3 Ticket Giveaways + A New Original KJZZ Podcast For You 🎧

What Bottle Will You Take Home This Weekend?

Gather your wine-loving friends and spend this Saturday socializing and sipping some delicious wines and listening to the Nuance Jazz Trio with vocalist Bridget Maynes—all while supporting public radio.

Tickets are still on sale this week! Come out and enjoy music, museum exhibits, a wide variety of wine, and some delicious bites!

First Press Fine Wine Festival & Auction

Saturday, March 1, 2025

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Arizona Heritage Center

1300 N College Ave, Tempe, AZ 85288

Note: this is a 21+ event and rideshares are encouraged.

We Are Here For You

If you have questions about your membership, contact us at 480-774-8400 or send us an email at member_services@rioradio.org

Our Member Services staff work from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday and are ready to assist you.

We currently have a high volume of calls, so we ask for your patience.

Learn How Marijuana Is Grown In Phoenix

Nearly a century after cannabis was criminalized by the U.S., most Americans live in a place where local police no longer arrest all marijuana users. Weed has become so abundant in places like metro Phoenix that you have to wonder how it’s even grown.

Reefer Growing Madness from KJZZ’s Hear Arizona podcast unit tracks the roughly four-month journey of marijuana plants from tiny clones to ashes and smoke.

Listen to the prologue episode on KJZZ.org or wherever you get your podcasts:

Filed Your Tax Return Yet? You Still Have Time To Get A Tax Credit

If you owe Arizona state taxes for 2024, you can donate to SPOT 127, KJZZ’s youth media center, and receive a dollar-for-dollar credit.

When you donate to SPOT 127, KJZZ’s Youth Media Center, you enable high school students by providing an opportunity for them to learn multi-media work skills that prepare them for life after graduation.

Nominate Your Feline To Be Cat Of The Month

If you’re like many members, your cats probably enjoy the calming melodies on KBACH as much as you do.

Want them to be featured on KBACH’s social media? Leave a comment on our Facebook page with their picture and lifestyle description, and we may select them as KBACH’s next cat of the month! You can also tag us with a post on Facebook.

This month’s cat is Tonks! Rescued in a box, this little heart-stealer was destined to be featured on Valentine’s Week.

KJZZ Investigates Treatment Of Autistic Patients At Arizona State Hospital

For KJZZ’s original production, The Show, producers spent six months speaking to incarcerated patients inside the hospital, and their families and lawyers outside, in what they described as a secretive and psychologically damaging institution for patients with autism.

Listen To The OVERWHELMED Series Here

How Much Do You Know About The Grand Canyon State?

Try testing your Arizona knowledge! PLAY the A to Z Quiz every Monday!

Can’t think of where to take everyone? Get a list of events for your weekend by signing up to get a HOTSPOTS text every Thursday!

How many of the week’s top stories can you remember? PLAY the News Quiz every Friday!

Ticket Giveaway: Phoenix Chorale: Tales Of Love & Majesty

The Phoenix Chorale is teaming up with MusicaNova Orchestra for the first time for an intriguing collaboration led by both conductors, Christopher Gabbitas and Warren Cohen.

Join them for a regal and romantic evening with the pomp and grandeur of two of Handel’s Coronation Anthems and the complete Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, paired with A Tale of Old Japan, a love story set in Imperial Japan by British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. This piece hasn’t been performed in the USA since its US premiere in 1912 and has never been professionally recorded!

KJZZ/KBACH members receive $5 off any performance running March 8–9 using promo code KJZZ5off

Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.

Camelback Bible Church

3900 E Stanford Dr, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253

Ticket Giveaway: The String Cheese Incident

The past three decades have written a story packed full of surreal experiences, epic moments, groundbreaking involvement and huge accomplishments. The String Cheese Incident has been recognized for their commitment to musical creativity and integrity, for their community spirit, philanthropic endeavors, and for their innovative approach to the business of music. The String Cheese Incident has stayed committed to music as a creative endeavor, not just in their recordings but also in their live performances.

Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.

Mesa Amphitheatre

263 N Center St, Mesa, AZ 85201

Ticket Giveaway: The Black Jacket Symphony Presents: Van Halen’s 1984

Remember putting on an album and listening from start to finish? Relive that moment with a live concert experience unlike any other as The Black Jacket Symphony recreates Van Halen’s iconic album 1984 live in its entirety—note for note, sound for sound—plus a full set of Van Halen’s greatest hits.

Over the past ten years, the Black Jacket Symphony has performed over 40 classic rock albums, bringing an incredible night of entertainment to over a million music lovers across the US. The group of hand-picked musicians, changes based upon the album being performed—and no sonic detail is overlooked, with the musicians doing whatever it takes to reproduce the album. It’s a full night of rock and roll magic—plus a visual experience unlike any other. Fans across the country flock to their shows—and once you see one, you won’t miss another.

Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.

Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts Center

1 E Main St, Mesa, AZ 85201