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2nd Annual MACFest

October 3, 2009-April 24, 2010

This free-to-the-public, regularly held celebration in downtown Mesa features creations from local artists, food, live music, and fun for the whole family. MACFest offers a consistent, easy, and affordable way for the many wonderful artists in Mesa, the Valley, and Arizona to expose and sell their work. A farmer's market is planned to start Saturday, October 24 and take place every Saturday on Main and Macdonald Streets. ,... More

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	Tell-a-friend Church Basement Ladies Mesa Arts Center November 4-November 22, 2009 Inspired by the books of Janet Martin and Suzann Nelson, Church Basement Ladies has been selling out shows in Minneapolis for the past 25 months and now they are coming to Mesa,... More
	Tell-a-friend Disney's Imagination Movers Mesa Arts Center December 4, 2009 Members of the movers originally started writing music for their own children, and now, clad in their trademark blue coveralls, they share their musical creations with audiences,,... More
	Tell-a-friend American Stars in Concert for the Holidays Mesa Arts Center December 12, 2009 A surprising new combination of four of the top ten finalists from Seasons 1 through 7 will take to the stage for an exciting night of solo, duet and ensemble performances. This new,... More
	Tell-a-friend Dixie's Tupperware Party Mesa Arts Center December 8-December 13, 2009 Back by popular demand! Dixie Longate, the fast-talking Tupperware Lady, packed up her catalogues and took Off-Broadway by storm! Now, join Dixie as she stops at Mesa Arts Center to,... More
	Tell-a-friend Fall 2009 Out to Lunch Concerts Mesa Arts Center October 22-December 17, 2009 Mesa Arts Center is bringing back its popular free outdoor concert series in the fall! Bring your lunch and enjoy live music in a serene setting. Concerts will be held on Thursdays,... More
	Tell-a-friend Dave Koz and Friends: A Smooth Jazz Christmas Mesa Arts Center December 22, 2009 Grammy nominated Dave Koz is home for the holidays, celebrating the annual holiday tradition at Mesa Arts Center with a spectacular line-up of jazz greats. Enjoy an evening of holiday,... More
	Tell-a-friend Comedy Show: Competitive Improv National Comedy Theatre Phoenix January 2-December 27, 2009 Avg. Event Rating (5.0 Stars): National Comedy Theatre (NCT) Phoenix presents a comedy competition two teams of comedians battling for points given out based on your laughs. Everything they do is based on audience,... More
	Tell-a-friend Meet Me In St. Louis Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre November 26, 2009-January 2, 2010 It's turn of the century St. Louis, the World's Fair is coming soon, and so is a world of changes for the Smith family. Meet Me In St. Louis is based on the classic MGM movie.,... More
	Tell-a-friend Contemporary Artwork from Mexico Mesa Arts Center September 11, 2009-January 3, 2010 In conjunction with FOMA Collects, this exhibition demonstrates the kind of artwork being produced today by Mexico's foremost emerging and established artists. Through their,... More
	Tell-a-friend Domestic Arsenal Mesa Arts Center September 22, 2009-January 7, 2010 A memorial to victims of family violence, Domestic Arsenal uses common household objects to reference trauma. A mound of 365 cast toys, furniture and other ordinary items take,... More
	Tell-a-friend Hal Holbrook in "Mark Twain Tonight" Mesa Arts Center February 6, 2010 The year 2010 marks the 175th anniversary of his birth and the 100th anniversary of his death. To celebrate the Year of Mark Twain, Mesa Arts Center welcomes back Hollywood veteran and,... More
	Tell-a-friend Captain Louie Mesa Arts Center January 28-February 7, 2010 After moving to his new neighborhood, Young Louie feels lonesome and is without any friends. Looking for something to cheer himself up on Halloween night, Louie returns to his old,... More
	Tell-a-friend I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Mesa Encore Theatre February 5-February 21, 2010 Just in time for Valentine's Day, MET rolls out its celebrated annual production of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. This celebration of the mating game takes on the,... More
	Tell-a-friend Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez Mesa Arts Center March 20, 2010 Celebrate the dancing traditions of Mexico with Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez! The music, technical perfection, sophisticated yet lavish costumes and original,... More
	Tell-a-friend Pattern Wizardry Arizona Museum For Youth October 17, 2009-April 4, 2010 Stop by for a hands-on object-based exhibition designed to encourage children's inquiry about their world through investigating how patterns organize and enrich their lives, everyday. ,... More
	Tell-a-friend Forbidden Broadway (Greatest Hits, Volume I) Mesa Encore Theatre April 9-April 25, 2010 MET will ring in the spring with the wickedly funny Forbidden Broadway. In New York's longest-running hit musical comedy revue, well known show tunes and performers are skewered,... More
	Tell-a-friend A Night Out In Downtown Mesa Mesa Arts Center September 11, 2009-June 11, 2010 In conjunction with the Downtown Mesa Association, Mesa Arts Center offers free outdoor concerts, ticketed performances in the theaters, and free admission to Mesa Contemporary Arts.,... More
	Tell-a-friend Mars! Arizona Museum of Natural History November 8, 2008 - Ongoing The Arizona Museum of Natural History has opened an exciting new exhibition based upon the spectacular new discoveries about the red planet, Mars. With the recent wave of satellite,... More

More Events

Event	Organization	Dates	City
The Musical World of South Slavs by Riznica Chamber Choir	Riznica Chamber Choir	11/20/09	Mesa
Smokey Joe's Cafe	Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre	10/08/09- 11/21/09	Mesa
Tubby the Tuba and Friends	Symphony of the Southwest	11/21/09	Mesa
From Gumm to Garland: Judy the Musical	Mesa Arts Center	11/11/09- 11/22/09	Mesa
Joe Perry	Mesa Arts Center	11/27/09	Mesa
Rent	Mesa Encore Theatre	11/13/09- 11/28/09	Mesa
Pilgrimpalooza! Thanksgiving Comedy at National Comedy Theatre	National Comedy Theatre Phoenix	11/27/09- 11/28/09	Mesa
Annual Symphony of the Southwest Holiday Boutique	Symphony of the Southwest	11/27/09- 11/28/09	Mesa
Mozart and Strauss	The Phoenix Symphony	11/29/09	Mesa
National Geographic Live: Polar Obsession	Mesa Arts Center	12/02/09	Mesa
Fall 2009 Out to Lunch Concerts: Pete Pancrazi Trio	Mesa Arts Center	12/03/09	Mesa
Mesa Community College Jazz Combos	Jazz in Arizona, Inc.	12/01/09- 12/03/09	Mesa
Leahy Family Christmas	Mesa Arts Center	12/05/09	Mesa
Welk Stars "Christmas Reunion" Concert	Mesa Arts Center	12/06/09	Mesa
Blood Wedding	Mesa Community College Theatre	12/03/09- 12/06/09	Mesa
Sara Evans	Mesa Arts Center	12/09/09	Mesa
AZ Diamond presents A Neil Diamond Christmas	Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre	12/09/09	Mesa
Fall 2009 Out to Lunch Concerts: Carolyn Sills and the Poor Man's Roses	Mesa Arts Center	12/10/09	Mesa
Singing Together - A Holiday Tradition	Sonoran Desert Chorale, Inc.	12/12/09	Mesa
Holiday Art and Music Festival	Mesa Arts Center	12/12/09- 12/13/09	Mesa
AZ Diamond presents A Neil Diamond Christmas	Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre	12/14/09	Mesa
Fall 2009 Out to Lunch Concerts: Salt River Brass Quintet	Mesa Arts Center	12/17/09	Mesa
Ozark Mountain Holiday Show	M & M Productions	12/02/09- 12/18/09	Mesa
Holiday Traditions	Phoenix Boys Choir	12/18/09	Mesa
The Compleat Works of Wllm Shakspr (Abridged)	Southwest Shakespeare Company	11/28/09- 12/19/09	Mesa
The Irish Nutcracker	The Celtic Dance Academy	12/19/09- 12/20/09	Mesa
Handel's Messiah by Candlelight	The Phoenix Symphony	12/20/09	Mesa
AZ Diamond presents A Neil Diamond Christmas	Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre	12/21/09	Mesa
Wallacepalooza	Mesa Historical Museum	08/29/09- 12/31/09	Mesa
First Annual Madrigal Feaste	San Tan Community Performing Arts	01/16/10- 01/17/10	Mesa
Itzhak Perlman	Mesa Arts Center	01/20/10	Mesa
Julius Caesar	Southwest Shakespeare Company	01/07/10- 01/23/10	Mesa
National Geographic Live: Hunting Dinosaurs	Mesa Arts Center	01/27/10	Mesa
Poetics of Dissection: The Paintings of Brent Adrian	Mesa Arts Center	09/11/09- 01/31/10	Mesa
Unforgettable: The Nat King Cole Story	Mesa Arts Center	01/19/10- 01/31/10	Mesa
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo	Mesa Arts Center	02/11/10	Mesa
Tao	Mesa Arts Center	02/19/10	Mesa
The Unsinkable Molly Brown	Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre	01/07/10- 02/20/10	Mesa
Song, Go On! A Tribute to the Music of Canada	Sonoran Desert Chorale, Inc.	02/27/10	Mesa
The Goats Gruff	East Valley Children's Theatre	02/11/10- 02/28/10	Mesa
The Great White Hope	Mesa Community College Theatre	02/25/10- 02/28/10	Mesa
Paul Nicklen: National Geographic	Mesa Arts Center	12/04/09- 02/28/10	Mesa
Moscow State Radio Symphony	Mesa Arts Center	03/09/10	Mesa
Cows Don't Fly and Other Known Facts	Stageworks at Mesa Arts Center	03/05/10- 03/14/10	Mesa
31st Annual Contemporary Crafts	Mesa Arts Center	01/22/10- 03/14/10	Mesa
Station Identification by Teresa Sullivan	Mesa Arts Center	01/22/10- 03/14/10	Mesa
National Geographic Live: Army Ants and Flying Frogs	Mesa Arts Center	03/17/10	Mesa
Blithe Spirit	Southwest Shakespeare Company	03/04/10- 03/20/10	Mesa
Arizona Renaissance Festival 2010	Arizona Renaissance Festival	02/06/10- 03/28/10	Apache Junction
George M	Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre	02/25/10- 04/10/10	Mesa
San Tan Chorale Spring Concert	San Tan Community Performing Arts	04/17/10	Mesa
San Tan Chorale Spring Concert	San Tan Community Performing Arts	04/18/10	Apache Junction
Music of Fame and Fortune ? the Stage and Screen	Sonoran Desert Chorale, Inc.	05/01/10	Mesa
To Gillian on her 37th Birthday	Mesa Community College Theatre	04/29/10- 05/02/10	Mesa
Fall 2009 Sunday Outdoor Concerts	Mesa Arts Center	10/04/09- 05/02/10	Mesa
Target 3 for Free - Outdoor Concerts	Mesa Arts Center	10/04/09- 05/02/10	Mesa
Richard III	Southwest Shakespeare Company	04/22/10- 05/08/10	Mesa
25th Anniversary Celebration Concert	Phoenix Children's Chorus	05/22/10	Mesa
Nunsense	Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre	04/15/10- 05/22/10	Mesa
Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience	Mesa Historical Museum	01/10/09- 05/31/10	Mesa
Once on This Island	Mesa Encore Theatre	06/04/10- 06/13/10	Mesa
The Enchantment of Beauty and the Beast	East Valley Children's Theatre	06/17/10- 06/27/10	Mesa
I Love A Piano	Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre	05/27/10- 07/03/10	Mesa
Essenzaslam	Anthology Inc.	10/20/05- 08/04/10	Mesa
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre	07/08/10- 08/21/10	Mesa
LIGHTS! COLOR! ACTION!	Arizona Museum For Youth	01/16/10- 09/30/10	Mesa
Ricardo de Cristobal	Flamenco! The Studio	06/27/09- 06/04/11	Mesa
Howdy Show and Dinner Extravaganza	Howdy Show and Dinner Extravaganza	11/13/09- Ongoing	Mesa
Mesa Arts Center Campus Tour Program	Mesa Arts Center	11/21/05- Ongoing	Mesa
Searching for Mesa: Finding Ourselves in our History	Mesa Historical Museum	06/24/08- Ongoing	Mesa
Anthology Open Mic	Anthology Inc.	01/08/09- Ongoing	Mesa
The Anthology Poetry Slam	Anthology Inc.	01/01/09- Ongoing	Mesa
The Anthology Night Out	Anthology Inc.	01/22/09- Ongoing	Mesa
Wild West Musical Stage Show	Pioneer Pepper & The Sunset Pioneers	04/11/09- Ongoing	Mesa
Therizinosaur - Mystery of the Sickle-Claw Dinosaur	Arizona Museum of Natural History	10/03/09- Ongoing	Mesa
The Cactus League Experience: PlayBall	Arizona Museum For Youth	02/26/10- Ongoing	Mesa
Expressive Light, Shadow and Form	SunDust Gallery	11/13/09- Ongoing	Mesa

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