The SouthwestBlend.com Flagstaff, Arizona Events Guide - 2008
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There’s always something happening in Flagstaff with plenty of musical concerts and theatrical performances, film series, museum exhibits and lectures, star parties and astronomy events, athletic and sports events, guided hikes and nature programs, and more. Major annual events and festivals include the Annual Flagstaff Winterfest, Northern Arizona Book Festival, Movies on the Square Series, Annual Corvette’n America Road Tours, Pine Country Pro Rodeo, Museum of Northern Arizona Heritage Series, Coconino County Fair, Route 66 Days, Flagstaff Festival of Science, the New Year’s Eve Pinecone Drop, and more.
Flagstaff Special Event Contact Information:
Event dates and times are subject to change. Please use the event
contact information provided in the event listing or listing below,
to confirm details.
City of Flagstaff:
Flagstaff, AZ. Tel: (928)
774-5281
Coconino Center for the Arts:
Flagstaff, AZ. Tel: (928) 779-2300
College of Arts and Letters:
Flagstaff, AZ. Tel: (928) 523-9515
Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce:
Flagstaff, AZ. Tel:
(928) 774-4505
Flagstaff Convention
& Visitor Bureau:
Flagstaff, AZ. Tel:
(928)
774-9541 or (800) 842-7293
Flagstaff Nordic
Center: Flagstaff, AZ. Tel:
(928) 220-0550
Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra:
Flagstaff, AZ. Tel: (928) 774-5107
Flagstaff Convention & Visitor Bureau:
Flagstaff, AZ. Tel:
(928)
774-9541 or (800) 842-7293
Heritage Square:
Flagstaff, AZ
Tel: (928)
774-6929
Northern Arizona University:
Flagstaff, AZ. Tel:
(928)
523-5511 or (928) 523-5661
Riordan
Mansion State Historic Park:
Tel: (928) 779-4395.
AUGUST 2008
Aug. 1: First Friday of the Month Public Recycling Tour:
Norton Environmental Materials Recovery Facility. Learn more about
recycling in Arizona and get the behind-the-scenes view in this
informative tour. Tel: (928) 779-1745
Aug. 1: First Friday Art Walk:
Explore artists’ studios and downtown Flagstaff. Tel: (928) 779-2300
Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Movies on
the Square: Heritage Square. Free family movie and
entertainment beginning at 6:00 p.m.; movie starts at dusk.
Aug. 1-3: Flagstaff Fine Arts &
Crafts Festival: Wheeler Park, 212 W. Aspen Ave.. Tel:
(602) 789-7222
Aug. 1-3; 8-10; 15-17; 22-24; 29-31: Flagstaff Historic Walk:
Flagstaff Visitors Center. Tel: (928) 774-9541.
Aug. 1-3; 8-10; 15-17; 22-24:
“Six Degrees of Separation”: By John Guare, Directed by
Richard Tahlvildaran-Jesswein, The Doris Harper White Community
Playhouse home of Theatrikos Theatre Company. Tel: (928) 774-1662
Aug. 2, 31: Summer Concert Series
‘The Arboretum at Flagstaff’: Tel: (928) 774-1442
Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Birdwalks: Free Audubon
Society-led tour of the gardens focusing on native and migratory
bird species. 7:30-9am, on
Saturdays in June, July, and September. The Arboretum at
Flagstaff. Tel:(928) 774-1442
Aug. 2-3: 59th Annual Navajo
Festival of Arts & Culture: Museum of Northern Arizona,
3101 N. Fort Valley Rd. Tel: (928) 774-5213
Aug. 2-3, 30: Ranger Ledge Guided
Hike: Walnut Canyon National Monument, 3 Walnut Canyon,
Tel: (928) 526-3367. A strenuous two-mile guided hike into the
backcountry of Walnut Canyon to explore the archeology and geology
of the canyon. Reservations required.
Aug. 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24,
30-Sept. 1: Heritage Square Trust’s Summer Concert Series:
2pm, Heritage Square, Downtown Flagstaff. Tel: (928) 853-4292
Aug. 3: Dog Days Star Fest:
Lowell Observatory, 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd. Tel: (928) 233-3211
Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31: Guided
Nature Walks - Hart Prairie Preserve: Sundays until
Mid-October. Tel: (928) 774-8892 Ext. 5
Aug. 6:
Flagstaff Night at Lowell
Observatory: Flagstaff residents pay only half price for
entrance into Lowell Observatory for the evening programs, must show
valid driver’s license. Tel: (928) 233-3211
Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27: Dancing on
the Square: Every Wednesday until August 27. 7 -10pm,
Heritage Square. Tel: (928) 600-2450
Aug. 9: Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Flagstaff 31st Annual Half-Marathon & 5K Fun Run:
Wheeler Park, 212 W. Aspen Ave. The Half-Marathon and 5K Fun Run
start and end at Wheeler Park, courses follow well marked trails,
city and forest roads, and the Flagstaff Urban Trail System (FUTS).
Tel: (928) 774-0649
Aug. 11: Perseid Meteor Shower:
Lowell Observatory, 1400 W. Mars Hill Rd. Tel: (928) 233-3211
Aug. 14: Full Moon Bat Programs:
The Arboretum at Flagstaff. Tel: (928) 774-1442
Aug. 16: Climb to Conquer Cancer:
Arizona Snowbowl, Highway 180 on Snowbowl Rd. Tel: (928) 526-2896
Aug. 16: Elden Pueblo Public Day:
Elden Pueblo Ruins. Tel: (928) 527-3452
Aug. 17: Wine and Dine in the
Pines: Arizona Snowbowl-Hart Prairie Lodge, Highway 180
to Snowbowl Rd. Tel: (928) 523-5353
Aug. 21-24: Flagstaff Light Opera
Presents: Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers or The King
of Barataria, Sinagua High School Main Auditorium, Tel: 928-779-0219
Aug. 22-24: Wild Mushroom
Retreat: Hart Prairie Preserve, Tel: (928) 774-1442
Aug. 23: 7th Annual Absolute
Bikes St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance Old Fashioned Mountain Bike
Race: Coconino National Forest, Ft. Valley Trail System,
Saturday morning through afternoon. Tel: (928) 779-5969
Aug. 29-Sept. 1: 59th Coconino
County Fair: Ft. Tuthill County Park-Coconino County
Fairgrounds, Exit 337, off I-17. Tel: (928) 679-8000
Aug. 30-Sept. 1: Flagstaff Art in
the Park: Wheeler Park, Aspen Avenue. Tel: (928)
556-9498.
Aug. 30: Wildflower Walks:
The Arboretum at Flagstaff. Tour the gardens, meadow, and riparian
area/forest with a botanist. Tel: (928) 774-1442
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