rinks in the Valley and grab a cup of hot chocolate to warm up afterward. CitySkate Try ice skating in the middle of Downtown Phoenix at CitySkate. Spend the time skating around the large Christmas tree, or...
Read MoreConcert fanatics will get the opportunity to grab a season-long pass to enjoy all of their favorite shows at one Valley venue next year. Live Nation is selling a concert pass at Ak-Chin Pavilion in Phoenix for $199 plus fees. A limited number of the passes will go on sale Wednesday at 11 a.m....
Read MoreRejoice, Phoenix-area fans of ’80s rock. A star-studded lineup of four music icons will bring their tour to Glendale next year. Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Poison, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will play State Farm Stadium on July 25. Presales begin Monday, while tickets will be available to the general public on Dec....
Read MoreFor more than three decades, the APS Electric Light Parade has been an event where families from across the city come together to celebrate the joy of the holiday season. The theme of this year’s 33rd annual free parade is “Walking in a Desert Wonderland.” The parade is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, starting at 7 p.m....
Read MoreThe Phoenix Festival of the Arts is back. Organizers say the free three-day event will run Dec. 13-15 at downtown’s Margaret T. Hance Park. The gathering will include live music from local bands, artwork, vendors, food trucks and interactive arts for both adults and kids. The festival, in its eighth year, will showcase more...
Read MoreAlice Cooper is getting the band back together for his annual Phoenix benefit show next month. The surviving members of the original Alice Cooper group will be joined onstage by actor, Johnny Depp during the 18th Annual Christmas Pudding fundraiser on Dec. 14 at Celebrity Theatre. Depp will back up Cooper on guitar along...
Read MoreThe 2003 film “Elf” starring Will Ferrell has become a holiday classic. Its themes of Christmas spirit and family have touched people all around the world. The musical version, by Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin, similarly explores the importance of being with loved ones during the holidays and having a...
Read MoreA holiday lantern arts festival that features 10 million lights and 75 displays is opening at the Phoenix Fairgrounds. Lights of the World will run four nights a week plus holidays until Jan. 12 near 19th Avenue and McDowell Road. The show combines the Chinese tradition of lantern festivals with modern technology and lights....
Read MoreOne Arizona woman knows a thing or two about Hallmark Christmas movies, because she wrote one of them. Barbara Hinske wrote her first and only holiday book so far, titled “The Christmas Club”, in 2016. It’s a novel about human kindness and generosity. Hallmark has turned “The Christmas Club” into a movie, and the...
Read MoreEric Church, Luke Combs, Dustin Lynch, and Kane Brown will headline the 2020 Country Thunder music festival in Florence, Arizona. Chris Janson, Russell Dickerson, Ashley McBryde, American Idol alum Gabby Barrett, Randy Rogers Band, Parker McCollum, Tenille Townes, Riley Green, Chicks With Hits (Terri Clark, Pam Tillis, Suzy Boggus), Dallas Smith, Meghan Patrick, Neal...
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