(Outdoor Events Were Canceled Due to Rain)
Entertainment Schedule
Scott Avenue Main Stage @ Broadway Blvd
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
6:30pm: Teodoro “Ted” Ramirez (SW folk)
7:45pm: A Son y Sol (Latin American Music)
9:15pm: Suerte (Classic Tejano)
Rialto Arts & Antiquities Patio
(SE corner of 5th Ave. & Congress St.)
6:30pm-10:30pm: Southwest Soul Circuit
Kevin & Tanishia Hamilton will perform a musical tribute to the husband and wife team of Ashford & Simpson in memory of Nick Ashford after his fight with throat cancer. Other musical guests will include Bea Love, Celena Santa Cruz, Peyton Goldston, and Ana Rosas. Community organizations like Tucson Urban League, The Buffalo Soldiers Riding Club of Arizona, and PPEP TEC High School will also be on hand.
Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.
7:00 p.m: Descarga (Latin Jazz)
Street Performances
Along Congress Street
6pm: 7 Pipers Band
6pm-10pm: Parasol Project Presents: Living Statues
- photo: Justin Haugen
7pm-10pm: Stilt Walkers by Tucson Circus Arts
West Side Rides Car Club
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Along 5th Avenue
Indie films screening after dark
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NW Corner 5th Ave/Congress St.
6pm: Mr. Biscuit & the Gravy Boys
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Ronstadt Transit Center @ 6th Avenue & Congress Street
6pm-7:15pm: TBA
7:30pm-8:30pm: Ballet Folklorico La Paloma
8:45pm-10:30pm: Sticks & Fingers Percussion Ensemble
*7pm-9pm*Magician John Coppin
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Chicago Store 130 E. Congress St.
6pm-10pm: Deceptively Innocent (Rock & Roll)
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Indian Village Lot – Kid’s Corner! Between Stone & Scott on Congress St.
Jumping castle, more!
Cinema La Placita Presents: Cars
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SW Corner Congress St./Stone Ave.
6pm-10:30pm: One Heart Beat (upbeat percussion & drums)
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Joel D. Valdez Main Library – Jácome Plaza @ Stone Ave. & Pennington St.
6-9pm Apocalypso (soca, calypso, reggae; popular music and beyond) in conjunction with UA Downtown Open House
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Downtown Venues
Arizona Theatre Co. Temple Lounge 330 S. Scott Ave.
8pm: Café Bohemia – La Bella Familia by Edwin Sanchez ($5)
Beowulf Alley Theatre 11 S. 6th Ave.
7:30pm: Rough Crossing (play; $20/adv, $23 day of)
Club Congress 311 E. Congress St.
7pm: James McMurtry ($15)
Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails 135 S. 6th Ave.
10pm: Tesoro
La Cocina at Old Town Artisans 201 N. Court Ave.
8pm: Leila Lopez
Red Room @ Grill 100 E. Congress St.
7pm-9pm: George Rosenberg; later: Lenguas Largas & Ryan Rousseau
Rialto Theatre 318 E. Congress St.
8pm: Comedian Doug Benson (All ages show, cost is $21/$26)
Sacred Machine 245 E. Congress St.
Calexico: A Retrospective photo exhibit
The Screening Room 127 E. Congress St.
8pm: Poets on Congress
Southern AZ Green Chamber of Commerce, 9 N. Scott Ave.
5pm-9pm: The Green Market, sponsored by Southern Arizona Green Chamber of Commerce, will be introducing Allen’s Organic Produce. There will also be entertainment, approximately twenty “Green vendors,” and paintings from five local artists on show and for purchase.
Exhibits
Etherton Gallery 135 S. 6th Ave. 7pm-10pm: Rockin’ The Desert exhibit
Museum of Contemporary Art 265 S. Church Ave. TBA.
Sacred Machine 245 E. Congress St. Calexico: A Retrospective photo exhibit
Tucson Children’s Museum 200 S. 6th Ave. 4pm-8pm: Adventure learning & interactive exhibits. Special $2 admission.
UA Downtown, Roy Place Building, southeast corner of Stone Ave. and Pennington St. 6-9pm: Open House. Includes exhibit “Food, Paper, and Alcohol: an Exhibit on Downtown Tucson.”
