15 Arizona events to check out this weekend (Sept. 5-7)

Here are some things happening this weekend in Arizona, including a Diamondbacks game with a concert, a cigar festival, and an event celebrating green chiles.

Jessica Swarner

September 4, 2025

Here are some things happening this weekend in Arizona, including an event celebrating green chiles. (Doğan Alpaslan DEMİR/Unsplash)

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As temperatures cool down a bit, Arizona’s events list is starting to claw its way back from summer hibernation.

Here are some things happening this weekend, including a Diamondbacks game with a concert, a cigar festival, and an event celebrating green chiles.

Central Arizona

First Friday in Phoenix, Friday
Arizona Diamondbacks plus Flo Rida post-game concert in Phoenix, Friday
Phoenix Garba Mela in Mesa, Friday-Saturday
Abilities Expo in Scottsdale, Friday-Sunday
The West’s Most Western Rodeo in Scottsdale, Friday-Sunday
Fiesta de Septiembre in Wickenburg, Saturday
Boots & Roots: A Country Kinfolk Jam in Laveen, Saturday
9/11 Tower Challenge in Glendale, Saturday
Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix, Saturday-Sunday

Northern Arizona

Northern Arizona Cigar Festival in Prescott, Saturday
Flagstaff Creative Aging Festival, Sunday

Southern Arizona

Blues in Bisbee, Saturday
Sonoita Ranch Rodeo, Saturday
Southern Arizona Green Chile Festival in Sonoita, Saturday
Sonoran Restaurant Week, various locations, Saturday-Sept. 14

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