Yuma Events January 2027: AGFest and Art

Yuma events in January 2027 are the reward for surviving a Yuma summer. The fields are green, the winter visitors are back, and the calendar stacks up week after week downtown and along the Colorado River. If you are new to Yuma, visiting family this winter, or house hunting and wondering what January feels like here, these are the dates to build your month around, checked against the City of Yuma calendar and event listings.

What happens in Yuma the first full weekend of January 2027?

Art in the Park returns to Gateway Park on Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January 10, 2027, presented by the Yuma Art Center. The city describes it as an open air fine arts festival along the Colorado River, with local and regional artists, live performances, lawn games, and food vendors. It is an easy first event of the year: park by the river, walk the booths, and let the kids run at Gateway Park. The same weekend, the Annual Quilt Show runs January 8 and 9, a longtime winter visitor favorite that fills its hall with work from quilters across the Southwest. If your January visitors sew, that is their weekend.

When is Yuma AGFest in January 2027?

Yuma AGFest is listed for Saturday, January 23, 2027 in downtown Yuma. AGFest celebrates the growers behind Yuma's title as the Winter Vegetable Capital of the World, with fresh flavors, chef demonstrations, agriculture activities, and live music on Main Street. The 2026 edition ran January 24 from 1 to 9 pm as a free, family friendly downtown festival, and the 2027 listing keeps AGFest in that same late January slot. Confirm the final hours on the City of Yuma calendar before you go, because downtown street events post their exact schedules close to the date. Go hungry and go in the afternoon, when the chef demos and music overlap.

What closes out January 2027 in Yuma?

The Yuma Territorial Marathon is set for Saturday, January 30, 2027, a winter race that draws runners who plan their whole season around Yuma's January weather. The same weekend, the Americana Indian Shows Annual Sale runs January 29 to 31 on the city calendar, a big shopping stop for jewelry, art, and Southwest goods that winter visitors plan around. Between the marathon course and the sale crowds, that last weekend is one of the busiest of the winter, so book dinner early and expect hotels and RV parks to be full.

How do military families fit January events in?

Easily. Every event on this list is public, most are free or cheap, and downtown Yuma and Gateway Park are roughly 15 to 20 minutes from the MCAS Yuma main gate in normal traffic. January is also when new MCAS Yuma families get their first real taste of the town at full strength, with farmers in for AGFest, runners in for the marathon, and neighbors out at the river for Art in the Park. If you PCSed in over the holidays, pick one event a weekend and you will know Yuma by February.

Why do January events matter if you are house hunting?

Because January is Yuma showing its best month. Winter visitors fill the Foothills, farm families fill downtown, and the river parks are busy every weekend. When buyers tour homes in Mesa Del Sol, Fortuna Foothills, and east Yuma in January, I tell them to spend one Saturday at these events before they pick a neighborhood. The town you see in January is the town you are buying into for half the year.

Want a local take on which neighborhoods put you close to the winter action without the event weekend traffic? Book a complimentary consultation and we will map it out together, in English or Spanish.