Full Calendar Broadway Classical Concerts Dance Jazz
National Geographic Speakers Theater/Comedy Summer Series Performing Live Resident Companies
One Way Sky (6 - 6:45 PM)
Therosia Reynolds (7 - 7:15 PM)
Happy Universe (7:30 – 8:00 PM)
Calumet (9 - 10:00 PM)
DJ Soul Deluxe (6 - 10 PM)
Joanie Flatt Terrace
Ballet Folklórico Quetzalli (6:30 PM)
Desert Sounds (6:45 PM)
East Valley Children’s Theater (7:00 PM)
“Understanding Otherness” By Grey Box Collective (8:00 PM)
CaZo Dance (9:00 PM)
So many activities, it'll be hard to decide which to do first!
- “Conversation Station” installation by Erin Sotak
- Projection and sign-spinning installation by Gregory Sale and ArtistsWhoVote
- Live digital video mixing by Kevin Hackett
- Puppet-making activity with Dain Quentin Gore
- Live painting demos by Angleo Cortez, Richelle Key, Yukue, Shauntai Thomas, a collaboration with Cahokia Artspace
- Selfie photo ops by Matt Smith, Therosia Reynolds and Jason Begay
- “Understanding Otherness” dance performance by Grey Box Collective
- Spoken word and visual art by Therosia Reynolds
- Augmented Reality Project by Escape Station with Mesa Community College students Matthew Matusak, Janelle Mori, Kaylynn O’Neal, and Solé Sims
- MABEL envisioning the future Mesa and the future you
- Live drawing of reptiles from the Phoenix Herpetological Society
- Meet critters from the Phoenix Zoo and make animal engagement items for their night houses
- Add your own color to the glow-in-the-dark tape mural and help paint a car with i.d.e.a. Museum
- Stroll through our art studios as they come to life with live demonstrations, and a printmaking activity with Eli McGlothern.
- Melissa Martinez’s “In the Clouds” installation makes its return
- Short story dispenser from Mesa Public Library
- Glow zone play area for kids with light up cubes
- Chill Out Zone to stay cool and watch videos
Please view the Season Kickoff Map to find locations
V1:
A New Leaf
A New Leaf – Sexual Abuse Advocates
Symphony Of The Southwest
Mesa Encore Theater
One Community
Ballet Etudes
V2:
AT&T
AARP
SRP
Bob’s Red Mill
V3:
Raising Canes
Phoenix Symphony
Wasted Ink Zines
Foster Review Board
Athena Project
ASU School for Innovation in Society
V4:
ArtistsWhoVote
Center for Artistic Activism
H2:
ASU School for Innovation in Society (previously in H3)
Together Mesa
Mesa Public Library
Mesa Parks and Rec
H6 Creative Community:
Mesa Historical Museum
Cultural Coalition, Inc.
Desert Sounds
Mesa Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Arizona Museum of Natural History
Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli-AZ
Asian Festival
Mesa Art League
Salt River Brass
The Millet House Gallery and Community Space
CaZo Dance
Southwest Shakespeare Company
East Valley Children’s Theater