By the last week of July, Sedona has settled into its monsoon rhythm. Afternoon clouds stack over the rim, the red rock deepens to rust, and the dry heat of June finally breaks.
Something else arrives with the rain. The hummingbirds come through by the hundreds, riding the front edge of a migration that started as far north as Alaska.
For three days at the end of the month, the whole town turns to watch them. The 12th Annual Sedona Hummingbird Festival anchors July 2026, and it is the kind of gathering that could only happen here.
What’s Happening in Sedona in July 2026
Here is the month from the closing days of June to the festival that ends it. Most of it is free, and all of it is worth the drive.
The 12th Annual Sedona Hummingbird Festival
For three days, hundreds of hummingbirds gather at the feeders while the people who love them gather to watch. The 12th Annual Sedona Hummingbird Festival runs July 24 to 26 at the Sedona Performing Arts Center on Upper Red Rock Loop Road, timed to the southbound migration that lifts the local species count from two to as many as eight.
Admission to Hummingbird Central is free, covering the marketplace, the feeders, Saturday’s Kids Day, and the Sunday plant sale. Ticketed extras include banding demonstrations, garden tours, birding field trips, and fourteen expert presentations, with a VIP package at $250.
For more information please visit the Sedona Hummingbird Festival website.
Flamenco in the Courtyard at Tlaquepaque
On summer evenings, guitar and footwork carry across the Patio de las Campanas at Tlaquepaque. Flamenco in the Courtyard runs Sunday through Tuesday nights, presented by El Rincon in the heart of the arts village.
It is a free way to end a day, with dinner on the patio and the sound of Spain against adobe walls. The series carries through the final evenings of June and into the heart of summer.
For more information please visit the Visit Sedona events calendar.
Fourth of July: The Sedona Summer Splash
The town’s Fourth of July starts in the water, not the sky. The Sedona Summer Splash runs 12 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 4 at the Sedona Community Pool on Posse Ground Road, free to all.
Music plays, food trucks line up outside the gates, and there is still time to find a fireworks view by nightfall. This year the day carries extra weight, landing on the nation’s 250th.
For more information please visit the Sedona Summer Splash website.
Wilde Wednesdays: Cinema Under the Stars
Every Wednesday this summer, a screen glows in the Grove Fire Pit Garden as the red rocks fade to silhouette. Wilde Wednesdays runs at The Wilde Resort on West State Route 89A in West Sedona, with the romantic comedy “Love Actually” showing July 8 at dusk.
Seating opens at 7 p.m., tickets run $10, and kids twelve and under are free. Bring a blanket or a low chair and let the evening cool around you.
For more information please visit the Wilde Wednesdays website.
Founding Day at the Sedona Heritage Museum
Before the resorts and the trailheads, this was apple country, homesteaded by the Jordan family on the land just below Uptown. Founding Day marks 28 years of the Sedona Heritage Museum on Saturday, July 18 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Jordan Historical Park.
The day celebrates community and connection on the old farmstead, with the red rocks rising behind the orchard sheds. It is the kind of place that explains how a small town became the one people now cross the country to join.
For more information please visit the Sedona Heritage Museum website.
Angelo Davis, designated broker at RE/MAX Sedona, keeps an eye on this calendar every summer, and you can find more in last month’s June events roundup. Event details are gathered via Visit Sedona, so confirm times with each organizer before you go.
A hummingbird crossing a thousand miles still chooses to stop here, and so do the people who come for a weekend and start looking at listings. July is a good month to understand why.
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