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Canal Convergence enters its closing weekend on the Waterfront

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Scottsdale Waterfront. Photo: Joseph Plotz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.

Canal Convergence, the light-based public-art event on the Scottsdale Waterfront, is in its closing stretch. Experience Scottsdale lists the 2026 “Western Nature” edition from Friday, Nov. 6, through Sunday, Nov. 15, on and above the Arizona Canal between Scottsdale Road and Goldwater Boulevard.

The published hours are 6 to 10 p.m. on Nov. 6–7 and Nov. 13–14, 6 to 9 p.m. from Nov. 8–12, and 6 to 9 p.m. on closing night, Sunday, Nov. 15. The listing describes large-scale light installations, nightly fire shows, live music and dance, workshops, tours, food vendors and a beer and wine garden.

As of this brief, Saturday, Nov. 14, is a 6-to-10 p.m. night, with the event scheduled to close the following evening.

Source: Experience Scottsdale event listing for Canal Convergence — Western Nature.

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