Come explore the interactive Mesa Temple Visitors' Center, enjoy the peaceful temple grounds, and attend free community events like the Easter Pageant and Christmas Lights.
“Jesus the Christ,” an annual, outdoor musical dramatization of “the greatest story ever told,” is a community celebration of God’s love in sending His only begotten Son to the entire world, “that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
The 2026 Mesa Easter pageant will be presented in downtown Mesa each evening March 25 through March 28 and March 31 through April 4, 2026. The show begins at 8:00 PM and ends at approximately 9:15 PM.
No tickets are required, and all are invited to experience this free community tradition!
The Mesa Arizona Temple, dedicated in 1927, was the first temple built in Arizona. The temple grounds are home to beautiful gardens as well as two reflection pools. The annual Mesa Easter Pageant – the largest, annual outdoor Easter pageant in the world – is held on the north lawn and brings more than 100,000 attendees to 9 shows held during the two weeks before Easter each year. At Christmas, it boasts hundreds of thousands of twinkling Christmas lights and Biblical displays from the day after Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve.
Visitors from all over the world come to this site for its beauty and religious significance. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints practice sacred religious ceremonies inside the temple to bring themselves closer to God, while many tourists enjoy visiting the temple grounds and enjoy the nearby Visitors’ Center.
