A genuine historic landmark, the Rusty Spur fits Old Town Scottsdale’s penchant for Western kitsch like a tasseled glove. The compact building started life as a circa-1920s savings and loan (the city’s first), later becoming a saloon in 1958. Back then, liquor was stored in the vault and cowboys and cowgirls slaked their thirsts. These […]
Music Venues in Phoenix
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The Sail Inn may be known for its devotion to jam bands and generally hippie-friendly vibe, but recent years have seen the selection of music there expand. Any given night you may find DJs rocking beats, indie rockers doing their thing, or any of the characteristically “love, peace, and chicken grease” type acts. The Sail […]
Scottsdale is home to some impressive public art, a large deal of it near the Civic Center and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. An early-evening self-guided tour is the perfect way to get to know a date. Plus, with events ranging from culinary to musical, there’s a lot to love about the Civic Center […]
Tue-Wed, Sun 12pm-5pm, Thu 12pm-8pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-10pm
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“Turning the museum on its head…one Friday at a time!” That’s SMoCA Lounge’s motto. The brainchild of local bon vivant and all-around rascal Tania Katan, SMoCA Lounge is Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art’s hippest happening. Original programs include Lit Lounge, at which local writers and performers read new essays written just for the event; Arm […]
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While the front portion of this Grand Avenue favorite serves as an art gallery, the back area is a spacious music venue and theatre. An large stage provides a performance zone for rock acts, various Valley theater groups, and performance artists. Patrons take in the onstage action while sipping coffee and soda at several small […]
The heck with your iPod. Forget about iTunes and your iPhone’s music app. Get yourself over to this super-hip record shop, and take a step back in time. Check out slabs of yesteryear vinyl by Sonny and Cher; not-so-old CDs by the Freelance Whales or Adele; and cool new reissues of old stuff by the […]
Pretty young things and tattooed-and-pierced types rub elbows with hip-hop heads and ASU cuties in the nooks and crannies that come together to give shape to this spacious drinkery. Located off the beaten path on University Drive east of the 101, Stray Cat brings in a diverse college crowd who manage to mingle well with […]
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Designed by HOK Sport and built in 2002, this better baseball field holds 10,714 people. Located at the Surprise Recreation Campus in Surprise, Arizona, it’s the spring training home of the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers, and proud home to the Arizona Fall Leagues’ Surprise Saguaros. When there’s a game on, there are […]
The 2,500-capacity venue is home base to the Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Opera, and various special events and bookings.
Known (and beloved, at least if you liked being outdoors in the summer heat) at various points throughout its two decade lifespan as both Cricket Wireless Pavilion and Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion before settling on its current moniker of Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in January 2023, this 20,000-seat outdoor venue in west Phoenix hosts huge […]