The Scottsdale Culinary Festival is a very large food and drink festival which is hosted at the large Scottsdale Civic Center the third week of every April.

There are literally hundreds of booths hosted by fine restaurants, many of them local, which sell samples of their best foods. You can buy tickets and then trade the tickets in for samples. Trust me you will not taste better food in your entire life.

Several major beer companies sponsor the event and they host a rather large conglomeration of beer tents in the center of the festival. A main stage features several live performances of well-known bands to entertain the masses.

There are also rides and tons of vendors selling cool keepsakes for those who are looking to stock up. Just make sure that arrive early as parking is very hard to find and you will wait in long lines otherwise, as more than forty thousand people try to cram into this large food festival every year.