Enjoy tooling around in a pedal boat — and save.
Enchanted Island Amusement Park provides pedal boat rentals at 50 percent off on Friday nights in August.
Enchanted Island is at 1202 W. Encanto Blvd., Phoenix, 602-254-1200. To receive information on other discounts and deals, sign up for park’s online newsletter.
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Dance, drums and art are highlights of a free event.
Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, offers free entry and free entertainment as part of its  Native + You programs, which are 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.  Aug. 20  and other third Fridays. 
Tacos and margaritas are available for purchase.

Here’s a reward for early birds. Save $5.
The savings is for tickets to Beer Garden, which features live music and beer tasting, at Desert Botanical Garden.
The event, for guests age 21 and older, is 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24, at Desert Botantical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, 480-941-1225. [...]

Enjoy live entertainment.  Leave your money in your wallet.
These concerts at the Chandler Center for the Arts are free.
* Bad Cactus Brass Brand performs Friday, Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
* Brad Richter performs Friday, Aug. 27  at 7:30 p.m.
Seating is on a first arrival basis. The venue is at at 250 North Arizona Ave., Chandler, 480-782-2680
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Two indoor amusement parks are offerining a rotating assortment of $1 deals.
The Weekly Dollar Deals are sent via email for activities at
* Mini Golf Paradise
Indoor Miniature Golf, 15230 N. 32nd St., Phoenix, 602-274-4653
* Jeepers! Amusement Paradise Indoor Amusement Park, 2726 S. Alma School Road, Mesa, 480-820-8300
To receive them, sign up on the  FunIndoor.com  website.
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School kids — this deal is for you.
Entry to SunSplash Waterpark in Mesa is $10 plus tax — a savings of $15.90 — if you go 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays to Fridays.
If you’re in junior high or senior high, you might need to show your student ID.
On Saturdays 10 a.m. to [...]

Enjoy next weekend with no admission cost at our U.S. National Parks. They usually offer a few free weekends every summer, and we’ve got another coming our way August 14 & 15, 2010. More than 100 parks that usually charge, will be available for all of us at no cost. Arizona parks include Casa Grande [...]

Salty Senorita (the Mesa and Peoria locations only) have a great way to watch Saturday nights UFC (that would be Ultimate Fighting Championship #117, to those of us who don’t follow these things). Anyway, I called and learned that lots and lots of Valley locations and bars charge a lot of money to see these [...]