June arrives in Sedona with a particular kind of quiet confidence. The spring crowds have thinned, the high desert light stretches long into the evening, and the red rocks hold the warmth of the day well past sunset.
This is the month when Sedona stops performing for visitors and starts simply being itself. What’s happening in Sedona in June 2026 reflects exactly that: local, unhurried, and worth showing up for.
Cinema Under the Stars: Every Friday in June
There is something about watching a movie outside in Sedona that a theater can never replicate. The sky behind the credits is the real show.
The City of Sedona Parks and Recreation department hosts free outdoor film screenings every Friday night in June at various parks throughout the city. June 5 kicks off the series with a Dive-In Movie at the Sedona Community Pool, running from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
Admission is free. Bring your own blankets, chairs, food, and non-alcoholic beverages, and plan to arrive early for a good spot.
For the full schedule and film lineup, visit the City of Sedona Cinema Series page.
Fiddler on the Rock: Saturdays in June
Tyler Carson has been doing something at the Apple Barn that is hard to describe until you’ve seen it. One musician, a horn violin, a loop pedal, and a set that moves from Led Zeppelin to Taylor Swift without losing a single person in the room.
Fiddler on the Rock runs every Saturday in June at the historic Apple Barn at the Sedona Heritage Museum, a climate-controlled venue in Uptown Sedona. As featured on CBS Mornings, the show is part concert, part cinematic experience, with VIP doors at 4:30 PM, general admission at 5:00 PM, and showtime at 5:15 PM.
Tickets are $44 VIP, $35 general admission, $15 for kids over 8, and free for children under 8. For tickets and more information please visit the Fiddler on the Rock website.
First Friday Gallery Tour and Big Gay Art Show Opening: June 5
On the first Friday of every month, Sedona’s galleries open their doors and the city becomes something closer to what it actually is: one of the most serious art destinations in the American West.
June 5 carries extra weight this year. The Sedona Arts Center opens the Big Gay Art Show, a juried exhibition celebrating creative expression from the LGBTQ+ community and allies, with an opening reception from 4:00 to 6:00 PM as part of Celebrate Sedona.
Mountain Trails Gallery also hosts a new reception the same evening from 4:00 to 7:00 PM, featuring artists who paint the landscapes and wildlife of Red Rock Country.
The First Friday Gallery Tour runs from 5:00 to 8:00 PM across Tlaquepaque, Hillside, Hozho, and West Sedona. Admission is free and a trolley is available. For more information please visit the Sedona Gallery Association website.
Summer Solstice: June 21
The longest day of the year means something different in Sedona. This is an International Dark Sky Community, which means the night that follows is as remarkable as the day.
June 21 brings the summer solstice, with maximum golden hour light for hiking Cathedral Rock or catching sunset at Red Rock Crossing, and then one of the clearest Milky Way windows of the year after dark. For those looking to mark the occasion intentionally, a Summer Solstice AcuNidra event combining ear acupuncture, Yoga Nidra, and sound healing runs the evening of June 20 from 7:30 to 8:30 PM at $65 per person.
Details available via the Greater Sedona Chamber of Commerce event calendar.
Seth Point of Power Conference: June 11–14
Sedona has always drawn people searching for something they couldn’t name in the city they left behind. The Seth Point of Power Conference is for the ones who’ve already found a name for it.
Held June 11–14 at Village Yoga in the Village of Oak Creek, this intimate gathering explores the consciousness work of Seth, presented through Jane Roberts, with speakers including Paul M. Helfrich, Ph.D., Kerstin Sjoquist of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and longtime Seth researcher Chris Young. It is the kind of conference that only makes sense in Sedona.
For more information please visit the Seth Point of Power Conference page on Visit Sedona.
June in Sedona doesn’t announce itself. It simply settles in, warm and unhurried, and offers the kind of evenings that people who move here say they were looking for all along.
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