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01.11.10–07.15.10 | Route 66 in Arizona: Don’t Forget Winona
Flagstaff

Travel Route 66 in Arizona via a new Special Collections and Archives Exhibit.  The story of Route 66 in Arizona is an amble through time and a journey through the romantic southwest. Within the virtual and physical exhibits, you can experience the impact Route 66 had on the lives of people, towns, and cities along its path through images and stories. http://nau.edu/library/route66exhibit

03.06.10–03.28.10 | Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month – Backcountry Tours
Coolidge

Special one hour tours into areas normally closed to the visiting public, highlights include the Prehistoric Ballcourt, Compound B and an ancient roasting pit or “horno,” 1.5 miles on uneven terrain, advance reservations needed, 9 am on Saturdays and Sundays, 520-723-3172 or http://www.nps.gov/cagr

03.06.10–03.21.10 | The Immigrant – subtitled “A Hamilton County Album”
Phoenix

A true story about two Eastern European Jews who immigrated to a small Texas town in 1909, they ended up in the American Southwest through the Galveston Project, by Arizona Jewish Theatre, 602-264-0402 or http://www.azjewishtheatre.org/

03.12.10–03.14.10 | 22nd Annual Ostrich Festival
Chandler

Ostrich races, carnival rides, live headline entertainment each day and the Music Coop showcasing local community performing groups and bands, exotic petting zoo, camel and pony rides, Kidzone, arts & crafts vendors, $7-9, Fri. 2-midnight, Sat 10 am - midnight, Sun noon - 11 pm, 480-963-4571 or www.ostrichfestival.com

03.13.10–03.13.10 | 27th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Irish Family Faire – “Arizona’s Irish…Proud Past, Present & Future”
Phoenix

Parade at 10 am with pipe bands, marching bands, floats, Irish step dancers, Faire follows parade until 6 pm, $10, 2 stages of Irish music and dancers, crafts, genealogy, Irish clubs, kids area, 602-280-9221 or www.phxirish.com

03.13.10–03.14.10 | Civil War in the Southwest
Picacho Peak

Civil War re-enactment with 3 different battles re-enacted, artillery demonstrations, encampments & civilian demonstration, 520-466-3183 or www.azstateparks.com

03.13.10–03.14.10 | 16th Annual Aloha Festival
Tempe

A celebration of Hawaiian culture featuring music, entertainment, island crafts, games for the entire family plus Hawaiian foods, free, 10 am – 5 pm, 602-697-1824  or www.azalohafest.org

03.14.10–03.14.10 | Concert Series featuring Brid Dower Band
Fountain Hills

Fountain Park, (corner of Saguaro and Palisades), one of the finest performers in Irish music today, singing in both English & Irish, 2:30 pm, www.visitfhfm.com

03.18.10–03.21.10 | 20th Annual National Festival of the West
Scottsdale

Western music, cowboy poetry, western vendors, costume contests, film celebrities, chuck wagon cook-off, mounted action shooting championships, $6-12, 602-996-4387 or www.festivalofthewest.com

03.20.10–03.20.10 | 12th Annual Mariachi Festival
Patagonia

Five mariachi performances, Ballet Folklorico performance, food vendors, $10 for four, or $3, 10 am  – 5 pm, 520-287-6965 or www.azstateparks.com

03.20.10–03.20.10 | Buffalo Soldier Historic Sites Tour
Sierra Vista

Learn more about the renowned Buffalo Soldiers, the All-Black unit in the late 1800s through the turn-of-the-Century, reservations required, $12, 11:15 am, 520-417-6960 or 800-288-3861 or http://www.visitsierravista.com

03.20.10–03.20.10 | Guided Tour of Buffalo Soldier Historic Sites
Sierra Vista

Learn about the accomplishments and history of Fort Huachuca’s Buffalo Soldiers from a member of the Southwest Association of Buffalo Soldiers, as they take tour participants around Fort Huachuca.

03.21.10–03.21.10 | Chamber Players
Fountain Hills

The 13th season of the Fountain Hills Chamber Players, presents an exciting repertoire full of surprise, precision, and emotion. Tickets $15 per person. For more information, please contact Alice Brovan, at 480-816-1243. Event location: Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 16150 E. El Lago Blvd.

For more information, visit www.visitfhfm.com.

03.25.10–03.28.10 | Old Tucson Studios Presents Wild West Days
Tucson

Pistol Packin’ Paula and Hot Shot Johnny Tuscadero in pistol spinning contest for braggin’ rights & custom-engraved Cimarron 45’s, cowboy gunfights, a new Miss Kitty’s Can-Can Revue, and the Wild Wild West: Night of the Deadly Tycoon comedy and stunt show, Western family entertainment, 1880’s chuck wagon lunch, 10 am – 6 pm, $10.95-16.95, 520-883-0100 or http://www.OldTucson.com

03.26.10–03.28.10 | 5th Annual Phoenix WorldFEST
Phoenix

Learn about and experience the cultures of Phoenix's ten Sister Cities, taste a variety of ethnic foods and sample beers of the world, music and dance performances, international arts and crafts, educational exhibits, hands-on activities for the kids, produced by Phoenix Sister Cities, free, Fri 4-10 pm, Sat noon - 10 pm, Sun noon - 5 pm, 602-534-3751 or www.phoenixsistercities.org

03.26.10–05.02.10 | 5th Annual Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West
Wickenburg

The most important show and sale for women artists in the West, with 56 artists and more than 200 drawings, paintings and sculptures, 928-684-2272 or www.outwickenburgway.com or http://www.westernmuseum.org/

03.27.10–03.28.10 | Ed Schieffelin’s Territorial Days
Tombstone

In honor of the town of Tombstone’s founder, excursion trips to Ed Schieffelin’s Monument, music, book signings and other activities, 520-457-3311 or http://www.azstateparks.com

03.27.10–03.27.10 | 7th Annual Camp Verde Highland Games
Camp Verde

Scottish heavy events , living history, clan tents, vendors, dog trials, $7-12, under 3 free, 10 am – 5 pm, 928-771-1218 or www.visitcampverde.com

04.02.10–04.04.10 | 2010 Tombstone Old West Founders Days featuring the Rose Tree Festival
Tombstone

Celebrating the 124th blooming of the world's largest rose tree with a rose parade, Taste of Tombstone, mining displays and contests, stick pony races, concerts, variety show at 1881 Scheiffelin Hall, www.tombstonechamber.com

04.07.10–04.11.10 | Fiesta Days Rodeo & Parade
Cave Creek

Includes golf tournament, mutton bustin', rodeo dances, PRCA, rodeo parade and 3 rodeo performances, www.cavecreekrodeo.com

04.09.10–04.10.10 | Pieced Memories, Old & New
Prescott

Mountain Top Quilt Guild quilt show, lots of beautiful quilts, an Opportunity Quilt, a vendors mall, quilters boutique, small quilt auction and old fashioned quilt turnings, $5, 9 am - 5 pm, 928-775-8706 or http://www.mountaintopquilters.com

04.10.10–04.10.10 | Fairbank Days
Fairbank

Live music, art exhibits, re-enactments of "the Great Fairbank Train Robbery," and tours of the Town site and cemetery, bring the family and a picnic, walk, hike or just enjoy the surroundings, free (donations accepted), 520-457-3062

04.10.10–04.10.10 | Battle for Payson Civil War Reenactment
Payson

50-75 costumed actors, 2 live Civil War battles, education and a family friendly atmosphere, free, 11 am - 5 pm, www.battleofpayson.com or www.paysonrimcountry.com

04.10.10–04.11.10 | 6th Annual Modern Phoenix Expo and Founding Fathers of Modern Phoenix Home Tour in Uptown Phoenix and Arcadia - Progress + Preservation
Scottsdale

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and the Modern Phoenix Neighborhood Network present a two-day modernist extravaganza, historic preservationists and design gurus with free seminars, 480-994-2787 or www.modernphoenix.net

04.14.10–04.18.10 | 35th Annual Maricopa County Fair - Totally Ag-Citing
Phoenix

An annual occasion to celebrate & pursue the traditional values of educational opportunity, agricultural prosperity & love of family, midway, commercial exhibits, hobbies, agriculture & youth exhibits, motorized events, horse show, art walk of chalk art, $4-7, 602-252-0717 or www.maricopacountyfair.org

04.16.10–04.18.10 | 19th Annual Mining Country Boom Town Spree
Miami

Copper Crawl 5K run, Keystone stair climb race, old fashioned mining competitions such as drilling & mucking, arts & crafts, www.globemiamichamber.com

04.17.10–04.17.10 | Roots n' Boots Family Rodeo
Queen Creek

480-358-3715 or www.queencreek.org

04.17.10–04.17.10 | 6th Annual Gilbert Global Village Festival
Gilbert

A multi-cultural celebration, features a parade of nations, music, dance, arts & crafts, food and sports of a variety of cultures, two stages of  performances, hands on activities & demonstrations, free, 10 am - 4 pm, 480-503-6224 or http://www.ci.gilbert.az.us/parks/gvf.cfm

04.17.10–04.18.10 | 16th Annual Arizona Asian Festival
Phoenix

Features ethnic cuisine, arts and crafts, and entertainment, martial arts demonstrations, cultural dances and music from nearly a dozen Asian countries, include Japanese Taiko drums and a fashion show with traditional Asian costumes, Children's Wonderland, crafts for kids, free, Sat 10 am - 7, Sun 10 am - 6 pm, 602-712-8889 or www.aaaa-az.org or www.phoenix.gov/PARKS/heritage.html

04.17.10–04.17.10 | Buffalo Soldier Historic Sites Tour
Sierra Vista

Learn more about the renowned Buffalo Soldiers, the All-Black unit in the late 1800s through the turn-of-the-Century, reservations required, $12, 11:15 am, 520-417-6960 or 800-288-3861 or http://www.visitsierravista.com

04.20.10–04.24.10 | 28th Annual la Frontera International Mariachi Conference
Tucson

Tucson's largest cultural event with educational workshops in mariachi & folklorico dancing, Participant Showcase, Espectacular Concert, and Garibaldi Fiesta, $, 520-838-3908 or www.tucsonmariachi.org

04.22.10–04.22.10 | Participant Showcase
Tucson

Students that take part in the mariachi and baile folklorico workshops have the opportunity to strut their stuff, glimpse into the future of mariachi and baile folklorico, part of the International Mariachi Conference, $10, 7 pm, 520-838-3908 or www.tucsonmariachi.org

04.22.10–04.25.10 | Canyon Day Open Show Rodeo & Fair
Whiteriver

http://www.canyondayrodeo.com/home

04.23.10–04.23.10 | The Espectacular Concert
Tucson

The best mariachi musicians performing before standing room crowds, this year's performers are Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Mariachi Cobre and Pedro Fernandez

04.24.10–04.24.10 | The Fiesta de Garibaldi
Tucson

A traditional re-creation of the sights and sounds of the Garibaldi Plaza in Mexico City, features daylong party on two stages, with live mariachi music and baile folklorico acts from all over the Southwest, Mexican food and arts-and-crafts vendors, $5, 10 am - 10 pm, 520-838-3908 or www.tucsonmariachi.org

April 2010 | 2010 Living History Program
Tucson

18th century soldiering, demos, games for kids, docent tours, storyteller, try on 18th century clothing, free, 10 am - 3 pm, www.tucsonpresidiotrust.org/calendar.html

04.30.10–05.02.10 | A Taste of Greece
Tempe

Greek dancing, music, food & fun, performances by costumed Greek dancers, Greek wine tasting, carnival rides, $2, Fri. &  Sat. 11 am - 11 pm, Sun. 11 am - 7 pm, 480-899-3330 or http://atasteofgreeceaz.webs.com

05.05.10–05.05.10 | Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
Clarkdale

With Mariachis, margaritas and Mexican food, 928-639-0010 or 800-293-7245 or www.verdecanyonrr.com

05.08.10–05.08.10 | 6th Annual Prescott Highland Games
Prescott

By Prescott Area Celtic Society, a wide array of musicians, Scottish and Highland dancing, pipe bands, British food and drink, handmade crafts, sheepdog demonstrations, Scottish athletic competitions, genealogy tent, massed bands and march of clans, $10-12, 9 am –7 pm, http://prescotthighlandgames.com/

05.14.10–05.14.10 | Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo
Payson

Parade Saturday morning, gates open at 5 pm, rodeo begins at 7 pm, 928-474-9440 or 928-474-4515 or www.paysonrimcountry.com

05.15.10–05.16.10 | 45th Annual Home & Historic Building Tour
Jerome

4-8 homes & 2-4 historic public buildings, homes range from Victorians on Company Hill to renovated miner's shacks, also an art exhibition featuring the works of Jerome artists & photographic display from the Jerome Historical Society Archives, self-paced, continuous shuttle service, $6-12, 9 am - 3 pm, 928-634-2900 or 928-634-5477 or www.jeromechamber.com

05.15.10–05.15.10 | 11th Annual Great Fort Apache Heritage Reunion - "Gathering of the People"
Whiteriver

Fort Apache Historic Park, features Apache song and dance competition, "Battle of the Crown Dancers", 5K run/walk, trail hike, demonstrators, vendors, exhibits and Fort Apache walking tours, 10 am - 5 pm, 928-338-3849 or www.fortapachearizona.org

05.15.10–05.15.10 | Buffalo Soldier Historic Sites Tour
Sierra Vista

Learn more about the renowned Buffalo Soldiers, the All-Black unit in the late 1800s through the turn-of-the-Century, reservations required, $12, 11:15 am, 520-417-6960 or 800-288-3861 or http://www.visitsierravista.com

05.15.10–05.15.10 | Twilight Tour of Jewish History Museum
Tucson

Built in 1910, the Jewish History Museum (Historic Stone Avenue Temple) was the first Jewish house of worship established in the Arizona Territory; located in the downtown Tucson area within the Barrio Libre National Historic Area, free, 7pm, 520-670-9073 or http://www.jewishhistorymuseum.org/home

05.29.10–05.30.10 | 20th Annual Zuni Festival of Arts and Culture
Flagstaff

After a four year hiatus, the A:shiwi people will share Zuni language, lifeways and traditional dances and flute played, see weavers, inlay jewelers, fetish carvers and painters, exotic stone, shell and antler will be carved into Zuni animal fetishes of the six directions, learn about the shaping, forming and painting of traditional Zuni pottery, www.musnaz.org

05.29.10–05.31.10 | 36th Annual Phippen Museum Western Art Show & Sale
Prescott

Premier outdoor western art show featuring more than 150 western artists from around the country, a popular "Quick Draw" & auction 2 pm Sat & Sun, daily 9 am, 928-778-1385 or www.phippenartmuseum.org

05.29.10–05.31.10 | 31st Annual Wyatt Earp Days
Tombstone

Celebrate the life and times of the Old West's most famous lawman in "the town too tough to die," with costumed entertainers, BBQ, stagecoach rides, free, www.tombstonechamber.com or www.wyattearpdays.com

05.30.10–05.02.10 | 23rd Annual Route 66 Fun Run
Oatman

140 mile road rally of approx. 800 vehicles of all descriptions & ages on the longest remaining stretch of historic Rt. 66, open to all vehicles, Saturday the parade of vehicles leaves Seligman, festivities include the Show-N-Shine, music, dancing, cruise nites, food and fun, overnight in Kingman before continuing to Topock for awards, raffle and farewell ceremony, 928-753-5001 or www.azrt66.com 

12.02.10–12.30.10 | 33rd Annual Las Noches de las Luminarias
Phoenix

Thousands of hand-lit luminarias line the garden pathways, musical entertainment each night, additional buffet dinner is available, $25, 5:30 pm, pre-register, 480-481-8188 or 480-481-8188 or www.dbg.org