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Updated November 4, 2026 for this weekend, Friday, November 6 – Sunday, November 8, 2026, from City of Surprise, Surprise Arts, Surprise Stadium, Explore Surprise, Surprise library, City of Goodyear, City of Buckeye, City of Glendale and Maricopa County pages. Where a listing comes from an organizer page rather than a city page, it says so. Confirm time and location on the source link before you go.
Quick list for the weekend. Full details and sources are in the city sections below.
Fri Nov 6, 6:30 PM: Arizona Fall League: Surprise Saguaros home game (Friday Freebie), Surprise Stadium. Kids 10 and under free with an adult. Surprise Stadium
Fri Nov 6, 7:00 PM: Buckeye Movie in the Park: Hocus Pocus, Tartesso Sports Park, Buckeye. City of Buckeye
Sat Nov 7, 4:00 PM: Cirque Kalabanté: acrobatics and live African music, Vista Center for the Arts, 15660 N Parkview Pl, Surprise. Surprise Arts
Sat Nov 7, 4:00–7:00 PM: Goodyear Veterans Day Tribute, Goodyear Civic Square. Free; veterans get a complimentary meal. City of Goodyear
Sat Nov 7, 7:00 PM: Buckeye Movie in the Park: The Mario Galaxy Movie, Sundance Park, Buckeye. City of Buckeye
Sun Nov 8, 2:00–7:00 PM: Sunday in the Park Honoring Veterans (live music, car show, food trucks, free haircuts for veterans), Mark Coronado Park, 15960 N Bullard Ave, Surprise. $10 tickets. Explore Surprise
Before the weekend: Saguaros vs. Scottsdale Scorpions (Autograph Thursday), Thu Nov 5, 6:30 PM (Surprise Stadium).
Surprise
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Nov 5 – Nov 6
Arizona Fall League: Surprise Saguaros home games
Thu Nov 5, 6:30 p.m. vs. Scottsdale Scorpions (Autograph Thursday); Fri Nov 6, 6:30 p.m. vs. Salt River Rafters (Friday Freebie). Tickets: adult $14; seniors 60+ and youth 11–17 $12; kids 10 and under free with an adult. Surprise residents save $2 with code SURAFL26. Free parking; enter at the Third Base Gate, which opens one hour before first pitch (cashless). The last Surprise home game is Tue Nov 10 at 1:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m. High-energy circus inspired by daily life in Guinea, West Africa: acrobatics, human pyramids and live Afro-jazz, percussion and kora. Ticketed. Venue doors open one hour before, theater doors 30 minutes before. Free parking.
Vista Center for the Arts, Main Stage, 15660 N Parkview Pl, Surprise
Family Storytime, 9:30 a.m., Surprise Regional Library (16089 N Bullard Ave) · Saturday Drop In & Do Stuff for ages 6–18, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Hollyhock Library (12641 W Santa Fe Dr) · Master Gardener program, 10:30 a.m., Asante Library (16755 W Vereda Solana Dr).
The Sat Nov 7 volunteer event (8–10 a.m.) is full, but through Friday you can drop off items for deployed troops (small hot sauce bottles, gum and mints, puzzle books, jerky, nut packs, lip balm, travel-size toiletries) at the Community & Resource Center, Surprise Regional Library, Asante Library or Toyota Surprise.
Surprise Community & Resource Center, 12641 W Santa Fe Dr, Surprise
2:00–7:00 p.m. Power Entertainment and the Surprise community host an afternoon of live music (special guests Lighter Shade of Brown), a car show, food trucks and a veterans tribute with free haircuts for veterans. Tickets $10.
4:00–7:00 p.m. Free and family-friendly: live patriotic music, arts and crafts, the Tribute Flag Garden, Banners of the Brave, veterans resource booths and food trucks, plus beer from Saddle Mountain Brewery for sale. All veterans get a complimentary meal.
Goodyear Civic Square, 1900 N Civic Square, Goodyear
Wed Nov 11, 11:00 AM (doors 10:30): Surprise Pops Veterans Day Concert, Palm Ridge Recreation Center, 13800 W Deer Valley Dr, Sun City West. Free ticket; bring a food donation. Sun City West
Surprise city offices are closed Wed Nov 11 for Veterans Day.
Post it in the Surprise AZ Guide Facebook group so neighbors see it. Optional: email contact@realsanchez.com with the subject “Event submission,” including date, time, place, and a source link. No form — group posts are the fastest path.
