Culture of Sedona

The Sedona Miracle Annual Charity Fundraiser

Sedona is home to several notable arts organizations in Northern Arizona.

Chamber Music Sedona sponsors a chamber music program annually from October to May. They also sponsor the MET: Live in HD opera broadcasts in Sedona. The 2012–2013 seasons will mark the 30th anniversary for the organization.

The Sedona Arts Center, founded in 1958, is the oldest arts center in northern Arizona.

Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop was established in 1995. The week-long annual festival takes place in late February and early March at Harkins Theatres while supplemental events take place at area resorts and restaurants. The festival also hosts monthly events.

GumptionFest, established in 2006, is one of the largest free music and arts festivals in Northern Arizona, according to the Sedona Red Rock News.

NORAZ Poets, extant from 2003 to 2007, was a nonprofit poetry network based in Sedona.

There is a specialized New Age tourist industry in Sedona, where the "Harmonic Convergence" was organized by Jose Arguelles in 1987. Some purport that "spiritual vortices" are concentrated in the Sedona area at Bell Rock, Airport Mesa, Cathedral Rock, and Boynton Canyon