Good morning, Scottsdale. Summer is the locals' season here. The snowbirds have flown, the resorts have gone quiet, and Old Town belongs to the people who live here year round.
- 🍳 The Old Town market closes out its June breakfast run. Saturday morning on Brown Avenue.
- 📅 The weekend calendar. A Spanish wine flight, watercolor cactus, poets, and a John Wayne western.
- 🌃 Old Town and nightlife. A gallery debut on the Thursday ArtWalk, opening night at the Piper, and SMoCA after dark.
- 🏠 Around Scottsdale. June Days is back, Post 44 needs a hand, and where the housing market sits.
- 🚗 Around the Valley. Three picks worth leaving the city for.
Breakfast in Old Town, one more Saturday
The Old Town Scottsdale Farmers Market wraps up its June breakfast run on Saturday morning, with vendors leaning into the early meal before the heat takes over the day.
Key facts:
📍 3806 N Brown Ave, Old Town
🗓️ Saturday morning
🍳 Breakfast foods and artisan vendors, the market's theme all June
☀️ The last Saturday of the month, so the last breakfast edition
Summer is when the market belongs to residents. The tourist crowds thin out, the regulars get the stalls to themselves, and going early beats both the lines and the temperature. It is about as un-resort a morning as Old Town offers.
What to watch: The market runs Saturdays year round, but the breakfast theme is a June thing, so this is the last weekend for it. Details.
The weekend
Friday
Saturday
- ✍️ Mustang Poets. Share your work or someone else's, get gentle critiques, sit through a short craft talk. Mustang Library, 90th Street. Details.
- 🖌️ Cactus garden watercolor. Paint a prickly pear, barrel cactus, and saguaro. Ages 18 and up, ten spots, materials included. Civic Center Library. Details.
- 📖 The Cookbook Discussion Group. This month it is Rebecca Firkser's "Galette!" The Poisoned Pen, 4014 N Goldwater Blvd. Saturday. Details.
Sunday
- 🎬 Reel West Sundays: The Undefeated. The 1969 John Wayne western on the big screen, part of the museum's Summer on the Trail series. Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West, 3830 N Marshall Way. Details.
Monday
- 🎥 Mustang Mystery Movie: The Prestige. The 2006 magician thriller, free. Mustang Library, 90th Street. Details.
🌃 Old Town & nightlife
Galleries, music, and a museum staying open late this weekend.
David Hyman's debut at On the Edge Gallery. A new acrylic painter gets his first show through the gallery's emerging-artist program, timed to the Thursday ArtWalk. On the Edge Gallery, 7045 E Main St. A good night to wander the Arts District. Details.
Gaurav Gupta live at the Piper. Friday night at the Virginia G. Piper Theater inside Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Details.
Summer Break at SMoCA. The contemporary art museum opens its doors Friday evening for an after-hours run at the galleries. Details.
Around Scottsdale
- 🛍️ June Days is back in Old Town. The city's summer push to keep residents shopping, dining, and exploring Old Town through the slow season. Details.
- 🎖️ American Legion Post 44 is asking for a hand. The longtime Scottsdale post is looking for support from the neighbors it has served. Details.
- 🏠 The housing market. 563 homes sold across Scottsdale last month, with the median sale at $932,500, up about 4% from a year ago.
Around the Valley
A few picks worth leaving the city for this weekend.
Taj Farrant. The teenage blues-rock guitar phenom plays The Showroom at Talking Stick Resort, across Pima Road on Salt River land. Thursday night. A small room for a player who will not stay in small rooms long. Tickets.
LFA 236. A pro mixed martial arts card at Arizona Financial Theatre in downtown Phoenix. Friday evening. Tickets.
Gabriel Iglesias. The comedian headlines Gila River's Wild Horse Pass in Chandler. Thursday night. Tickets.