Arizona Taco Festival is a food festival in Phoenix.
The Arizona Taco Festival fills Salt River Fields each October with taco makers, agave-spirit artisans, lucha libre and live music across a two-day Scottsdale weekend.
Tip: It runs two days in October at Salt River Fields; buy tickets ahead, as prices climb at the gate.
Address: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, 7555 N Pima Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85258, Phoenix
The azcentral Food & Wine Experience is a two-day Scottsdale tasting event from the USA Today Network, with celebrity-chef demos, grand tastings and wine seminars.
Tip: Held at WestWorld in autumn; the grand tasting tent is the densest run of restaurant samples.
The Scottsdale Culinary Festival is the Scottsdale League for the Arts' spring food event, a fundraiser running since 1978 with restaurant tastings, wine and live music.
Tip: It anchors a season of spring culinary events; the main weekend festival fills the Civic Center lawn.
Arizona Restaurant Week runs spring and fall editions when 270-plus Valley and statewide restaurants serve multi-course prix-fixe menus at fixed price tiers.
Tip: The spring run lands in May; book the higher-tier menus at top rooms before they fill.
The Devour Culinary Classic is Local First Arizona's flagship February tasting at the Desert Botanical Garden, gathering dozens of the state's top restaurants and chefs.
Tip: It is a 21-plus walkable tasting in the garden; early-entry tickets beat the midday crowd.