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Scottsdale Attractions
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Music & Performing Arts
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Music in the Garden | Arizona Jazz Music Concerts
Enjoy an evening surrounded by desert beauty and the sounds of the Valley’s premier musicians. Fabulous Food Fine Catering & Events provides a chef-attended food station featuring weekly specials for an additional charge.
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Music & Performing Arts Venues | Arizona Performing Arts | Broadway Shows Arizona
The Greater Phoenix area is home to several state-of-the-art music and performing arts venues. From ASU's Gammage Hall, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, to Cricket Wireless Pavilion's capacity of 20,000 - Arizona attracts world-class concerts, shows and Broadway musicals.
ASU Gammage
Cricket Wireless Pavilion
US Airways Center
Jobing.com Arena
Dodge Theatre
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Museums
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The Heard Museum | Scottsdale Arizona | Native American Culture
The Heard Museum is one of the world’s finest destinations for learning about American Indian arts and cultures. With its comprehensive collections, intriguing exhibitions, distinctive festivals, and interactive learning opportunities, the Heard Museum is a must see.
Phone Number: (602) 252-8840
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Phoenix Art Museum | Arizona Art Museums
The Phoenix Art Museum is the Southwest’s premier destination for world-class visual arts. The museum houses popular exhibitions featuring artists such as Rembrandt, Norman Rockwell, Annie Leibowitz, and Monet are shown alongside the Museum’s outstanding collection of more than 17,000 works of American, Asian, European, Latin American, Western American, modern and contemporary art, and fashion design.
Phone Number: (602) 257-1880
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Arizona Science Center | Phoenix Science Center
Located in downtown Phoenix, the Arizona Science Center features more than 300 hands-on exhibits, a state-of-the-art planetarium, a five-story giant-screen theater, live demonstrations, traveling exhibitions, and exciting science programs for people of all ages.
Phone Number: (602) 716-2000
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Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art | Arizona Art Museum
Located in Scottsdale's Old Town district, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) features modern and contemporary art, architecture and design from around the world.
Phone number: (480) 874-4666
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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation’s Taliesin West | Scottsdale Arizona
Taliesin West sits within a pristine Sonoran desert landscape at the foot of the McDowell Mountains in North Scottsdale. Surrounded by suburban development, Taliesin West remains one of the few estates in the Phoenix metropolitan area which has been able to preserve desert mountain and open space. Visitors can take guided tours daily through this beautiful and historic Frank Lloyd Wright designed campus.
Phone Number: (480) 860-2700 ext 494
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Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park | Phoenix Arizona Native American Culture
Experience the ruins of the prehistoric Hohokam Indian tribe, including a changing gallery of exhibits.
Phone Number: (602) 495-0901
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The Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
The Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum commemorates the mining industry that helped build Arizona. Arizona is the Nation's number one mining state with the largest value of non-fuel mineral production in the country. Over 3,000 worldwide specimens are on exhibit, including a collection of Arizona's colorful copper minerals, a 480-pound quartz geode, a 206-pound fragment of Meteor Crater’s meteorite, and an entire dinner table that features food made from rocks and minerals.
Phone Number: (602) 771-1600
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Local Attractions
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McDowell Sonoran Conservancy | Scottsdale Arizona
The Arizona Game and Fish Department considers the McDowell Mountains and surrounding Sonoran desert the most significant wildlife habitat in the Valley outside the Tonto National Forest. Here you can hike through the beautiful desert with trails from beginner to expert level.
Phone Number: (480) 998-7971
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Scottsdale Hiking Trails | Arizona Outdoor Activities | Sonoran Desert Hiking
Scottsdale offers picturesque views and hiking trails for all skill levels. Camelback Mountain is Phoenix’s most famous trail and is located just south of the Resort.
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Desert Botanical Garden | Phoenix Arizona Attractions
The Desert Botanical Garden offers plants native to the Sonoran Desert, as well as trails and events in a unique outdoor setting. The garden is open 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily.
Phone Number: (480) 941-1225
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Phoenix Zoo | Arizona Zoos | Phoenix Zoolights
Voted one of the Nation’s Top 5 Zoo’s for Kids, the Phoenix Zoo is home to more than 1,300 animals. Open daily, hours are seasonal. Please visit the Phoenix Zoo website for more details.
Phone Number: (602) 273-1341
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Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving | Arizona Race Tracks
Experience the exhilaration of going from 0-100 mph on the Bondurant race track. Customized group programs range from hot laps and dinner, 2 hour or 1/2 day courses to their 4 day Grand Prix Road Racing Course.
Phone Number: (480) 961-0143
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F1 Race Factory | Phoenix Arizona Race Tracks
F1 Race Factory is America's largest indoor kart racing and entertainment site, offering an arcade and rock wall in addition to 113,000 sq. ft. of racing.
Phone Number: (602) 302-7223
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