Holiday Magic Awaits in Downtown Phoenix 🎁✨
Celebrate the season with family-friendly events, free festivals, lively performances, and cheerful holiday markets, all beneath the glittering lights of Downtown Phoenix. There’s no shortage of magic (or memories) to be made!
Pick up your very own Holidays in DTPHX passport and collect a sticker at each event you attend! Earn at least four stickers to win a special prize at Winter Wanderland on December 20. Passports are available at participating event venues or from a DTPHX Ambassador — and you’ll earn a bonus point just for asking them a question!
PJs in the Park
Put on your coziest pajamas and enjoy a free holiday movie under the stars. PJs in the Park returns with a screening of the holiday favorite “The Santa Clause”, plus free photos with Santa, hot cocoa + snacks for purchase, and a holiday gift drive.
📅 Saturday, November 29
📍 Patriots Square @ CityScape
Santa's Country Jamboree
Celebrate the season at First Friday Live: Santa’s Country Jamboree. This upbeat, family-friendly features live country music, a sparkling skating performance, holiday shopping with local vendors, and a cheerful visit with Santa.
📅 Friday, December 5
📍Herberger Theater Center
Wild West Holiday Market
Shop from 15+ local vendors, enjoy live music with festive drinks and complimentary bites, and snap a photo with Cowboy Santa on the hotel's rooftop terrace.
📅 Thursday, December 11
📍Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel | 5th Floor Skyline Terrace
Phoestivus
Celebrate the season with a magical day full of holiday shopping and revelry at this festive market, featuring hand-crafted gifts from local artisans, makers, producers, and more.
📅 Friday, December 12
📍Arizona Center
Phoenix Festival of the Arts
A vibrant, multicultural celebration of artistic expression, with live music and cultural performances, interactive art experiences, local food trucks, a hands-on Family Zone, and more.
📅 Saturday, December 13 & Sunday, December 14
📍Hance Park
AZ Tamale Festival
The 3rd Annual Tamale Festival will include a variety of tamale vendors, a mercado for holiday shopping, photos with Santa, and a 1,000 toy giveaway. There will also be local performances, ballet folklórico, and mariachis.
📅 Sunday, December 14
📍 3rd St. and Monroe St.
Winter Wanderland
Watch the city transform into a holiday storybook setting for the most wonderful time of the year. Experience one-of-a-kind holiday performances at multiple locations throughout the walkable Downtown core.
📅 Saturday, December 20
📍Multiple Downtown Phoenix Locations