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Things to do in Scottsdale & Phoenix in April

Festival season peaks — music, motorcycles and film fill the calendar under ideal desert-tour skies.

Weather: Warm days in the 80s before the summer heat arrives.

On the calendar

April events in the Valley

Festival

Arizona Renaissance Festival

Weekends, February – early April · Gold Canyon, East of Apache Junction

A 16th-century village comes to life with jousting, artisans and turkey legs every weekend for two months.

Motorcycle

Arizona Bike Week

Early April · WestWorld & the Scottsdale area, Scottsdale

The Southwest’s biggest motorcycle rally — live music, thousands of bikes and desert group rides.

Motorcycle

Cave Creek Bike Week

Early-to-mid April · The Hideaway Roadhouse, Cave Creek

The historic Western town of Cave Creek fills with motorcycles for ten days of live music, vendors, gypsy tours and builder showcases.

Music

Country Thunder Arizona

Mid-April · Canyon Moon Ranch, Florence, Florence (about an hour out)

A four-day country-music campout with major headliners — a rite of spring for Valley country fans.

Always a good idea

Desert adventures, every April

Our guided ATV & sand-buggy tours run all year, about 35 minutes from Old Town Scottsdale. You drive your own 800cc buggy on exclusive Sonoran Desert trails — no experience needed, an expert guide the whole way.

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