Jessica Elliott (How Dare She)

’re right, it’s easy to tell people to stay home, but that’s not always reality. My advice is to use good, primary, fresh sources of information to make decisions on what to do next, but those options shouldn’t include further leisure travel (you likely need to decide between staying where you are or going home, if you have one). Don’t forget about what your credit card may cover – many credit cards have protections in place for travel booked using the card. All three of direct booking, travel insurance and credit card policies will likely point you at each other (from personal past experience), but take a lot of notes, ask for the official documentation and keep at it.

M3F (McDowell Mountain Music Festival) is an annual three-day music fest in downtown Phoenix, where all proceeds go to charity. Here’s what it’s like, the lineup and what you need to know to make the most of your time at M3F. M3F has been running annually since 2004 as a charity event for music lovers. Where: Chandler, AZ When: February 22-23, 2020 Official website Arizona Roots Festival is a reggae-rock festival celebrating the reggae and roots music and culture. Where: Tempe, AZ When: February 29 – March 1, 2020 (will be February 27-28, 2021) Official website Innings Festival is a beautiful convergence of music and baseball, which is why it’s perfectly suited for spring training in Arizona.

In Innings Festival’s third year, the annual spring baseball-themed music festival was two days of mostly home runs. From veteran big-leaguers like Dave Matthews Band and Weezer, to surprise international free agents The Struts, with a balk from Death Cab and an All-Star lineup in Left Field, here’s the inside baseball look at Innings Fest 2020. Innings Fest delivered on something that, IMO, has escaped the MLB and the #CactusLeague in recent years: a baseball-themed event that felt like it really put fans first. Innings Fest delivered on something that, IMO, has escaped the MLB and the Cactus League in recent years: a baseball-themed event that felt like it really put fans first.

Innings Festival has become a staple of spring in Arizona, bringing a music festival to the home of Cactus League spring training, with big-name bands AND big-name players. Where: Phoenix, AZ When: March 6-8, 2020 Official website McDowell Mountain Music Fest is a three-day event with acts from all genres and is dedicated to community, culture and charity, running in downtown Phoenix for over 15 years. Where: Chandler, AZ When: March 24, 2020 Official website The Great American BBQ & Beer Festival is an annual event held in downtown Chandler with beer vendors, local BBQ and food vendors, several stages of country music and arts and crafts vendors. The Cactus League 2020 schedule is below, in this post (click here to jump to it) or the PDF version can be found here from the Cactus League website.