What’s Happening in Prescott This Weekend
Your local rundown of the best things to do around Prescott and the Quad Cities this weekend, refreshed every week.
This week’s picks
Prescott and the towns around it pack a lot into a weekend, from live music on Whiskey Row and events on the Courthouse Plaza to farmers markets, gallery shows, and seasonal festivals. Here’s what’s coming up around the area. Scroll down for the full list, and check back through the week as more gets added.
For the full, always-current calendar, see our Prescott events calendar, and if you’re hosting something, submit your event.
Coming up around town
- Sun, Nov 8 CANCELLED Bike Clinic 11:30 AM · Library
- Sun, Nov 8 Tarot Club 1:00 PM · Library
- Sun, Nov 8 CoffeeHouse Concert: John Coinman 2:00 PM · Library
- Sun, Nov 8 Guys & Dolls 3:00 PM · College
- Mon, Nov 9 Beginning Meditation and Mindfulness 10:00 AM · Library
- Mon, Nov 9 Kindness Rock Painting 11:00 AM · College
- Mon, Nov 9 Tweens and Teens: Spies, Codes, and Revolution! 4:00 PM · Library
- Tue, Nov 10 Tweens and Teens: Zoetrope Creation 3:00 PM · Library
- Tue, Nov 10 PAWS for Reading 3:30 PM · Library
- Sat, Nov 14 Living History Adventure - Honoring Prescott's Heroes 10:00 AM · Museum
- Mon, Nov 16 Painting Plein Air in November A Three-Part Workshop with Cathy Krieger 9:00 AM · Nature
- Sat, Nov 21 Turkey Trot 8:00 AM · Town
- Mon, Nov 23 Wonder at Nightfall: Beaver (Super Moon) Night Hike 5:30 PM · Nature
- Tue, Dec 8 Holiday Themed Candle Making Workshop 10:00 AM · Town
- Thu, Dec 10 Sharlot's Radio Theatre Presents "A Prescott Christmas Carol" starring Local Theater Favorites 5:00 PM · Museum
Things to do in Prescott every weekend
Whatever is on the calendar, a few Prescott weekend traditions are almost always there:
- Saturday morning: the Prescott Farmers Market at 900 Iron Springs Road, 7:30 a.m. to noon from April through October and 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from November through March. See the farmers market listing.
- Friday and Saturday nights: live music on Whiskey Row. Matt’s Saloon has bands on weekend nights, and the Jersey Lilly upstairs hosts live music most nights. Start with our Whiskey Row guide.
- The 4th Friday Art Walk, held monthly, when downtown galleries stay open late. See arts and culture in Prescott.
- A ghost tour after dark. Guided haunted walks leave from the Courthouse Plaza on select evenings year-round. Our haunted Prescott guide covers the tours and the stories.
- A morning on the trails or the lakes. Watson Lake, the Peavine Trail, and Thumb Butte are all about 15 minutes from the plaza. Use the Trail Finder or our lakes guide.
- Breakfast downtown. Our picks are in the best breakfast in Prescott.
Seasonal weekends worth planning
October brings ghost tours, pumpkin patches, and costume nights (see Halloween in Prescott) along with fall color, tracked in our Fall Color Report. December is Christmas City season, with parades, the Courthouse Lighting, and Acker Night. Early July means the World’s Oldest Rodeo. For a ready-made plan, see how we spent a weekend in Prescott, and browse every annual event in Prescott.