PHOENIX — Country music and rodeo at Chase Field, a pizza festival at Hance Park and the last weekend of Canal Convergence top a busy weekend around the Valley, according to an events roundup by ABC15.
Hondo Rodeo Fest runs Friday through Sunday at Chase Field, with rodeo at 6 p.m. and concerts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets start around $40. Friday features Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert, Saturday Blake Shelton and Turnpike Troubadours, and Sunday Parker McCollum and Lynyrd Skynyrd. A free Street Fest opens daily at noon.
The Phoenix Pizza Festival is Saturday and Sunday at Margaret T. Hance Park. General admission is $22, and children 5 and younger get in free. Local pizza makers, live music, a vendor market and a kids’ zone are planned.
Canal Convergence wraps up its final weekend at the Scottsdale Waterfront with free glowing art installations, nightly fire shows and music under this year’s “Western Nature” theme. It ends Sunday.
Sumo + Sushi brings exhibition sumo matches hosted by Konishiki to Rawhide Event Center in Chandler. Friday and Saturday shows are 21 and older, and Sunday shows are open to all ages.
Other options include an anime and cosplay convention at the Phoenix Convention Center, the Chiles & Chocolate Festival at the Desert Botanical Garden, and a free arts festival in downtown Fountain Hills, ABC15 reported.
With rain possible Friday and early Saturday, check event websites for weather updates before heading out.
Sources: ABC15 Arizona. Thee Arizona Times uses AI-assisted reporting reviewed against the sources listed.
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