General Info: Purpose

The Vision
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 over two days. This is our gift to the community, giving this forum to move and groove and make it your own in the wide open spaces against the backdrop of the McDowell Mountains.

Why would you want to come?
Well, it's simple. The experience will take you back to a time when people enjoyed being outside. Witness the cooperation, caring and politeness that so many people believe doesn't exist in the world today.

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 friends. There is camping, an RV park, silent auction/raffle, VIP area, marketplace, Kid's Zone and more.

If you don't want to take our word for it, here is what past festival goers have said about their experience...
(Read the testimonials)

Mission Statement:
The McDowell Mountain Music Festival exists to integrate and support the community, the arts and the underprivileged.

Purpose Statement:
• To connect the community through a festival gathering including music, arts and food.
• To entertain the community, companies and their employees.
• To educate the underprivileged.
• To support the arts in an effort that they may grow and exist for future generations to enjoy.
• To provide financial support & education to family based charities in an effort to provide equitable advancement for the underprivileged.