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Tucson Events
January
Annual Tucson Quilt Show
Held in mid January
Location: Tucson Convention Center
520-547-5463
More than 300 quilts and other quilted items are featured.
Southern Arizona Dance Festival
Held in mid January
Location: Tucson Convention Center
520-885-6273
Square dancers, round dancers and cloggers from all over the USA convene to enjoy and demonstrate dancing.
Family Arts Festival
Held in mid January
Location: Tucson Convention Center Plaza and El Presidio Park
520-624-0595
Annual celebration of local arts scene, with exhibits, concerts, and performances at family-friendly festival.
ARIPEX Stamp Show
Held in mid January
Location: Tucson Convention Center
520-791-4101
World-renowned international philatelic (stamp) exhibition.
Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase
Held in late January - mid February
Location: Multiple throughout the city
800-638-8350
One of the world's largest marketplaces of its kind, with 37 locations around town, featuring international dealers of precious gems, minerals, fossils, beads, jewelry, and jewelry-making materials.
February
Tubac Festival of the Arts
Held in early - mid February
Location: Historic Drive
520-398-2704
Historic village offers more than 90 galleries, boutiques, and working artists' studios, with art, history, and native crafts.
Annual Tucson Gem & Mineral Show
Held in mid February
Location: Tucson Convention Center
520-322-5773
Retail and public exhibits of minerals, jewelry, gems, fossils, lapidary creations, geodes, and meteorites by dealers and exhibitors from around the world. Children can visit the junior education table organized by Society of Earth Sciences students from the University of Arizona.
La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo & Parade
Held mid - late February
Location: Tucson Rodeo Grounds
520-741-7273
One of the top 20 rodeos in North America, featuring a week of championship roping and riding events, one of the world's longest non-motorized parade, and country and western musical entertainment.
Chrysler Classic of Tucson
Held in late February
Location: Omni Tucson National Golf Resort
800-882-7660
Southern Arizona's official PGA Tour golf tournament, with proceeds benefiting youth athletic programs, sponsored since 1945 by Tucson Conquistadores.
Southwest Indian Art Fair
Held in late February
Location: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona
520-626-8381
High quality Indian art fair, featuring 200 artists from around the Southwest, with musical entertainment.
March
Major League Baseball Spring Training
Held the entire month
Location: Tucson Electric Park and Hi Corbett Fields
520-434-1111
Major League Baseball warms up for the regular season as the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, and other pro teams play ball practically every day in March.
Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival
Held in early - mid March
Location: Tucson Convention Center
520-579-3703
Nationally and internationally renowned chamber music groups perform in the intimate setting of Leo Rich Theater, Tucson Convention Center.
Wingspan FilmFest
Held in mid March
Location: The Loft Cinema
520-624-1779
Films focus on the diverse experiences of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, which present new perspectives on issues concerning the LGBT community.
Aviation Day at Ryan Airfield
Held in mid March
Location: Ryan Airfield
520-883-9800
Dime-a-pound airplane rides, tenant displays and hangar open house, with aircraft displays and airfield tours; refreshments.
Civil War in the Southwest
Held in mid March
Location: Picacho Peak State Park
520-466-3183
History re-enacted by soldiers in period costume, with staged battles, encampments, and demonstrations, at the site of the only Civil War battle in Arizona--The Battle of Picacho Pass, April 15, 1862.
Powwow
Held in mid March
Location: Masson San Xavier del Bac
520-294-5727
Annual gathering of local Tohono O'odham Indian people, along with other Native tribes, with dancing, drumming, craftworks, and food.
Fourth Avenue Spring Street Fair
Held in mid March
Location: Between Ninth St. & University Boulevard on Fourth Ave.
520-624-5004
Hundreds of arts and crafts booths, food vendors, street musicians and performers, and kids' entertainment.
Ed Schieffelin's Territorial Days
Held in mid March
Location: Tucson
888-457-3929
Stagecoach rides, street performers, log sawing and spike driving contests, duck racing, and pet parade.
April
Wildflower Festival
Held in early April
Location: Tohono Chul Park
520-742-6455
Stroll among penstamens, bluebells, and salvia at their peak, savor gourmet food, and enjoy Southwestern musical favorites at benefit helping to preserve Tohono Chul's art, culture and nature.
ASUA Spring Fling
Held in early - mid April
Location: Rilito Downs
520-621-5610
One of the nation's largest student-run carnivals features fun rides, midway games, food, and amateur and professional entertainment.
Spring Home & Patio Show
Held in early April
Location: Tucson Convention Center
520-795-3025
Building, landscaping, and home decorating ideas at Tucson Convention Center.
Tombstone Rose Festival
Held in early April
Location: Tucson
888-457-3929
Tribute to world-famous 118-year-old rose tree; picnic-basket auction, cake contest, Rose Parade.
Arizona International Film Festival
Held in mid April
Location: Multiple locations around Tucson
520-628-1737
The latest independent films representing worldwide contemporary cinematic diversity, with opportunities to meet the filmmakers at workshops, seminars and presentations at multiple locations around Tucson.
Tucson International Mariachi Conference
Held in mid April
Location: Tucson Convention Center
520-838-3913
This award-winning conference is one of Tucson's largest cultural events and a model for other conferences nationwide, with mariachi music, folkloric dancing, student workshops, a concert at Tucson Convention Center, and a community fiesta at Armory Park.
May
Cinco de Mayo
Held in early May
Location: Kennedy Park Fiesta Area
520-292-9326
This national holiday in Mexico celebrates an impossible battle won on May 5, 1862, when the French attacked two forts located in the city of Pueblo. Fiesta has dancing, music, crafts, and food.
Wyatt Earp Days
Held in late May
Location: Tombstone
888-457-3929
Celebrate the life and times of the Old West's most famous lawman in "the town too tough to die," with costumed entertainers, a barbecue, stagecoach rides.
June
Juneteenth Festival
Held in mid June
Location: Kennedy Park Fiesta Area
520-225-2670
Festival commemorates June 19, 1865--the day Southern slaves got word of the Emancipation Proclamation. Food, fashion, crafts and live performances at Kennedy Park Fiesta Area.
July
Hassan Bak: Saguaro Harvest Celebration
Held in early July
Location: La Posta Quemada Ranch
520-647-7121
Celebrate the majestic saguaro cactus during summer harvest time, with saguaro facts, hands-on workshops and Tohono O'odham Rain Dancers.
Tucson's 4th of July Celebration
Held on July 4
Location: Tucson Convention Center
520-791-4101
Music, food, and fireworks, beginning at 6 p.m. and featuring Little Anthony's Classic Car Show; Tucson Fire Department and Southwest Ambulance vehicles for children to explore; performances by the Desert Cadillacs and Neon Prophet. Fireworks display at 9 p.m.
August
August Festival at Sonoita Vineyards
Held in early August
Location: Sonoita Vineyards
502-455-5893
Commemorating the anticipated bountiful harvest; with grape-stomping contest, tractor-drawn guided vineyard tour and grape-tasting, live music, and local restaurants providing food to complement the wines.
La Fiesta de San Agustin
Held in early - mid August
Location: Armory Park & Saint Augustine Cathedral
520-626-4312
Celebrate Tucson's birthday, with outdoor festival honoring Tucson's patron saint, Saint Augustine. Live entertainment, art exhibits, speakers, concessions, and mass at Saint Augustine Cathedral.
Tucson Sidewinders Baseball
Held all of August
Location: Tucson Electric Park
520-434-1021
All summer long, AAA affiliate of Arizona Diamondbacks plays baseball at Tucson Electric Park, with give-aways and special events, such as fireworks displays.
Vigilante Days
Held in mid August
Location: Tombstone
888-457-3929
Wild West history comes to life in the streets of the "town too tough to die."
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