The Festival took off in April of 2004 as an endeavor to bring real music back to Arizona while getting the Community together for a great cause: our children. Each year, the festival brings together 13 bands from a wide variety of genres from all over the world to Scottsdale, Arizona. The Festival takes place on the last weekend of April every spring. If you have never been to a music festival, come to ours. Experience the spirit that is cultivated when people join together and have a good time. Bring your kids. Make some frineds. There is camping, an RV park, silent auction / raffle, VIP area, marketplace, Kid's Zone and more. “Turns out festival season has been saved by McDowell Mountain Music Festival, which has made a major move - and is in position to be the spring music festival in Arizona with a much, much hipper lineup…” -Phoenix New Times Info and tickets @ www. mmmf. net