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Desert Botanical Garden: Flashlight Nights
August 26, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Free with Admission
Make summer shine at Flashlight Nights. Bring a flashlight and enjoy the Garden after dark with performances, cool treats, hands-on activities and creature features.
DATE: Saturdays | July 29 – Sept. 2
TIME: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
PRICE: Included with Membership or General Admission
July 29
- Harmony Project – Mariachi
- Liberty Wildlife
Aug. 5
- 8 p.m. | Isabella Olson Orozco
- Phoenix Herpetological Society
Aug. 12
- 8 p.m. | Ernie Razo
- Liberty Wildlife
Aug. 19
- 7:30 p.m. | Ballet Folklórico Esperanza
- Phoenix Herpetological Society
Aug. 26
- 8 p.m. | Harmony Project – Orquesta Caribeña
Liberty Wildlife
Sept. 2
- 7:30 p.m. | Harmony Project – Orquesta Caribeña
- Phoenix Herpetological Society
About The Artists:
Ballet Folklórico Esperanza | Youth performing traditional Mexican dance
Orquesta Caribeña |Youth ensemble performance of Latin American Music
Harmony Project – Mariachi | Youth performing regional Mexican music
Every Saturday
- Family Desert Discovery
- Telescope Activity
- Creature Features
- Glow Chalk Murals:
- Using glow-in-the-dark chalk and inspired by the Sonoran Desert, let your artistic touch shine as Lisa Brethour guides the making of a collaborative chalk mural.
- Scorpion Station
- Mesquite Pitch Paint: Join us in crafting art with mesquite pitch paint like a necklace or a one-of-a-kind accessory that captures the essence the desert.
- Indoor Market
- Magnificent Mesquite Station
- Awesome Agave Station
- Super Saguaro Station
- Performances
- Pond Station
- Yard Games
- Food trucks, cash bar and s’mores for sale
Please bring a flashlight.
A bar is available and accepts only credit and debit payment.
Gertrude’s Restaurant is open until 8 p.m., last seating at 7:30 p.m.
The Garden Shop is open until 8 p.m.