Raves Near Phoenix: Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale & Chandler

Raves near Phoenix this week

Rave and EDM nights across the Valley over the next few days, from our Phoenix rave calendar. These are other promoters' shows, so confirm with the venue before you head out.

Thu Oct 15Madeon Presents Victory Live @ The Van Buren (Phoenix) synthpop, house, electro house$45-141+ | 18+

Fri Oct 16Devault @ Sunbar (Tempe) house, EDMfree | 21+

Fri Oct 16Vrg, Future Exit @ Walter Studios (Phoenix)$25+ | 18+

Fri Oct 16Chus & Ceballos (Reunion Tour) @ Walter Where?House (Phoenix) techno, tech house, deep house21+

Fri Oct 16Samantha Togni @ Warehouse 215 (Phoenix) techno, hard groove$12-25 | 21+ · Relentless Beats

Fri Oct 16Sub Terra: Alex Stein @ TBA (Phoenix) technoSub Terra Events

Sat Oct 17Of The Trees, Hamdi, Esseks b2b DMVU, Parkbreezy @ Mesa Amphitheatre (Mesa)Relentless Beats

Sat Oct 17Afrojack Presents: Control @ Warehouse215 (Phoenix) big room house, electro housefree | 18+

See every date on the full calendar

"Phoenix" on a flyer usually means the whole Valley. The metro is one long sprawl of cities, and some of the best dance floors are not in Phoenix proper at all. Here is where the rave and EDM nights are in Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale and Chandler, and how to move between them.

Tempe

Tempe is the East Valley's club town, and Sunbar is its anchor: a patio bar downstairs and a full club room upstairs a block off Mill Ave, with the busiest bass calendar in the East Valley (dubstep, house, trance, drum and bass, and a steady stream of touring names). Smaller bars around Mill Ave pick up house and local nights, and with ASU next door there is a young crowd out every weekend. Fraktured residents Zaptek and SK*Boog are Tempe DJs.

Mesa

Mesa's historic downtown carries the Nile Theater, a long-running all-ages room whose basement stage, The Nile Underground, books smaller nights, plus lounges like The Rosetta Room. The Mesa Amphitheatre hosts outdoor bass shows in the cooler months.

Scottsdale

Scottsdale leans bottle-service: Old Town clubs run house and open-format nights, Talking Stick Resort books touring electronic acts on its casino stages, and WestWorld's open grounds host some of the Valley's biggest seasonal festivals.

Chandler

Rawhide in Chandler is festival territory: an event center and open-air grounds that host large Halloween-season EDM events and other big seasonal productions.

Getting around on a show night

Valley Metro light rail links downtown Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, which makes a Phoenix-Tempe night easy without a car. Check the last train before you go; for late finishes, rideshare is the move, and demand spikes right when the clubs close. Scottsdale and Chandler are drive-or-rideshare. Never drive impaired; the desert highways are not forgiving.

And downtown Phoenix?

The underground warehouse scene, including Fraktured's own nights, mostly runs in and around Phoenix proper, with the address sent to ticket holders before doors. See the EDM events in Phoenix guide for the downtown rooms, the events calendar for this weekend across the whole Valley, and join the promo list so the next address drop finds you.