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Arizona’s historic journey runs from Alta California to Mexico to the Gadsden Purchase to becoming the last continental US state, from our state’s original inhabitants to the Wild West to the varied cultural landscape of today. Commemorate history at art exhibitions, neighborhood tours, museum events, and so much more. Arizona’s enduring spirit is worth remembering.

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Jun 5 - Jul 28

Summer Cultural Dance Series

A variety of authentic dances & involve the members of the public who wish to participate.

Holbrook, AZ

Historic Courthouse Square

Aug 5 - Aug 6

68th Annual Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture

More than 70 Navajo artists, storytellers and cultural interpreters from many clans, juried awards for basketry, meet basket makers creating works on-site, join rug weavers, silversmiths, potters, painters and storytellers to learn about the Navajo "Beauty Way" philosophy of living in harmony, hike with a Navajo ethno botanist, Pollen Trail Dancers, activities for kids.

Flagstaff, AZ

Museum of Northern Arizona

Aug 17 - Aug 19

133rd Annual World's Oldest Continuous Rodeo

August Doin's Rodeo features bull riding, calf roping & barrel racing among other competitions, PRCA sanctioned, considered the country's best small rodeo.

Payson, AZ

Aug 18 - Aug 18

Oliver House Ghost Hunt - August 2017

Paranormal investigators on a guided tour of the Oliver House to point out haunted locations within the building, learn to use professional ghost hunting equipment, including K2 Meters, EMF detectors, digital voice recorders, learn to take proper photographs while on a ghost hunt, use their borrowed equipment to search for paranormal evidence, a spirit communication session commences in the Parlor Room.

Bisbee, AZ

Aug 19 - Aug 19

Echoes from the Past School of Ancient Technology: Arrow Making

Experimental archaeologist, Zack Curcija, provides archaeology students and the public with a tangible view of how prehistoric south westerners interacted with their environment and natural resources.

Clarkdale, AZ

Tuzigoot National Monument

Aug 21 - Aug 21

Tucson’s Birthday Celebration

Celebrate Tucson’s birthday at the Presidio Museum. The event includes a display and presentation of all of the flags that have flown over Tucson as well as tastings of foods representing Tucson’s history and its recent designation as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy.

Tucson, AZ

Presidio San Agustin del Tucson Museum

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