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APRI L PHOENIX Scottsdale Culinary Festival www.scottsdalefest.org Celebrating its 40th year in 2018, the Scottsdale Culinary Festival is a fabulous opportunity for expanding one’s culinary horizons. Proceeds benefit the Scottsdale League for the Arts. University of Arizona Campus East Mall 20-621-5610 • www.springfling.arizona.edu Spring Fling is the largest student-run carnival in the nation, with over 30,000 people attending each year. The carnival features rides, midway games, food and both amateur and professional entertainment. Spring Fling serves as a fund-raising opportunity for Univer- sity of Arizona campus clubs and organizations. 520-896-2079 • www.oraclestudiotour.com Just northeast of Tucson, the Oracle Artists Studio Tours features dozens of artists, working in nearly every medium, showcasing their work in their studios, galleries, and historic venues. MAY PHOENIX Arizona Special Olympics Summer Games Various Venues: 602-230-1200 • www.specia- lolympicsarizona.org Special Olympics Arizona is made up of passionate, committed individuals from every walk of life, who recognize the TUCSON Spring Fling Oracle Artists Studio Tour Multiple Locations, Oracle

enjoy great food from local vendors. Just some notables who have attended include J.A. Jance, Terry Brooks, Casy Susan and Louis Bayard. Proceeds from this event go to local literacy efforts. PHOENIX Maricopa County Home Shows Various Venues 602-485-1691 www.maricopacountyhomeshows.com These events show the latest and greatest in home improvement. The largest home shows in the state, they have helped the industry thrive for the past 19 years. 480-355-6019 • www.downtowntempe.com Enjoy the live music, arts and the heart of Downtown Tempe community at this weekly market. The popular 6th Street Market has just about everything form community yoga to food vendors. The market is open Sundays only from October through April. Visit their site for more details. TUCSON Fourth Avenue Street Fair (Spring) Fourth Ave. between Ninth & University Blvd. 520-624-5004 • www.fourthavenue.org The first of two Street Fairs happening every year, the Spring Fair is free to the public and brings together more than 400 arts and crafts booths, 35 food vendors, two stages, street musicians, food, jugglers, street performers, the Free SPIKE kids hands-on-art Pavilion, face painting, balloons and tons of other fun activities. 6th Street Market Tempe

value and unique gifts of people with various disabilities. Together, they share the common belief in dignity, equality and opportunity for ALL people. Various events are run throughout the month.

Cinco de Mayo Various Venues

This special event, which is a national holiday in Mexico but also is celebrated through the southwestern United States, commemorates the Battle of Puebla when, on May 5, 1862, Mexican army units defeated a French army twice their size. Independent special events are conducted on and around May 5 every year throughout the region. TUCSON Music Under the Stars DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center, Reid Park 520-722-5853 • www.tucsonpops.org Now in its sixth decade of great perfor- mances, the Tucson Pops Orchestra continues this tradition by entertaining city residents with this outstanding annual live concert series, which takes place May-June every year and is free and open to the public. 520-266-5266 • www.wyattearpdays.com See the “Old Wild West” come alive in the town “Too Tough to Die” with a weekend honoring Tombstone’s most notable and legendary lawman, Wyatt Earp. Just some of the great activities included in this three-day event include day-long entertainment, a costume and re-enactment competition and chili cook-off. Wyatt Earp Days Multiple Locations, Tombstone

MAY: Cinco de Mayo / Various Venues

This special event, which is a national holiday in Mexico but also is cele- brated through the southwestern United States, commemorates the Battle of Puebla when, on May 5, 1862, Mexican army units defeated a French army twice their size. Independent special events are conducted on and around May 5 every year throughout the region.

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