azcentral Food & Wine Experience is a food festival in Phoenix.
Editorially verified May 29, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Held at WestWorld in autumn; the grand tasting tent is the densest run of restaurant samples.
Address: WestWorld of Scottsdale, 16601 N Pima Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, Phoenix
The Scottsdale Culinary Festival is the Scottsdale League for the Arts' spring food event, a fundraiser running since 1978 with restaurant tastings.
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.
Tip: It is a 21-plus walkable tasting in the garden; early-entry tickets beat the midday crowd.
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.
Tip: It runs two days in October at Salt River Fields; buy tickets ahead, as prices climb at the gate.
