Enjoy the Final Four like a local: Free Phoenix events, deals
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The 2017 festival at Margaret T. Hance Park. Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for Turner Sports
The Final Four arrives in the Valley this week and you don't have to go to the games — or even like basketball — to enjoy it.
Free events
🎸 March Madness Music Festival
Margaret T. Hance Park will rock all weekend long with musical performances, carnival rides and more.
- Friday: Remi Wolf, Reneé Rapp and Zedd
- Saturday: The Jonas Brothers
- Sunday: Leon Bridges, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, The Black Keys and Mumford & Sons
Head out to State Farm Stadium to watch each of the Final Four teams practice before their big games. In the afternoon, college athletes from around the country will face off in the All-Star Game.
Learn what it takes to be an elite athlete with interactive games at the Phoenix Convention Center. Keep an eye out for athlete appearances and autograph sessions.
- Kids 12 and under are free, as are Capital One cardholders, Final Four ticket holders and fans with tickets to other Arizona sporting events. $10 for everyone else.
Dining deals
Arizona restaurants are embracing the madness with these discounts and specials.
- All deals available through the championship game on April 8 unless specified.
Eighteen wings for $18 and $4 Mexican draft beers.
Get a flight of four IPAs plus a pint of your favorite for $15 as part of the IPA Madness event.
Get $4 house beer, well spirits and chips and salsa during the Final Four games and $4 house beer and $5 house bubbly during the championship game.
Get five you-call-it beers for $15 during games.
- Modelo buckets for $20 all day April 8, plus get a free personalized screen-printed Modelo bag.
To-go beer specials, including $24 cases of beer and $4 32-ounce crowlers.
- Available April 5-7.
Bring the whole gang for $250 pony kegs.
Sliders and sushi takeout packages starting at $59.
🍳 U.S. Egg
Choose four of the restaurant's signature Bloody Mary's for a $20.24 flight.
Pick up six burgers with sides and all the fixings for $89.