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Events • October 18, 2026

Scottsdale Events Calendar 2027: Every Date Worth Planning Around

Every Scottsdale event worth planning a trip around in 2027, month by month: Car Week, the Phoenix Open, the Arabian show, spring training, the rodeos, the art fairs, Canal Convergence and the holidays, with the confirmed dates, the ones not yet announced, and what's still to come in 2026.

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Scottsdale’s year has a shape, and it isn’t the one on a wall calendar. Almost everything big happens between mid-January and the end of March, when Car Week, the Phoenix Open, the Arabian show and spring training stack on top of each other and every hotel in the city sells out together. Then the heat empties the calendar, and it refills from October. This is the whole year, month by month, with every event that has a guide on this site.

How we dated it. Every date below was checked against the organizer’s own site or announcement in October 2026. Where an organizer hadn’t posted 2027 dates yet, we say so and tell you when it usually falls, rather than guess. Big events move, so confirm before you book anything non-refundable, and expect us to update this page as dates are announced. Each event’s own guide has the tickets, parking and where to stand.

Across the city line. The events section now also covers the Valley events a visitor staying in Scottsdale drives to, in Tempe, Phoenix, Chandler, Glendale, Gilbert, Avondale, Paradise Valley, Gold Canyon, Florence, Cave Creek, Carefree, Fountain Hills and on the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. They are listed below with the rest, each named by its town; every one of their guides gives the drive from Old Town.

If you’re choosing when to come rather than what to see, read the best time to visit first, and the quiet calendar if you’d rather avoid all of this.

Still to come in 2026

The rest of this season, from late October through New Year’s.

Our holiday season guide puts the lights and the menus together.

January 2027

The season starts. By the last week of the month, it’s the busiest week of the year in the north half of the city. More in January in Scottsdale.

February 2027

The month the city is fullest. If your dates are flexible and you don’t care about golf or horses, come another time. More in February in Scottsdale.

March 2027

Spring training, rodeos and the best weather of the year, all at once. Book everything early. More in March in Scottsdale.

  • All month: spring training at Scottsdale Stadium (the Giants) and Salt River Fields (the Diamondbacks and Rockies).
  • Mar. 5–6: M3F Fest, the nonprofit music festival that began at WestWorld in 2004, now at Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix.
  • Mar. 6–7: the Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market, the best weekend of the year to buy Native art from the maker.
  • Mar. 4–7: the Parada del Sol Rodeo, billed as the 74th annual Rodeo Scottsdale, at WestWorld. Our Western heritage guide explains the circuit.
  • Early March: the Persian New Year Festival, usually a Saturday a few weeks before the equinox. 2027 date not yet announced.
  • Mar. 12–20: the Cactus Reining Classic at WestWorld. The same weekend, Mar. 12–13, the Goodguys Spring Nationals hot rod show shares the grounds.
  • Mar. 12–14: the spring Carefree Fine Art & Wine Festival and the spring Tempe Festival of the Arts on Mill Avenue.
  • Mar. 12–14: the spring NASCAR weekend at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, with an IndyCar doubleheader on the Saturday.
  • Mar. 13: the Phoenix St. Patrick’s Day Parade down Third Street and the Irish Faire at Hance Park.
  • First weekend of March, if it returns: the Phoenix Scottish Games at Gilbert Regional Park; the society postponed 2025 and hadn’t posted 2027.
  • Mid-March: Mecum Glendale, 2,000 collector cars at State Farm Stadium; ticket listings show Mar. 16–20, which Mecum hadn’t confirmed.
  • Mid-March: the Ostrich Festival, two weekends at Rawhide at Wild Horse Pass since 2026. 2027 dates not yet announced.
  • Mar. 13 and 17: St. Patrick’s Day in Fountain Hills: the town’s pattern points to the Irish Fountain Fest on Saturday the 13th and the fountain running green at noon on the 17th, though the town hadn’t posted 2027 plans.
  • Mar. 18–21: Scottsdale Art Week at WestWorld.
  • Sundays in March: Sun & Sounds, the free concert series formerly called Sunday A’Fair, on the Civic Center’s West Bowl lawn, noon to 4. 2027 dates not yet announced.
  • Mar. 20–21: the Arizona Aloha Festival, free hula and island food at Tempe Beach Park.
  • Mar. 31 to Apr. 4: Arizona Bike Week at WestWorld.
  • Late March: Cave Creek Rodeo Days, traditionally the last full week of March with a parade the Saturday before. The rodeo’s site blocked us when we checked, so confirm the 2027 dates there.
  • Mar. 28: the last day of both big art tents, and Easter Sunday. If you plan to attend the Yaqui Easter ceremonies, read the etiquette first.

April 2027

The season’s long goodbye: still warm rather than hot, still busy, noticeably cheaper by the end. More in April in Scottsdale.

May 2027

The season ends and the resorts start cutting rates. More in May in Scottsdale.

June 2027

The heat arrives and the locals take the city back. More in June in Scottsdale.

  • All of June: June Days in Old Town, a month of deals from Old Town businesses, if it follows the pattern of recent years. 2027 not yet announced.
  • Around June 19: Scottsdale Juneteenth. Juneteenth falls on a Saturday in 2027; the program isn’t announced yet.
  • June 4–6: Phoenix Fan Fusion, the state’s pop-culture convention, at the Phoenix Convention Center.
  • The summer’s real event is the river: Salt River tubing season.

July 2027

The quietest month, and the cheapest. More in July in Scottsdale.

  • July 4: the Scottsdale 4th of July fireworks at WestWorld. The Fourth falls on a Sunday; the 2027 event hasn’t been announced.
  • July 4: the Tempe 4th of July, the Valley’s oldest fireworks, at Diablo Stadium the last two years; the city hadn’t named the 2027 venue.
  • July: the Gold Palette ArtWalk series has ended with a summer edition in recent years.
  • Read the monsoon field manual before you plan anything outdoors.

August 2027

  • Late August: the Night Trip Festival, the electronic music night in WestWorld’s air-conditioned North Hall. 2027 date not yet announced.

More in August in Scottsdale.

September 2027

Still hot, but the horses come back. More in September in Scottsdale.

October 2027

The season reopens. Most October dates are announced in the summer, so check back. More in October in Scottsdale.

None of the October 2027 dates had been announced when we checked.

November 2027

The best month of the year, if you ask us. More in November in Scottsdale.

December 2027

More in December in Scottsdale.

Every week, all year

Not everything needs a date. Scottsdale every week has the full rhythm; the standing events with their own guides:

Gone, but you’ll still hear about them

Locals will tell you about these as if they’re still on. They aren’t. The stories are in lost Scottsdale events and each one’s guide: the Scottsdale Arts Festival and the Scottsdale Culinary Festival, both last held in 2019; Native Trails at the Civic Center; the Scottsdale National Indian Arts Exhibition; the 1950s Sunshine Festival; the Thunderbird Balloon Classic; the Grand Prix of Scottsdale street race; Mighty Mud Mania; senior golf’s Tradition at Desert Mountain; the Russo and Steele and Gooding Car Week auctions; Enchant Christmas; and the Carefree Enchanted Pumpkin Garden. Across the line: the Frys.com Open at Grayhawk, the Street Eats Food Truck Festival at Salt River Fields, Cave Creek Wild West Days, the Carefree Christmas Festival, the Fountain Hills Fine Art & Wine Affaire, Ironman Arizona, which ran its last Tempe Town Lake race in November 2025, the Phoenix Lights Festival, skipped in 2026, and Nirvana Food & Wine on Camelback Mountain, last held in 2019.

Questions people ask

What are the biggest events in Scottsdale in 2027? Car Week and the Barrett-Jackson auction (Jan. 23–31), the WM Phoenix Open (Feb. 8–14), the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show (Feb. 11–21) and Cactus League spring training (from Feb. 19). In the fall, Canal Convergence on the Waterfront.

What events are happening in Scottsdale this weekend? In the season, something almost every weekend: check the month above, then the weekly standbys, ArtWalk on Thursday night and the farmers market on Saturday morning.

Where is the City of Scottsdale’s events calendar? The city lists the events it runs on its own website, and Experience Scottsdale, the city’s convention and visitors bureau, keeps the broader visitor calendar. This page is our edit of both, with the dates we could confirm.

When is the busiest time for events in Scottsdale? The last week of January through the end of March. Hotel rates peak during Phoenix Open week and spring training.

Are there events in Scottsdale in the summer? Fewer, and most are indoors or after dark: June Days in Old Town, Juneteenth, the Fourth of July at WestWorld and the August Night Trip festival. The resorts are half price, which is its own kind of event.

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