| Sedona’s
Main Events and Festivals for 2009
•
Sedona Marathon – this
year it was on February 7th and it usually
is scheduled the second Saturday in February.
About 3,000 runners participate.
•
Sedona International Film Festival
– February 25th – March 1st
It draws perhaps Sedona’s biggest audience,
with 6,000 people expected to attend this
year.
•
St.
Patrick's Day Parade and Festival
– March 14
Beginning at 10:30am a parade will make its
way down Jordan Road in uptown Sedona, passing
right by the inn. The festival follows the
parade.
•
Sedona Community Fair –
September 19 & September 20
Wine Tasting, Museum of Living History and
more on the 19th. A mini-Jazz on the Rocks
will take place on the 20th.
•
Sedona’s Art Festival
– October 10-11
Celebrating it’s 18th year, the non-profit
festival attracts 4,000 to 5,000 people.
•
Sedona Plein Air Festival
– October 25-31
Sedona Arts Center will host the third-annual
event, which features artists around town
painting in "open air.” The center
estimates 2,000 to 3,000 people watch the
artists work throughout the week.
•
Red Rock Fantasy of Lights
– November 19 - January 2
A display of over 1 million Christmas lights
– “Light up the sky” at
Los Abrigados Resort. Absolutely beautiful
and very festive.
•
Festival of Lights –
Saturday, December 12
Lighting of the luminaries around Tlaquepaque
Village – very special holiday event.
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beautiful
and beloved red rock monoliths with names
like Coffeepot, Cathedral, Bell and even Snoopy
rock. These massive shapes really resemble
the particular well known objects. It's natural
surroundings reflect the beauty and harmony
of this uniquely scenic environment.