
October 7-9, 2022
Downtown Tucson
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Fill up your reusable bottle for FREE
at our water stations placed throughout the festival.
Together we are greening the festival,
caring for cultures and the land.

Yeah, we know it’s why you’re coming. Over 40 food booths representing over 25 cultures and ethnicities!
Many of your favorite vendors, along with new offerings this year including Persian food, Taiwanese-style fried chicken, BBQ & Beats, and traditional Afghani food.
Food

Hundreds of artists make up the heart of the festival’s color and beauty. Watch live performances on three stages. And in the Folk Arts area, learn from 50 artists demonstrating traditional artforms, including Indigenous artists in the Tohono O’odham and Yaqui/Yoeme Pavilions.
folk artists

Bringing back “Big Jim” Griffith’s vision of the stage as a site for meaningful connections among artists, traditions, and audiences. Enjoy spectacles, cross-cultural exchanges, demonstrations, and conversations on 3 stages and 2 interactive tents!
performance
HIghlights for 2022

New this year! Celebrating dance, movement arts, and wellness with interactive demos, workshops, and performances. Sponsored by TMC Health.
Movement & Wellness tent

Celebrating how music and music-making traditions keep us connected across time and generations with iInformal performances, conversations, and sing-alongs, and more!
Memory tent: Songs of
love & Aging

Greening the Festival
We’re finally doing away with single-use plastic bottles, so bring your own water bottle or buy one of ours and fill it FREE at the festival. We’re also composting food waste again this year. TMY cares about culture & the land where it happens! Tucson Water is the Official Water Sponsor.
Sustainability

TMY co-founder “Big Jim” Griffith died in December at age 86. Add something to the altar, share a memory of him, or choose one of his many books (by donation) to continue your education about the rich region he so loved.
Shrine to “Big Jim” Griffith

The Dukes Car Club of Tucson presents a collection of lowrider cars plus demonstrations on how to trick out your own car. Sponsored by D2 Dispensary.
Lowrider Car Craftsmanship

Come listen to original corridos written and sung by locals and let your applause help choose the winners! Three cash prizes! One entry per participant.
CONCURSO DE CORRIDOS

AIDS Walk 2022
For the ninth year, TMY partners with the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF) to hold the AIDSWALK on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 9. The organizations share festival infrastructure, including stages, equipment, and porta-potties to create savings for both organizations. Throughout the festival, SAAF shares information about its organization, offering services for people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS and providing information and skill-building programs to help others prevent further infection. On Sunday morning, as the walk ends, SAAF shares the ritual unfolding of quilt panels from the NAMES PROJECT (the largest folklore project in the world), made to honor local people lost to the virus.

To ensure a better experience …
