Updated 11/25/23 – Some venues have been slow coming back and reorganizing. Bookmark this page. Here you can look ahead and find Southern Arizona’s favorite annual events. These events usually occur at roughly the same time every year. Please consult the presenter’s website or visit our Weekly Upcoming Events or our full Calendar for actual dates when known. We strive to update this calendar when future dates are known. Arizona is a little laid back with these kinds of things. Many events may not come back. We have left them hoping they will come back. TBA is To Be Announced. These events’ websites have not been updated as of our latest update. If you wish to make a correction or add an annual event, please contact us here. Or email: Events@southernarizonaguide.com. You may also submit an event for consideration here.

NOTE: Please check with the venue before taking our word for it. Most events appear to be one day earlier this year, 2023, than 2024.

JANUARY 2024


• Wee Winter Wonderland, November 21, 2023 – January 5, 2024
• Zoo Lights at Reid Park Zoo – December 2, 2023 – January 7, 2024

• Zoppé Family Circus, Jan 5 – 21, 2024, Tucson
• Wings Over Willcox, Jan 11 – 14, 2024
• Tucson Fringe Festival – January 26 – 28, 2024
• Tucson Jazz Festival, January 12 – 20, 2024
• Tubac Annual Homes Tour, January 13, 2024
• Dillinger Days 1934 Street Festival, Sunday, January 21, 2024
• Mineral Madness at the Desert Museum, January 13 – 14, 2024
• Tucson Desert Song Festival, This year, January – March 2024
• Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show, January 27 – February 11, 2024
• Savor Food and Wine Festival, January 20, 2024
• Arizona Winter Wine Festival, January 27 – 28 2024, Willcox
• La Encantada Fine Art Festival, January 27 – 28, 2024
• American Indian Exposition, Jan 28-Feb 11, 2024

Tucson Rodeo

FEBRUARY 2024

This month is dominated by the Gem Show and the Fiesta de Los Vaqueros. The Rodeo Parade is always the Thursday after the Rodeo begins. It is a Tucson tradition that the kids get out of school for this event. The weather is improving.

• American Indian Exposition, January 28 – February 11, 2024
• Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show, January 27 – February 11, 2024
• Cochise County Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering, This was cancelled in 2023 due to lack of volunteers. Please sign up for 2024.
• Annual Arizona Renaissance Festival, February 3 – March 21, 2024
• Annual Florence Historic Home Tour, February 10, 2024
• Tubac Festival of the Arts, February 7 – 11, 2024
• Statehood Day at El Presidio del Tucson, February 14, 2024
• Ballet Tucson’s Winter Concert, February 9 – 11, 2024
• Fort Lowell Day Celebration, TBA 2024
• Cruise, BBQ & Blues Classic Car Show, February 10, 2024
• Rillito Park Horse Races – February 4 – April 2, 2023 TBA 2024

• Tombstone Vigilante Days, February 10 – 11, 2024
• La Fiesta de Los Vaqueros, February 17 – 25, 2024
• Tucson Rodeo Parade, February 22, 2024

MARCH 2024

March is Archaeology Month. Visit Arizona State Parks to learn more.

• Annual Rails in the Garden Tour, March 2 & 3, 2024
• Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival, – March 3 – 10, 2024
• Annual Ft. Lowell Flea Market, TBA 2024.
• Tubac Open Studio Tour, March 8 – 10, 2024
• Spring Artisans Market, March 3 – 5, 2023, TBA 2024
• Tucson Festival of Books, March 9 & 10, 2024
• SAHBA Home & Patio Show, March 15 – 17, 2024
• Marana Founders’ Day Parade, March 16, 2024
• Tucson Museum of Art’s Gala Event, March 16, 2024
• Annual Tombstone Wild West Days, March 16 – 17, 2024
• Annual Arizona Renaissance Festival, February 4 – March 21, 2023
• Oro Valley Spring Festival of the Arts, Mar 16 – 17, 2024
• Ballet Tucson’s Spring Concert, March 22 – 24, 2024
• Fourth Avenue Spring Street Fair, March 22 – 24, 2024
• Annual Easter Sunrise Service, Sanctuary Cove, March 31,v 2024 Get there early or be prepared to do some walking.
2023
• Wa:k Powwow San Xavier Mission, March 18 – 19, 2023
• Thunder and Lightning over Arizona, March 25-26, 2023
• Rillito Park Horse Races – February 4 – April 2, 2023

Folk Festival Performers

APRIL 2024

Come on out the weather is fine!

• Annual Tucson Folk Festival, April 5 – 7, 2024
• Annual Copper City Vintage Baseball, April 6 – 7, 2024
• Empire Ranch Spring Trail Ride, April 6, 2024
• Schiefflin Days, Tombstone, April 6, 2024
• Country Thunder, April 11- 14, 2024
• Willcox West Fest Ranch Rodeo and Chuck Wagon Cookoff, April 12- 14, 2024
• Arizona International Film Festival, April 17 – 28, 2024
• Pima County Fair, April 18 – 28, 2024
• Annual Rodders Days – April 20, 2024
• Annual Blessing of the Sonoita Vineyards, April 22, 2024
• Wyatt Earp Days – April 26 – 28, 2024 – Tombstone

2023
• Rillito Park Horse Races – February 4 – April 2, 2023
• Tucson Botanical Gardens Ultimate Home Garden Day Trip, Possibly 2023
• UA Spring Fling, No 2023 event
• The Annual Rose Tree Festival, April 7 – 9, 2023
• Annual Paper Airplane Flyoff, December 2, 2023
• Cyclovia, April 16, 2023
• 29th Annual Desert Gala, Sunday, April 30th, 2023
• Agave Heritage Festival – April 27 – 30, 2023

Sonoita Horse Races 2016

We delight in the beauty of the rolling grasslands of Sonoita, both cattle country and wine country.

MAY 2024

• Annual Tucson Mariachi Conference – May 1 – 5, 2024
• SouthWest Wings Spring Fling, May 1-4, 2024
• Willcox Wine Country Festival – May 17, 2024

2023

• Annual Sonoita Horse Races – May 6 -7, 2023
• Mariachi Festival at Patagonia Lake State Park, May 21, 2022, TBA 2023
• Music Under the Stars – Sundays, May 7 – June 4, 2023

 

Saguaro Harvest

JUNE 2023

School’s out! Take a breather. Bear down for the summer.

• Ted DeGrazia’s Birthday Celebration, June 14, 2024
• Salute to the Buffalo Soldier Days, TBA 2023?
• The Tucson 23, Mexican Food Fest, TBA 2023?
• El Dia de San Juan Fiesta , June 24, 2023 ? It is the day.
• Ha:san Bak Saguaro Festival, Nothing yet for 2023.

JULY 2023

• 4th of July in Bisbee – They take the 4th seriously. The coaster races are on again, weather permitting.
• A Tombstone 4th of July. One guess. Parade, Car Show, Pinup Contest. 2024
• Invisible Theatre’s Sizzling Summer Sounds, TBA 2023

Yellow-headed Blackbird

AUGUST 2023

Birds are the best this time of year. Your chance to spot the Elegant Trogan.

• Southwest Wings Birding Festival, August 2 – 5, 2023
• Salsa, Tequila y Taco Challenge – August 26, 2023
• Annual Michelada Competition, TBA 2023
• Southeast Arizona Birding Festival, August 9-13, 2023
• Annual Doc Holli-Days, August 14 – 15, 2021, No word yet on 2022 or 2023
• Celebrate Tucson’s Birthday at the Presidio downtown 6:15pm. August 20, 2023

Tombstone-OK-Corral

SEPTEMBER 2023

• Fall Gem Show at Casino del Sol, August 31 – September 3, 2023
• Tucson JOGS Fall Gem Show , August 31 – September 3, 2023
• Annual Tucson Comic-Con, September 1 – 3, 2023
• Sonoita Labor Day Rodeo – September 2 – 4, 2023
• Showdown in Tombstone – Sept 2 – 3, 2023
• CSV Oktoberfest – September 15 – 16, 2023
• Bisbee Blues Festival – September 9, 2023
• Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo – Sept 15 – 17, 2023
• Heirloom Farmers Market Annual Chile Festival, September 15 – 17, 2023
• Tucson Greek Festival, – Nothing yet for 2023 but we will keep it up in case they change their minds.
• Cochise County Fair – Douglas, Sept 21 – 24, 2023
• Nightfall Returns to Old Tucson, September 29 – October 29. Get your tickets now.
• Tucson Reptile & Amphibian Show and Sale – September 30 – October 1, 2023

Parade of Tractors

OCTOBER 2023

• Tucson Reptile & Amphibian Show and Sale – September 30 – October 1, 2023
• Butterfly Magic at TBG, October 1 – May 31, 2023
• Rex Allen Days Willcox – September 29 – October 2, 2022
• Graham County Fair – October 5 – 8, 2023
• Annual Sonoita Quarter Horse Show – October 5-8, 2023
• SAHBA Fall Home & Garden Show – October 6-8 2023
• Sky Island Tour – Bicycle event. Sierra Vista, October 7, 2023
• Annual Evening of Play at the Children’s Museum, October 7, 2023
• Annual Art in the Park – Sierra Vista, October 7 – 8, 2023
• Annual Fall Plant Sale at Tohono Chul, October 11 (Members), October 13-14, general public, 2023
• Loft Film Festival, October 11 – 19, 2023
• Country Thunder, October 11-14, 2024 Note the Year.
• Tucson Meet Yourself – October 13 – 15, 2023
• Sky Islands Fall Festival – October 14 & 15, 2023
• Butterfield Stage Days and Rodeo – October 14 – 15, 2023, Benson
• Marana Fall Festival, October 15, 2023
• Helldorado Days Tombstone – October 20-22, 2023
• Boo at the Zoo, October 20 – 29, 2023
• Oro Valley Fall Artisan’s Market, October 21&22, 2023
• Annual Classic Car Show – October 21, 2023
• Arts in the Plaza – St. Philips Plaza, 2023? Don’t see it yet.
• Willcox Wine Festival – October 20 – 22, 2023
• Annual Bisbee 1000 Stair Climb – October 23, 2023
• Annual Membrillo Festival, October 15, 2022 TBA 2023
• Bordertown, Tombstone, October 24-29, 2023
• Fall Ikebana Festival, October 26- November 5, 2023
• Chiles, Chocolate and Day of the Dead, October 27 – 28, 2023
• Bisbee Go Cart Races, October 28, 2023
• Nightfall Returns to Old Tucson, September 29 – October 29, 2023. Get your tickets now.

All Souls Procession

All Souls Procession

NOVEMBER 2023

• Tucson Modernism Week, November 9 – 13, 2022 TBA 2023
• Procession of the Little Angels, November 4, 2023
• All Souls Procession, November 5, 2023
• Empire Ranch Cowboy Festival, November 4-5, 2023
• Annual Sahuarita Pecan Festival NUT RUN, November 5, 2022 TBA 2023
• Tucson Celtic Festival and Highland Games, November 3-5, 2023
• Veterans Day Parade, November 11, 2023
• Tubac Fall Art Walk, November 10 – 12, 2023
• Annual Southern Arizona Koi Show, November 11 – 13, 2022, TBA 2023
• Veterans Day Parade, November 11, 2023
• Fall Toy Train Show and Meet, Saturday, November 12, 2023
• Fall Artisan’s Market, November 17 – 19, 2023
• El Tour de Tucson, November 18, 2023
• Annual Bisbee Home Tour and Chair Auction, November 24 & 25, 2023
• Wee Winter Wonderland, November 21, 2022 – January 5, 2023
• American Indian Heritage Powwow and Craft Market, November 24, 25, 26, 2023

A Concert At Tohono Chul

Tohono Chul Lights

DECEMBER 2023

December is all about the Holidays! Celebrate some of these events. If you are interested in unique gifts and shopping experiences, there are plenty of opportunities, not only to find the right gift but to enjoy the day as well, see our page on Unique Shopping Opportunities.

• Wee Winter Wonderland, November 21, 2023 – January 5, 2024
• Tucson Botanical Gardens Luminaria Nights, Now called Lights Up!, November 24, 2022 – January 7, 2024
• The Great Paper Airplane Flyoff is Back, December 2.
• Zoo Lights at Reid Park Zoo – December 2, 2023 – January 7, 2024
• Luminaria Nights in Tubac, December 1 – 2, 2023
• Holiday Nights: A Million Lights at Tohono Chul Park – December 1,2,8,9, 15, 16, 2023
• Oro Valley Holiday Festival of the Arts, December 2- 3, 2023
• Annual Tamal Festival, December 2, 2023
• Annual Nordic Fair, December 2, 2023
• Fiesta de TumacacoriDecember 2-3 , 2023
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La Fiesta de Guadalupe, December 03, 2023
• Arts Express, December 8-23, 2023
• Christmas at the Empire Ranch, December 9, 2023
• Christmas at the Arroyo Café – December 9, 2023
• 4th Avenue Winter Street Fair – December 8 – 10, 2023
• Tombstone Christmas Light Parade, December 9, 2023
• Winterhaven Festival of Lights – A Tucson Tradition – December 9 – 25, 2023
• A Merry-achi Christmas – December 15, 2023
• The Messiah, December 16 – 17, 2023
•
Tucson Boys and Girls Chorus Annual Holiday Concert – December 16, 2023
• Downtown Parade of Lights is back. December 16, 2023
• Annual Holiday Bazaar at the Mercado San Agustin, December 18 – 20, 2023
• A Southwest Nutcracker, December 21 – 23, 2023
• Annual Ft. Huachuca Home Tour of Homes – December 11, 2022 TBA 2023
• Cascabel Community Fair – 2023? Not this year.
• Annual Tombstone Historic Homes Tour, No word for 2023
• A Tucson Pastorela – No word for 2023. It may be gone forever.

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