Current Events
PFA Idol
Third Street Theater, Phoenix AZ, Phoenix AZ
Organization: Phoenix Center for the Arts
Price: $10
10/14/2026 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
PFA Idol is a community performance showcase and festival selection event where performers share their talents before a live audience and receive artist-centered feedback through Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process. Ten acts will be selected, with opportunities for paid bookings at the Phoenix Festival of the Arts, plus awards including a $500 PFA Idol winner prize. The event will be livestreamed and features theater, dance, music, spoken word, cultural, and interdisciplinary performances.
Panels & Pages: A Comic Arts Celebration
Phoenix Center for the Arts Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix AZ
Organization: Phoenix Center for the Arts
Price: $
10/23/2026 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join Phoenix Center for the Arts for an exciting evening celebrating comic art, storytelling, creativity, and free expression. Panels & Pages: A Comic Arts Celebration brings together comic book creators, artists, fans, and local vendors for a unique community event leading into Halloween Comic Fest.
Annual Events
2nd Annual Troubadour Cafe
Third Street Theater
Fri, November 14, 2025 & Sat, November 15, 2025
Phoenix Center for the Arts presents Troubadour Café: La Mirage – Todd Bailey’s Neo-Vaudevillian feast of Talent, Culture, and Camp.
Phoenix Festival of the Arts
Margaret T. Hance Park
December 13–14, 2025
Phoenix Center for the Arts proudly presents the 14th Annual Phoenix Festival of the Arts — a vibrant, multicultural celebration of artistic expression in the heart of downtown Phoenix.