Dean Armstrong started the Arizona Dance Hands as the house band for the Open Door Night Club on Benson Highway in 1948. When KOLD became Tucson’s first TV station in 1953, Dean and the Arizona Dance Hands were the very first program broadcast from Tucson. The Arizona Dance Hands has maintained a presence in Tucson, ... Read more

Calpulli Tonantzin is an Aztec dance group. Dance ceremonies are opened and closed by burning copal to the four directions and represent the cosmos, the energy of every living being. Dancers move to the beats of the huehuetl, or "drum" in the nahuatl dialect of their ancestors. This event is broadcast on TMY’s Facebook page ... Read more

Video projections of traditional dancers and manual artists doing what they do best: moving and making. The precise and sinuous movements of Japanese traditional dancers, the athletic leaps and twirls of Polish folk dancing, the steady delicate hand of a Henna artist, and more writ-large on public walls around Tucson. Find a list of projected ... Read more

Mustafa Kilcak is a teacher in Tucson who has played and sung for groups such as World Winds and 5 Horses 4 Winds. A Turkish musician, he makes and sings Turkish rock, protest, folk, and pop music. This event is broadcast on TMY’s Facebook page and TMY’s YouTube Channel and will be available on our ... Read more

Photo by Steven Meckler Watch or join a low rider car cruise through Tucson with the Dukes Car Club in celebration of mobility, ease, independence, and camaraderie. Begins and ends at Rodeo Park, 5001 S Nogales Highway and cruises 19 miles through Tucson. How to Participate:  To join the cruise, arrive at 4pm to Rodeo ... Read more

Khalid El Boujami founded the group Ayure with Khalid Al Assari and Mehdi with the goal of bringing authentic Moroccan sounds to the Tucson music scene. They have performed around town and have enjoyed jamming with other musicians. Most of all they are proud of bringing our Moroccan community together and creating unforgettable moments of ... Read more

Flamenco Del Pueblo Viejo is a Tucson-based flamenco performing group comprised of guitarist Misael Barraza and dancer Jason Martinez. Barraza is a highly sought-after and decorated flamenco and classical guitarist from Hermosillo, Mexico. Martinez is a seasoned flamenco dancer and percussionist from Albuquerque and a 2018 recipient of the Southwest Folklife Alliance's Master-Apprentice Artist Award. ... Read more