The celebration at Rawhide features parades, live entertainment, fireworks, clowns, free face painting, kids games, food and Old West characters. It usually runs through the day and into the evening. See re-enactments of colorful, historic events in Arizona history at this event sponsored by the Capitol Mall Association. The governor and other dignitaries are usually on hand at this daytime event. In 1998, the entertainment included Mexican dances, Native American presentations, Western songs, art and food booths, and tours of the Capitol museum.
Admission is free.
If you're a winter visitor looking for a centralized source of information on how to live the good life in the Valley, this expo will give you everything under the sun. This is mostly for the 55-plus crowd that calls Phoenix home for part of the year. There are all kinds of seminars and brochures on financial, medical and household matters, plus food booths, door prizes and live entertainment. Admission is free to this daylong event in mid-February. The town of Fountain Hills looks forward each February to welcoming thousands to this three-day outdoor fair featuring almost 500 professional artists and craftspeople displaying and selling their creations.