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No matter your musical tastes, you’re sure to enjoy the live shows being featured this month at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ Virginia G. Piper Theater. The venue’s comfortable, inviting atmosphere and excellent acoustics make it the perfect place to enjoy a night of live music.

One of the coolest events taking place this summer is just around the corner. Scottsdale Beer Palooza is a giant indoor tasting event for craft beer enthusiasts. Taking place over Father’s Day Weekend at WestWorld of Scottsdale, the festival will host over 50 breweries and feature live music, games, food and a beer store, so you can purchase your favorite brews. Food vendors include Mustache Pretzels and M Culinary Concepts, who will have a large menu and several food stations throughout the event with burgers, nachos, desserts and more.

Talking Stick Resort’s annual Summer Concert Series is heating up the Valley! Now through the end of summer, you can catch some of the nation’s top country and classic rock stars at The Pool, an outdoor concert space with great sound, awesome lighting and a unique beach-like atmosphere.

At the Scottsdale Civic Center this May, the fifth annual AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival will feature over 250 local and national beers! For the craft beer lover, this is a festival that offers an opportunity to try out a large variety of brews, from Blondes and Light Lagers to Pilsners, IPAs, Golds, Stouts and much more.

Tons of local vendors in the design and architecture industry will be at Modern Marketplace now through the end of this weekend. As Modern Phoenix Week wraps up, it’ll be your last chance to explore new home and décor products at one of the Valley’s largest annually held specialty markets.

At this year’s Celebration of Fine Art in Scottsdale, you’ll not only have a chance to see masterpieces being created right before your eyes, but also an opportunity to take part in the new Art Discovery Series! For the event’s 25th anniversary, demonstrations and panel discussions have been added to the roster to give guests a chance to learn directly from professional artists.

Now through Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, the 60th Annual Arabian Horse Show is taking over WestWorld of Scottsdale, giving visitors the opportunity to see beautiful horses from all over the world compete for prizes. When the show first started six decades ago, it featured only about 50 horses and has grown rapidly since then, now drawing in almost 2,400 horses from some of the world’s best breeders and trainers.

Every year for over a decade, the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation has presented an event known as Native Trails, which features traditional Native American dancing, music and art. Free and recurring most every Thursday and Saturday just outside of Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, the shows are a feast for the eyes and a wonderful way to learn about the customs and culture of southwestern tribes. Read more for details.

One of the Valley's best and brightest holiday events is stunning crowds at the Desert Botanical Garden. Presented by The Arizona Republic, Las Noches de las Luminarias features thousands of hand-lit luminaria bags, twinkling Christmas lights and lively entertainment from 10 different groups every night of the event. Read more for details.

Got the post-midterm-election blues? Well, The Capitol Steps will cheer you right up. Started back in 1981 by a group of Republican congressional staffers turned songwriters, the Washington, D.C. based ensemble has become well-known for poking fun at both sides of the aisle. Today the troupe is primarily composed of professional singers and actors, but their political satire is still as sharp as ever.