PHOENIX — The weekend is here! Check out these fun events happening in the Valley on May 16-18.

This audience favorite is back! Surrounded by the magnificent desert landscape with the setting sun as its backdrop, Ib Andersen’s Eroica makes a comeback at An Evening at Desert Botanical Garden. Expect the unexpected as this ballet evolves, takes chances, and challenges your emotional boundaries in the desert that we call our home. Admission to Eroica also grants you entrance into the beautiful Desert Botanical Garden. Enjoy our unique desert landscape and flora as a way to set the tone for the evening.

It’s Military Appreciation Weekend at Chase Field! The D-backs are honoring service members, veterans, and military families all series long. Fans can buy a special ticket package to get an exclusive military-themed D-backs hat. Service members, veterans, and first responders can enjoy specially priced tickets. Plus, don’t miss Friday’s postgame ‘Yacht Rock’ fireworks and Saturday’s giveaway—a D-backs Home White Replica Jersey for the first 25,000 fans!

Get ready to spice up your dining life during Arizona Restaurant Week. We’re serving up a state-sized plate of choices, from sizzling Southwestern flavors and your favorite comfort food to luxe dining experiences and flavors from around the globe. We hope you’re hungry!

Billed as the largest flower show in the Southwest, the event features over 1,000 home improvement vendors, vibrant floral displays, a bustling Flower & Artisans’ Market, and expert-led seminars covering gardening, remodeling, and landscaping. Admission is $10 for adults, with discounts available for seniors, teachers, military personnel, and during select hours; parking is free.

The Phoenix Symphony’s final classical concert of the season features Conductor Thomas Wilkins leading the orchestra in Grofe’s cinematic Grand Canyon Suite.

The Crime Junkie Podcast Live: Life Rule #10 Tour is coming to the Arizona Financial Theatre this weekend! Enjoy this live true crime experience on Friday night at 8 p.m.

Be immersed in the vibrant musical heritage of Cuba! Learn about the history and cultural significance of Cuban music, including Afro-Cuban rhythms, contemporary styles, and more!

Vegan Social is known for its monthly open-air feast in Phoenix, AZ, that is free and open to the public. This open-air feast offers 50+ vegan and vegan-friendly vendors.

The Phoenix Mercury will start the season with a game against the Seattle Storm on Saturday night at 7 p.m.

When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix
Cost: Tickets start at $33.50

Join us for a special day at the Museum with kids crafts, self-guided backpack activities, artifact show-and-tell stations, and an outdoor detective archaeology program from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. S.A.L.T. (Study of Ancient Lifeways and Technologies) will also be demonstrating early technology skills during their monthly meeting. Don’t miss the chance to explore the ancestral village site of S’edav Va’aki along the outdoor interpretive trail and learn about the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People and their descendants, the O’odham.