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Tucson Cultural Attractions, Events, & Facilities, Arizona
There is always an event or attraction to see in Tucson. The facilities that Tucson has to offer as well as cultural shows and events, makes a visit to Tucson an enriching experience. Tucson has such a lot to offer!
390 Memorial Museum
6000 East Valencia Road, Tucson, AZ 85706
(520) 574-0287
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Above and Below the Equator Gallery
521 North Fourth Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85705-8448
(520) 792-4647
| Here's an amazing collection of sculptures, carvings, crystals and precious stones from places like Madagascar, Zimbabwe and Brazil, plus buddhas, rugs and batiks from the Orient... |
Ambassador Travel
1045 North Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85710-1328
(520) 721-2300
| This tour operator specializes in the American West and Mexico, offering city tours of Tucson as well as trips to the mining areas of Southern Arizona and the spectacular Copper... |
Americana Unlimited
302 West Elm Street, Tucson, AZ 85705
(520) 792-3453
Annual Norteno Music Festival
South Fork Avenue & 36th Street, Tucson, AZ 85713
(520) 622-2801
| One of the biggest music festivals in the Southwest, this City of South Tucson tradition is something not to be missed if you're in Tucson during late summer. Each year on the... |
Annual Southern Arizona Dance Festival
260 South Church Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701-1614
| Tucson has hosted the Southern Arizona Dance Festival annually, for more than five decades, at the Tucson Convention Center. Featured dance styles include cued types, round and square dancing for groups and couples, as well as the popular clogging, an individual form of controlled step dancing. Dance to your favorites, including easy through |
Annual Tucson Bluegrass Festival
11300 South Houghton Road, Tucson, AZ 85747-9755
(520) 296-1231
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| "Fall is festival time in Tucson, and the Bluegrass Festival is certainly one of the highlights of the season. If you enjoy that type of music, go to the Pima County Fairgrounds and dance to the tunes played by bluegrass fiddlers and pickers from all over the country who gather there in October. Day tickets are USD15; advance weekend registration" |
Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater
5655 West Valencia Boulevard, Tucson, AZ 85746-9714
(800) 344-9435
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| This open-air amphitheater is an architectural marvel. The entire stage area is covered with a massive semi-domed structure that is balanced on six huge pillars. It resembles... |
Arizona Artnet
PO Box 26061, Tucson, AZ 85726
(520) 318-1099
Arizona Historical Society
949 East Second Street, Tucson, AZ 85719-4840
(520) 628-5774
| Located just west of the University of Arizona campus, the Arizona Historical Society features permanent and long-term exhibits from Spanish Colonial times... |
Arizona Historical Society - Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House Museum
151 South Granada Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 622-0956
Arizona Stadium
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 621-2211
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| Arizona Stadium is the perfect embodiment of Arizona football and it has been in continuous use, with additions and expansions from its original 7000 seats up to today, where... |
Arizona State - Historical Society-Arizona, FT Lowell Museum
2900 North Craycroft Road, Tucson, AZ 85712
(520) 885-3832
Arizona State Museum
1013 East Univ Boulevard, Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 621-6302
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| ASM brings to life the culture history of the Greater Southwest, and northern Mexico from the mammoth hunters to the present through exhibitions, educational programs, our library, and museum store. |
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
2021 North Kinney Road, Tucson, AZ 85743
(520) 883-2702
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Gift Shop
2021 North Kinney Road, Tucson, AZ 85743
(520) 578-3008
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Ironwood Restaurant
2021 North Kinney Road, Tucson, AZ 85743
(520) 883-5705
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| This quick service place concentrates on an American cuisine.
(from dinesite.com) |
Art Company
3400 East Speedway Boulevard, Tucson, AZ 85716-3953
(520) 881-1311
| An established art gallery in Tucson since 1979, the Art Company features both local and nationally known artists such as Larri Fodor, Kati Roberts, Eric Budd, and Judith D'Agostin... |
ArtWalk
2 East Congress Street, Tucson, AZ 85701-1718
(520) 624-9977
| Every Thursday, December through May, and every first and third Thursday the rest of the year, Tucson's downtown galleries stay open until 7pm to accommodate art aficionados in their wish to meet the artist community. This walk is a two-hour, free, docent-led tour of several galleries with participating artists changing weekly. Walkers also |
Asian Lunar New Year Celebration
445 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85711-4121
(520) 881-4200
| The Chinese year begins in the first week of February, and the Asian-American community extends New Year's Day into a month-long annual festival displaying the ancient customs... |
Audubon Nature Shop
300 East University Boulevard, Tucson, AZ 85705-7899
(520) 629-0510
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| This is a must stop for nature lovers and dedicated bird watchers during any stay in Tucson! The enthusiastic, friendly volunteers here will tell you all about the 450 species... |
AuSi Gallery
6060 North Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ 85704-5310
(520) 797-2275
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| "This gallery is devoted to representing artists in exclusively one medium: silica and glass. There is some exquisite glasswork here; note the free hand-blown vessels and abstract..." |
Barrio Historico
Near 100 South Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701
| This district was once considered the Mexican-American side of Tucson. It has been called Barrio Viejo or Barrio Libre since its Mexican inhabitants were more or less free to follow their own laws in the old days. That has changed, but the area has preserved its distinctly Mexican flavor with flat-roofed adobe (mud-brick) houses and roofs made |
Berger Performing Arts Center
1200 West Speedway Boulevard, Tucson, AZ 85745-2326
(520) 770-3690
| This 500-seat hall, located on the School for the Deaf and the Blind campus on the west side of town, has become one of Tucson's most popular venues for small orchestras, chamber... |
C & L Electrostatic Painting
837 East 36th Street, Tucson, AZ 85713
(520) 882-5480
Carbonbase Gallery
101 West Fifth Street, Tucson, AZ 85705-8201
| The Warehouse District near the railway station has grown into a hotbed for creative activities in Tucson, with many warehouses being transformed into studios for local artists... |
Casa Cordova (La)
175 North Meyer Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701-1005
(520) 624-2333
| Mexican-American families have continuously inhabited this house until it was incorporated into the downtown Museum of Art Historic Block in the 1970s. Named after its last resident, Maria Navarette Cordova, it has now become a Mexican heritage museum. Its rooms have been restored to the original style with a replica of the old Spanish garrison at |
Catalina Community Library
15631 North Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ 85739
(520) 825-9541
Center For Creative Photography
1030 North Olive Road, Tucson, AZ 85719-0506
(520) 621-7968
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| This is one of the nation's finest museum of photographic art. Founded in 1975 with the aid of world-renowned photographer Ansel Adams as part of the University... |
Center for Creative Photography - Speedway and Olive, Library
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 621-1331
Chapel of San Pedro
5020 Ft. Lowell Road, Tucson, AZ 85715
(520) 624-1817
| This is an architectural and historical gem of Tucson not to be missed. The tiny chapel was built in 1915 by Mexican immigrants at Barriada del Rillito, a small community now... |
Cheyney House (The)
252 North Main Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701-7209
| This beautiful Mission Revival style house in the El Presidio neighborhood downtown had been marked for demolition, as it was deemed too costly to repair. Built in 1905 for Annie Cheyney, widow of the postmaster, the building had been the object of much controversy between council members, city planners, and urban activists. Two El Presidio |
Cinco de Mayo
3700 South Mission Road, Tucson, AZ 85713-5625
(520) 292-9326
| The high point of Mexico's struggle for independence is marked by the date of May 5, 1862, when a group of Mexican soldiers defeated the French in the battle of Puebla. Today... |
Civano
10501 East Seven Generations Road, Tucson, AZ 85747-5828
(520) 885-6930
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| For a unique architectural and environmental experience, visit this community. An innovative team of homebuilders, environmentalists, solar scientists, artists and ordinary citizens put their minds and hands together to create this new-world community with old-world charm. Several model homes are open to the public. Begin a self-guided tour at the |
Club Crawl
318 East Congress Street, Tucson, AZ 85701-1833
| Each year April and October, the Old Pueblo gives its local musicians a chance to shine and win a prize. More than 100 bands perform in clubs on Congress Street and Fourth Avenue... |
Club Kidz at the Tucson Mall
4500 North Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ 85705-1662
(520) 293-7330
| Usually shopping malls are no fun for children under five, nor is it for the parents involved with those kids, but Tucson's biggest shopping venue is most certainly the exception... |
Colonial Frontiers
244 South Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719-5748
(520) 622-7400
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| Located in an old warehouse in the Lost Barrio , this large showroom of ethnic antiques features all kinds of unusual art objects from far-flung places around... |
Covington Fine Arts Gallery
6536 East Tanque Verde Road, Tucson, AZ 85715-3879
(520) 298-7878
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| Specializing in 19th and 20th century watercolors and prints, this fine gallery on Tucson's east side prides itself on featuring quality work of known artists of the past, most... |
Craig Fine Arts
6070 North Oracle Road, Tucson, AZ 85704-5310
(520) 544-9466
| Looking for images of the Southwest to decorate your home? This gallery has a large collection of traditional Western and wildlife art, featuring local and nationally known artists... |
Creative Ventures
522 North Fourth Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85705-8450
(520) 792-3954
| Strategically located on Fourth Avenue, a major destination for both locals and visitors alike, this has become the largest arts and crafts mall in Tucson. More than 200 artists... |
De Grazia Gallery in the Sun
6300 North SWan Road, Tucson, AZ 85718
(520) 299-9191
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DeGrazia Gallery
6300 North Swan Road, Tucson, AZ 85718-3607
(520) 299-9191
| "Ettore "Ted" de Grazia, Tucson's most famous painter, left his studio/gallery in the Catalina foothills for the public to enjoy as a museum of Southwestern art. The building..." |
DeMeester Outdoor Concerts
100 Country Club Rd, Tucson, AZ 85716
(520) 791-4079
| This is a great occasion to combine an afternoon picnic at Reid Park with an evening of music. During the summer months, Tucson's fine orchestras perform... |
Desert Artisans
6536A Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson, AZ 85715-3811
(520) 722-4412
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| Of the co-op galleries in Tucson, this one is probably the best. Thirty local artists show their work on consignment here, representing a cross-section of the Tucson art scene... |
Desert Legacy
3025 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719-2877
(520) 881-7787
| This place offers an amazing variety of arts and crafts in the southwest tradition. Owner and artist Wylie Glad offers full-service design out of the shop and can transform your... |
Desert Paths Tours
2537 East Richards Place, Tucson, AZ 85716-1123
(520) 327-7235
| Anthropologist Laurel Cooper takes visitors on personalized tours of the natural and archaeological sites in and around Tucson. Choose between walking tours of Saguaro National... |
Details Art & Design/ Details & Green Shoelaces inc.
3001 E. Skyline Drive # 139, Tucson, AZ 85718
(520) 323-0222
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| "This gallery of contemporary crafts located in Gallery
Row,features everything from art futniture and lighting to imaginative gifts and home accessories, many by local artists. Frequent exhibits |
Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery
135 East Congress Street, Tucson, AZ 85701-1707
(520) 792-4503
| This place has been an institution for the visual arts in Tucson for 20 years educating the public about contemporary art. Managed as a non-profit organization by the artists... |
Downtown Saturday Night
318 East Congress Street, Tucson, AZ 85701-1833
(520) 624-9977
| "This event has become one of the major attractions for both locals and tourists. On the first weekend of every month, sleepy downtown Tucson turns into a bustling array of street musicians and food vendors; on the third weekend, the Saturday Craft Market serves as the anchoring event for Tucson's popular ArtWalk , when arts and crafts dealers" |
Edward Nye Fish House
120 North Main Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701-8218
(520) 624-2333
| This house is a fine example of 19th century Tucson architecture. The Fish House, named after a prominent Tucson businessman, is made from adobe, which is essentially dried mud and bricks, materials that have for centuries provided excellent insulation in the either cold or extremely hot climates of the Southwest. As is common in this style of |
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