October 23rd, 2024
Scottsdale Arts continues the 2024–25 season with a string of must-see events, including engaging comedy acts, mesmerizing musical performances, and the 12th annual Canal Convergence light art festival.
CAPTION: Aimee Mann is among the November concerts at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, and Canal Convergence will be open to the public from Nov. 8–17. Photos: Sheryl Nields and David Blakeman.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottsdale Arts continues the 2024–25 season with a string of must-see events, including engaging comedy acts, mesmerizing musical performances, and the 12th annual Canal Convergence light art festival.
Canal Convergence and Dreamy Draw Music Festival kick off the shoulder season outdoor events while Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts welcomes Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Joshua Radin and Ron Pope, Aimee Mann, Cristela Alonzo and Marc Broussard to its intimate indoor theater.
The following is a list of events and exhibitions from Scottsdale Arts, a nonprofit organization comprising Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, SMoCA, Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation, Canal Convergence, and Civic Center LIVE. Visit ScottsdaleArts.org for information.
PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS
Dreamy Draw Music Festival
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2, 2024, 1–11 p.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets start at $75/single day or $135/weekend
Inspired by the vibrant Southwestern spirit of Arizona, the two-day Dreamy Draw Music Festival celebrates the harmonious fusion of country and Americana. Headliners include Mt. Joy, Flatland Calvary, Shakey Graves, Charles Wesley Godwin and Paul Cauthen.
Canal Convergence
Friday, Nov. 8, through Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, 6–10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 6–9 p.m. Sundays and Monday through Thursday
Scottsdale Waterfront
Free
This free, outdoor, 10-night public art event features immersive, large-scale, light-based artworks, as well as educational workshops, family-friendly activities, art tours, live music and dance performances, a mini film festival, a beer and wine garden, food trucks and more.
Books2Boogie with HeART
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
Scottsdale Civic Center
Free
Children and their caregivers participate in music, movement and song in this program that promotes bonding and highlights the natural rhythms in language.
Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra
An American Celebration
Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, 4 p.m.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Tickets start at $15
Join Scottsdale Symphonic Orchestra for “An American Celebration,” featuring music by American composers and a special salute to veterans in honor of Veterans Day.
Memory Lounge
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $10
Create art and make memories with Memory Lounge, an arts-based program for people with mild to moderate memory loss and their care partners.
Aimee Mann
Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $40
With a knack for writing “simple, beautiful, instantly engaging songs” (Time), Aimee Mann’s musical life stretches from the 1980s hit “Voices Carry” to the “Magnolia” soundtrack and beyond.
Joshua Radin and Ron Pope
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $44
The empathetic and enthralling troubadour Joshua Radin and the uncompromising and relentless artist Ron Pope join forces in the intimate Virginia G. Piper Theater.
Compton & Bennett’s – One Stooge Shy
Thursday – Sunday, Nov. 21–24, 2024, 2 and 5 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets starts at $37
“One Stooge Shy” is a brand-new show from the folks that brought you “Assisted Living: The Musical®”: Rick Compton and Betsy Bennett.
Glow Up @SMoCA: Sound Bath
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, 7 p.m.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Tickets: $25
Refresh your aura and bathe in the serene melodies of a sound bath that eases you into deep relaxation.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $45
Together for more than 30 years, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy continues its decades-long mission to celebrate and revitalize jazz and swing music.
Cristela Alonzo
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets starts at $25
Get classy with comedian Cristela Alonzo, the first Latina to create, produce and star in her own network sitcom, ABC’s “Cristela!”
Marc Broussard
Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets start at $25
Marc Broussard’s infectious mix of soul, rock, blues, R&B and funk-pop, coupled with his powerful vocals, has garnered worldwide praise.
Memory Lounge at Bove Neuroscience
Tuesday, Nov 26, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
Bové Neuroscience Institute at HonorHealth
Tickets start at $10
Create art and make memories with Memory Lounge, an arts-based program for people with mild to moderate memory loss and their care partners.
LOOKING AHEAD
Inspiring Aspiring Architects
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, 9 a.m.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Tickets: $25
Inspiring Aspiring Architects is a career-readiness program offered to students ages 13–18 who are interested in architecture and design.
Exploding Native Inevitable Celebration
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, 6 p.m.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Free with RSVP
Co-curators Brad Kahlhamer and Dan Mills introduce a night of programming that includes performances, videos and poetry.
Arizona Concours d’Elegance
Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, 7 a.m. dawn patrol, 9 a.m. general admission
Scottsdale Civic Center
Tickets: $75
The Arizona Concours d’Elegance presents some of the world’s most superb examples of the art of coachbuilding and automotive engineering, shown in the luxury atmosphere of a stylish garden party.
EXHIBITIONS
SMoCA _____ space and Courtyard Installations
Sept. 21, 2024, through Feb. 23, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Free
Phoenix-based artist Shomit Barua’s “Entrainment 718” explores spatial and temporal perception through video and sound techniques in the _____ space (blank space). Admission is free to this exhibition and Barua’s sound installation “Hyperwilding,” located in SMoCA’s courtyard.
Exploding Native Inevitable
Aug. 10, 2024, through Jan. 5, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $10 to $16
“Exploding Native Inevitable” features the work of contemporary Indigenous artists, accompanied by a program of dance, film, music, performance, readings, storytelling and video.
poetics of dissonance
Aug. 10, 2024, through March 23, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $10 to $16
Situated on the cusp of another pivotal election, “poetics of dissonance” presents 18 artists from the SMoCA collection whose work navigates the tumultuous landscape of socio-political discourse.
Brains and Beauty: At the Intersections of Art and Neuroscience
Aug. 17, 2024, through Jan. 19, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $10 to $16
Visually explore neuroaesthetics, the new and rapidly expanding field of research that combines neuroscience and psychology to study the neural processes of aesthetic experience.
Cybele Lyle: Floating Seeds Make Deep Forms
Aug. 24, 2024, through Jan. 19, 2025
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Admission: $10 to $16
“Floating Seeds Make Deep Forms” is a site-specific installation that responds to deserts in the North American Southwest as non-places — liminal expanses for ambiguity within a regenerative ecosystem.
Meditative Mindscapes
Oct. 7 through Dec. 31, 2024
Scottsdale Civic Center Library
Admission: Free
Paradise Valley artist Janet Towbin’s intricate drawings and prints are tangible evidence of creative meditations.
ArtRx: The Mind-Body Connection
Oct. 17, 2024, through Jan. 5, 2025
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Admission: Free
“ArtRx: The Mind-Body Connection” explores the healing qualities of arts engagement through music, visual art, poetry, dance and architecture.
After Hours: Scottsdale Arts Staff Show
Sept. 27, 2024, through March 3, 2025
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Admission: Free
See the creative inspiration behind the work at Scottsdale Arts with original works by the creative minds behind the nonprofit organization’s performances, exhibitions, public art management and arts education efforts.
Scottsdale Public Art Permanent Collection
Ongoing
Various locations throughout Scottsdale
Admission: free
More than 150 artworks, many of them large-scale sculptures, can be found throughout the city at parks, in public facilities and along the streets. See the map at ScottsdalePublicArt.org for locations.
For more information about the events, and to order tickets, visit ScottsdaleArts.org.
Scottsdale Arts would like to thank the following world class and title sponsors and partners: City of Scottsdale, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Flinn Foundation, Billie Jo Herberger, Krumwiede Lewis Family Foundation, Nationwide, National Endowment for the Arts, Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, SOAR Foundation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, SRP, Terra Foundation for American Art, Karen and John Voris, Arizona Republic, Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation, Betty Hum & Alan Yudell, Buddy Taub Foundation, and Virginia M. Ullman Foundation.
MEDIA CONTACT: Sydney Ritter | SydneyR@ScottsdaleArts.org | 480-874-4663