Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy performances held outdoors at the Scottsdale Civic Center Amphitheater, right next to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. The Desert Sky Series offers international music, country western, big band and pop in a setting that allows for fun-filled weekend nights. Cuisine and alcoholic beverages available for purchase from Arcadia Farms beginning at 6 p.m.

Gilberto Gil – The String Concert
with Jaques Morelenbaum and Bem Gil
Sunday, March 21 @ 7:30 p.m.

This Brazilian musician and activist embraces many styles, from samba and bossa nova to reggae and funk.

$30

Rosanne Cash
Friday, March 26 @ 7:30 p.m.

The daughter of Johnny Cash is a country-western star in her own right and an established singer-songwriter of indie-rock.

$38

Elvis Costello Solo
Friday, April 9 @ 7:30 p.m.

From British punk and new wave to orchestral music and jazz, Elvis Costello has an insatiable curiosity that drives him to "reinvent the past in his own image.”

$58