Sun City Festival - Buckeye, AZ

Sun City Festival in Buckeye, Arizona is one of Del Webb's resort-style communities in the region. The community is located in the northwest valley of Phoenix, nestled at the base of the beautiful White Tank Mountains 10 miles west of Surprise. Community amenities feature a spacious clubhouse with a state-of-the-art fitness center. The Del Webb Festival community features a variety of single-family floor plans for buyers to choose from. 

Homebuyers looking for Sun City Festival homes for sale will have plenty of options in this established community in Buckeye, AZ. 

Sun City Festival Amenities

There are a variety of amenities for residents of Sun City Festival to enjoy. The two recreation centers serve as the main hubs for activity in this community, where homeowners can partake in a variety of physical and social activities while they mingle with new friends and neighbors.

The Sage Recreation Center has a state-of-the-art fitness center that offers the latest high-end equipment, in addition to aerobics and dance studios. There's also a multipurpose meeting room and a grand ballroom. Outside, The Sage Recreation Center grounds provide residents access to a resort-style outdoor pool with cascading waterfalls and a lap pool.

The Saguaro Recreation Center is the community's newest collection of amenities, ensuring that residents of Sun City Festival have a wealth of opportunities to stay active throughout the year. This Del Webb Festival recreation center features an indoor walking track, a fitness center with circuit training equipment and free weights, an aerobics studio, and a ballroom with a stage. The great room offers views of the golf course and the mountains. Outside, Sun City Festival residents enjoy access to event lawns, lawn games, lounge seating, and a beach-entry pool with lap lanes and an adjacent whirlpool spa.

Residents also enjoy access to the Learning Program, which allows interested Del Webb Festival homeowners to sign up for a wide variety of educational opportunities. These informal classes are available in a wide variety of subjects taught by qualified instructors, and take place within the community itself, ensuring that Sun City Festival residents never have to travel far to learn something new or dive deeper into an existing interest.

The grounds are filled with enviable amenities that allow for residents of all fitness levels to get out and be active. Sun City Festival currently includes a softball stadium and an outdoor amphitheater, as well as tennis, pickleball, bocce ball, and basketball courts. This Del Webb Festival community also includes a sand volleyball court. In April of 2011, the community built the 9,000-square-foot Wood Shop & Craft Studio. Here, residents often meet for clubs or attend a class to learn a new skill. This building features ceramics, crafts, and woodworking studios.

The 27-hole championship Copper Canyon Golf Club managed by Troon Golf is a scenic course that winds through the community. The course provides a memorable and challenging round of golf for both novices and experts. After a round of golf, residents like to relax with friends at the Indigo Grille where the menu includes both light lunches and fine dining.

Sun City Festival Homes & Real Estate

Del Webb began construction of Sun City Festival in 2006 and plans call for approximately 7,200 single-family homes upon completion. The homes have been designed with the latest sought after floor plans, high-end finishes, and energy saving designs. Improved technologies have led to new construction methods that reduce energy loss and promote conservation.

Del Webb Festival homebuyers can choose from various new construction and pre-owned resale homes that accommodate all tastes and budgets. Homes are designed with unique Spanish, European, ranch or Tuscany exterior themes. There are 30 different single-family floor plan designs that range from 1,100 to over 3,340 square feet. Floor plans feature two to four bedrooms, two to three-and-a-half bathrooms, and every Del Webb Festival home also features a two- to three-car garage.

The homes have been designed with open-concept floor plans, high-end finishes, and energy saving designs. Improved technologies have led to new construction methods that reduce energy loss and promote conservation. These homes are favored by homebuyers who want new construction and modern finishes such as granite countertops and stainless steel Energy-Star appliances.

Sun City Festival Lifestyle

Members of the Sun City Festival community live a low-maintenance and active lifestyle. The community features a steadily growing list of clubs and classes to help the residents fill their days with activities and events. Regardless of homeowners' interests, it is easy to find other like-minded residents who share hobbies and interests. Those who enjoy arts and crafts can join the fine arts club, knitting and crocheting groups, and more. Fitness and sports enthusiasts folks will enjoy the variety of Del Webb Festival fitness classes and tennis or golf groups. Special interest groups range from cultural clubs to car club and social dance club. With over a dozen activities that take place on a regular basis, Sun City Festival residents are never short on things to do. There is also a full-time activities director that helps keep a calendar full of classes and community events.

Buckeye, AZ Area 

Sun City Festival is located in Buckeye, approximately an hour from Downtown Phoenix. This prime location puts residents close to daily necessities and local attractions.

Members of this Del Webb Festival community are never far from what they may need. Grocery stores such as Safeway, Fry's Marketplace, and Albertsons can all be reached within 20 minutes. Pharmacy needs can be met at Walgreens and CVS. 

Sun City Festival is also close to several health care providers, including Western Regional Medical Center, Banner Health Clinic, and Buckeye Medical Center. 

When homeowners are looking for dining and entertainment options, they can travel along Papago Freeway which leads to several restaurants, bars, and retailers. Additional attractions in the area include Estrella Star Tower and Desert Botanical Garden. 

Nature lovers looking to get outdoors have plenty of options to choose from close to home. Parks and greenspaces such as Skyline Regional Park, Sundance Park, and White Tank Mountain Regional Park can be reached in just over 30 minutes. 

Del Webb chose an intimate location in Buckeye, far from the hustle and bustle of Surprise and Sun City West, allowing Del Webb Festival residents to stay busy while still enjoying a relatively quiet area. Driving west on Sun Valley Parkway through 10 miles of secluded and untainted Arizona desert, Sun City Festival residents escape the traffic lights and congestion as their cares melt away.

Sun City Festival is the ideal place for active adults who want a community that offers the latest first-rate amenities and new construction homes. It is situated 1,600 feet above the valley floor where the air is cleaner, the summers are cooler and congestion is non-existent. The community's remote location provides visitors a reminiscent look of what the pioneers of the original Sun City saw when construction began there over 50 years ago.