Arizona Musicfest
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Arizona Musicfest ain’t your average festival. Instead, it’s a seven-month sonic adventure. Running from October to April, the annual concert series brings 30 different performances to Scottsdale venues boasting a variety of sounds. Jazz and blues. Rock and pop. Broadway, swing and classical.
Essentially, it’s a genre-jumping musical joyride that draws an estimated 50,000 attendees each year.
Organized by the local nonprofit Arizona Musicfest, the series began as a small chamber festival back in the ’80s. These days, it taps some big names and major talent, including various Grammy and Tony winners.
Arizona Musicfest’s 2025-26 season, which was announced last month, is no exception. Highlights include shows from Samara Joy, Kenny G, Katharine McPhee, David Foster and Patti LuPone. Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman (yes, that Morgan Freeman) will bring his Symphonic Blues Experience to town. Here’s the full 2025-26 Arizona Musicfest schedule. Ticket prices vary.
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Rachael and Vilray
Monday, Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m.
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, 25150 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale
The Righteous Brothers
Friday, Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Kenny G is scheduled to perform at an Arizona Musicfest concert in November.
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Kenny G
Friday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
The Texas Tenors: Let Freedom Sing
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Phat Cat Swinger: A Not So Silent Night
Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Christmas with the Celts
Monday, Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience
Thursday, Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m.
with the Arizona Musicfest Pops Ensemble
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Composer, lyricist and musician Neil Berg.
Arizona Musicfest
Neil Berg’s the ’70s: Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Laura Benanti and Norm Lewis
Friday, Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Garrison Keillor at 83
Sunday, Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.
with Heather Masse and Rich Dworsky
La Casa de Cristo, 6300 E. Bell Road, Scottsdale
The Dreamboats
Saturday, Jan. 31, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
UK-based musical theater group The Barricade Boys.
Arizona Musicfest
The Barricade Boys: Broadway at the Movies
Monday, Feb. 2, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Jazz at Lincoln Center: The Great American Crooners
Monday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Counterpoint feat. Conrad Tao and Caleb Teicher
Friday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, 25150 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale
Patti Lupone: Matters of the Heart
Monday, Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
The members of Australian music ensemble The Ten Tenors.
Arizona Musicfest
The Ten Tenors
Thursday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra and Chorus: Mozart Symphony No. 35
Sunday, Feb. 22, 3 p.m.
La Casa de Cristo, 6300 E. Bell Road, Scottsdale
Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra: Rachmaninoff and Brahms
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m.
La Casa de Cristo, 6300 E. Bell Road, Scottsdale
Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra: American Portraits
Friday, Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m.
La Casa de Cristo, 6300 E. Bell Road, Scottsdale
Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra: The Planets and Tchaikovsky
Sunday, March 1, 3 p.m.
La Casa de Cristo, 6300 E. Bell Road, Scottsdale
Vocalist and pianist Michael Feinstein.
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Michael Feinstein: Big Band Broadway
Thursday, March 12, 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Charlie Chaplin’s SMILE with Philippe Quint
Sunday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, 25150 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale
Il Divo: By Candlelight
Thursday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Three American Troubadours: Celebrating James Taylor, Carly Simon and Carole King
Saturday, March 21, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
NYC-born jazz band The Hot Sardines will light up Highlands Church in Scottsdale in March.
Shervin Lainez
The Hot Sardines: Vive Le Jazz
Monday, March 23, 7:30 p.m.
with the Arizona Musicfest Pops Ensemble
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Electric Light Orchestra Experience
Thursday, March 26, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
David Foster and Katharine McPhee
Saturday, March 28, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
Samara Joy
Thursday, April 9, 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
The British Invasion Years
Saturday, April 11, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale
“Ragtime”: A Theatrical Concert Experience
Friday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 25, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 26, 2 p.m.
Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe Street
