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Welcome to the Tucson Folk Festival – April 6-7, 2019!

Notice the new date? We’re quite excited to share, that after gathering input from our Tucson community through our 2018 post-festival surveys, conducting a brainstorming session with interested TKMA staff and community members, and reviewing all 2019 events occurring in the Tucson area, the TKMA Board has moved the date from the first weekend in May to the first weekend in April! We felt this option best because:

(1) Better Volunteer Support: College Student finals occur first weekend in May; “Snowbirds” have already left by first weekend in May; and,

(2) Better Weather (usually): It was just plain TOO HOT this last festival and a handful of volunteers became overheated – performers were too hot and, what the heck . . . we ALL were too hot!

With El Presidio Park no longer available for events, we are excited to move the main festival grounds to Jacome Plaza, keeping the festival in Historic Downtown Tucson! The festival footprint will remain pretty much the same. The festival layout is being fine-tuned by our 2019 TFF Planning Committee, headed by TKMA Board Member Greg Aiken. We will have five stages – Jacome Plaza (2 stages), La Cocina, Presidio Museum and the fifth stage location between Alameda and Washington Streets on Church Avenue.

Thank you for your interest in the 2019 Tucson Folk Festival! We are always seeking community-minded businesses and individuals wishing to support and sustain the Tucson Folk Festival for many years to come. I am meeting with various community leaders throughout the city to share these opportunities and create new partnerships. If you are interested in learning more about sponsor/community partnerships, I would be happy to meet with you to explore the right fit for you!

Be sure to watch for opportunities to be a part of our events and activities all through this new festival season! Isn’t there just the greatest energy associated with new possibilities?

Best wishes,

Diane Perry, President
Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association
P.O. Box 26531
Tucson, AZ 85726
president@tucsonfolkfest.org / 402-980-6228

34th Annual Tucson Folk Festival – April 6-7, 2019!

The Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association (TKMA) began as a group of friends gathering regularly on Friday nights for potlucks and jammin’ in the kitchen. TKMA has grown into an all-volunteer operated 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1986; Tax ID #86-0514808. Our mission is to further public awareness and interest in acoustic music and other folk arts by promoting and producing the annual Tucson Folk Festival; one of the oldest FREE folk music festivals in the country! We invite you to visit our website: www.tucsonfolkfest.org