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Barnes & Noble is opening a 15,000-square-foot store at Queen Creek Marketplace with a grand opening Nov. 11, AZ Big Media reports. It's one of five new tenants that center owner Vestar announced for the Ellsworth Loop Road center. Aubergine Kitchen, JINYA Ramen Bar and LaserAway are due in early 2027, and a 5,800-square-foot LongHorn Steakhouse follows in spring 2027.
Source: AZ Big Media
Queen Creek ·
Schnepf Farms, 24810 S. Rittenhouse Road, is building a brand new area for 2026, with new rides including Barnyard Stampede, The Peach Pit and Barnstormers. Hayrides run to a 10-acre maze with a Celebrating America theme, and chili dinners can now be preordered for a set pickup time.
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The Queen Creek Chamber's Horseshoe Harvest Hangout takes over Horseshoe Park & Equestrian Centre, 20464 E. Riggs Road, Oct. 30 and 31. Festival admission is free and parking is $20 a day. Expect a roughstock rodeo by 406 Rodeo nightly at 7, live music Friday night, a big Trunk or Treat, a petting zoo, food trucks and costume contests for people, pets and livestock. Rodeo and concert tickets are sold separately.
Source: Queen Creek Chamber of CommerceQueen Creek ·
The town's free Edible Gardening in the Desert workshop runs Saturday, Sept. 26 from 9 to 11 a.m. Late September is the start of the Valley's best growing stretch, so the timing is the point: this is when cool-season crops go in the ground. It is listed on the town's public events calendar under water conservation.
Source: Town of Queen CreekQueen Creek ·
Queen Creek Olive Mill's October Sangria Social is Saturday, Oct. 17, an all-day event in the grove at 25062 S. Meridian Road with four seasonal sangria flavors, food and live music among the olive trees, per the Visit Queen Creek calendar. The same calendar lists the mill's Pizza Date Night on Oct. 14. Garlic Festival weekend two is this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26 and 27.
Source: Visit Queen CreekQueen Creek ·
Queen Creek's biggest outdoor market returns for its ninth season. The Visit Queen Creek calendar lists a special Queen Creek Family Market event on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Ellsworth Loop at Aldecoa Drive, with a second October date on the 24th. Admission and parking are free. The market has run since 2017 and says it now brings more than 100 local vendors two days a month: bakers, boutiques, home decor, apparel, crafts and a rotating food truck lineup, plus face painting for the kids. It is pet friendly. From November the season moves to Schnepf Farms, starting with a Thanksgiving turkey and pie raffle on Nov. 14.
Source: Visit Queen CreekQueen Creek ·
The Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce hosts its 8th annual Creek Bash Rodeo on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18 and 19, at Horseshoe Park & Equestrian Centre, 20464 E. Riggs Road. The chamber bills it as two days of rodeo action and western spirit; tickets are sold through the chamber's Creek Bash page. It lands the same weekend as Founders' Day on Saturday at Frontier Family Park.
Source: Queen Creek Chamber of CommerceQueen Creek ·
Queen Creek Olive Mill's 13th Annual Garlic Festival covers two weekends: Sept. 19 and 20, then Sept. 26 and 27, at 25062 S. Meridian Road. Admission and parking are free. The lineup includes cooking demonstrations by owner Perry Rea, Olive Oil 101 classes, estate tours, live music, wine and beer tastings, face painting and a garlic-inspired menu from del Piero Kitchen, with garlic-stuffed olives and garlic olive oil growlers on offer. The festival was recently named Best Festival in PHOENIX Magazine's 2026 Arizona Travel Awards.
Source: Eventbrite (Queen Creek Olive Mill)Queen Creek ·
ProteinHouse has signed a lease at Magma Plaza, on the southeast corner of Ocotillo Road and Heritage Loop Road. It would be the brand's sixth Arizona restaurant, joining Phoenix, Scottsdale, Gilbert and Tempe. The menu covers breakfast, pancakes, bowls, salads, burgers, wraps, acai bowls, protein shakes, juices, desserts and a kids' selection. The exact address and opening timeline have not been released.
Source: What Now PhoenixQueen Creek ·
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the location for the Queen Creek Arizona Temple. The 82,000-square-foot temple is planned for northeastern Queen Creek, south of Ranch Road and north of Queen Creek Road, on a 15.5-acre site within a 7-mile radius of Mesa Gateway Airport and the ASU Polytechnic campus. A meetinghouse and an ancillary building will share the grounds. A coordinating site map was published Aug. 31. The site has been announced; no groundbreaking date has been given.
Source: Church NewsQueen Creek ·
The Switchyard, a $120 million mixed-use development on 10 acres at Ellsworth and Ocotillo roads, has named four more tenants: Bamboo Sushi at 3,198 square feet, ROOM and PORCH at 1,761 square feet, Zara Nail Bar at 3,519 square feet and an Edward Jones office. All four are expected to open by year's end, as are the three restaurants announced earlier: Snooze, Shake Shack and Postino. The project is being developed by Creation Equity and opens in phases.
Source: KTAR NewsQueen Creek ·
SanTanValley.com's What's Building list gives EOS Fitness an estimated opening of Sept. 21 at Skyline Ranch Marketplace, on the northeast corner of Hunt Highway and Gary Road. The same center has PetSmart opening late 2026, with Michaels and In-N-Out both listed as under construction. Marshalls and HomeGoods opened there Aug. 27.
Source: SanTanValley.comQueen Creek ·
The Queen Creek Tribune reports The Perch, a 62,000-square-foot project on Muniz Street, will include a brewery plus retail and restaurant space and is expected to open by the end of 2026. It is one piece of roughly $200 million in private investment reshaping the downtown core, alongside the Switchyard, a 20,000-square-foot office project at Ellsworth Loop and Ocotillo, and an 8,500-square-foot plaza in the former Magma Engineering building.
Source: Queen Creek TribuneQueen Creek ·
Horseshoe Harvest Hangout runs Friday, Oct. 30 from 4 p.m. to midnight and Saturday, Oct. 31 from noon to 10 p.m. at Horseshoe Park & Equestrian Centre, 20464 E. Riggs Road. The event lists roughstock rodeo nightly at 7 p.m., live music Friday, trunk or treat, carnival games, a petting zoo, costume contests for people, pets and livestock, and a vendor marketplace with food trucks. Festival admission is free. Rodeo and concert tickets are sold separately and parking is $20 per day.
Source: Horseshoe Harvest HangoutQueen Creek ·
Queen Creek holds Founders' Day on Saturday, Sept. 19 at Frontier Family Park, 20039 S. 220th St. The town lists a family friendly community event with activities, vendors, an FFA Zone of agricultural experiences and the Battle of the Badge relay competitions. Start time and wristband details are on the town's event page.
Source: Town of Queen CreekQueen Creek ·
PHOENIX magazine's July openings roundup lists Queen Creek Public House at 22002 S. Ellsworth Road, in the space that was formerly Badlands. The magazine describes the menu as pub grub standards.
Source: PHOENIX magazineQueen Creek ·
SanTanValley.com's building tracker has 7 Brew opening Monday, Aug. 24 at the northwest corner of Ironwood and Ocotillo, inside Town of Queen Creek limits. The same tracker has Marshalls and HomeGoods both opening Aug. 27 at Skyline Ranch Marketplace, and EOS Fitness following in September. Skyline Ranch sits at Hunt Highway and Gary Road, on the San Tan Valley side of the line rather than in Queen Creek proper.
Source: SanTanValley.com
Queen Creek ·
Visit Queen Creek's current calendar lists a Beat the Heat Summer Riding Series session Sunday, Sept. 13 from 6 a.m. to noon in the Chapman Automotive Group Arena at Horseshoe Park and Equestrian Centre, 20464 E. Riggs Road.
Source: Visit Queen Creek
Queen Creek ·
Queen Creek Feastival is on the current town tourism calendar for Friday, Sept. 11 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at 22300 S. Summers Place. The listing describes a Friday-night gathering of food trucks.
Source: Visit Queen CreekQueen Creek ·
Queen Creek's tourism page says Pocket Park for Pups is closed for maintenance during July and August. A pop-up dog park is available during the closure at Founders' Park, 22407 S. Ellsworth Road.
Source: Visit Queen CreekQueen Creek ·
Horseshoe Harvest Hangout returns to Horseshoe Park and Equestrian Centre Oct. 30 and 31. The organizer lists roughstock rodeo nightly at 7 p.m., live music Friday, trunk or treat, carnival games, bounce houses, a petting zoo, vendors and food trucks. Festival grounds and family activities are free; parking is $20 per day and rodeo tickets are separate.
Source: Horseshoe Harvest HangoutQueen Creek ·
Queen Creek Olive Mill hosts the first Pizza Date Night of its season Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The $95-per-ticket event includes a hands-on three-course pizza-making experience with paired wines. Two tickets reserve one table for two.
Source: Visit Queen CreekQueen Creek ·
Grill at the Mill takes over Queen Creek Olive Mill on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with live music, grill-inspired menus and games in the grove at 25062 S. Meridian Road. Three days earlier, Queen Creek Feastival brings the food trucks back to Ellsworth Loop and Aldecoa Dr. on Friday, Sept. 4 from 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Source: Visit Queen CreekQueen Creek ·
The Switchyard, a $120 million mixed-use district going up on 10 acres of town-owned land at the northeast corner of Ellsworth and Ocotillo roads, has landed Postino. It is the wine cafe's first Queen Creek location and, per the report, the Postino furthest south and east in metro Phoenix. The developer is Creation, founded by David Sellers and Bob Agahi. Opening is set for this fall with no exact date yet.
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