Tucson Arts
2021 Tuscon Jazz Festival Canceled
Organizers for the annual Tucson Jazz Festival have announced they are canceling the 2021 event planned for March 20-21, 2021. Concerns for public health due to the rising spread of COVID-19 prompted the Board and leadership to cancel the popular festival, with plans...
Southwest Folklife Alliance Presents “ClimateLore”
Southwest Folklife Alliance Presents “ClimateLore” a Conversation about the Intersections of Climate Change and Cultural Heritage
Join the Southwest Folklife Alliance (SFA) for a conversation with Indigenous culture bearers about the ways climactic and environmental changes are impacting their practices and how they are meeting those changes with resilience...
Tucson Performing Arts Preview for Spring Season
This spring, Tucson’s enthusiastic performing arts and cultural scene is booming with talented artists, musicians, dancers, and actors throughout the Tucson area. Grab your tickets now and plan for an enriching season of showstopping theatrical numbers, choreographies that will leave you breathless, and sensational symphonies. Here are just a few of the many performing arts events for the upcoming season:
Theatre
Broadway in Tucson
Motown The Musical by Berry Gordy
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2017 Tucson Jazz Festival Showcases Top Musicians
Growling trumpets, sultry saxophones, elusive ride cymbals with bass drum accents and some of the most velvety voices in jazz music come together for the annual Tucson Jazz Festival. Spanning nearly two toe-tapping weeks, the jazz festival is located at venues throughout downtown, including the Rialto Theatre, Fox Tucson Theatre, Club Congress and the Tucson Convention Center Music Hall. This high-spirited musical event runs from Jan. 12 to Jan. 22 and features some of the best jazz musicians in the country.
Executive director of Jazz in January, Yvonne Ervin, says festival-goers can’t miss...
Tucson International Mariachi Conference
The Tucson International Mariachi Conference will once again take Old Pueblo’s center stage this April.
