Entertainment Schedule
Scott Avenue Main Stage @ Broadway Blvd
5:15pm: MyTown Music A student showcase – spreading the holiday cheer!
6:15pm-6:30pm: Frisky Frolic Stilt Dance Party by Tucson Circus Arts
6:30pm: Desert Melodies Tucson’s eclectic vocal cover group performs songs like “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer,” “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” “O Holy Night,” and “Come light the Menorah,”‘ doing a little something for everyone!
8pm: Dance for A Cause The dance and choir group, whose mission is to raise funds and provide education to specific groups of people with chronic illness or in life-altering health situations, brings a holiday dance and choir performance to 2nd Saturdays!
8:45pm: Fire Performance by Poi-Zen
9:00pm: Diane Van Deurzen & Lisa Otey A dynamic duo, a perfect blend of hot jazz, sultry blues and cabaret. Duncan Hudson of KXCI calls their “Wild Women” CD: “fun stuff…a great mix of sass, sentimentality and humor.”
Southwest Soul Circuit, 5th Ave. & Congress St.
6:30pm-10:30pm: Kevin & Tanishia Hamilton & special guest!
Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.
7pm: X (rock) $22-$38
Street Entertainment
Along Downtown’s Streets
Window Decorations by Downtown Merchants!
4:45pm: 7 Pipers Band
6pm-10pm: Parasol Project Presents: Living Statues
photo: Justin Haugen
6pm-10pm: Stilt Walkers by Tucson Circus Arts
West Side Rides Car Club 
Old Pueblo Vintage Fire Brigade
Along 6th Avenue, between Congress St. & Broadway Blvd., are vintage fire trucks and police cars, lit up for the holidays!
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Main Library Plaza 101 N. Stone Ave.
5pm: Tree lighting with Mayor Jonathan Rothschild & music by The 7 Pipers Band
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Science Downtown Courtyard (SE corner 5th Avenue & Congress Street)
5pm-9pm: Short Film Showcase – Local filmmakers screen their work in front of a live audience.
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Ronstadt Transit Center @ 6th Avenue & Congress Street
5:30pm: Mik Garrison (killer 1-man band)
6:30pm: Greasy Light Orkestra – Baltic/Klezmer group with accordion, soprano sax, buckets (for drums), and tuba.
8:45pm-10:30pm: Sticks & Fingers percussion ensemble featuring Richard Noel and Bill Martinez.
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Outside Rockin’ Queen 45 S. 6th Ave.
7:30pm-9:30pm: Mik Garrison (killer 1-man band)
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Chicago Store 130 E. Congress St.
6pm-10pm: Deceptively Innocent
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Indian Village Lot – Kid’s Corner!
Between Stone & Scott on Congress St.
Cinema La Placita Presents: A Christmas Story
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Outside Sapphire Lounge 61 E. Congress St.
6pm-8pm: Jake Garcia (flamenco guitar)
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SW Corner Congress St./Stone Ave.
6pm-10pm: Les Avenge (Beat Boy Acrobatics)
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Downtown Venues
Arizona Theatre Co. 330 S. Scott Ave.
8pm: Daddy Long Legs. $46-$60
Beowulf Alley Theatre 11 S. 6th Ave.
2:30pm: A Cactus Christmas ($19)
Hotel Congress 311 E. Congress St.
8:30pm-11:30pm: Emily Dickinson’s 181 Birthday Bash, presented by Kore Press – Tucson musicians put the birthday girl’s word to music with a little rock, country, acoustic & video. Dance reprisals from the Nov 12 performance of “IF My Verse Is Alive. . .” and theater shorts, as well as poets reading their 21st century translations of Emily Dickinson’s works. ($10 suggested donation)
Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails 135 S. 6th Ave.
10pm: TBA
La Cocina @ Old Town Artisans 201 N. Court Ave.
10pm: Dance with DJ Herm
MEB Property Management 120 E. Congress St.
7pm-9pm: Santa’s Workshop! Photo ops with Santa, elves, and carols by Alisha Peru
Rialto Theatre 318 E. Congress St.
7pm: Doug Stanhope (comedy) $25 – A benefit for the Human Society
The Screening Room 127 E. Congress St.
7pm: Poets on Congress
Southern AZ Green Chamber of Commerce, 9 N. Scott Ave.
5pm-9pm: The Green Market – indoor retail space for green companies and individuals. From food and electric bicycles to artwork, solar and more.
Tucson Convention Center 260 S. Church Ave.
7:30pm-10:30pm: Wildcat Hockey vs. ASU, $5-$17
TCC’s Music Hall 260 S. Church Ave.
7:30pm: A Southwest Nutcracker, $23-$38
Exhibits
Arts Marketplace 403 N. 6th Ave. 882-3988. 6:30pm-8pm: Small Works Holiday exhibit artists’ reception
The Drawing Studio 33 S. 6th Ave. 6pm-9pm: Small Wonders exhibit
Etherton Gallery 135 S. 6th Ave. 624-7370. 7:30pm: Emily Dickinson’s 181 Birthday Bash with cake & violin by Vicki Brown
Mars & Beyond 300 E. Congress St. 622-8595. 9am-9pm: Our solar system & Mars, featuring the cutting-edge scientific work by UA teams. Offering 2 for 1 admission from 5pm-9pm with hands on science experiments provided by The Physics Factory and Biosphere2.
Paper Gun Gallery 403 N. 6th Ave. 6pm-8pm: Feel: Pima Community College Advanced Printmaking Class (free)
Sacred Machine 245 E. Congress St. 5pm-11pm: Santa Muerte Music & Arts exhibit; live music by Philip Shiozaki & Raul Lizarraga. Book signing for the the latest monograph by Daniel Martin Diaz, Anatomy Of Sorrow from 7pm-9pm.
UA Downtown, Roy Place Building, 44 N. Stone Avenue, southeast corner of Stone Ave. and Pennington St. TBA
