Tempe Pulse for July 2, 2026: Tempe's Fourth of July celebration moved this year, plus a new night market

• 🎆 Tempe's Fourth of July celebration moved this year. A production company issue forced a new location. Check before you head out.
• 🌮 OXDX Native night market returns July 11. 20-plus Native vendors, frybread, and live screen printing in Tempe.
• 🎨 2nd Sundays on Mill is back July 12. The monthly downtown arts and maker walk on Mill Avenue.
• 🧠 Trivia and library crafts fill the long weekend. FRIENDS trivia, a stitch club, and a Sunday anglerfish craft for kids.
• 🏫 Summer notes from TUHSD. A Corona del Sol orchestra reading and a McClintock band car wash.

• What: The city's annual Fourth of July celebration.
• When: Saturday, July 4.
• What changed: A production company issue forced the city to relocate the event.
• New location: Confirmed by the city this week. The venue and timing are at the link.

This is the one weekend where the whole city tends to move at once, so if the old spot is still where the calendar in your head points, look again before loading the car. Details.

• 📕 Tempe Public Library is closed Friday, July 3. Closed for Independence Day. Details.
• 🧶 Stitch Club meets Sunday, July 5. Knitters, crocheters, and cross-stitchers bring their own projects, 1 to 3 p.m. at the library. Details.
• 🎣 Sunday Funday has an anglerfish craft July 5. A make-and-take for all ages, 3 p.m. at the library. Details.
• 📖 Author talk with a Valley veterinarian Monday, July 6. Dr. Michelle Schack walks kids through milk's trip from dairy farm to grocery store, 11:30 a.m. Details.
• 🧠 FRIENDS trivia at Snakes & Lattes Tuesday, July 7. The one with all the trivia, 20 W 6th St. Details.
• 🌮 OXDX night market returns Saturday, July 11. 20-plus Native vendors, a frybread truck, Samoan food, and live screen printing, 5 to 10 p.m. at OXDX Clothing. Details.

• ⛪ A Scottsdale church opened a Tempe location. A second campus for a growing congregation, now in the city. Details.
• 🏠 Typical rent in Tempe is about $1,638 a month, down 1% over the past year.

2nd Sundays on Mill returns July 12. The monthly downtown Tempe arts and maker walk brings vendors and music to Mill Avenue. It lands on the second Sunday of the month, so July's is the 12th. Details.

Grass Clippings runs a summer events calendar. Arizona's first fully lit 18-hole golf course keeps special events going through the season. Details. A rare night-golf option when the daytime highs sit at 100.

Vendor applications are open for Downtown Tempe events. The Downtown Tempe team is taking maker and food-vendor applications for upcoming Mill Avenue events. Details.

• 🎻 Corona del Sol hosts a Summer Reading Orchestra Tuesday, July 7. 7 p.m. at the school, 1001 E Knox Rd. Details.
• 🚗 McClintock's band runs a car wash Saturday, July 11. Starts 7 a.m., a summer fundraiser for the program. Details.