Phoenix Relocation Guide

AZ EVENTS Phoenix and Tucson are filledwith festivals and events year-round. To add an event to our online events calendar, create an account at PhoenixRelocationGuide.com/My-Account/ and submit your event for approval.

Fantasy of Lights Tempe

480-355-6060 • www.downtowntempe.com The Fantasy of Lights Opening Night Parade and Boat Parade have become family traditions in Downtown Tempe. For over 20 years, the Fantasy of Lights Opening Night Parade kicks off the holiday season in downtown Tempe. The event brings over 35,000 people downtown to enjoy the parade, tree lighting ceremony, holiday shopping and a visit with Santa. Veterans Day Ceremony Anthem • 623-742-6050 • onlineatanthem.com The annual Veterans Day Ceremony is held at the Anthem Veterans Memorial. Special speakers and music are featured as veterans and their families are honored. The ceremony will conclude with the solar spotlight on the Great Seal of the United States at 11:11 a.m. Multiple Locations • www.allsoulsprocession.org All Souls Procession is one of the largest festivals in Tucson. Celebrated since 1990, it is held on the first Sunday in November. Modeled on the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, it combines elements of African, Anglo, Celtic, and Latin American culture. TUCSON All Souls Procession Weekend 520-745-2033 • www.perimeterbicycling.com Held annually the Saturday before Thanks- giving, El Tour is a fundraising adventure ride attracting over 9,000 cyclists of all ages and abilities from throughout the United States and worldwide, consisting of novice, intermediate, advanced, and professional cyclists. El Tour de Tucson Tucson perimeter

Autumnfest Arts & Crafts Fair Anthem

TUCSON Nightfall Old Tucson Studios 520-883-0100 • www.nightfallaz.com

623-742-6050 • www.onlineatanthem.com Anthem residents and visitors from far and wide come together to celebrate all things fall at ACC’s Autumnfest. This family-friendly event celebrates the season with fall-flavored festivities including arts & crafts vendors, carnival rides (fee), pumpkin picking (fee) and live entertainment. Celebrate a fall tradition with Desert Botanical Garden. Take a hayride out to the Pumpkin Patch, where children 12-and-under can find a perfect pumpkin! Attempt the hay bale maze, decorate your pumpkin and visit the Community Garden to see how pumpkins and vegetables grow. Test your skills on carnival-style games, dance to folk, country and bluegrass music, and meet adorable farm animals. Tour de Scottsdale 480-538-2541 • www.tourdescottsdale.net The Tour de Scottsdale is a grueling and rewarding one-day cycling event limited to 2,000 cyclists. The 70-mile course circumnavigates the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, which at completion will be the nation’s largest urban land preserve, while the 30-mile ride traverses north Scottsdale and Cave Creek. The Great Pumpkin Festival Desert Botanical Garden 480-941-1225 • www.dbg.org

An Old Pueblo Halloween staple, Night- fall provides its visitors with creepy live shows, spooky attractions, grotesque live characters, lethal libations, vicious victuals, and terrifying trinkets. It is a two-time winner of Hauntworld Magazine ’s Top Ten amusement park Halloween Events in the United States. 520-621-4046 • www.tucsonmeetyourself.org An annual event devoted to celebrate and explore Tucson’s myriad cultural diversity, Tucson Meet Yourself continues to grow since its first came into being 40 years ago. Dancing, singing, artwork and food from more than 30 different ethnicities are featured in the downtown area. In fact, the food segment has become so popular that many Tucsonans have come to call the event “Tucson Eat Yourself ”. Tucson Meet Yourself Multiple Locations

DECEMBER PHOENIX Arizona Asian Festival Mesa • www.aaaa-az.org

NOVEMBER PHOENIX

Arizona International Car Show Phoenix • www.autoshowphoenix.com

This festival—which is free and open to the public features ethnic cuisine, arts and crafts, and such diverse entertainment as martial arts demonstrations, cultural dances and music from nearly a dozen Asian countries.

From car geeks to casual enthusiasts, the Arizona International Auto Show offers some- thing for everyone including ultra-high-end exotics, plug-in electric vehicles, pre-production models, hot customs and more.

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