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Liberty Wildlife: El Rio Vivo

Liberty Wildlife 2600 E. Elwood St., Phoenix

El Rio Vivo is back for the 3rd year, with even more fun, art, music and food! El Rio Vivo celebrates the restoration of the Rio Salado by bringing together...

Free

Phoenix Zoo: Nature Play

Phoenix Zoo 455 N. Galvin Pkwy., Phoenix

Join us on the first Saturday of the month for unstructured outdoor play! Kids can explore the Zoo’s “enchanted forest”, and caregivers can learn how to take nature play home....

Free with Admission

Reid Park Zoo: Sean Kenney’s Nature Pop!

Reid Park Zoo 3400 Zoo Court, Tucson

Part art. Part engineering. Totally amazing! Add a pop of wonder and a pinch of nostalgia to your spring with Sean Kenney’s Nature Pop! Marvel at over 40 wildly creative...

Free with Admission

Mesa Public Library: Space Adventures at Gateway

Mesa Public Library - Gateway Branch 5036 S. Eastmark Pkwy., Mesa

Blast off at the library and explore what’s happening beyond Earth! Kids and adults will learn about space missions, NASA launches - like the upcoming Artemis II launch, and new...

Free

Boyce Thompson Arboretum: Nature Play

Boyce Thompson Arboretum 37615 E. Arboretum Way, Superior

Unplug and Reconnect with Nature! Join us for Nature Play at the Children’s Garden, where families can escape the screens and dive into the wonders of the great outdoors. Every...

Free with Admission

Liberty Wildlife: Public Open Hours

Liberty Wildlife 2600 E. Elwood St., Phoenix

October through April we are open to the public from 10am until 1pm. Our admission is $10 per adult (18+) and $5 per student (under 18). Children 4 and under...

Free – $10

⭐ Prescott Regional SciTech Fest

Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium 3700 Willow Creek Rd., Prescott

This free, fun-filled, educational event features interactive science, technology, engineering, art, and math exhibits and demonstrations. No need to sign up. Just show up to Embry‑Riddle’s Prescott Campus during the...

Free

⭐Arizona Renaissance Festival: Wizards and Wonder Weekend

Arizona Renaissance Festival 12601 E. US Highway 60, Gold Canyon

There is something for EVERYONE at the Arizona Renaissance Festival! The Festival’s 50 acre village is filled with 16 stages of nonstop entertainment, music, comedy, falconry, dance, mermaids, and acrobatics....

Free – $36

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Black Holes

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and...

Free – $27

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: We Are Stars

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

A fun, beautifully animated fulldome show about cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins—revealing how hydrogen and carbon formed in the universe and how we are, quite literally, made of stars!...

Free – $27

Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary: Facility Tour

Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary Actual location given after reservations, Phoenix

Interact with some of our special animals, which for many people is a once in a lifetime experience.  Guests will get to learn about endangered species, how we contribute to conservation of those animals,...

Free – $25

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Expedition Reef

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant— and endangered—marine ecosystems. Narrated by Tony Award® winner Lea...

Free – $27

Arizona Science Center: Dorrance DOME After Hours – Orbital

Arizona Science Center 600 E. Washington St., Phoenix

Voyage beyond the planet and experience our home through the eyes of Astronauts. Orbital is an epic animated journey from the Big Bang to the flourishing of life on Earth,...

$7 – $14

Arizona Science Center: After Hours | POMPEII: THE EXHIBITION

Arizona Science Center 600 E. Washington St., Phoenix

POMPEII: THE EXHIBITION examines the lives of residents of Pompeii before and after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. through artifacts on loan from the Naples National Archeological...

$19 – $22

⭐Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory: Astronomy Observation

Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch 2757 E. Guadalupe Rd., Gilbert

Come view the stars during the Arizona SciTech Festival! Fun for the whole family, located at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve. East Valley Astronomy Club members staff operations and programming for...

Free