Check out what there is to do in Cave Creek and Carefree in October!

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Fall Carefree Restaurant Week
October 1st - October 5th, 2024, from 11 AM to 10 PM. Local Carefree restaurants will offer exciting lunch and dinner menus. Customers will be able to sample new and exciting menu offerings to support their local restaurants. There is something to suit every palate from Latin cuisine, Italian, modern American, soul food, high tea, or even a good old-fashioned burger. See the complete list of participating restaurants at the website link above including their Restaurant Week menu. 

Tuesday Night Music Club at Black Mountain Guitar
Every First Tuesday night of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 at Black Mountain Guitar located at 6220 E Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek. Open forum for aspiring songwriters to meet, share, and collaborate their ideas with others. Please bring your own instrument and be ready to encourage others and grow in your musical journey.

Carefree Farmer's Market
Every Friday (Winter Hours - 9 AM to 1 PM October through May) (Summer Hours - 8 AM to 11 AM June through September) Every Friday near the Sundial in Carefree! Vendors change weekly. Features may include fresh, local, seasonal produce, herbs, and flowers; locally made jams, jellies, and salsas; and fresh baked breads. FREE ADMISSION AND PARKING! When it's hot, the market moves to the Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion stage area with shade and misters to cool the area.

Carefree Friday Nights
Every Friday evening from 5 PM to 9 PM at Carefree Town Center at 8 Sundial Circle in Carefree. This weekly event invites you to explore the charm of Carefree after sunset. Local restaurants offer live entertainment, and stores in the Town Center stay open later for more shopping.  Enjoy a delightful dinner, stroll through the Carefree Desert Gardens, and discover local treasures—in one night. It's a simple and enjoyable way to experience the best of Carefree under the stars. 

Tuesday Night Music Club
2nd First Tuesday night of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 at Black Mountain Guitar located at 6220 E Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek. Open forum for aspiring songwriters to meet, share, and collaborate their ideas with others. Please bring your own instrument and be ready to encourage others and grow in your musical journey.

Oktoberfest Charity Event
October 12, 2024, from 6 PM to 11 PM at Harold Corral at 6895 East Cave Creek Road in Cave Creek. Get ready for German Buffet, Bavarian beer garden, over 50 craft beers & wine, German Polka Bank, and more! Get your tickets early and let's raise money for our local school PTOs! Participating Schools: Cactus Shadow, Sonoran Trails, Black Mountain Elementary, Horseshoe Trails Elementary, Desert Sun Academy, Lone Mountain Elementary, Desert Willow Elementary, and Annunciation Catholic School. Get your tickets here!

Empty Bowls Big HeARTs Project
Saturday, October 12th, 2024, from 9 AM to 11 AM at the Sanderson Lincoln Pavillion in the Carefree Gardens. This year's event will feature a chef's competition, art demonstrations, a wine garden, music, and food. All proceeds will benefit the Foothills Food Bank and its dedication to assisting those in need. The event is open to the public with no admission fee. This event is partnered with the Sonoran Arts League.

Taste of Cave Creek 
Wednesday, October 16th & Thursday, October 17th, 2024, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM at Stagecoach Village 7100 East Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, AZ 85331. "The Taste of Cave Creek … where friends and neighbors come to meet!” More than 30 restaurants will descend upon Stagecoach Village for the annual two-day fest! See their website for tickets and shuttle parking.

Retro Reels: 1984 Movie - Footloose
October 25 from 7 PM to 9 PM at Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion 101 Easy St in Carefree. Celebrate the town’s 40th anniversary with our Retro Reels series, featuring movies from 1984, the year of the town’s incorporation. October’s showing will be “Footloose,” a beloved 1980s classic! Halloween-themed 1980s costumes are encouraged for this event. Snack boxes will be available from local businesses, or feel free to bring your own favorite movie snacks. Chairs are provided and are first come, first served.

The Arizona Gold Mining Experience
October 26, 2024, from 10 AM to 11:30 AM at the Cave Creek Museum at 6140 E Skyline Drive, Cave Creek, AZ. *** Due to the popularity of this event, pre-purchase of tickets is required. Tickets may be purchased on the EVENT page. The museum opens at 9 am for event check-in, The AZ GOLD MINING EXPERIENCE begins at 10 am! The Cave Creek Museum’s AZ GOLD MINING EXPERIENCE is unique with its display of the complete hard rock ore extraction process, with the mine shaft, tramway, ore carts, crushing, and extraction, which are always on display but operated on 2nd Saturdays. for admission information and tickets, visit the Event page on their website.

Gold Fever Adventure
October 26th from 1 PM to 4:30 PM. Cave Creek Museum has partnered with Rackensack Canyon Tours to bring Arizona’s first and only total gold mining experience to life.  After seeing the interactive, action-packed Arizona Gold Mining Experience (AZGME), Gold Fever lovers break for lunch and return to Cave Creek Museum to leave promptly at 1:00 pm for the 3-hour gold mine tour in a unique 10-passenger vehicle that takes you into the Continental Mountains and to the mine. Reservations are required in advance and the Gold Fever Adventure is limited to 10 guests. Visit the Cave Creek Museum's event page for more information and to purchase tickets.

Kierland Fine Art & Wine Festival
October 26 & 27th, 2024, from 10 AM to 5 PM. It is located at Kierland Commons on Main Street at 15205 N Kierland Blvd, Suite 150 in Scottsdale. Vermillion Promotions presents the Kierland Fine Art & Wine Festival. Held on Main Street in the fashionable Kierland Commons center, the festival features more than 100 world-class artists, wine tastings, fine dining, and live musical entertainment. See their website for tickets and more information.

 

There is always something to do in Cave Creek and Carefree.