🕺 Disco Fever, Local Love and Free Movies

Flagstaff Folk Festival, Second Saturdays for Locals, Flagstaff Native Herb Fest

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Good morning, Flagstaff! Lots of opportunities to dance this weekend whether it’s reels at Flagstaff Folk Festival, disco fever at the Adult Prom, or country line dancing at Alpine Pizza!

Today in Flagstaff Inspires:

  • 🎻 Flagstaff Folk Festival

  • 📍 Second Saturdays specials for Locals

  • 🌿 Flagstaff Native Herb Fest

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn & Alexandra Wittenberg

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BUSINESS NEWS

📍 Downtown is starting a fun new way to show love to locals with Second Saturdays. Each month, downtown businesses will offer a mix of specials, live music, pop-ups, workshops, and one-day-only experiences for locas. Highlights this month include %15 off Freaky Foot Tours, and $2 off your first drink at Drinking Horn Meadery with proof of a local address.

👢 Speaking of love for locals, Up & Coming Boutique is beginning a Locals Monday with %10 for Flagstaff residents. Stop in between Noon-4!

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

🎻 Flagstaff Folk Festival: Enjoy 100+ acts on five stages plus food & craft vendors, music workshops and jams. Single and multi-day passes available. June 13th & 14th, Coconino Center for the Arts

Friday 6.12

🧶The Knitting Hour: All skill levels welcome! Experienced knitters available to teach beginners and help knitters out. 1-3pm, Downtown Library

🔥 Free Slider Friday: Chef Nick is slinging free sliders on the patio! Good conversation and yummy sliders while supplies last. 5pm, Uptown Pubhouse

🌕 World’s Revealed Speaker Series: (Mother) Road to the Stars: Historian Kevin Schindler takes a virtual tour along Route 66, uncovering the iconic highway’s surprisingly rich space heritage. 7pm, Lowell Observatory

Saturday 6.13

🌸 Free Gardeners Workshop: Come to the market early and learn how to propagate penstemon with Lily of the Field Nursery! 7:30am, Pine Forest School Parking Lot

🌄 Mountain Town Market + Gardeners Market: Every Saturday May - October swing by for plants, local produce, bread, flowers, treats and more! 9am-1pm, Pine Forest School Parking Lot

🧘‍♀️Yoga on the Lawn: Start your Saturday with a deep breath and a good stretch, soaking up the summer sunshine. For all levels. 9-10am Courthouse Lawn

🌿 Flagstaff Native Herb Fest: Enjoy a full day of learning about the natural resources around us while connecting with local experts, herbalists, and plant enthusiasts. Registration required. 9am-3pm, Willow Bend

🐦Iconic Bird Talk: Join Margaret Dyekman, author of 'Backyard Birding in Northern Arizona' for a special talk on the iconic birds of our area. Free with admission. 10-11am, The Arboretum

🧒 Character Kindness Club with Woody & Jessie from Toy Story: Bring kids for dress up, a photo opportunity, and a craft! Free, 11am-12:30pm, Flagstaff Mall

😌 Low Sensory Board Games Afternoon: Come play games in a relaxed, and sensory-friendly environment. 12-3pm at Good Game Cafe

🍿Movies on the Square - A Minecraft Movie: Free family-friendly movies under the stars every Saturday in summer - plus live music, vendors & activities. Bring a cozy blanket and chair. 5pm kickoff, movie at dusk. Heritage Square

👢Country Dance Night: Grab your boots for free line dance lessons with Meghan from Own Your Dance, then social dancing to follow. 18+. 9pm, Alpine Pizza

🕺✨ Adult Prom - Disco Fever: Embrace your inner Dancing Queen all night long! Hosted by local drag queen REVELUCIEN and featuring Momentum Aerial Go Go Dancers. 9pm, The Orpheum

Sunday 6.14

🍅 Community Farmer’s Market: Thriving local market with food vendors, art, fresh produce and more. 8am-1pm, City Hall Parking Lot

🚴‍♂️Spin on the Square: Kickstart your Sunday with sunshine, sweat, and bumpin’ tunes with The Box Studio’s cycling class. Pre-register. 9-9:45am, Heritage Square

🖌️🔹Miniature Painting Workshop: Paint, chat, and level up your minis! Bring your own current project, paints and brushes are provided. A local artist will be onsite to offer help. 2-5pm, Good Game Cafe

🎭 Free Shakespear Workshops: Flagstaff Shakespear Festival ipresents two free workshops this weekend; one may attend either or both. Directing Shakespear at 10am and Acting Shakespear at 2:30pm, Beaver Street Theatre

🦅 Live Raptor Talk: Come see live raptors from the International Raptor and Falconry Center! Free with admission. 10:30-12:30am, The Arboretum

🧘🏼‍♀️Yoga for Recovery: A short reading, optional group sharing and a mindful yoga practice designed to support nervous system regulation, release tension, and reconnect you with breath and body. No experience needed. Free. 1-2:15pm, Happening Here

Monday 6.15

🎬 Free Family Film Series - Alvin and the Chipmunks: Free movies on the big screen every Monday in June and July. The theme this year is 'Feel the Beat!' 6pm, Orpheum

🧙🏼‍♂️🥃 Mead & Magic Mondays: Every Monday the Mead Hall hosts a plethora of tabletop games, focusing on Magic the Gathering, 6-9:30pm, Mead Hall

🔵Bingo Night at Dark Sky: Join the Bingo cult! $5 entry fee goes directly to the non-profit of the month. 21+ Regular Bingo 5:45-8pm, Bonus Bingo 8-9pm, Dark Sky Beer Garden

Flagstaff Inspires is always free thanks to the support of business sponsors and the kind donations of our community.

MUSIC

Friday 6.12

Hops on Birch | Pete Wright | 6-8pm
Dark Sky Beer Garden | Acoustic Emo Night | 6-9pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Live Music | 8-11pm

Saturday 6.13

Museum of Northern AZ | NAU Elden Brass Quintet Free Community Concert | 3pm
Woody Mountain Campground | Cameron Jameson | 4-7pm
Hops on Birch | Cody | 6-8pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Live Music | 8-11pm
Gopher Hole | Karaoke | 9:30pm

Sunday 6.14

Flag Brew | Laura Jean Band, Sunny Gable | 2-5pm
Hops on Birch | Mathew Henry Hall | 6-8pm
Flag Brew | Alien Arcade, Scrunge, Sea and Rain | 7pm
Harrington’s Tap House | Irish Session | 4:30-6:30
Dark Sky Beer Garden | Singer-Songwriter Sundays | 5-7pm
Wanderlust Brewing | Bluegrass Jam | 2:30-5:30pm

Monday 6.15

Dark Sky Brewing | Live Music | 6-8pm
Mountain Top Taproom | Open Mic | 7-11pm

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Alissa in front of Aspens on the peaks