Tucson’s Signature Event

Every October, downtown Tucson becomes a living map of the cultures that call the Greater Southwest home. Produced by the Southwest Folklife Alliance, Tucson Meet Yourself is a free, three-day folklife festival where more than 500 artists, tradition bearers, musicians, dancers, and cooks share the everyday practices — the food, the music, the craft, and the stories that define their communities. Now in its fifth decade and recognized as one of the longest consecutively running folklife festival in the nation, TMY is proof that culture, freely shared, builds community.