Festivals near Phoenix

Under the Sonoran desert sun, Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun run their festival season against the national grain: while the rest of the country shivers, Arizona rolls out its lawns in February. On the water at Tempe Beach Park, Innings Festival pairs rock with big country voices to the soundtrack of Cactus League spring baseball, while its bigger sibling Extra Innings Festival lines up Luke Bryan, Kane Brown and Dierks Bentley across a full weekend. It's a scene where Americana, stadium rock and warm desert evenings build an identity all their own.

A few miles away, downtown Phoenix shifts into an entirely different key: the M3F Festival, founded as a nonprofit that returns its proceeds to local causes, weaves indie, house and sharp electronic names together, while the high desert to the north hosts the bass cathedrals of Goldrush Fest. And every spring Reggae Rise Up Arizona plants its reggae flag beneath the Arizona sky. FestT calculates your FestiScore — the affinity between a lineup and your favorite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date.