The Certified Local Fall Festival is your invitation to wander, taste, explore and connect. Strike up a conversation with a maker. Sample something you've never tried before. Meet the people behind the businesses that give Arizona its character. You never know what you'll stumble across—or who you'll meet.
Enjoy bites from more than 50 local restaurants, food trucks and chefs, along with Arizona breweries, wineries and distilleries.
Explore more than 200 Arizona makers, artisans, boutiques, entrepreneurs and innovators.
Vendor announcements coming soon!
| Harkins Theatres | Changing Hands Bookstore | Stinkweeds Record Store | Spinato's Pizzeria | OHSO Brewery | Arizona Distilling Co. | Cowtown Skateboards | Children's Museum of Phoenix | Wren House Brewing Co. | Fairytale Brownies | El Pastorcito Taqueria | Arizona State Parks and Trails | Liberty Wildlife | SanTan Brewing + Distilling | Phoenix Center for the Arts | Arizona Wilderness Brewing | Samurai Comics | Arizona Lemonade | Hundred Mile Brewing Co. | Stroll Coffee PHX | Push Bounce Bubble Soccer | Strap Film Lab | Why Things Fly | Arizona Broadway Theatre | Zia Records
| Harkins Theatres | Changing Hands Bookstore | Stinkweeds Record Store | Spinato's Pizzeria | OHSO Brewery | Arizona Distilling Co. | Cowtown Skateboards | Children's Museum of Phoenix | Wren House Brewing Co. | Fairytale Brownies | El Pastorcito Taqueria | Arizona State Parks and Trails | Liberty Wildlife | SanTan Brewing + Distilling | Phoenix Center for the Arts | Arizona Wilderness Brewing | Samurai Comics | Arizona Lemonade | Hundred Mile Brewing Co. | Stroll Coffee PHX | Push Bounce Bubble Soccer | Strap Film Lab | Why Things Fly | Arizona Broadway Theatre | Zia Records
There’s something for everyone in the family to enjoy. Jump into a game of musical chairs, create unique crafts in the activity zone, add your dash of paint to a community mural - and leave with new memories of the Arizona you love.
Meet the people who make Arizona home.
Bring the whole crew—friends, family, kids and even your dog—and spend the day connecting with the best of Arizona’s home grown businesses.
Kick off the holidays with gifts that tell an Arizona story.
Skip the ordinary. Find one-of-a-kind gifts you won’t find anywhere else and start your holiday shopping where every purchase has a story.
Every favorite local business starts with a first visit. Arizona’s Certified Local Fall Festival is your chance to explore hundreds of local businesses in one day.
Change the Way You
Experience Arizona
The Fall Festival is one day. Being a Localist is a lifestyle.
Keep exploring the businesses you meet, revisit your favorite finds and continue discovering the people and places that make Arizona unique.
Download the Localist app (coming soon) and keep exploring Arizona's local business community all year long.
20 Years of Bringing Arizona Together
For two decades, the Certified Local Fall Festival has been introducing people to the Arizona businesses, makers, artisans and entrepreneurs who make our state unlike anywhere else.
Every year, new businesses are discovered. New traditions begin. New friendships are formed. Families return with new generations in tow. Businesses reconnect with longtime customers and welcome first-time visitors who become lifelong supporters.
That's what has made the Fall Festival one of Arizona's favorite community traditions for 20 years.
There's never been a better time to meet the people who make Arizona home.
Because local isn't just something you support.
It's a community you become part of.
And the best part of the Certified Local Fall Festival isn't simply what you take home.
It's the connections you make—and what we build together.
Plan Your Trip
Before You Explore — Everything you need to make your way to your Fall Festival adventure.
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Margaret T. Hance Park is located at
1202 N 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZParking is available near Margaret T. Hance Park, though rideshare or light rail is recommended due to limited neighborhood parking.
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Bring your curiosity! We also recommend sunscreen, a hat, a reusable water bottle, comfortable shoes and a bag for all the local goodies you discover along the way. Bring cash or a card for purchases and your ID if you plan to enjoy alcoholic beverages.
Planning to stay awhile? A picnic blanket or lawn chair is perfect for kicking back and enjoying the live music. And don’t forget your pup—the festival is dog-friendly!
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To get to Margaret T. Hance Park in downtown Phoenix, ride the Valley Metro Rail to the Roosevelt/Central Avenue Station. From that station, walk about three blocks north up Central Avenue to reach the park.
$2.00 for a single ride or $4.00 for an all-day pass
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The Certified Local Arizona Fall Festival is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A variety of activities will be free and accessible for the whole family throughout the festival.A schedule of live music & events is coming soon!
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Grace Lutheran Church - 1125 N 2nd St., Phoenix, AZ 85004
E. Portland St. Alley Lot - 1029 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
N Central Ave & E Portland St - 1027 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85003
Ten-O-One Garage - 1018 North 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
919 N 1st St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Roosevelt Community Church - 924 North 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Radio Station Lot - 918 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Garfield to McKinley Lot - 818 N 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003
Atmosphere - 815 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Union at Roosevelt - 888 N 1st Ave , Phoenix , AZ
Barcoa Lot - 829 N 1st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Cat Cafe - 147 E Garfield, Phoenix, AZ 85004
E McKinley & N. 3rd Street Lot - 221 E McKinley Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
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You’re in the right place! Keep an eye on your inbox for updates about your vendor application, important Arizona Fall Festival details and everything you need to get ready for the big day.
Have a question? Reach out to us at fallfestival@localfirstaz.com.