Little Outings
Family events happening near you this weekend, plus always-open ideas, matched to your kids' ages, the weather, and your budget.
Weekend search covers Phoenix Metro & Arizona for now. Outside Arizona? See our guides for other areas
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Little Outings is a free way to find things to do with kids this weekend.
Weekend search covers Phoenix Metro & Arizona for now, and more areas are coming soon. Outside Arizona? See our guides for other areas.
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This weekend (Nov 13–15) we list 22 family events around Phoenix, 12 free, including Photos with Santa at Scottsdale Fashion Square (Scottsdale, Fri–Sun, free) and Photos with Santa at Arrowhead Towne Center (Glendale, Fri–Sun, free). See all 22 in our Phoenix-area guide.
We list 12 free family events around Phoenix this weekend (Nov 13–15), including Photos with Santa at Scottsdale Fashion Square (Scottsdale, Fri–Sun) and Photos with Santa at Arrowhead Towne Center (Glendale, Fri–Sun). See all 12 in our Phoenix-area guide.
We list 9 Thanksgiving event around Phoenix, 1 free, including Balloons Over Broadway Storytime & Craft — Red Mountain Library (Mesa, Fri, Nov 13) and Thanksgiving YogaTales (Apache Junction, Fri, Nov 20, free). Distances and kids' options are on each official page.
We list 50 air-conditioned places around Phoenix, 22 with verified prices, including Arizona Science Center (Phoenix, kids 3–17 $16.95), Children's Museum of Phoenix (Phoenix, kids 1+ $19) and Heard Museum (Phoenix, kids 6–17 $10). See all 50 in our indoor guide.
Yes. Events come first: seasonal and one-time family events (right now that includes Veterans Day events, Thanksgiving events and Santa visits) happening this weekend or in the next two weeks near your zip code. Each local event is checked on the organizer's official page, with the date we last checked. Past events disappear automatically.
Enter an Arizona zip code and a radius, or an Arizona city like "Scottsdale, AZ" to see only listings in that city (tick "Include nearby" to add 10 miles). Places come from our hand-checked venue list plus OpenStreetMap (through Geoapify): parks, playgrounds, museums, zoos, libraries, pools and more.
Every result shows a rough price level (Free, $, $$, $$$). Popular venues show verified adult and child prices copied from the venue's official website, with the date we last checked and a link to the source. Always confirm before you go.
Nothing for you to do: we check this weekend's National Weather Service forecast. If a weekend day's high is 95°F or more, we show more indoor and water picks; at 45°F or less, more indoor, warm places; at a 50% or higher chance of rain, more indoor and covered places. A note above the results says which day and why.
The weekend search covers Phoenix Metro & Arizona for now, from Scottsdale, Phoenix and the rest of the Valley to Flagstaff, Prescott, Sedona, Tucson and Yuma. Outside Arizona, we also publish hand-checked family guides for cities in 16 more states (see the Guides page). More areas are coming soon.
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Every local event is checked on the organizer's official website or calendar, and each listing shows the date we last checked it and links to that source. Verified prices are copied from the venue's official site. Past events drop off automatically. Dates, times and prices can change, so confirm on the official page before you go.