Tips on keeping your knobby tires rolling during Tucson's summer season.
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.
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One Time Events
DeGrazia - The Seri Indians Exhibit
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
El Dia De San Juan Festival
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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
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
Mount Lemmon Sky Ride
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
Primavera Cooks! at Feast Restaurant
Phone: Call for reservations: 520-308-3104
Sabino Canyon Evening Rides
Phone: 520-749-2327
Science Sundays at Children's Museum Tucson
Phone: 520-792-9985
Summer Jazz Concerts at Main Gate: Real Tears
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
Sun-Day on the Solstice
Phone: Call (520) 318-8726 to register
Ongoing Events
Chef's Night In Cooking Demonstration
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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
Cinema La Placita: Outdoor Film Series
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
Cool Summer Nights at Desert Museum
Phone: 520-883-2702
Lola Alvarez Bravo and the Photography of an Era
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
Planetarium Shows at Flandrau
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
Reptile Ramble
Phone: 520-742-6455
San Xavier Mission Guided Tours
Phone: 520-294-2624
Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market
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SkyNights at Mount Lemmon SkyCenter
Phone: 520-626-8122
Every night, explore the night skies from the summit of Mount Lemmon using the Arizona's largest public telescope during a five-hour program. View spectacular sunsets and atmospheri...more
Summer Film Series at The Fox
Phone: 520-547-3040
A Charlie Chan double feature will be shown at Tucson's vintage movie palace on Saturday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, June 23 at 2:30 p.m.. The Fox Tucson Theatre's family-f...more
