Dinner & drinks before your easel
Most of our Black Canyon City venues are full bars and kitchens, so come hungry. Grab a bite and a drink before your easel, then settle in — your supplies are already waiting at your seat.
Paint & Sip in Black Canyon City, Arizona
Paint & Sip Events in Black Canyon City
Grab a drink, follow a local artist step by step, and leave with a canvas you painted yourself. No experience needed — it's a night out first, an art class second. Here's what's coming up in Black Canyon City.
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The original paint & sip
4.8 average ratingPaint & Sip Classes in Black Canyon City
Paint Nite in Black Canyon City is the city's favourite paint and sip night — a guided painting party hosted right inside local Black Canyon City bars and restaurants, not a formal art studio. A local artist walks you and your group through a featured painting over about two hours while you enjoy a drink of your choice. Everything you need is included: easel, canvas, paints, brushes and an apron. You just bring your people.
Whether you're planning a date night, a birthday, a team social or a low-key evening out, our Black Canyon City events run across the most popular neighbourhoods in and around Arizona. Browse upcoming nights by date, venue or artist below, grab your seat, and check out online in under a minute — no experience required, and you take your canvas home.
New to it? Most first-timers are genuinely surprised by what they paint. The whole point of Paint Nite is that anyone can do it: your artist breaks the painting into simple, guided steps and works the room the entire time. Prefer to stay in? We also run live virtual and on-demand classes you can paint from home, anywhere in Arizona.
Where we paint
Paint Nite Venues in Black Canyon City
We host inside real neighbourhood bars and restaurants — explore the rooms, then pick your night.
PHOENIX, AZ·24.9 mi away
$$·1 Upcoming Event
Chain for health-oriented Mediterranean dishes, including lots of veggie options, in sleek environs.
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Chain for health-oriented Mediterranean dishes, including lots of veggie options, in sleek environs.
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Upcoming at Pita Jungle Norterra
PHOENIX, AZ·29.1 mi away
$$·1 Upcoming Event
Family-friendly chain offering a sports-bar-style setting for American food & arcade games.
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Family-friendly chain offering a sports-bar-style setting for American food & arcade games.
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Upcoming at Dave & Buster's Phoenix
Peoria, AZ·31.0 mi away
1 Upcoming Event
Family-friendly chain offering creative takes on Asian fare in a striking space.
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Family-friendly chain offering creative takes on Asian fare in a striking space.
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Upcoming at P.F.Changs Peoria
Glendale, AZ·32.1 mi away
$$·3 Upcoming Events
Charley’s Place is a neighborhood bar and grill in Glendale, AZ;. A menu just as good as the company .
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Charley’s Place is a neighborhood bar and grill in Glendale, AZ;. A menu just as good as the company .
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SURPRISE, AZ·32.9 mi away
$$·3 Upcoming Events
Irish fare & pints are served in this expansive sports-themed space with live music & billiards.
BeerWineCocktailsOutdoorReservable
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Irish fare & pints are served in this expansive sports-themed space with live music & billiards.
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Upcoming at Irish Wolfhound Restaurant & Pub
Glendale, AZ·38.0 mi away
$$·1 Upcoming Event
Family-friendly chain offering a sports-bar-style setting for American food & arcade games.
BeerWineCocktailsOutdoor
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Family-friendly chain offering a sports-bar-style setting for American food & arcade games.
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Upcoming at Dave & Buster's Glendale
Tempe, AZ·46.3 mi away
$$·4 Upcoming Events
Recess is Tempe’s playground for grown-ups, with Smart Darts, axe throwing, a live Game Show experience, craft cocktails and a full scratch kitchen. We can host everything from intimate gatherings to large-scale events for up to 250 guests.
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Recess is Tempe’s playground for grown-ups, with Smart Darts, axe throwing, a live Game Show experience, craft cocktails and a full scratch kitchen. We can host everything from intimate gatherings to large-scale events for up to 250 guests.
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Upcoming at Recess
Tempe, AZ·46.5 mi away
$$·2 Upcoming Events
Stylish eatery & bar in the Hilton Hotel serving New American dishes, cocktails & beer on tap.
BeerWineCocktailsOutdoorReservable
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Stylish eatery & bar in the Hilton Hotel serving New American dishes, cocktails & beer on tap.
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Around town
Paint Nite Across Black Canyon City
Local guide
Things to Do Near a Paint Nite in Black Canyon City
The most romantic rooms in Black Canyon City
Candlelit wine bars and skylit lounges make Paint Nite one of the most-booked date nights in Black Canyon City — a low-pressure, high-charm evening that beats another dinner-and-a-movie.
Sort out the office social
Our larger Black Canyon City venues seat big groups, and we can run a private party just for your crew — no strangers at the table. It breaks the ice better than any escape room.
Easy to get to
Nearly every Black Canyon City venue is a short walk from transit or has parking nearby, so the whole group can get there easily — and get home easily after.
The local model
How Paint Nite Works in Black Canyon City
Every night is run by real local people — an event planner, a host artist, and a neighbourhood venue. Here's who makes it happen.
Local event planners
A local event planner books the venues, lines up the artists and builds the Black Canyon City calendar — running it like their own small business.
Your host artist
A vetted local artist leads the room, teaching the painting step by step and keeping the night fun. Every host is a real person from your area — trained and quality-reviewed, never a script-reading franchise employee.
Local venues
We don't own a single building. Every Black Canyon City night happens at a real neighbourhood bar or restaurant with a full bar and kitchen.
You
Show up, paint, sip and laugh. Leave with a canvas you made yourself — no experience needed.
Do you have a space to host events?
Bars and restaurants across Black Canyon City fill seats and sell drinks on slow weeknights by hosting Paint Nite. We bring the artists, the supplies and the crowd — you bring the room.
The faces behind the easels
the local artists you'll paint with
Real reviews
What Black Canyon City Guests Are Saying
Ryan is by far the best Paint Nite instructor. He is great at explaining which brushes to use and how to use them. He’s very calm but funny at the same time. Half of my experience is painting and the other half is having a fun time listening to Ryan
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Lots of fun! Go at your own pace and be as creative as you want.
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Looking for a creative side hustle?
Love art and a good crowd? Become a Paint Nite host artist, set your own schedule, and get paid to lead the most fun night in town.
Plan a fun night in
Can't make it out? Paint from home with a live virtual class led by a real artist, or grab an on-demand class and paint whenever you like.
Good to know
FAQs — Paint Nite Black Canyon City
Paint Nite is a social painting event hosted at bars and restaurants across Black Canyon City — not an art studio. A local artist guides you and your group through a featured painting over about two hours while you enjoy a drink. It's a night out first and an art class second: no experience required, and you take your canvas home.
Most in-person Black Canyon City events include your easel, canvas, paints, brushes, an apron and your artist for the night. Food and drinks are purchased separately at the venue. Virtual and on-demand classes are priced lower since they're location-independent. Check any event below for its exact price.
We host inside local bars and restaurants right across Black Canyon City and the surrounding Arizona area. See the venues and map below — nearly every spot is easy to reach by transit or has nearby parking.
Not even a little. The whole point is that anyone can do it. Your artist breaks the painting into simple, guided steps and walks the room the entire time. Most first-timers are genuinely surprised by what they take home.
It's one of the most-booked date nights in the city. You get a drink, a relaxed room, something to actually do together, and a keepsake from the evening.
Yes. We run private Paint Nites for birthdays, bachelorettes, team socials and corporate events around Black Canyon City — at a venue or at your office. You get the whole room, your own artist, and a custom painting option.
Find an event by date, venue or artist on this page, hit "Grab a Seat," and check out online in under a minute. You'll get an email confirmation with the venue address and everything you need to bring (which is basically nothing).
Yes. Live virtual Paint Nites are streamed by a real artist so you can paint from home with a kit, and on-demand classes let you paint anytime at your own pace. Both are location-independent — perfect for a quieter night in.
Paint Nite is the original. Same energy, same local artists, same take-home canvas — now under PaintNite.com. If you painted with us under another name in the past, you're in the right place.
Absolutely — we run events across United States. Scroll to "Nearby cities" to jump to your area.