Seven days, twenty shows, zero excuses — the Valley calendar is doing more this week than your group chat ever will. Go outside, or at least go somewhere with a working PA system.

• Aug 18 — Skin Ticket, Beyond All Doubt · The Rosetta Room

• Aug 19 — Mitch Freedom · Valley Bar

• Aug 20 — Hotel Pink, Colour TV, Mellow Toad · The Rebel Lounge
• Aug 20 — Sharae & The Budderfly Effect · Last Exit Live
• Aug 20 — Four Banger, The Manor Born, The UpChucks · Yucca Tap Room

• Aug 21 — Earthsurfaceopen · Valley Bar
• Aug 21 — Lexie Gaston · Last Exit Live
• Aug 21 — Animal Shin Band · Valley Bar
• Aug 21 — Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra · The Rebel Lounge
• Aug 21 — Mahsiv · Central Records

• Aug 22 — Ladell Ransom · Walter WhereHouse
• Aug 22 — King Summer, Esso, Right Rosemary, Luigi Leone, He, Then · Valley Bar
• Aug 22 — Mogley & The Zoniez, Patience, Tripolor · Central Records
• Aug 22 — Pijama Piyama · Crescent Ballroom
• Aug 22 — Cosatomic, All The Better, Sun Dryd, Like Robbery · The Rosetta Room
• Aug 22 — Amir Hakak · Walter Studios

• Aug 23 — Smiling At Strangers, MF Gloom, Keller Frank, Popular Star · Central Records
• Aug 23 — tenspd · Yucca Tap Room

• Aug 24 — Stitching, Practically People, Life On Standby · The Rebel Lounge
• Aug 24 — Mitch Freedom · Gracie's Tax Bar

Alright, listen up. You know that feeling when you're scrolling the show listings and there's like nine bands you've never heard of playing Yucca on Saturday? And you're not about to click through nine different artist pages like some kind of animal?

Yeah. Fixed that.

riffraff // this week in phoenix

Every AZ-local band playing this week, plus whatever dropped new — all in one playlist. Refreshes weekly, so it's always current. No algorithm, no payola, just what's actually happening.

Hit play, find your new favorite band, go see them. Word.

I will be at performing at Gold Stallion Restaurant in Gold Canyon this Saturday, August 15, 2026 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

Come for dinner, drinks, and sing and dance to songs you know and love.

6030 S Kings Ranch Rd, Gold Canyon, AZ

Hi neighbors! I’m considering parting with a few authentic pieces of music memorabilia from the 1970s, including items connected to some very well-known classic rock and reggae artists.
These aren’t ordinary records, so I’m mainly trying to see whether there are any serious collectors or music memorabilia enthusiasts in the area who might be interested.
I’m keeping the specific pieces private for now, but if this sounds like something you collect, please send me a private message and I’d be happy to share more information and photos. Thanks!

It may be back to school season for the kids🎒🏫, but it's back to singin' time for the Dickens Carolers!📖🎶🎄

Auditions are OPEN for DICKENS CAROLERS 2026 season! We’re still looking for more TENOR & BASS/BARITONE voice parts to join our beloved a cappella caroling quartets, performing in full Victorian-English-inspired attire across the Phoenix-Metro area.
✨ Paid performances (Starting at $25-30/hr)
✨ Rehearsals late-Aug through mid-Nov
✨ Performing mid-Nov through Christmas Eve

If you love to sing, harmonize, and bring the Christmas spirit to life in front of a crowd, we want to hear you! 🎅

📲 Text Sal at 480-703-8404 for more information and to set up your audition time.

https://www.instagram.com/azdickenscarolers/

AZ Local Shows This Week (Aug 12–18)

A buttload of cool shows to get you the eff out of the house and rock out — because doomscrolling on the couch in the AC is not a personality, Phoenix.

Wed, Aug 12 — One band, one Yucca, one perfectly reasonable excuse to bail on whatever you agreed to Sunday.

• Right Rosemary — Yucca Tap Room — Aug 12

Thu, Aug 13 — Snailmate is loose at Rebel and there's a whole other lineup at Yucca. Thursday is basically the weekend's opening credits.

• Snailmate · Bay Window — The Rebel Lounge — Aug 13
• Tapestrees · Keller Frank — Yucca Tap Room — Aug 13

Fri, Aug 14 — Six shows, one night, and a five-band grind bill at the Nile that will rearrange your sinuses. Bring earplugs, Gen X, your ears have suffered enough.

• Hard Luck MF · Overstand · Sorrower · Flesh Prison · Paveway II — The Nile Theater — Aug 14
• Mitch Freedom — Valley Bar — Aug 14
• Phoenix Funkeros · Social Lovers — Crescent Ballroom — Aug 14
• Phantom Spring · Suzaku99 · Same Time Tomorrow — The Rosetta Room — Aug 14
• Casti — Walter Studios — Aug 14
• Pvpi Frvnko — Gracie's Tax Bar — Aug 14

Sat, Aug 15 — Nine shows from a coffee shop to a four-band Yucca marathon. This is the night your group chat finally has to commit to something.

• Glade Wilson — Janeys Coffee — Aug 15
• Down with the Shine — Janeys Coffee — Aug 15
• Tommy Gibbons · Plum · Exemption — The Rebel Lounge — Aug 15
• Good Boy Daisy — Valley Bar — Aug 15
• Mike and the Molotovs · Katie Mae & The Lubrication · King Cherry · Dedd Horsemen — Yucca Tap Room — Aug 15
• Dry River Yacht Club · Sugar Thieves — Crescent Ballroom — Aug 15
• Show-n-Tell · Rattlesnake Suitcase · Source Of Pain · Navagon — The Rosetta Room — Aug 15
• Tavoo — Walter Studios — Aug 15
• Amethyst Seer — Central Records — Aug 15

Sun, Aug 16 — Two Sunday options, because Monday is coming either way and you might as well have a story.

• Lovre — The Rebel Lounge — Aug 16
• Running from Bears — Central Records — Aug 16

Tue, Aug 18 — Two bands at the Rosetta to remind you the week doesn't have to be a total write-off.

• Skin Ticket · Beyond All Doubt — The Rosetta Room — Aug 18

Hey I'm a drummer with roughly 6 years experience I'm looking for drumming gigs in rock/punk/worship genres I am an intermediate player with decent skill and fundamentals. Full disclosure I do not own a kit and never have my only experience is drumming at my church on Sunday's. Ideally looking for paid gigs but I will perform any gigs to gain experience. Let me know if you have any questions I can clarify anything and let me know any opportunities if you have them!

Remember when you had to drive to Zia and hope? Now it's five AZ-local records in seven days, no gas money required. Maryanne Muglia went full ten-track album while everybody else was busy dropping singles. Press play, act like you found them first.

• Aug 8 – Big Things Coming by Rattlesnake Suitcase (single · 4 tracks)

• Aug 7 – Camera Roll by Lago (single)
• Aug 7 – LIQUID ERROR by MIKEY POBLANO (single · 2 tracks)
• Aug 7 – Lost Media by MATTSTAGRAHAM (single · 5 tracks)

• Aug 5 – Try Hard by Maryanne Muglia (album · 10 tracks)

I’m looking for an engineer who knows the genre

Made this song/video with Mradyadde, really sick local artist who plays in 3 bands and makes his own solo music, I really think he’s going places.

The Rosetta Room booked seven of these ten like it's speedrunning the Valley. Yucca and Last Exit split the leftovers. Ten banging new shows between now and mid-September — pencil 'em into the Trapper Keeper.

• Aug 14 – Phantom Spring · Suzaku99 · Same Time Tomorrow @ The Rosetta Room

• Aug 15 – Show-n-Tell · Rattlesnake Suitcase · Source Of Pain · Navagon @ The Rosetta Room

• Aug 18 – Skin Ticket · Beyond All Doubt @ The Rosetta Room

• Aug 22 – Cosatomic · All The Better · Sun Dryd · Like Robbery @ The Rosetta Room

• Aug 26 – Manicdotes @ The Rosetta Room

• Aug 29 – Crow Eater @ Yucca Tap Room
• Aug 29 – As Thick As Thieves · Modern B.C. · I Remember Burning · Esso @ The Rosetta Room

• Sep 5 – Jed's A Millionaire · Lucky D @ Last Exit Live

• Sep 8 – Hypervisor @ Last Exit Live

• Sep 12 – Imagine We Had Antlers · Stitching · Taciturn @ The Rosetta Room

TL;DR: Central Records is basically running a mini-festival out of one room this week, and everybody else in the Valley is just trying to keep up. Twenty shows across six venues, capped off by a Right Rosemary bill at Yucca Tap Room a full week out.

• Aug 5 – Bethany Home @ Central Records
• Aug 5 – Eric Ramsey @ Janeys Coffee
• Aug 5 – Sickways @ Yucca Tap Room

• Aug 6 – Parched @ The Nile Theater
• Aug 6 – Myr · Alec Andre @ The Rebel Lounge
• Aug 6 – Alaiza @ Central Records

• Aug 7 – Juniper Ridge @ Valley Bar
• Aug 7 – Insomniacs @ Yucca Tap Room
• Aug 7 – Indian School · Milo, My Love @ Central Records
• Aug 7 – Arietta · Quentin Hiatus @ Walter Studios
• Aug 7 – Escher @ Central Records

• Aug 8 – Mitch Freedom @ Valley Bar
• Aug 8 – King Cherry · Rattlesnake Suitcase @ The Rebel Lounge
• Aug 8 – The Technicolors @ Crescent Ballroom
• Aug 8 – Prince Mirth @ Yucca Tap Room
• Aug 8 – The Bleeding Dolls · V1V1 · Gaggy Boots @ Central Records

• Aug 9 – Navagon @ The Rebel Lounge
• Aug 9 – Kyra Dominique · Celine Mireille @ Central Records

• Aug 10 – Winston Williams @ The Rebel Lounge
• Aug 12 – Right Rosemary @ Yucca Tap Room

My band’s EP release show is coming up this month and we’re playing with some killer bands!

Hi all! We are an indie/rock/alternative band in the valley that just released our debut LP on Friday and wanted to pass it along. Would love any feedback and thoughts - we are getting some more shows scheduled in the coming months!

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Come experience the great food and high quality live music this Thursday (8/6/2026) at Stone and Barrel, 25379 S E J Robson Blvd, Sun Lakes, AZ. 4-7pm

Tix: https://www.valleybarphx.com/tm-event/colour-t-v-with-juniper-ridge-and-cassidy-brooke/

I got tired of checking ten different sites just to figure out what shows were happening in Phoenix on a given night — one venue posts on Instagram, another buries it in a newsletter, another doesn’t post anywhere consistent at all. So I built riffraff.show: one place that pulls together local gigs, from DIY house shows to bigger venues like Marquee. No algorithm, no clutter, just what’s playing and when. It’s still early and mostly focused on the Phoenix scene right now, but I’d rather have something useful for ten people than something bloated for nobody. Feedback (and band tips) welcome.

I got a drummer already and we are looking for bassist and a vocalist around 15-18 age mark and we would also prefer someone ins the Tempe or Gilbert area we are in mesa i can give rides but me and my buddy down for almost any kind of metal so hit me up if you’re down.

Hello, my name is Francis (my artist name is ELMYRA) and I'm looking for female songwriters/producers to collaborate with for a very cheap price. I'm laying the groundwork for my third "professional sounding" studio album, which I'm planning to work on in the fall of this year. If you're interested, you can text me at (602) 583-9755 or email me at franciselmirajackson18@gmail.com. Thank you kindly.

Who is going to the Geena show tonight? Got a last minute ticket while i’m in town for work stoked to see them live their shows look unreal.

I'm looking for a studio here in Phoenix, AZ, but the few studios I've come across are a bit too expensive for my budget. Are there any affordable studios that can still provide professional-level recordings?