I'm walkin' on Main Street, whoa, I'm walkin' on Main Street, whoa, and don't it feel good? OK,…read morethat's enough of my Katrina & The Waves flashback! This is the 10th year for this festival and boy, what a fun time! This is the fourth time I've come from the very first one which was small, to the last one five years ago! This was the first one my fiancé went to and we had a blast! From art, to a car show, to music and wine, it was a great time! So many unique and antique collectibles at the car show! Some great bands, including the Mingus Union high school band which really got the crowd riled up! Lots of cool vendors and also some great nonprofits like Pets Return Home, LocalFirstAZ and Friends of the Verde River had booths at the event. The wine tasting was $15 which included a commemorative glass and six tastings, but the rest of the event is free! All of the great restaurants and stores were also open on Main Street! That was a treat for me as many times, when I am in town for business, it's on a Monday or Tuesday and many are not open. The event takes place from 11 AM to 5 PM and if you want to find a parking, plan to come early or expect to hoof it a bit! Typically the festival happens on a Saturday in early November. I know we're looking forward to next year!

Thursday, 4/2/2026 - we had a great time at Blazin' M Ranch. Address is 1875 Mabery Ranch Rd,…read moreCottonwood, AZ 86326. The foods were good. Bbq chicken was fall off the bone good. There were pull pork, salad, corn bread and butter, mac & cheese, some kind of purple-ish cold slaw, mash potatoes and gravy, and a homemade cinnamon apple cake. Several different bbq sauces. They served some alcohol. You have to buy it, of course. The entertainment was funny and great. Loved all the songs they sang. Dinner started at 7pm. Entry to dinner started at 6:30pm. All the young servers were great. They were busy and helpful. They had animals, birds, mini golf, this 4 table ping pong table, escape room, axe throwing, old photo shoot ($15pp), mini museum, big chess game, connect 4, etc. But we didn't get to enjoy all the games because we accidentally took the long way to get to Blazin' M Ranch. Instead of 30 mins, it took us like 45 mins ish. By the time we arrived, everyone was starting to go in the barn for the dinner and show. We really enjoyed this event. https://blazinm.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gbp

You absolutely cannot go wrong spending an evening here. For $99 you can learn basic roping,…read morecomplete an escape room challenge, throw some axes and use pellet guns to compete in a shooting lane shootout and ride a mechanical bull. The best is to grab a strong beverage of choice or two at the saloon beforehand to make it all so much funnier. A few extra fun touches before the dinner show:: a mini rail ride around the property and hanging out with the petting zoo animals. We paid for our old west portraits to get taken and at $40 for a couple to try on the costumes and make it happen was fun. As far as the petting zoo, bring some fresh produce in your pockets for the goats and the absolutely charming mini horse Gucci. He steals the petting zoo show. The dinner: soooo much great BBQ and dessert. We had delicious smoked chicken and pulled pork. Sides of Mac and cheese, homemade slaw, honey glazed corn bread, homemade mashed potatoes and the award winning grandmas apple cinnamon powdered cake. They encourage you to grab seconds. We couldn't even finish our firsts. Ok the show: it was outright hilarious. The owners and hired gun Eric Wildman Williams absolutely put on the next comedy and music infused hour show. You won't want that to ever end. I cannot say this enough: it was well worth the VIP package price we paid. If 10/5 stars were available, that's what they would get.

Yes yes and yes. What an enjoyable experience. We watched 3 blues bands and they were excellent…read more The evening was so enjoyable listening to the blues. The final band was quite the treat and we got to watch Chuck Hall make his Telecaster sing the blues. Amazingly talented blues player/singer and a great entertainer. Very enjoyable evening.

From the owner: We provide the finest in live entertainment in Northern Arizona. We have a complete schedule of…read moreconcerts, and music. Check our web page for events and schedule.

This farmers market is a nice size. Great location. In Windmill Park. Grassy hipster vibe…read more Friendly vendors. Excellent selection of produce, microgreens, one of a kind in season items, baked goods, honey, nuts, meat's, moringa, food, hot or cold beverages etc.. This area has no service. It is a dead zone so bring CASH!! If not there is a gas station with an ATM not far from the market. Always B.Y.O.B (bring your own bag) Open Thursday's 2-dusk.

Size appropriate for the community of Cornville, this small farmers market sure has a variety of…read morestuff from fresh produce, baked goods, elixirs, lotions and soaps, prepared foods and entertainment! Always a nice selection of beautiful produce from My Girlfriends Garden which also has a small selection of Lillie Mae's products. We've gotten some delicious baked goods from here and love Red Rock Tamales. They are just stuffed with goodness! We also had some awesome guacamole from there for the first time! Typically there's some musical entertainment going on and Windmill Park is gorgeous! I always try to plan my business in the Verde Valley for Thursday so I can hit up this Farmers Market from 2 PM to dusk.

Hands-down some of the best wine we've ever had. (and we have been to France! Hahaha)…read more The food was fantastic- we had bread, gnocchi, lasagna and pesto. The service was amazing, the restaurant location was impressive, the music was great.

Made reservations for today at 4:15 and the service provided by James was better than expected but…read moreI cannot say the same for the food and especially not based on managements approach. While making the reservation I made a note that our oldest son is autistic and non-verbal and his only form of communication so that staff was aware we decided to give this place a try. After spending close to $800 on food for our party we decided to exit the restaurant and that is when the problems began. As we were walking out another customer at the bar a patron at the bar decided to squeal at my son but also yell into his face. When who I assumed was her daughter realized we saw what was going on she covered her mouth and told her to stop. Being adults and understanding of others different situations we decided the best method was to approach the management team and explain the situation. I then approached a manger who was wearing a pink colored collared shirt and explained to her what happened and her response was "that hurts my heart, we do not stand for that and we will definitely do something about this." We waited outside for about 15 minutes to see what was going to be done and once we saw nothing was I went back in to speak to the general manager. This was definitely the worst part of the night. Tiana came out to speak to us and I asked her to speak on the side so that other patrons were not affected. Her response to me after explaining the situation was "since we did not see it we cannot do anything." I let her know that was an inappropriate response and that since it was a private business they could remove any patron for any reason but if they did not want to do that then she could just openly tell me that. I then gave her an example and stated "if I stab someone and you do not see it then you would not remove me?" Her response was "we definitely would," to which I stated that goes against what you just openly told me and she that there is damage from a stabbing. I then stated to her that physical damage is the same as emotional and mental damge just in a different form which she seemed to easily dismiss. She then stated that the first manager I spoke to was doing her due diligence to find out what happened and I then pointed out that that manager was actually waiting tables and we watched her do this the entire time so I was not sure when due diligence was being completed. We went around in circles, I asked her to give me the ownership information to which she stated "the owner is too famous for you to know," but eventually gave me the name which I had already searched for in my phone. At this point I openly stated that she could just tell me they were not going to do anything and that transparency would be more appreciated to which her response was "you are not currently dining in my restaurant so you need to leave my property." We did walk away but I hope that this is addressed and not pushed aside. All that to say, I hope this type of discrimination was not because we were Hispanic (the restaurant was filled with 90% Caucasian clients), because we were from out of town (from California) and mostly I hope it is not because the stance of the restaurant is not that people with disabilities matter less. I hope someone reaches out to me to address this concern and I hope no other family has to be a part of what we went through tonight. Tiana seems to be invested in the business and that is great but should also understand her customer concerns. Update to this review: Called this morning (2/17/26) and the hostess said she was not going to help me with any information, that I was a weirdo, to grow up and then hung up the phone on me.

This year was much better organized. Parking was clearly marked at the park and there were…read moreshuttles taking you from your car to the opening gate. I really liked being able to try some Tuscan wine and a few of the local wines like ClearCreek I had not tried. Free water from a water vendor. It was a lovely afternoon. It is clear they heard the complaints like below and fixed it. Fashionable afternoon!

I am reviewing the 2022 Verde Valley Wine Festival in Cottonwood. We will never attend this…read morefestival again. We've been to countless beer/wine/music festivals and this was the worst organized one ever. First of all there was absolutely NO place to park for miles around. We ended up going to our hotel and had to wait 30 min for a taxi that costs $20 each way for a 5 min ride. Once there, we got in a line that wrapped around the block (by this time it was already 12:45pm and it started at noon.) The place was so jam packed you could barely move. This was not a large venue, why did you allow so many people?? The lines for both wine & beer were a good 10-15 min wait. Never did see any so called free food samples. Only food for sale at high prices. There were very few tables/chairs and no place to sit and listen to music. It was such a chaotic zoo. Also needed water stations. It was extremely hot and the sun was relentless. We stayed about 2.5 hrs and the 4 of us all agreed to find a restaurant to cool off at and get some water. It was not enjoyable at all, just stressful. Never again and definitely not worth the $140 for 4 tickets and an extra $40 for cab fare.

I'm not sure why the Yelp page states Arcosanti is closed. We were just there and is open and…read moreoperating. Clearly what the original architect had in mind many years ago never came to fruition as it really hasn't changed in years. Is appears to be a small artist community but we didn't see anything going on at the moment so couldn't tell if it id still active or they make everything south in Scottsdale at Cosanti. There is a gift shop where you can watch a brief video on the history and learn about their wind chime creations. Personally I've received many of the wind chimes over the last 20 years for housewarmings or Christmas gifts. Each is unique. The greeter in the gift shop was friendly and stated there is a tour available as well. We didn't have time for the tour but purchased a couple of small gifts. He suggested visiting the Scottsdale location as well which is called Cosanti. I had no idea it was located in Scott's well. Will check it out.

70s vision for communal living by architect Paolo Soleri, this is on the way from Phoenix to Sedona…read moreand worth a stop if you are into architecture and ecology, you'll see Soleri's unique "arcology" vision here which is a fusion of both. We signed up for the tour and yes the dirt road is rough leading to Arcosanti, our tour guide mentioned a future expansion in the living area but in order to keep building the road has to be paved, hopefully it's better in the future. The behind the scenes tour participants was twice as large as they normally have so at times it was hard to see and hear though our guide tried their best. We loved hearing about the different spaces and seeing what was hand made by volunteers though we enjoyed the more intimate feel of Cosanti more. The gift shop is one staircase above the cafe and it's where the tour meets. There is better bell selection at Cosanti If that's what you are shopping for but Arcosanti has more hand-made knick knacks by residents, there is also a nice selection of books about Soleri and Arcosanti. You can stay the night here and get a good view of the stars and a more intimate experience, we would do this next time. The architecture and vibe would make it worth it!

Omg this was an amazing train ride!!! They recommend getting hear early so you can eat and get…read moreready to board, you can't bring in outside food but you can bring in anything you had purchased in there cafeteria standard food cheeseburgers, chicken tenders, chicken sandwich, chicken wrap, salad everything you purchased came with a side of fries or chips or I believe it was coleslaw maybe potato salad. He just got to pick one side and it came with a soda as well Priced at $20, food was like amusement park food that did the job On the train you get adult lunch a bowl lol Cheese crackers grapes and a brownie we also did a champagne toast before the train left the station that was included, all the train cars have a bar and bartender very knowledgeable withbartending, and the lay of the land and what was going on with scenery and inside the train Sets were incredible comfortable to be honest the last half hour it put me to sleep the best nap I had in years thanks to the rocking of the train We definitely want to go in the evening for a night time tour We will definitely be back and highly recommend!!!

Get to facility early for food, drinks and restrooms…read more Clarkdale Car is beautifully restored. Grandt, Josh and Charley did a marvelous job, excellent service, very knowledgeable and very entertaining. Great explaining the history and geology of the area. Food and Drinks were absolutely enjoyable. Highly recommend! We will be back.

We enjoyed visiting downtown Cottonwood's art galleries, and antique shops and eating at the Merkin…read moreVineyard.

Beautiful, historical and fun town. Although the area was originally inhabited by the Sinagua and…read morefollowed by the Spanish, it is now more reminiscent of the mining epoch and its wild west forebearers. Surrounded by the Verde Valley this historic town is nestled in one of Arizona's most beautiful valleys. The town as a whole, from it townspeople, the shops, the restaurants make for a pleasant, homey and inviting ambience for couples or families alike. You can go really west with the likes of Blazin' Bar Ranch, walk the town shops and enjoy its hospitality, or even have great eats whether Cowboy, Mexican or Pub food. Cottonwood is a great day trip for Phoenicians and a great weekend getaway for anyone wanting either or tranquil repose or some rip-roaring fun. We love Cottonwood, we know you will too.