Extra Innings Festival 2026: Country music fans took over Tempe Beach Park for a weekend of dancing and family fun
Arizona fans broke out their best hats and cowboy boots to get a little bit country with it at Extra Innings Festival last week. The two day extravaganza boasted a stacked lineup of country and Southern rock acts, alongside baseball legends and plenty of activities to explore between sets. Atlas was there to boot scoot […]
Show Review: The Summer Set returns home for Meet Me at the Record Store Tour in Phoenix
A hometown show always carries a little extra special weight and that feeling was in the air last week when The Summer Set returned to Phoenix on their current headlining run. The Meet Me at the Record Store Tour turned The Van Buren into the band’s own little corner of heaven in celebration of their […]
Show Review: Makeout Reef is magnetic at Phoenix headliner
Another unseasonably warm night in Arizona meant one sweaty show at The Rebel Lounge for Makeout Reef’s headlining tour. The California band was joined by Israel’s Arcade for a show that turned the tiny Phoenix room into a roiling, violent mass of bodies that shook the walls. Israel’s Arcade had barely taken the stage when […]
Innings Fest 2026: Fans spend Sunday in the sunshine with blink-182, Switchfoot and more
“I’ll bet there’s more Cubs fans here than Blink-182 fans”. And while there wasn’t a census conducted from this overheard conversation, day three of Innings Festival had Blink-182 fans flocking to Tempe Beach Park by the thousands for the fest’s final day. As always, there was plenty of music to be enjoyed before the night’s […]
Innings Festival 2026: Thousands of fans pack Tempe Beach Park for twenty one pilots, Cage the Elephant and much more
“We’re twenty one pilots and so are you.” The motto of Innings Festival day two had decked out twenty one pilots fans running for the Home Plate Stage barricade right when the gates opened on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Thousands of people were expected to pack a sold out second day at Tempe Beach Park […]
Innings Festival 2026: Mumford & Sons, The Goo Goo Dolls and more kick off AZ’s premier spring event
An unseasonably chilly day welcomed the 2026 installment of Innings Festival to Tempe Beach Park last week as thousands of fans bundled up against the late winter wind to catch the first fest of the season. Arizona’s premier baseball/music mashup ushered in the arrival of Spring Training with a stunning lineup that combined nostalgic favorites […]
Gallery: The Valentine’s Super Love Jam brings Blackstreet, more back to Phoenix
Date night got a little more sultry with the Valentine’s Super Love Jam at Mortgage Matchup Center last week. Saturday night was steamy for hundreds of couples as they packed the arena to sway and sing along with the likes of Zapp, Blackstreet and so much more. Blackstreet graced the arena’s stage late into the […]
Show Review: Shame’s Cutthroat Tour brought punk energy to Tucson
A quiet Tuesday night in Tucson was quickly disrupted by the Cutthroat Tour at La Rosa. UK punk group Shame, alongside California’s The Sophs, turned the repurposed church into a roiling mass of bodies for a bruising midweek party. The Sophs are a band who have perfected the art of never letting their audience know […]
Show Review: Don Broco revs up the hype at sold out Arizona tour stop
In a month devoid of consistent concerts, Don Broco took full advantage of the winter gap and packed Arizona’s Nile Theater from the stage to the doors last week. Their North American tour sold out the iconic Mesa venue alongside Dropout Kings and Sace6 and it was a night of high energy, stage diving and […]
Show Review: The Runarounds chase the good times right to sold out Phoenix crowd
Arizona went chasing the good times this week when The Runarounds brought The Minivan Tour to a sold out crowd at The Van Buren on Tuesday. Fans may have gotten to know them through their TV series, but the very real sunny rock group made the leap from screen to stage on this headlining run. […]