Calendar of Events

No matter what time of the year you plan to visit, you'll find that the Grand Canyon area often has terrific events happening. Many events take place in or near Grand Canyon National Park, or nearby cities like Williams, Flagstaff or Tusayan. From fine art and cultural festivals to special events - like summer festivals to concerts and special performances, there's always something going on. Our Grand Canyon National Park area calendar of events has Grand Canyon events and things to do for families, couples, individuals, kids, teens and adults; in spring, summer, fall and winter; annual events and special occasions. And if you’d like to post your event on our schedule of events in the Grand Canyon National Park area, let us know.

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“Great Balls of Fire: Comets, Meteors, Asteroids” Exhibit at Lowell Obervatory
Daily starting at 9:00am

This summer’s interactive exhibition, “Great Balls of Fire: Comets, Meteors, Asteroids”, will run from June 22, 2013 through September 2, 2013. The threat of a catastrophic impact from an asteroid or comet is a staple of popular culture. If there was a dinosaur killer in Earth’s past, is there a human killer in our future? What are the chances and how do we assess the risks? For that matter, what are asteroids, comets, and meteorites, and where do they come from? With “Great Balls of Fire: Comets, Asteroids, Meteors”, Lowell Observatory will bring recent discoveries and cutting-edge planetary science to our visitors. The exhibition is divided into four areas: Origins, Asteroids, Comets and Impacts/Risk. It includes a variety of interactive, multimedia experiences, ranging from straightforward computer-based activities to a larger scale, “pod” where visitors play the role of explorers-in-training—an important theme that threads throughout the exhibition. The exhibit comes as 2013 is dubbed "year of the comet", with Comet PANSTARRS having passed by early in the year and Comet ISON approaching for a potentially spectacular pass late in the year. For more information, visit http://www.lowell.edu or call (928) 233-3211.