Tucson Meet Yourself Folklife Festival
Saturday, October 05, 2024 from 11:00am to 10:00pm
Tucson Meet Yourself Folklife Festival
Various locations in Tucson
Tucson’s beloved folklife festival, since 1974
Food, Music, Dance, Folk Arts
Free!
Live Performances
Over 75 live performances of traditional dance and music on three stages. Plus a special Accordion Encuentro!
Delicious Food
Over 50 food vendors with 15 new vendors sharing cuisine from Oaxacan, Moroccan, Syrian, Chamoru, Southern BBQ, and more.
Friendly Folk Artists
Over 75 traditional artists sharing traditional and contemporary craft from jewelry, woodworking, basketry and more.
Folklife Here
A wide range of folklife expressions under one roof—from drag queen make-up artistry to barbershop customs to women corridistas and more. Powered by TEP.
Kidlore Pavilion
Celebrate in the folklore of childhood with live and interactive performances and activities, plus a giant “alebrije”! Sponsored by PNC Bank.
Culture Kitchen
Share favorite dishes, techniques, and stories. Demos by Chinese Chorizo Festival, Anita St. Market, and Agave Heritage Festival. Sponsored by Tucson Water.
And Don’t Miss…
Folklife Everywhere: We’re saturating the festival grounds—literally—with invitations to reflect on your own folklife. How do you greet your friends? What’s your nickname? What’s a tradition you learned from an elder?
Dukes for a Day: Catch the lowrider car show only on Saturday at 41 E Pennington/Congress St, a parking lot across from City High School.
“Traditions in Motion” A pop-up exhibit from Arizona State Museum celebrating car culture artistry and adaptation artistry in the Indigenous Southwest.
Community Matters: 75 community education projects and cultural entrepreneurs showcasing their causes and goods.
Heritage Beer Garden: For the second year in a row, TMY partners with Borderlands Brewery to bring a sampling of heritage brews inspired by Southern Arizona culture and geography. New location this year on Church and Pennington.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SATURDAY, OCT 05
University of Arizona Stage at Stone Ave.
11:00 to 11:45 AM
Qin's Studio
Chinese Folk Songs
Performance
12:00 to 12:45 PM
Keeping with (and Blending) Tradition
Encounter: Elijah Ndoye, Tom Walbank, Ted Warmbrand
Encounter
1:00 to 1:45 PM
Dance in Southeast Asia
Encounter: Golden Lotus (Vietnamese Dance) and UA FASA (Filipino Dance)
Encounter
2:00 to 2:45 PM
Om Shanti Bollywood Fusion Dance Team
Bollywood Dance
Workshop
3:00 to 3:45 PM
Golden Lotus
Vietnamese Dance
Performance
4:00 to 4:45 PM
Las Azaleas
Mexican Folk, Cuban Bolero, Mariachi, Music in Spanish, Latin Music, Latin Vocal Music, Latin Trio Music
Performance
5:00 to 5:45 PM
The Old Pueblo Bluegrass Band
Traditional Appalachian, Folk & Americana
Performance
6:00 to 6:45 PM
Hung Gar Wing Chun Club
Traditional Chinese Martial Arts & Cantonese Lion Dance
Workshop
7:00 to 10:00 PM
All My Relations with Gabriel Ayala
Performance
Desert Diamond Casino Stage at Jacome Plaza Lawn
11:00 to 11:45 AM
Tucson Sino Dance
Traditional Chinese Dance
Workshop
12:00 to 12:45 PM
Tucson Chinese Dance
Chinese traditional and classical dance
Workshop
1:00 to 1:45 PM
Tucson Chinese Cultural Center
Chinese Lion Dance & Music
Performance
2:00 to 2:45 PM
Halau Hula O Ualani and her Menehune Dancers
Polynesian & Hawaiian Traditional Dance
Workshop
3:00 to 3:45 PM
Lajkonik Polish Folk Ensemble
Polish Folk Dance
Workshop
4:00 to 4:45 PM
Saguaro Strutters
Line Dancing
Workshop
5:00 to 5:45 PM
Larry Armstrong with Copper Moon
Western Swing
Performance
6:00 to 6:45 PM
Capoeira Mandinga & Capoeira Institute Southwest
Brazilian Martial Art Demonstration
Performance
7:00 to 7:45 PM
Philippine Mabuhay Cultural Foundation of Tucson
Traditional Dance of the Philippines
Workshop
8:00 to 8:45 PM
King-Doumbya Drumming and Dance
Music and dance of the African diaspora
Workshop
9:00 to 10:00 PM
Liudvik Cutino
Tropical music with gospel, jazz and R&B influences. Cuban and Mexican original songs.
Performance
Rio Nuevo Stage at Church Ave
11:00 to 11:45 AM
Compañía de Danza Folklórica Arizona
Mexican Folklorico Dance
Performance
12:00 to 12:45 PM
Ludo Djore
Traditional Bulgarian Music
Performance
1:00 to 1:45 PM
Quarter Royale
Balkan-inspired Blues
Performance
2:00 to 2:45 PM
Kathi Huhtaluhta & World Winds
Traditional & Contemporary Scandinavian Music
Performance
3:00 to 3:45 PM
Odaiko Sonora
Taiko - Japanese Ensemble Drumming
Performance
4:00 to 4:45 PM
Masehua Folclorico Dance
Mexican Folclorico Dance
Performance
5:00 to 5:45 PM
Siva Maia Polynesian Dancers
Polynesian Dance
Performance
6:00 to 6:45 PM
Calpulli Tonantzin
Aztec Chichimeca Dance
Performance
7:00 to 7:45 PM
Seven Pipers Scottish Dancers & Tucson District Pipe Band
Scottish Music & Dance
Performance
8:00 to 10:00 PM
Accordion Encuentro
An Encounter of Indigenous Accordion Music from the Americas
Encounter
TEP Folklife Here Pavilion
11:00 to 12:00 PM
Singing Agaves
Anthony Belvado, Traditional Apache Violins
Presentation
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Learning Mandarin
Tucson International Academy's Language Immersion Program
Presentation
1:00 to 2:00 PM
Tucson Electric Power
Community Energy Solutions
Presentation
2:00 to 3:00 PM
Disability and the Culture of Place (CART & ENG-SPAN)
Naomi Ortiz on Vulnerability and Possibility
Presentation/Conversation
3:00 to 4:00 PM
Folclor del Norte with Dr. Guillermo Nunez Noriega (CART & ENG-SPAN)
Sonoran Folklife Practices
Presentation/Conversation
4:00 to 5:00 PM
VietNail
The Occupational Folklife of Nail Salons
Presentation
5:00 to 6:00 PM
Las Corridistas (ENG-SPAN)
Women in Corridos with Celestino Fernandez & Las Azaleas
Presentation
Culture Kitchen
11:00 to 12:30 PM
Recipe for Solidarity: Chinese Chorizo Festival & Anita Street Market
Chinese Chorizo Festival & Anita Street Market
Conversation
12:30 to 2:00 PM
Fried Chicken Demo
with Monica Jones of The Outlaw Project
Demonstration
2:00 to 3:30 PM
Persian Love Cake
with Shazieh Gorji of Agave Pantry
Presentation & Tasting
3:30 to 9:00 PM
Agave Heritage Festival
Demos and Conversations on Spirits and Distillation
Demonstration
Admissions
Tucson Meet Yourself is a FREE event.
