Events Calendar
You'll find an array of regional events listed below. Create your own itinerary by adding multiple events to our Trip Planner. Be sure to confirm details in advance, using the contact information provided with each event, because last-minute changes sometimes occur despite our efforts to ensure information is current. Featured event listings are highlighted with shaded background.
One Time Events
June 23, 2013
Event Location: 17 W. Congress, Tucson, AZ 85701
Phone: 520-547-3040
Fox Tucson Theatre presents the 'Still So Unusual Tour' with Grammy Award-winner Cyndi Lauper.
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February 15, 2013 - November 30, 2013
Event Location: 6300 N. Swan Road, Tucson, AZ 85718
Phone: 520-299-9191
DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun presents the Seri Indians, a primitive people of Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California. Artist Ted DeGrazia visited Seriland in the late 1960's to see...more
June 24, 2013
Event Location: 100 S. Avenida Del Convento, Tucson, AZ 85745
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One of Tucson's traditional summer events marks the day the monsoon rains start to build. The celebration honors St. John the Baptist (patron saint of water), and features a traditi...more
June 27, 2013
Event Location: 101 N. Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701
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Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance presents "Mariachis Transform Tucson" with David Buckley on why Tucson is important in the story of mariachi music and how this music/dance ...
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June 20, 2013
Event Location: 318 E. Congress, Tucson, AZ 85701
Phone: 520-740-1000
The Rialto Theatre presents a magical concert of country, folk and gospel music genres featuring singer-songwriter Iris Dement, one of the most beloved and respected writers/si...more
June 22, 2013
Event Location: Highway 90, Benson, AZ 85602
Phone: 520-586-4100
Kartchner Caverns State Park hosts a ranger-led hike on the Foothills Loop trail during the full moon. Wear suitable clothing and shoes and bring water, a flashlight, and insect spray. T...
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June 20, 2013 - September 02, 2013
Event Location: 10300 Ski Run Rd., Mt. Lemmon, AZ 85619
Phone: 520-576-1321 (9:00 am to 4:00 pm MST)
The Mt. Lemmon Ski Valley ski lift is open as a Sky Ride, Thursdays through Mondays, during summer. The Sky Ride to the summit and back takes about one hour, and travels from 8,200 ...more
June 26, 2013
Event Location: 3719 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85716
Phone: Call for reservations: 520-308-3104
Summer dinner series includes a wine-paired gourmet meal, with help from apprentice chefs and sommeliers to raise funds supporting services for Tucson's homeless and working poor at Feas...
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June 19, 2013 - June 21, 2013
Event Location: 5900 N. Sabino Canyon Rd., Tucson, AZ 85750
Phone: 520-749-2327
Experience Sabino Canyon -- riparian wonderland in Coronado National Forest -- at night aboard a tram. Night is a special time when desert creatures emerge from daytime siestas to prowl ...
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June 23, 2013 - September 01, 2013
Event Location: 200 S. 6th Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701
Phone: 520-792-9985
Fun hands-on science-related activities for kids and their families, featuring specials guests from Tucson's preeminent science community, and discount admission, every Sunday at the Chi...
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June 21, 2013
Event Location: 814 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: 520-797-3959
Jazz fusion concert featuring Real Tears, a Tucson band performing a contemporary repertoire of jazz, blues, and R&B, at the Summer Jazz Concert Series in Geronimo Plaza at...more
June 23, 2013
Event Location: State Route 86 (Ajo Way)/Junction 386, Tucson, AZ 85726
Phone: Call (520) 318-8726 to register
Kitt Peak National Observatory provides tours of the world's largest solar telescope with observation of the sun and hands-on activities (registration required). Become a "Human Sun...
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June 19, 2013 - June 21, 2013
Event Location: 2500 E. Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ 85713
Phone: 520-434-1367
Eegee's Free Ticket Tuesday, Jun 18. Pick up free tickets to any Tuesday game at your local eegee's location. Weiner Wednesdays Jun 19, enjoy $1 hot dogs, all night long. It'...
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June 20, 2013
Event Location: 510 E Navajo Rd, Tucson, AZ 85705
Phone: 520-881-4373
A free family celebration with a picnic and festival activities to commemorate World Refugee Day at Navajo Park. Bring food and family.
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June 20, 2013
Event Location: 2150 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85712
Phone: 520-326-9686 ext. 10
The Tucson Botanical Gardens hosts an evening of glorious visuals and vocals at twilight every third Thursday, June 20, July 18, August 15, and September 19. June 20 program feature...more
Ongoing Events
Every Thursday evening at dusk, in June, July, and August, docents from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum are stationed at two "Bat Bridges" in town: River/Campbell and at Panta...
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June 28, 2013 - June 29, 2013
Event Location: 5000 E. Via Estancia Miraval, Tucson, AZ 85739
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Guests of Miraval Resort and Spa are invited to register for two cooking classes led by James Beard award-winning chef Jody Adams. The celebrity chef also will participate in an inf...more
June 20, 2013
Event Location: 110 S. Church Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701
Phone: 520-326-5282 (recorded information).
On June 13, catch What's Up, Do? (1972) with Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal at Cinema La Placita. This outdoor movie series screens classic domestic and international movies in th...more
June 22, 2013
Event Location: 2021 North Kinney Road 85743, Tucson, AZ 85743
Phone: 520-883-2702
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum stays open after sundown on Saturday evenings all summer long as the nocturnal creatures of The Living Desert come to life. On different evenings, the focus ...
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May 13, 2013 - June 23, 2013
Event Location: 1030 North Olive Road, Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: 520-621-7968
The current exhibition at the University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography -- Lola Alvarez Bravo: The Photography of an Era -- sheds new light on one of Mexico's most ...more
June 22, 2013
Event Location: P.O. Box 32582, Tucson, AZ 85751
Phone: 520-237-4404
Outdoor concert series features top local bands performing under a big tent on Saturdays in the Village of Summerhaven on Mount Lemmon. Bring a lawn chair. No outside food, drinks,...
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June 19, 2013
Event Location: 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: 520-621-7827
Flandrau Planetarium's daily, all-ages programming lets you explore the wonders of Arizona's starry night sky, discover constellations and planets in our solar system, view spectacu...more
April 26, 2013 - October 25, 2013
Event Location: 7366 N. Paseo del Norte, Tucson, AZ 85704
Phone: 520-742-6455
Tohono Chul's Reptile wranglers, Tom McDonald and Ed Moll, have rounded up quite a cast of our scaly, slithery and shelled locals this year on Fridays at 10 through October 25 at the Ove...
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June 17, 2013 - June 21, 2013
Event Location: 1950 W. San Xavier Road, Tucson, AZ 85746-7409
Phone: 520-294-2624
Docents lead 45-minute tours of Mission San Xavier del Bac, the National Historic Landmark, Monday - Saturday, and explain the mission's rich history and ornate interior.
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June 20, 2013
Event Location: 100 S. Avenida del Convento, Tucson, AZ 85701
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Shop for locally grown fruits/vegetables, plants, flowers, eggs, baked/canned goods, honey, gourds, and herbal remedies at Mercado San Agustin on Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., May-September.
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