Rihanna is the headliner for Saturday’s DIRECTV party.
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PHOENIX – Super Bowl XLIX doesn’t kick off for another five days, but all of the festivities surrounding it have already started in the Phoenix area, with most of the nightlife in Arizona revving up Wednesday night.

Even if the extent of your Super Bowl party plan entails having some friends over for pizza and beers on Sunday, here’s a window into where the athletes, celebrities and models will be hanging out in the desert. While many of these events are off limits to the general public, take comfort in knowing that the bathroom line at your house will definitely be shorter.

Wednesday

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Moves Magazine Kick-Off Party
British pop artists The Ting Tings headline one of the first parties of Super Bowl week, which will also feature a performance by hip hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash. Located at the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale, the event will be hosted by former Arizona Cardinals star and aspiring filmmaker Simeon Rice.

DirecTV Super Fan Festival
The entertainment company has set up shop all week at the Pendergast Family Farm across the street from University of Phoenix Stadium. They’ll host concerts each night, beginning with a headlining show by Zac Brown Band on Wednesday. Unlike many of the other events on this list, fans can buy tickets to the festival on Stubhub.

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Glazer Palooza
FOX NFL Insider Jay Glazer brings out a bunch of NFL players for his fifth annual pre Super Bowl party, with proceeds going to Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors organization. The event takes place at Maya Day & Nightclub in Scottsdale with music from DJ Scram Jones.

Thursday

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Madden Bowl XXI
Nelly and Florida Georgia Line are the musical performers at this annual showcase, which will feature a handful of NFL stars trying to take over the title of Madden Bowl champion from last year’s winner LeSean McCoy. The event, which takes place at Scottsdale music venue Livewire, will also feature a performance by Lil Jon.

Big Game Experience
Hosted by actor Jamie Foxx, this party at the W Scottsdale hotel is open to the public, with tickets available here. The sometimes musician isn’t slated to perform, but football movie fans can at least hold out hope he’ll break out a chorus from his Any Given Sunday song at some point.

Friday

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ESPN The Party
The network hosts its 11th annual Super Bowl party, taking over Scottsdale’s Westworld and transforming it into a modern home with life-sized rock walls and formations. In addition to a guest list packed with pro athletes and ESPN personalities, the event will feature performances by J. Cole and Charlie XCX as well as a DJ set by Questlove of The Roots.

Leather & Laces
The first night of this two-night annual event kicks off at The Bentley Projects Gallery in Phoenix, with supermodels Behati Prinsloo and Lily Aldridge hosting on Friday.  Both will be also seen in a new Victoria’s Secret ad on Super Bowl Sunday.

Bud Light ‘House of Whatever’
The Hotel Palomar in Phoenix has been transformed into giant venue overtaken by the giant beer brand. The details are still somewhat vague for partygoers – hence the “whatever happens” theme – but there will be three days of concerts, DJ sets and plenty of promised surprises.

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The Playboy Party
The media brand may not have cultural cache it once did, but they’re still plugging away with one of Super Bowl weekend’s most notorious parties. Headline performer Nelly, dozens of Playmates and a bunch of former frat bros with wildly unrealistic expectations for the evening will all be under the same roof at the W Scottsdale.

Saturday

DirecTV
New Orleans had Justin Timberlake. New York City got Jay-Z. Now Phoenix will have Rihanna as the headline performer for DirecTV’s Super Saturday Night party at the Pendergast Family Farm in Glendale. The previous two invite-only concerts both featured some big-name surprise guest appearances and it’s a decent guess that this year will be no different.

Bootsy Bellows Pop Up hosted by Drake
The hip hop star holds court at the W Scottsdale for this event produced by Los Angeles nightlife entrepreneur John Terzian and The h.wood Group.

The Maxim Party
The men’s magazine has gone through another relaunch but their sponsored party is still generating attention. With Food Network star Aaron Sanchez providing a Tabasco inspired menu, the event – which will take place at an undisclosed desert location in Scottsdale – promises to have Nick Cannon and beats by DJ Vice.

Big Game, Big Give
Actor Mark Wahlberg and director Michael Bay team up for their first collaboration since Transformers: Age of Extinction, coming together to co-host a star-studded charity event at the Paradise Valley home of Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams. Proceeds from ticket sales and an auction will go to several charities including The Giving Back Fund, Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix.

Billboard/The Hollywood Reporter Party
Jermaine Dupri will DJ for only 500 celebrities, athletes and more at this exclusive event taking place in a Scottsdale airport hangar.

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Rolling Stone Party
Steven Tyler and Charlie XCX headline the music magazine’s party at Scottsdale spot The Venue. Expect the American Idol judge and Boston native to express some pro-Patriots sentiment in between warbling singles from the Aerosmith catalog.