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Community Events

Tucson’s annual events include the Southern Arizona Square and Round Dance Festival, the International Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, stops by the LPGA and PGA for professional golf tournaments, the Yaqui Easter Ceremony, the Annual International Mariachi Conference, the Pima County Fair, Octoberfest, and Luminaria Night.

The Tucson Parks and Recreation Department oversees 120 parks, 26 pools, the Reid Park Zoo, five golf courses, three tennis centers, three fishing lakes, and 18 recreation and community centers throughout the city.

Downtown Tucson

Tucson’s downtown area is undergoing revitalization to preserve the plazas, parks, walkways, and distinctly southwest-styled 19th century homes. Five of Tucson’s earliest homes are found in downtown in the El Presidio Historic District where the Leonardo Romero House serves as a museum. The homes are open to the public. Office buildings, museums and restaurants are within an easy walk of each other in downtown. Galleries abound in and around the Old Town Artisans art marketplace, near the Tucson Museum of Art. Performing arts venues are also found in the downtown area, including the Tucson Convention Center and the Temple of Music and Art.

Local Attractions

Tucson museums include the Arizona Historical Society Tucson Museum; the world famous Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and wildlife center; the Arizona State Museum; Fort Lowell Museum; International Wildlife Museum; Pima Air and Space Museum; the Postal History Foundation; the Tucson’s Children’s Museum; and, at the University of Arizona, a Mineral Museum; the Flandrau Science Center; and the University of Arizona Museum of Art.

Other places of interest include Catalina State Park; Tohono Chul Park; the Tucson Botanical Gardens; Tucson Mountain Park; Kitt Peak National Observatory; Sentinel Peak Park; Sahuaro National Park; Coronado National Forest and its small mountain and ski community, Mt. Lemmon; and Gene C. Reid Park.

Reid Park Zoo is located in Reid Park and is home to 550 animals. Also in Reid Park is DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center, where Tucson Parks and Recreation offer year round concerts, performances and special events. The Rose Garden in Reid Park just west of Reid Lake, has over 1,000 beds with over 100 species of roses. Mission San Xavier del Bac, built in 1793, is the only active Father Kino mission in the nation, operating a school and church. Old Tucson Studios was the location for the more than 350 movies, television shows and commercials including the films Arizona and Tombstone, and the television series High Chaparral and The Young Riders.