Wigwam Holiday Festival of Arts: The Litchfield Park Luxury Day-Out Guide

The Wigwam has been standing in Litchfield Park since 1929, which in Arizona terms makes it close to ancient. Green lawns, low adobe architecture, palm shade and a quiet that the rest of the West Valley gave up decades ago.

For three days in November, that front lawn fills with more than a hundred artists. The Wigwam Holiday Festival of Arts runs November 20–22, 2026, and it is the unofficial start of the Valley's holiday season.

What You Are Walking Into

The festival runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily on the resort grounds at 300 E. Wigwam Boulevard. Admission is free.

More than 100 artists and craftspeople set up across the lawn with original artwork, handcrafted gifts, jewelry, sculpture, photography, décor, glass, metalwork, textiles and wearable art. Most of them are there in person, which is the real draw — you are buying from the maker, not a booth attendant.

There is live entertainment through the day, wine to sip while you browse, and the kind of pace that rewards taking four hours instead of one.

It is also, bluntly, the most efficient holiday shopping weekend on the calendar. One lawn, a hundred artists, nothing shipped from anywhere.

Why Litchfield Park Rewards a Chauffeur

Parking is the whole story. Resort visitor parking fills early, street parking spills into the surrounding neighborhood, and the overflow lot at the school across the street only opens Saturday and Sunday.

On a free-admission festival weekend at a landmark resort, that is a lot of cars chasing a small number of spaces.

Then there is the distance. Litchfield Park sits west of the Loop 101 off I-10, which puts it 40 to 55 minutes from Scottsdale, Tempe or the East Valley. That is a real drive, and it is a dull one to make alone.

The Luxury Day-Out Version

A Jacob Transportation sprinter, limo or party bus turns a logistics problem into the pleasant part of the day.

Your group rides out together with something cold in hand. The chauffeur drops you at the resort entrance, parks elsewhere, and comes back when you say so.

The practical win is the purchases. You are going to buy things here — framed pieces, sculpture, glass, a stack of gifts. Walking those back to a vehicle two blocks away in November sun is how good days end badly. Instead, you drop a load in the vehicle and go back for round two.

Rates start at $150 per hour, with all-day charters from $2,000 and point-to-point transfers from $500. Across a group of ten, a five-hour West Valley day is genuinely reasonable per person.

Building the Rest of the Day

The Wigwam itself is worth staying at. Book lunch at one of the resort restaurants and let the festival run either side of it — this is the rare event where the venue is as good as the event.

If you want more, the West Valley has it within fifteen minutes. Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale gives you a full dinner-and-drinks strip. Verrado's Main Street in Buckeye is a quieter, prettier version of the same idea.

For groups that want to run the whole day, we can chain all three — gardens in the morning, resort lunch, Westgate at night — with one vehicle and no parking decisions.

Who This Is For

• Holiday shopping groups — friends, families, office crews knocking out a gift list in one civilized afternoon.
• Milestone birthdays and anniversaries that call for something elegant rather than loud.
• Out-of-town guests arriving for Thanksgiving week — November 20–22 lands right before the holiday.
• Corporate and client groups wanting a daytime outing with actual character.

Book Early — This Weekend Is Crowded

November 20–22 is one of the densest weekends of the Valley's year. Holiday light seasons open across Scottsdale the same weekend, and Thanksgiving travel starts the following Monday.

Fleet availability on that weekend goes quickly, and the larger vehicles go first.

Call (602) 866-7777 or start a booking inquiry with your group size, pickup city and timing. We serve Litchfield Park, Goodyear, Buckeye, Avondale, Surprise, Peoria and the full Valley.

Let the holidays start on a lawn in Litchfield Park — and let someone else drive.