Mesa Events

Come see the locomotives of the Arizona Big Train Operators! With expanded dioramas and a variety of model trains, the exhibit is bigger and better than ever. Train enthusiasts will experience more than 300 feet of G-scale tracks with double main lines, garden size trains (1.5 to 2 times the size of O-scale Lionel trains), and dioramas with scenes from Arizona rail towns. ABTO members will be on hand to answer questions and provide historical information about Arizona railways.  Make s... more

Join us for Happy Hour daily, featuring a wide variety of food & drink specials including:   $5 Sliders, Street Tacos, Pretzel Bites, and Burgers, $3 dollar Craft Drafts, $3.50 Glass of House Wine and $5 Specialty Cocktails.    We have 12 HDTV's up to 70 inches to watch multiple sporting events and cheer your favorite team on. Please check our monthly events calendar for the latest sporting events including Sunday NFL Ticket, NHL Center Ice or MLB Extra Innings.

Come see the locomotives of the Arizona Big Train Operators! With expanded dioramas and a variety of model trains, the exhibit is bigger and better than ever. Train enthusiasts will experience more than 300 feet of G-scale tracks with double main lines, garden size trains (1.5 to 2 times the size of O-scale Lionel trains), and dioramas with scenes from Arizona rail towns. ABTO members will be on hand to answer questions and provide historical information about Arizona railways.  Make s... more

Join us for Happy Hour daily, featuring a wide variety of food & drink specials including:   $5 Sliders, Street Tacos, Pretzel Bites, and Burgers, $3 dollar Craft Drafts, $3.50 Glass of House Wine and $5 Specialty Cocktails.    We have 12 HDTV's up to 70 inches to watch multiple sporting events and cheer your favorite team on. Please check our monthly events calendar for the latest sporting events including Sunday NFL Ticket, NHL Center Ice or MLB Extra Innings.

Come see the locomotives of the Arizona Big Train Operators! With expanded dioramas and a variety of model trains, the exhibit is bigger and better than ever. Train enthusiasts will experience more than 300 feet of G-scale tracks with double main lines, garden size trains (1.5 to 2 times the size of O-scale Lionel trains), and dioramas with scenes from Arizona rail towns. ABTO members will be on hand to answer questions and provide historical information about Arizona railways.  Make s... more

Join us for Happy Hour daily, featuring a wide variety of food & drink specials including:   $5 Sliders, Street Tacos, Pretzel Bites, and Burgers, $3 dollar Craft Drafts, $3.50 Glass of House Wine and $5 Specialty Cocktails.    We have 12 HDTV's up to 70 inches to watch multiple sporting events and cheer your favorite team on. Please check our monthly events calendar for the latest sporting events including Sunday NFL Ticket, NHL Center Ice or MLB Extra Innings.

The Swing Lounge on Main - TONIGHT (5/8) and EVERY THURSDAY in May on Main Street in Mesa!!! 7:00pm - 8:00pm: East Coast Swing and Charleston lesson 8:00pm - 10:00pm: Dance to DJs or sometimes a LIVE BAND. 101 West Main Street , Mesa, AZ (Inside One Oh One Art Gallery) $8 for lesson and dance, $5 for students ALL AGES WELCOME!!! Presented by the Arizona Lindy Hop Society

Come see the locomotives of the Arizona Big Train Operators! With expanded dioramas and a variety of model trains, the exhibit is bigger and better than ever. Train enthusiasts will experience more than 300 feet of G-scale tracks with double main lines, garden size trains (1.5 to 2 times the size of O-scale Lionel trains), and dioramas with scenes from Arizona rail towns. ABTO members will be on hand to answer questions and provide historical information about Arizona railways.  Make s... more

A tune-filled Broadway hit that takes summer to a whole new level. City-boy, Ren, and his mother have just moved to a small town where dancing is a crime thanks to the efforts of an ultra conservative pastor. Sparks fly when the pastor's daughter befriends Ran while her former boyfriend plays on the fears of the many locals who are eager to believe the worst of the new kid in town. From the moment this dance-filled musical opens you won't be able to stop moving your feet! It's a joyous producti... more

Join us for Happy Hour daily, featuring a wide variety of food & drink specials including:   $5 Sliders, Street Tacos, Pretzel Bites, and Burgers, $3 dollar Craft Drafts, $3.50 Glass of House Wine and $5 Specialty Cocktails.    We have 12 HDTV's up to 70 inches to watch multiple sporting events and cheer your favorite team on. Please check our monthly events calendar for the latest sporting events including Sunday NFL Ticket, NHL Center Ice or MLB Extra Innings.

Kids Club is a free, interactive program designed to educate and entertain children. Members typically range in age from newborn to 5 years, but kids of all ages are invited to join the fun! Join the fun, activities, and music every Thursday at 10 a.m. in the JCPenny Court.   

This indoor farmer's market is a one stop shop for all of your local and organic food. You will be able to pick up your meats from Double Check Ranch, organic produce from Desert Roots, your seafood from Davy Jones Seafood, your local raw honey from Made by Bees, fresh bread from Great Harvest Bread and your salt, pepper and sugars from Go Lb. Salt!  There will also be fresh butter, cheese, milk and ice cream from the dairy and free range eggs from the farm's chickens. ... more

Join us for a special group screeneing of A Knight's Tale (2001, rated PG-13). You will believe that a man can change his starts, a squire can become a knight, and "We Will Rock You" was a popular song in the middle ages... Find out why this movie is everyones secret "guilty pleasure" and rock out with us at this one time only First Time Film Club event. Prizes and trivia follow the screening provided by Bookmans Entertainment Exchange. And stick around for a LIVE PODCAST ... more

Mesa Community College invites you to explore the amazing Universe in our state-of-the-art Planetarium! Our Astronomy Nights are the first Friday of the month. FREE Tickets are handed out at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. We are no longer accepting reservations for Astronomy Nights. Shows are every half hour starting at 6:00 P.M., the last show is at 9:30 P.M.. Wait times do not normally exceed a half an hour.  During Astronomy Nights, we also offer telescope viewing o... more

Every Friday and Saturday evening, listen to live music and enjoy Artisan Style Pizza for Happy Hour.  

How do tortoises survive and thrive in our desert? What should you do if you find one? Are they endangered? If you would like to know the answers to these questions, or any questions you may have about desert tortoises, then this one-hour presentation is for you! Bring your sandwich to the "Brown-Bag It" series inside our Nature Center as Ranger B shares amazing facts about these reclusive reptiles. Watch us feed our snakes after the program at 7pm. Then join our "Animal Flash... more

Come see the locomotives of the Arizona Big Train Operators! With expanded dioramas and a variety of model trains, the exhibit is bigger and better than ever. Train enthusiasts will experience more than 300 feet of G-scale tracks with double main lines, garden size trains (1.5 to 2 times the size of O-scale Lionel trains), and dioramas with scenes from Arizona rail towns. ABTO members will be on hand to answer questions and provide historical information about Arizona railways.  Make s... more

A tune-filled Broadway hit that takes summer to a whole new level. City-boy, Ren, and his mother have just moved to a small town where dancing is a crime thanks to the efforts of an ultra conservative pastor. Sparks fly when the pastor's daughter befriends Ran while her former boyfriend plays on the fears of the many locals who are eager to believe the worst of the new kid in town. From the moment this dance-filled musical opens you won't be able to stop moving your feet! It's a joyous producti... more

Join us for Happy Hour daily, featuring a wide variety of food & drink specials including:   $5 Sliders, Street Tacos, Pretzel Bites, and Burgers, $3 dollar Craft Drafts, $3.50 Glass of House Wine and $5 Specialty Cocktails.    We have 12 HDTV's up to 70 inches to watch multiple sporting events and cheer your favorite team on. Please check our monthly events calendar for the latest sporting events including Sunday NFL Ticket, NHL Center Ice or MLB Extra Innings.

This event is family friendly and streets are closed to car traffic, only bikes allowed! Come down and enjoy great food, music, beer gardens, and a wide variety of vendors. Whether you're a biker or not, you're invited to Motorcycles on Main. Ride in and cruise, park and show your bike, or just check out all the amazing rides. During Light Rail construction, the event will be held on MacDonald, just North of Main St. (Note there is not an event held in July or August, due to heat)

Join the Outliars Comedy Club as they perform Stand-Up Comedy, Sketch and Improv (Long and Short form) with National and Local Talent every Friday for shows at 7:30 & 9:30 pm. Hosted in the Dobson Ranch Inn & Suites' Cactus Clubhouse's lounge, drinks and a limited menu available.

The Josh Abbot Band with special guest The Railers will perform in Mesa, AZ on August 1, 2014. The show at Denim & Diamonds has doors openings at 6:00 p.m. and tickets are priced at $10. This is a 21+ event.

Every Friday and Saturday evening, listen to live music and enjoy Artisan Style Pizza for Happy Hour.  

Come see the locomotives of the Arizona Big Train Operators! With expanded dioramas and a variety of model trains, the exhibit is bigger and better than ever. Train enthusiasts will experience more than 300 feet of G-scale tracks with double main lines, garden size trains (1.5 to 2 times the size of O-scale Lionel trains), and dioramas with scenes from Arizona rail towns. ABTO members will be on hand to answer questions and provide historical information about Arizona railways.  Make s... more

MaricopaCon started in 2010 as a local yearly mini-con at someone's house, but it's growing bigger each year. Board games, card games, tabletop war games, and RPGs flourish at MaricopaCon. Attendees get to play the old-school games they played when they were younger, plus new popular games.

A tune-filled Broadway hit that takes summer to a whole new level. City-boy, Ren, and his mother have just moved to a small town where dancing is a crime thanks to the efforts of an ultra conservative pastor. Sparks fly when the pastor's daughter befriends Ran while her former boyfriend plays on the fears of the many locals who are eager to believe the worst of the new kid in town. From the moment this dance-filled musical opens you won't be able to stop moving your feet! It's a joyous producti... more

Enjoy a 90 minute Desert by Night-Canyon Light Cruise! Be mesmerized by the Canyons illuminated at night while cruising Saguaro Lake under the stars. Background jazz music with a wine tasting option. An event not to be missed! Advance reservations recommended, these are popular and tours that tend to sell out quickly.

Join us for Happy Hour daily, featuring a wide variety of food & drink specials including:   $5 Sliders, Street Tacos, Pretzel Bites, and Burgers, $3 dollar Craft Drafts, $3.50 Glass of House Wine and $5 Specialty Cocktails.    We have 12 HDTV's up to 70 inches to watch multiple sporting events and cheer your favorite team on. Please check our monthly events calendar for the latest sporting events including Sunday NFL Ticket, NHL Center Ice or MLB Extra Innings.

Continuing throughout 2014, Duel for Domination crashes into the Arizona Event Center, showcasing some of the most ferocious young fighters from around the Southwest.