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Flashlight Nights 2022
DATE: Saturdays | Aug. 13 - Sep. 3
TIME: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
PRICE: $14.95 General Admission
Grab your flashlight and get your glow on! Experience the desert after dark with hands-on activities, live dance and musical performances, cool treats, a farmers’ market and more. Perfect for a “cool” summer date night or family adventure.
This Year:
Creature Feature
Interact with native reptiles and birds with Phoenix Herpetological Society and Liberty Wildlife.
Free Children’s Books Station
New this year! Visit the children’s book station in Cohn Tour Gathering Area. Grab a book as you leave and let it take you on a great summer adventure
Mesquite Pitch Paint
Have you ever used nature-made paint? Learn about natural inks such as mesquite pitch paint and use it to create a necklace or bracelet.
Nighttime Farmer’s Market | Sep. 3
Don’t leave Flashlight Nights empty-handed! Enjoy a nighttime farmers’ market on selected nights, stocked full of fresh, locally grown produce, local honey, handmade soaps and from vendors and farmers from Spaces of Opportunity.
Please bring a flashlight.
A bar is available and accepts only credit and debit payment.
Gertrude’s Restaurant is open until 8 p.m., last seating at 7:30 p.m.
The Garden Shop is open until 8 p.m.
Painting with Light Photos
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