Festivals to Build a Trip Around

Festivals to Build a Trip Around

January The FBR Open (formerly the Phoenix Open) is also known as "The Greatest Show on Grass."

PF Chang's Rock & Roll Marathon features live bands every mile of the course and a concert after the race.

February The Heard Museum hosts the spectacular Annual World Hoop Dance Championship, with traditional music and costumes.

March The Heard's Guild Indian Fair & Market has more than 600 Native American artists and artisans showcasing beadwork, katsina dolls, hand-woven rugs, pottery, and traditional food.

The Tempe Music Festival has multiple stages with top acts from a variety of genres.

The Parada del Sol Parade and Rodeo, "The World's Largest Horse Drawn Parade," features cowboys, cowgirls, horses, and floats.

The Scottsdale Arts Festival is jam-packed with arts and crafts, and music.

April The weekend-long Scottsdale Culinary Fest makes mouths water.

The Ostrich Festival in Chandler has music, entertainment, and (of course) ostrich races.

October The Arizona State Fair has something for almost everyone, including arm wrestling and calf roping.