DUSK Music Festival returns to Tucson.

AZPM | By Mark McLemore

Published May 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM MST

dusk music festival hero — DUSK Music Festival is on November 9th and 10th in downtown Tucson at Jácome Plaza. The festival has live music, food and art.

Featured on the November 7th, 2024 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

Nick C. Hall and Champ — Nick C. Hall on his palomino horse Champ.

DUSK Music Festival returns to Tucson.

AZPM's Noor Haghighi delivers an Audio Postcard from September's Tucson Pride Festival, showcasing the voices of some of the many who chose to celebrate and support the local LGBTQIA+ community.

Tucson pride stanley hero — Stanley Jones sings a Herbie Hancock song at the Tucson Pride Parade on September 27th at Armory Park. The AIDS Walk kicked off the event with the parade following shortly after.

Tucson pride spencers hero — A Pride parade attendee gives an outfit check at the Tucson Pride Parade on September 27th at Armory Park. He is wearing a T-shirt that says "I love hot dads" which he purchased from Spencer's.

Tucson pride girls hero — Two girls flaunt their Pride merch at the Tucson Pride Parade on September 27th at Armory Park. Their shirts read "Viva la lesbian" and "I love lesbians."

Meet three graduates from the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television, who each had their senior thesis films chosen as official selections at the 2024 San Diego International Children's Film Festival. These emerging filmmakers also took part in a panel and spoke to a San Diego Comic-Con audience.

comic con filmakers 2 hero — School of Theatre, Film & Television filmmakers Jackson Huffman ('24), Anna Gabriella Agosto ('23), Myles Gordon ('23), Ryan Ramsey ('23) and Kaila Hines ('23) speak on a panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2024.

comic con filmakers hero — School of Theatre, Film & Television filmmakers Anna Gabriella Agosto ('23), Jackson Huffman ('24), Tatum Sailors ('24), Kaila Hines ('23) and Myles Gordon ('23) have all screened their films at San Diego Comic-Con.

Find out about DUSK Music Festival, a live weekend celebration featuring many national and local performers. It’s happening in downtown Tucson on November 9th & 10th, and Sophia Hammer talks to the festival’s originators about what to expect.

dusk music festival downtown hero — The 8th annual DUSK Music Festival is held in Jácome Plaza where attendees can listen to live music, browse art and get a bite to eat.

rubber duckies dusk hero — Rubber duckies have been a staple part of DUSK Music Festival since its inception. You can find a rubber ducky design on this years DUSK merchandise.

Tucson has long had a good relationship with Hollywood, but where did that begin? Local historian and Arizona Daily Star columnist David Leighton returns to share the story of how a man named Nick C. Hall was instrumental in building that connection, making Tucson a place where stars could choose to get publicity or to avoid it, and how Old Tucson Studios came to be.

Jean Arthur Old Tucson — Jean Arthur was the main character in the movie "Arizona" in 1940 near the old church. Nick C. Hall got Columbia Pictures to come out to Tucson and construct an exact replica of Tucson in the 1860s during the U.S. Civil War and then they filmed the movie "Arizona" at this set.

Nick C. Hall Ramada — This is a mockup of what a ramada at Old Tucson will look like once it's named for Nick C. Hall.

rio bravo 1 hero — Angie Dickinson at Old Tucson Studios during the filming of "Rio Bravo" in 1959.

Web page by Sophia Hammer.

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DUSK Music Festival returns to Tucson.