Fall in Tucson is filled with cultural treasures. Whether one values the shiny outdoor concerts or prefers to unearth new works created through citywide collaborations, there are riches to be found in area stages, auditoriums and outdoor venues.
The Arts
Arizona Theatre Company
atc.org
Deceived, Sept. 28 to Oct. 18
Heist, Nov. 30 to Dec. 20
Borderlands Theater
borderlandstheater.org
Claudia’s Family, Oct. 30 to Nov. 16
Broadway in Tucson
broadwayintucson.com
Les Misérables, Sept. 9 to 14
& Juliet, Oct. 29 to Nov. 2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Nov. 11 to Nov. 16
Moulin Rouge, Dec. 2 to Dec. 7
Fox Tucson Theatre
foxtucson.com
Nurse John: The Short Staffed Tour, Sept. 5
Not Dead Yet! – John Cleese and the Holy Grail at 50, Sept. 7
Steve Trevino: Good Life Tour, Sept. 12
Storytime at the Fox! Sept. 17
The Devil Smokes, Sept. 24
RuPaul’s Tina Burner’s Witch
Perfect, with Alexis Michelle and Scarlet Envy, Sept. 27
Chris Funk the Wonderist, Oct. 11
Randy Rainbow: National Freakin’ Treasure, Oct. 12
A Day with Resurrection Blvd. – The 25th Anniversary Celebration, Oct. 19
Blippi: Join the Band Tour! Oct. 26
The American Revolution – 250 Year Anniversary, Nov. 6
William Shatner Live On Stage with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Nov. 12
Josh Johnson: The Flowers Tour, Nov. 20
Look Out! Science is Coming! Dec. 5
Gaslight Theatre
thegaslighttheatre.com
The Phantom of the Opera, Sept. 4 to Nov. 2
Good Morning, Vietnam: The Manhattan Dolls, Sept. 15
Down on the Corner: The Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sept. 22
The Music of the Carpenters, Sept. 27
Race to the North Pole Nov. 6 to Jan. 4
Invisible Theatre
invisibletheatre.com
The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter, Sept. 7 to Sept. 22
Moriarty, Oct. 26 to Nov. 9
Broadway Barbara’s Holiday
Spectacular, Dec. 13 to Dec. 14
Live Theatre Workshop
livetheatreworkshop.org
She’s Out of Her Rind, Sept. 5, Sept. 6, and Sept. 13
Silent Sky, Sept. 19 to Oct. 12
Lotería: This Game is No Juego, Nov. 10 to Nov. 23
A Year with Frog and Toad, Dec. 4 to Dec. 11
Pima Theater
pimaarts.com
Night of the Living Dead, Oct. 16 to Oct. 26
Alice and the Curious Glass — A Lesson in Wonder, Nov. 20 to Nov. 23
Rogue Theatre
theroguetheatre.org
Tartuffe, Sept. 5 to Sept. 28
Cloud 9, Oct. 31 to Nov. 23
Saguaro City Music Theatre
saguarocity.org
My Fair Lady, Oct. 11 to Oct. 26
Annie, Dec. 20 to Jan. 4
Scoundrel & Scamp
scoundrelandscamp.org
Radio Hour, Sept. 5 to Sept. 6
The WoBo Show, Sept. 12 to Sept. 14
University of Arizona, School of Theatre, Film & Television
theatre.arizona.edu
The Climate Project Sept. 25 to Sept. 28
Vanities, Sept. 28 to Oct. 12
Love and Information, Nov. 16 to Dec. 7
Winding Road Theater Ensemble
Cabaret Theatre at the Temple of Music and Art
windingroadtheater.org
POTUS, or behind every great
(expletive) are seven women trying to keep him alive, Sept. 6 to Sept. 22
Tales of Terror, Oct. 23 to Oct. 27
Music
Casino Del Sol’s AVA Amphitheater
casinodelsol.com
Reik, Oct. 11
Centennial Hall
centhall.org
Lila Downs — Día de Muertos, Oct. 19
Moana Live-to-Film Concert, Nov. 9
Natalia Jimenez — La Jimenez Tour, Dec. 11
A Drag Queen Christmas, Dec. 12
Club Congress/Plaza Stage
hotelcongress.com
Lucky Devils Band, Sept. 8
Alec Andre and Ryder the Eagle, Sept. 9
B-Side Players, Sept. 11
TOPS w/Babe Corner, Sept. 15
Madilyn Mei, Sept. 17
Pile, Sept. 18
Marley B., Sept. 19
Remembering Ken Andree, Sept. 20
The Kilans, Sept. 20
Fearofmakingout, Sept. 20
Gift Horse, Sept. 20
S.G. Goodman, Sept. 23
John Moreland, Sept. 27
The Bennu, Sept. 28
Madison McFerrin, Sept. 30
Jason D. Williams w/Supersuckers and Wayne Hancock, Oct. 2
Tides, Oct. 3
10 Years, Oct. 4
SR., Oct. 10
All Yours, Oct. 10
Mexican Slum Rats, Oct. 11
Kaki King, Oct. 11
The Rocket Summer, Oct. 14
Jade Bird, Oct. 17
The Outlaw Mariachi, Oct. 17
Ruthie Foster, Oct. 18
Luna Luna, Oct. 19
Teenage Mortgage, Oct. 20
The Melvins w/Redd Kross, Oct. 21
Glitterfox, Oct. 22
Crimewave 66, Oct. 23
Alejandro Escovedo, Oct. 24
Big Richard, Oct. 26
Ax and the Hatchetmen, Oct. 30
Aurelia Anne Cohen, Nov. 4
Della Mae, Nov. 6
Creature Canyon, Nov. 7
An Evening with Peter Cincotti, Nov. 8
Elijah, Nov. 10
Brent Cobb, Nov. 11
Valgur, Nov. 12
Teenage Bottlerocket, Nov. 14
Dean Johnson, Nov. 15
Dutch Interior + Font, Nov. 20
The Wrecks, Nov. 21
Season to Risk, Dec. 1
Fox Tucson Theatre
foxtucson.com
An Evening with Jimmy Webb, Sept. 10
Raphael Saadiq: No Bandwidth, Sept. 14
Bat Out of Helloween — Celebrating Meat Loaf, Sept. 20
Twilight in Concert, Oct. 3
An Evening with 10,000 Maniacs, Oct. 5
Mavis Staples, Oct. 9
Julia Keefe – Indigenous Jazz
Ensemble, Oct. 10
Fiesta! – A Sensory Inclusive
Celebration, Oct. 17
Fiesta! – con Sonia de Los Santos, Oct. 17
Five for Fighting with String Quartet, Oct. 21
Lea Salonga, Nov. 11
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies with Davina and The Vagabonds, Nov. 14
The Fab Four: A Tribute to The
Beatles’ Help! and the Hits, Nov. 15
Beginnings: A Celebration of the Music of Chicago, Nov. 22
Darlene Love: Love for the Holidays, Nov. 28
Stayin’ Alive: One Night of the Bee Gees, Nov. 29
An Evening with Suzy Bogguss – A Swingin’ Little Christmas, Dec. 4
The Lettermen Christmas, Dec. 12
Allman Betts Family Revival, Dec. 19
Mariachi Sol De México presents ‘José Hernández’ Merry-Achi Christmas’, Dec. 20
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Holiday Caravan Tour 2025, Dec. 21
LeAnn Rimes – Greatest Hits
Christmas Tour, Dec. 22
The Music of Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Rings of Power, Dec. 23
Gaslight Music Hall
gaslightmusichall.com
Americana Night Tucson Style, Sept. 4
Vintage Rock Dance Party, with Shell Shock, Sept. 5
The Queen and Prince of Soul, Tribute to Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, Sept. 6
Your Cheatin’ Heart, Hank Williams Tribute, Sept. 7
Bluegrass Jamboree, Sept. 9
You’ve Got a Friend, with The
Tributaries, Sept. 11
I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Party, with Split Decision, Sept. 12
Dee Johnson’s Tina Turner Show, Sept. 13
Wonderful World, starring Joe Bourne, Sept. 14
Visiting Artist: Jacob Acosta and the Golden Hearts, Sept. 18
Solid Gold Dance Party, with Hardscrabble Road, Sept. 19
Some Kind of Wonderful, James Taylor and Carole King Tribute, Sept. 20
Good Vibrations, Beach Boys Tribute, Sept. 21
Hot Blues Tuesday, Sept. 23
Visiting Artist: Metropolis Man, Sept. 25
Play that Funky Music Dance Party, with Onesall, Sept. 26
Beyond the British Invasion withAlex Mack, Sept. 27
Love The One You’re With, with Five Way Street Sept. 28
Alan Jackson – Honkytonk Tribute, Oct. 1
Just One Look, Tribute to Linda Ronstadt, Oct. 4
Top of the Class: ’60s Edition, with Alex Mack and Crystal Stark, Oct. 5
Shine on Floyd, Pink Floyd Tribute, Oct. 8
Vintage Vinyl, with Big Zephyr
Music Oct. 9
Soul Train Dance Party, with TuneSmith, Oct. 10
Eric and the Dominoes, Oct. 11
Voyager, Tribute to Journey, Oct. 12
Visiting Artist: The Beatle Brothers, Oct. 15
Roaring ’20s Revue, with Wildcat Jazz, Oct. 16
Rock Through The Decades Dance Party with Element 119, Oct. 17
FLG, Tribute to Santana, Oct. 18
Visiting Artist: Barnaby and the Butcher, Oct. 22
Good Morning, Vietnam, with The TRIBUTaries and The Manhattan Dolls, Oct. 23
The Petty Breakers, Tribute to Tom Petty, Oct. 25
Divas Do The Blues, with The Desert Divas, Oct. 26
Visiting Artist: Sheryl Ann McKinley, Oct. 29
Boogie Woogie Showdown, with Mr. Boogie Woogie and Luis Coloma, Oct. 30
Monster Mash Dance Party, with Onesall, Oct. 31
Take It Easy, A Salute to the Eagles, Nov. 1
ABBAFAB!, an ABBA Tribute
Concert, Nov. 2
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Nov. 7 to Nov. 9
Bluegrass Jamboree, Nov. 11
America the Beautiful, Nov. 12
Ultimate Mix Dance Party, with Tom Cat and the Prowlers, Nov. 14
Songs of the Silver Screen, with The 4GENTS, Nov. 15
Down on the Corner, The Best of CCR, with Mike Yarema, Nov. 16
Visiting Artist, Liverpool Lads, Nov. 18
The Farmer and Adele: Old and New Western Classics, Nov. 19
Running on Empty, Southern CA Sound, with Alex Mack, Nov. 20
Homeward Bound, Best of Simon and Garfunkel, Nov. 22
Songs of Sinatra, with Chuck Moses, Nov. 23
Vintage Rock Dance Party, with Shell Shock, Nov. 24
Hot Blues Tuesday, Nov. 25
Rockin’ with The Manhattan Dolls, 1950s-’60s Tunes!, Nov. 26
Rock Through The Decades Dance Party, with Element 119, Nov. 28
A Billy Joel State of Mind, Nov. 29
Music of The Blues Brothers, with Charlie Hall and Mike Yarema, Nov. 30
The Music of Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack, Dec. 3
2025 Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree Revue, Dec. 4 to Dec. 24
Rockin’ Me Baby Dance Party, with Five Way Street, Dec. 5
Feliz Navidad Mariachi Extravaganza, Dec. 6
Carols From The Canyon & McDougal Street West, Dec. 10
All Right Now Dance Party, with the Rillito River Band, Dec. 12
An Inspired Christmas, with D63!, Dec 13
Upbeat and Sweet With A Holiday Treat, with Joe Bourne, Dec. 16
Play That Funky Music Dance Party, with Onesall
ABBA Holly Jolly Christmas, Dec. 20
Christmas With The Manhattan Dolls!, Dec. 23
The House is Rockin’ Dance Party, with Final Approach, Dec. 26
Photographs and Memories, Jim Croce Tribute
Tony Bennett, Remembering The Last Crooner, with Craig T. Olsen, Dec. 28
Hot Blues Tuesday, Dec. 30
The Ultimate Variety Show, with The Edwards Twins, Dec. 31
Rialto/191 Toole/R Bar
Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 7
The Fixx at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 8
Urban Heat at 191 Toole, Sept. 9
Mehro at 191 Toole, Sept. 10
Durand Jones & The Indications: Flowers Tour 2025 at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 12
The BellRays at 191 Toole, Sept. 11
Elías Medina at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 12
Queer Goth Nite at 191 Toole, Sept. 12
Drew Cooper at 191 Toole, Sept. 13
Lenguas Largas at R Bar, Sept. 13
Swans at Rialto Theatre, Sept 13
Samantha Fish: Paper Doll World Tour at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 14
Freezing Hands at R Bar, Sept. 15
Young the Giant: In The Open Tour at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 15
Howard Jones, with special guest Haircut 100 and featuring Sirius Radio First Wave DJ Richard Blade at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 16
Chastity Brown at 191 Toole, Sept. 18
Orb at 191 Toole, Sept. 19
Tom Keifer and LA Guns at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 19
Neon Dragons, Soul of the Sun, Insound & Spiders Can Fly at 191 Toole, Sept. 20
Get The Led Out at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 20
EXTC – XTC’s Terry Chambers and Friends at 191 Toole, Sept. 24
David Duchovny at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 24
Zack Fox at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 25
Beach Fossils at 191 Toole, Sept. 26
Mr. Gnome at 191 Toole, Sept. 27
Rainbow Kitten Surprise: Thanks For Coming Tour at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 30
Counterparts and Special Guests at Rialto Theatre, Sept. 28
Deafhaven at 191 Toole, Oct. 1
Celebrating The 10 Year Anniversary of Everybody Wants – The Struts at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 1
Spacey Jane: If That Makes Sense Tour at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 2
Lakeview – Blue Collar Country Tour at 191 Toole, Oct. 3
End It at 191 Toole, Oct. 4
Intermountain’s Tucson Yacht Rock Music Festival, Catalina Wine Mixer, Oct. 4
Hobo Johnson and The Lovemakers at 191 Toole, Oct. 5
Cannibal Corpse North America 2025 Tour at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 7
CG5 Presents: The Too Many Songs Tour at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 7
Panda Bear at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 8
Reveal – A Halloween Show at 191 Toole, Oct. 10
“Stop Making Sense” Live Event, hosted by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 10
Robin Trower at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 11
David Lowery of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven at 191 Toole, Oct. 12
Atlas Genius at 191 Toole, Oct. 13
Cowgirl Clue at 191 Toole, Oct. 14
Marianas Trench – The Force of
Nature Tour at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 17
Prof: Dirty Work Tour at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 18
Nation of Language at 191 Toole, Oct. 19
Spyro Gyra at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 19
The White Buffalo at La Rosa, Oct. 19
Tophouse at 191 Toole, Oct. 21
The Black Jacket Symphony Presents AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’ at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 23
TopHouse at 191 Toole, Oct. 23
Dia de as Luchas at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 24
Shrek Rave at 191 Toole, Oct. 24
Pecos and the Rooftops at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 25
Wild Card: An Unfiltered Night of Beauty, Mess and Queer Magic at 191 Toole, Oct. 25
Strangelove and Electric Duke at
Rialto Theatre, Oct. 26
Rosegarden Funeral Party, Oct. 27
Rich the Kid at Rialto Theatre, Oct. 30
Willis at 191 Toole, Nov. 4
Evil Dead In Concert at Rialto Theatre, Nov. 5
Yonder Mountain String Band at 191 Toole, Nov. 6
The Altons and Three Sinseers: Club Heartache Tour at Rialto Theatre, Nov. 6
Neko Case Fall Tour 2025 at Rialto Theatre, Nov. 7
Mason Jennings at 191 Toole, Nov. 8
Leonid and Friends at Rialto Theatre, Nov. 8
Like Moths to Flames at 191 Toole, Nov. 9
Matt Matthews: Boujee on a Budget at Rialto Theatre, Nov. 9
Rexx Life Raj: The Hella Slept On Tour at 191 Toole, Nov. 12
Lecrae at Rialto Theatre, Nov. 13
The Buttertones at 191 Toole, Nov. 13
Long Beach Dub Allstars at 191 Toole, Nov. 29
Silverstein: 25 Years of Noise at Rialto Theatre, Dec. 7
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern
Jukebox: Magic, Moonlight and
Mistletoe, Dec. 9
Molly Tuttle: The Highway Knows Tour at Rialto Theatre, Dec. 10
La Santa Cecilia at La Rosa, Dec. 11
Giovanni and The Hired Guns at 191 Toole, Dec. 12
Zakk Sabbath: American Winter Tour ’25 at Rialto Theatre, Dec. 15
Death Angel at 191 Toole, Dec. 16
True Concord
Voices and Orchestra
trueconcord.org
Voices of Immigrants, Oct. 17 to Oct. 19
Give Me Your Tired, Nov. 21 to Nov. 23
Lessons and Carols by Candlelight: A Southwest Christmas, Dec. 11 to Dec. 14
Tucson Pops Orchestra
tucsonpops.org
Fall concert series, Oct. 5, Oct. 25, Oct. 28
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
tucsonsymphony.org
Symphony Showcase, Sept. 21
Kern Plays Rachmaninoff’s Third, Sept. 26 to Sept. 28
Mozart and Schubert, Oct. 11 to Oct. 12
Just for Kids with the Wind Quintet, Oct. 18
Up Close with Steven Moekel, Oct. 18 to Oct 19
Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky, Oct. 24 to Oct. 26
Día de los Muertos: A Celebration of Life, Nov. 1
Schubert’s Cello Quintet, Nov. 2 to Nov. 3
Beethoven’s Pastoral, Nov. 8 to Nov. 9
Young Person’s Guide to the
Orchestra, Nov. 14 to Nov. 16
Just for Kids with the String Quartet, Nov. 22
Percussion Plus, Nov. 22 to Nov. 23
Beethoven’s Emperor, Dec. 5 to Dec. 7
Dance
Ballet Tucson
ballettucson.org
Steps Forward, Sept. 12
Magic in the Moonlight, Oct. 31 to Nov. 2
The Nutcracker, Dec. 19 to Dec. 21
Centennial Hall
centhall.org
Ballet BC, Nov. 20
Nutcracker! A Magical Christmas Ballet, Dec. 22
Pima Community
College Center for the Arts
pima.edu
Pima Dance – Signature
Selections, Dec. 2 to Dec. 3
UA School of Dance
Stevie Eller Dance Center
dance.arizona.edu
Arizona Jazz Dance Showcase, Sept. 19 to Sept. 21
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