Tucson Meet Yourself Festival

Tucson Meet Yourself Festival

Second weekend in October

The annual folk and ethnic festival known as Tucson Meet Yourself has been held in Tucson, Arizona, since 1974. Designed to promote southern Arizona's wide mix of cultures—which includes Mexican-, Czechoslovakian-, Italian-, German-, and Indian-American groups—the festival features formal presentations of traditional music and dance, demonstrations by folk artists and craftspeople, and workshops in which various experts on ethnic customs and traditions hold informal discussions, give lessons, and organize games.
Food, however, is the festival's primary attraction. Dozens of food booths, each operated by a non-profit organization identified with a specific cultural heritage and elaborately decorated to represent elements of "the old country," are set up throughout the park in which the event is held. Although American-Indian and Mexican-American specialties predominate, the booths have featured Irish, Finnish, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Greek, Armenian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Sri Lankan, and many other ethnic dishes, giving the festival the well-earned nickname of "Tucson Eat Yourself."

CONTACTS:
Tucson Meet Yourself
349 W. 31st St.
Tucson, AZ 85733
520-792-4806
www.tucsonmeetyourself.org

Celebration days:
2011: Oct 8; Oct 9
2012: Oct 13; Oct 14
2013: Oct 12; Oct 13
2014: Oct 11; Oct 12
2015: Oct 10; Oct 11