Things to Do in Phoenix, AZ

Discover communities and events across the Phoenix metro area.

Includes Tempe, Gilbert, Mesa, Chandler, Phoenix, and Scottsdale.

Local Communities in Phoenix(56)

Gustavo Dantes Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy

Renowned academy offering Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training under Gustavo Dantes. Premier instruction for all levels, from beginners to competitive athletes.

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Crafty Tomato

🍅Craft Studio & Gift Shop in Tempe AZ Craft Menu: Paint, Clay, Buttons & Much More Date Night • Craft Club • Family Fun

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The Picklr Tempe

The Picklr Tempe is an indoor, climate-controlled pickleball club on West Elliot Road with daily open play, DUPR-rated socials, leagues, tournaments and coaching for every skill level. Members and drop-in players can join open play sessions, women's round robins, junior academies and P-Series skill clinics.

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Gamers Guild AZ - Tempe

Gamers Guild AZ's Tempe store hosts curated tabletop, collectible card game, role-playing, and miniatures events — tournaments, casual meetups, learn-to-play sessions, and painting contests for players of all skill levels.

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Snakes & Lattes Tempe

Our goal at Snakes & Lattes is to create a fun environment that fosters genuine interactions between people. Join us to share special moments with friends and family and to learn, laugh and make memories together. We offer beautiful spaces and unique hospitality focused on our passions: Board Games and Food!

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Dogs and Plants

We love dogs and we love plants

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Paddle with the Phoenix Heat Canoe Club

Founded in 2024, the Phoenix Heat Canoe Club is dedicated to promoting an exceptionally competitive canoeing and dragon boat racing scene in Arizona. As Arizona’s fastest competitive paddling team to date, we offer a stimulating and goal-oriented environment that cultivates both newcomers and seasoned paddlers with a drive to unlock their full athletic potential. The club emphasizes personal skill development, teamwork, and augmenting mental well-being, through training programs personally led by one of the paddling sport's most accomplished American athletes.

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Mullett Arena

A space for public ice skating and shows

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Bouldering Project

It’s our mission to connect people through a love of difficult play. Shoulder to shoulder, the impossible becomes approachable. Never Static, Forever Evolving, Joyfully Obsessed. That’s Bouldering Project.

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Hammer & Stain Tempe

If you have never been to a wood and paint studio, you are not alone! We pride ourselves on the wonderful experience you'll have while you are in one of our workshops!

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Kiwanis Park

Defying stereotypes about both urban and desert environments, Kiwanis Park offers 125 acres for recreation, leisure and events. Located in South Tempe, the park’s landscape is home to a 12-acre lake, mature shade trees, playgrounds, bike paths, lakefront trails, batting cages, an indoor wave pool with waterslides, a massive splash pad and so much more.

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Ares East Mesa Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Martial arts academy specializing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training for all ages and skill levels, from beginners to advanced competitors.

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Math Club

Ever wanted to learn how to PEMDAS? Now you can!

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L'Academie Baking and Cooking School

L'Academie Baking and Cooking School is a Gilbert, Arizona culinary school offering hands-on baking and cooking classes, date-night sessions, kids classes, and specialty workshops for home cooks of all skill levels.

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Arizona Goat Yoga

ARIZONA GOAT YOGA • Find Classes Near Me • Award Winning • "Best of Phoenix" • Rated #1 Worldwide • USA Tourist Destination • Yoga with Goats

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JP's Comedy Club

JP's Comedy Club is a Gilbert, Arizona stand-up comedy venue hosting touring headliners, local showcases, clean comedy nights and comedy competitions several nights a week. It also runs ongoing stand-up comedy classes for aspiring and working comedians.

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TrapezeU

Our team gives specific instruction for each student, while keeping in mind individual ability, in order to give students the necessary tools to succeed and often exceed their own expectations. We are extremely proud of the curriculum we teach and the students that grow from learning with us. From experience we know that this atmosphere promotes long term success and confidence on the flying trapeze that can transfer and develop into daily life.

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Beer Barn

Great place in Epicenter to hang out and enjoy good vibes with friends

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100 Mile Brewery

Local craft brewery known for its unique brews, community events, and welcoming atmosphere. Supporting local community through events and gatherings.

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Gateway Mesa Public Library

A modern public library serving Southeast Mesa, offering educational resources, community programs, and innovative spaces for learning and connection.

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Santan Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Training center offering Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes focusing on self-defense, competition preparation, and building a strong community of practitioners.

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Hooligans Coffee Shop

Vibrant coffee shop popular among locals for its unique coffee blends, friendly atmosphere, and community events.

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The Bridge Improv Theater

Improv comedy theater in Mesa, AZ offering weekly Friday and Saturday mainstage shows, special event nights, and improv classes and workshops for adults and youth.

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Sol City Clay

We’re so excited to bring our love of pottery, artist collaboration, and community-centered studios to Phoenix. We believe clay has a special way of slowing life down, helping people care for themselves, and creating real connection. That spirit is exactly what we’re building here.

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Mesa Arts Center

Our mission: To create meaningful arts experiences in Mesa for everyone. Our vision: An arts ignited and inspired community Mesa Arts Center, owned and operated by the City of Mesa, is a unique, architecturally stunning, international award winning facility located in the heart of downtown Mesa. Arizona's largest arts center is home to four theaters, five art galleries, and 14 art studios. Guests, patrons, and students come to Mesa Arts Center to enjoy the finest live entertainment and performances, world-class visual art exhibitions, and outstanding arts education classes. The facility is an architectural showpiece and a destination for visitors to the Phoenix area. Mesa Arts Center's mission is to create meaningful arts experiences in Mesa for everyone.

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Archery by Eleanor

Private and small-group archery coaching in Chandler, AZ — adult intro classes, one-on-one lessons, and team-building sessions for all skill levels, no experience required.

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Mix Cooking School

And at Mix, food is much more than a 3-meal-a-day ritual...we love shopping for local ingredients, planning a seasonal menu, perfecting a brownie recipe, helping a kid crack an egg for the first time, setting a gorgeous table, and, most importantly, sharing our love of the craft of cooking with our Chandler community.

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Mic Drop Comedy

Our goal is for audiences to come for a comedy show, and return having found their favorite comedy club. Guests can expect excellent service, great comedy, and a unique ambiance!

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The Porch

The Porch Restaurant is a fun spot in Arcadia, Tempe, Gilbert and Flagstaff! Enjoy meals, happy hour, weekend brunch, late-night fun, sports, and yard games!

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The 1227 Taproom

Craft beer bar in Phoenix, AZ hosting weekly live music, trivia nights, vinyl nights, blues jams, and stand-up comedy.

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Phoenix Park 'n Swap

Phoenix Park ‘n Swap, Arizona's flea market for any bargain finder. Shop 1,000+ vendors, with Auto Row, food, and family fun every weekend.

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Greenwood Brewing

Visit Greenwood Brewing, a woman-owned craft brewery in Downtown Phoenix. Enjoy boutique beers, a dog-friendly beer garden, happy hour, events, and local food.

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Arizona Art Supply

Bringing you high quality art supplies in Arizona for over 65 years. Shop with us today at our Phoenix and Tucson stores.

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Milkweed Arts

Milkweed Arts is a Phoenix glass art studio and school offering hands-on classes and workshops in fused glass, stained glass, glass blowing, mosaics, and flameworking. From single-session intro workshops to multi-day intensives with visiting master artists, Milkweed provides all materials, kiln time, and expert instruction for every skill level.

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Second Beat Improv Theater

Second Beat Improv Theater is a Phoenix improv training center and performance venue rooted in long-form improvisation. It runs Level 1-4 improv classes and guest-instructor workshops, hosts free drop-in improv jams, and puts up live improv comedy shows every Friday and Saturday night.

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Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market

Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market is a year-round Saturday market inside the Arizona Center, connecting downtown residents and visitors with Arizona farmers, food makers and small businesses. Open rain or shine, with EBT, WIC/Senior FMNP and Double Up Food Bucks accepted.

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Desert Botanical Garden

Desert Botanical Garden is a 140-acre living museum in Phoenix's Papago Park, home to more than 50,000 desert plants along five thematic trails. Alongside seasonal exhibitions, concerts and after-dark experiences, it runs a year-round adult education programme of art, photography, cooking, gardening, wellness and nature classes, plus guided walks and family programmes.

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Game Outpost - Phoenix

Game Outpost is a Phoenix trading card game and hobby shop (part of North Valley Games) running weekly tournaments, leagues, and casual game nights for Magic: The Gathering, One Piece, Lorcana, Riftbound, Gundam, and more.

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Herberger Theater Center

The Herberger Theater Center is a non-profit performing arts venue in downtown Phoenix, serving as the region's premier stage, arts incubator, and advocate. It hosts Broadway-style musicals, plays, dance, comedy, lunch-time theater, art exhibits, and youth arts education programs across its Center Stage, Kax Stage, and galleries.

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Celebrity Theatre

For 60 years, the historic venue has provided patrons with the ultimate in entertainment viewing featuring an extremely rare revolving stage and no seat is more than 70 feet away from your favorite artist!

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The Van Buren

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Alwun House Foundation

As the birthplace of downtown’s burgeoning arts community, Alwun House was founded on the belief that art has the power to transform, strengthen, and beautify our community. At Alwun House, art is a concrete medium, building a foundation for that transformation – one block at a time.

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Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

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Arizona Financial Theatre

Shows at Arizona Financial Theatre

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The Square PHX

This community gathering space is a resource for informal education, arts, and culture. It is located on the traditional territory and homelands of the O’Odham and Piipaash peoples and their ancestors. The buildings at Heritage & Science Park date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, on Block 14 of the townsite of Phoenix. They include the iconic Rosson House Museum, award-winning restaurants, unique shops, the beautiful Lath House Pavilion, and lush gardens, creating a hub for exploring the city’s past, present, and future.

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Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix

The Japanese Friendship Garden, named Rohoen (鷺鳳園), is a joint project of the City of Phoenix and our Sister City Himeji, Japan. Himeji Mayor, Matsuji Totani proposed the garden in 1987 to cement the bonds of friendship between Japan and the United States and particularly between the peoples of Himeji and Phoenix.

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Arizona Center

A connected destination where community, culture, and commerce come together Locally rooted and thoughtfully evolving to shape the future of the city

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Phoenix Sewing Club

CLASSES | PRIVATE LESSONS | EVENT SPACE

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Drunk Shakespeare Phoenix

The stage is set in a hidden venue. Five professional actors meet as members of The Drunk Shakespeare Society. One of them has 5 shots of whiskey and then attempts to perform a major role in a Shakespearean play. Hilarity and mayhem ensue while the four sober actors try and keep the script on track. Every show is different depending on who is drinking… and what they’re drinking! Craft cocktails are available for purchase throughout the show.

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Arizona Science Center

Never stop wondering. Never stop imagining

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The Pavilions at Talking Stick

Experience The Pavilions at Talking Stick, a large shopping mall in Arizona. Shop top brands, dine at great restaurants, and enjoy fun entertainment.

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The Walter Hive

We provide educational opportunities in the arts, fabrication, and technology to build creative skills for personal empowerment.

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Butterfly Wonderland

Butterfly Wonderland is home to thousands of butterflies from around the world. Explore immersive exhibits with live chrysalis, rainforest reptiles, and more!

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Classic Cooking Academy

CLASSIC COOKING ACADEMY - An Arizona cooking school offering public classes, weekly programs, team building events, private parties, and more!

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Sweet Basil Culinary Center

Sweet Basil Gourmetware, Cooking School and Cafe has everything you need for cooking and entertaining in Scottsdale, AZ. Visit us today to explore!

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JL Patisserie

Jenna Leurquin Patisserie was created to offer an authentic patisserie experience in Arizona. Our creations are inspired by the seasons, and our collections aim to represent current trends. With this original approach to pastry, we work on revolutionizing even the most firmly entrenched traditions.

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