Tucson Meet Yourself ★ 4.9
Tucson Meet Yourself in October is the free three-day folklife festival downtown, called Tucson Eat Yourself by locals, with food from 50-plus cultures.
Focus: Global folk-food, 50+ cultures
Food festivals in Tucson worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Agave Heritage Festival ★ 4.7
Agave Heritage Festival is the four-day Hotel Congress agave culture festival in April, with mezcal dinners, lectures, an agave pit roast and Noche de Mezcal.
Focus: Agave spirits, mezcal, tequila, borderlands
Cyclovia Tucson Spring ★ 4.6
Cyclovia Tucson is Arizona's biggest car-free block party each spring, with 40,000 attendees along a downtown-to-Amphitheatre route lined with food trucks.
Focus: Food trucks, Sonoran hot dogs, local vendors
All Souls Procession ★ 4.7
All Souls Procession in November is Tucson's Day of the Dead community walk, with pan de muerto, food trucks at the Mercado finale and the burning of the urn.
Focus: Day of the Dead, pan de muerto, food trucks
Tucson Tamal and Heritage Festival ★ 4.5
Tucson Tamal and Heritage Festival is the December annual tamale festival at Casino Del Sol with dozens of vendors, mariachi music and free public admission.
Focus: Tamales, Sonoran heritage food, mariachi
Cyclovia Tucson Fall ★ 4.5
Cyclovia Tucson Fall is the November car-free block party along a rotating Tucson route, with 40,000 attendees, food trucks and local vendors.
Focus: Food trucks, raspados, local vendors
Tucson Rodeo La Fiesta de los Vaqueros ★ 4.5
Tucson Rodeo La Fiesta de los Vaqueros in February is the nine-day Western rodeo (since 1925), with Sonoran food vendors, mariachi and the Rodeo Parade downtown.
Focus: Sonoran rodeo food, Mexican plates, food trucks