The sixth annual Persian New Year Festival is returning to the Scottsdale Waterfront on March 2 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Families can expect offerings from over 30 cultural and food vendors and outstanding live stage performances by dancer Kosar Abbasi and musicians Andy Madadian and Shani Rigsbee.

This year the Persian New Year Festival, a local nonprofit organization, has added an all-new Desert Dreams Fashion Show featuring a fusion of Persian Glamour and Southwest Chic pieces by five different designers on Wednesday, Feb. 28, and Voices Unveiled, a three-part original musical composition inspired by Persian traditional music, folk with fusion elements featuring two Persian female vocalists, Maliheh Moradi and Mina Deris on Thursday, Feb. 29. For more information visit:

https://www.persiannewyearfestival.org/

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/desert-dream-fashion-show-tickets-803761802187?aff=oddtdtcreator

https://ehsanmatoori.com/projects/voices-unveiled/