Upcoming Events

Announcing the 3rd Annual Grand Avenue Festival Adaptive Re-use & Neighborhood Sustainability Celebration – October 22, 2011

>> Download the complete 2011 Grand Ave Festival brochure here! The Grand Avenue Merchants’ Association will be hosting the free 3rd annual Grand Avenue Festival on October 22nd, from 3 – 11 pm. The festival will be a celebration of the vibrant culture, art, history and adaptive re-use of the Lower Grand Avenue arts and small business... [Read more of this post]

Un.Trashed Recycled Rubbish Fashion Show

A community fashion show of re.purpose and re.newel of recycled and trashed items re.incarnated and re.worked into wearable art. Dreamed: Beatrice Moore Orchestrated: Bobsomatic! Emceed: Kevin Patterson & Steve Maxwell Sounded: Community Trash Percussion & Tippa Tappa Typewriter Corps Of the people, for the people, by the people of My Sweet... [Read more of this post]

Get Your Tickets for the Grand Ave Festival ReDapt Tours!

For each $10 ticket purchase for this year’s ReDapt Tour, you will receive a Cleanfreak Carwash voucher (an $ 8 value)! Meet your tour guide on the NE corner of Grand and 10th Avenue 10 minutes prior to tour time. Parking is free along Grand Avenue all day long. . Don’t miss this year’s fun and interesting ReDapt Tour, part of the... [Read more of this post]

Don’t Miss the 2011 Grandioso Fashion Show!

Don’t miss this year’s fabulous Grandioso Fashion Show, featuring works by Sticker Club Girl, SEEDs for Autism, Shop Devious, Gloria Marsiglia, Runz with Scissors, Wicked Wear, and Indie ArtHouse. Music by DJ Musa. Saturday, October 22nd, 5 – 8 pm Bragg’s Pie Factory 1301 W Grand Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85003  Read More →

Bands on Grand: Live Music at the Grand Avenue Festival

Bands on Grand 3rd Annual Grand Avenue Festival Saturday, October 22nd 3-11pm Arizona Iron Furniture 1209 W Grand Ave @ Pierce 5-7 pm: Poets Corner: Jeff Falk, Jack Evans, Bill Campana, Shawnte Orion 7-8:30 pm: JC’s Bad Reputation Band Bragg’s Pie Factory 1301 W Grand Ave @ McKinley 3:30-5 pm: Betsy Ganz 5-7 pm: Subterraneum Jazz 7-8 pm:... [Read more of this post]

Hanging Gardens & Woven Fences & Trashy Sculpture, Oh My!

The Kooky Krafts Shop will once again sponsor the “Trashy Sculpture & Hanging Gardens & Woven Fences, Oh My!” exhibit which will be installed in trees, on tree trunks, on fences, on telephone poles and other random locations along Grand Avenue. Projects this year will be created by local artists, students at Phoenix College, the... [Read more of this post]

Free Pedicabs During Grand Ave Festival!

Free pedicabs will be available for visitors during the Grand Avenue Festival from 3 – 11 pm on October 22nd – to either take you to your destination or to take you on a fun tour of neighborhood artist murals. The pedicabs are courtesy of the Grand Avenue Merchants’ Association and Arizona Pedal Cabs!  Read More →

Grand Ave Mural Love Map

The Lower Grand Avenue Arts and Small Business District is the home to some wonderful murals painted by a variety of local artists. You can take a self-guided tour of these eclectic urban art projects by following this map (click to download a printable map). Discover these little treasures in offbeat and unexpected nooks and crannies, while enjoying... [Read more of this post]