The 19th? Annual Phoenix Idiotarod

Downtown Phoenix 1 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

The Phoenix Idiotarod celebrates the classical tradition of drunken shopping cart racing, shamefully excluded from the next as well as every previous Olympics. We're too late to design our own cart (unless...?) but we could get some beers, watch the idiots go by, and potentially crash the afterparty.

Free

The Reverend Horton Heat (with Black Joe Lewis, Piñata Protest)

The Marquee Theatre 730 N. Mill Ave., Tempe, AZ, United States

The preeminent psychobilly bandleader returns to the valley with blues-funk revivalist Black Joe Lewis, featuring mariachi-punk outfit Piñata Protest. A variety of goofy, punk-inflected roots music for the whole (Harper) family.

$27