Ancestral Flavors Under the Stars

The S'edav Va'aki Museum Foundation is serving up an Indigenous Sonoran Desert dining experience with Harmony: Balancing Past and Present on Saturday, April 18th, from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm.

Featured chefs will create curated tastings designed for the city’s adventurous diners—those who seek out chef pop-ups, follow James Beard news, and care where their ingredients come from. Through food, art, and conversation, Harmony will connect guests to the Akimel O’Odham and Piipaash communities whose irrigation canals and fields still shape the land behind the museum, reframing “local” to include millennia of Indigenous presence at the heart of modern Phoenix. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community President Martin Harvier and Gila River Indian Community Governor Stephen Roe Lewis serve as co-honorary chairs, underscoring Harmony as a regionally rooted event that connects metro Phoenix diners to the original foodways of this land.

The VIP Experience



Join our limited VIP experience! VIP tickets include two drink tickets, a private space, early event access at 5:30 pm, a swag bag, and an exclusive culinary experience with two well-known restaurants. Secure this experience now, before we sell out of VIP tickets!

Ko'Sin, located at the Grand Sheraton Hotel at Wild Horse Pass, is the first VIP-exclusive restaurant. Ko’Sin, meaning ‘kitchen’ in the Pima language, offers a captivating interpretation of Native American and regional comfort food with a contemporary twist on favorite dishes. Ko'Sin offers seasonal dishes that weave together Indigenous ingredients, desert game, and regional produce along the Gila River.

Desert Diamond Casino's signature dining program of the Tohono O'odham Nation is the second exclusive VIP restaurant. Desert Diamond's restaurants highlight Sonoran and O'odham-inspired flavors in approachable, contemporary menus for locals and casino guests.

Questions? Email [email protected]