All Soul’s Procession Weekend – Tucson AZ
From the seeds of pain great beauty is born. From our deaths we find new life. In remembering what has gone before we celebrate.
The Annual All Soul’s Procession in Tucson AZ, has become a festival and event or epic proportions. Drawing travelers and participants from far and wide this unique melding of ceremony celebration and pageant has grow to be one of the largest and most unique celebrations of its kind in the United States. From diverse palate of cultural sources All souls procession celebrates more than Dia De Los Muertos, it celebrates the lives, memories traditions and memories of all beliefs, backgrounds and walks of life. This is an experience of a life time. Do not come to watch come to be part of it. Let the celebration touch you in personal ways. Remember those you have lost. Celebrate life.
For more information on participating, joining or coming out for this event visit
www.allsoulsprocession.org/index2.html
COMING OCTOBER 28-Fools Hollow at The Tucson Downtown Library Plaza
FREE-Flam Chen and Dambe Project present RADIANCE in the evening--
noon until about 10 pm
Puro Mexicano beginning Nov 3, Friday at 6 pm: Tucson Film Festival
is the first and only annual U.S. festival devoted to the best in
Mexican and Mexican-American films. Expect to see U.S. premieres of
award-winning films, participate in panel discussions with guest
filmmakers and celebrities, and enjoy a Tucson style star-studded
Fiesta and a Tribute to Mexico's Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Sit back and
watch a classic film from Mexico's Golden Age.
DANCE OF THE DEAD: MMOS Fundraiser
Friday, November 3rd, Doors open at 8PM, music starts at 9PM
Rialto Theatre – 318 E Congress Street
The costumed evening will feature a line up of musicians, performing
acts, dancers, bands, and a King and Queen of the Dead contest.
Artist-made altars will be placed around the theatre, and the
Ancestors Project, a continuous stream of community submitted images
of deceased family and friends, is projected up on one wall
throughout the entire evening.
PROCESSION OF THE LITTLE ANGELS & LITTLE ANGELS FINALE PERSONAL
ALTARS VIGIL Saturday, November 4th, 3pm kids activities, 6pm Parade
starts Downtown Public Library – 100 N Stone Ave Personal altars,
created by any individual community members, are erected on the
grounds of the Public Library in a format reminiscent of the Latin
American holiday. Family and friends can keep a vigil all night
long, paying homage to their loved ones, laughing, singing, and
eating together. Kids' activities and workshops start in the
afternoon and lead into the Parade of the Little Angels, snaking
through the personal altars, and culminating in the Little Angels
Finale. Kids will have their faces painted, make wings, play games,
create art, and participate in theatre and performance workshops
that choreograph their participation in the Little Angels Finale.
ALL SOULS PROCESSION & GRAND FLAMING FINALE Sunday, November 5th,
gather at 5pm, Procession starts at 6pm Starts at Epic Café, 4th Ave
and University, ends at the Franklin Street Finale Stage The All
Souls Procession, a human powered procession of costumed community
members and elaborate wheeled art installations, celebrating the
lives of deceased loved ones, snakes its way down Fourth Avenue,
through downtown and over to the Finale stage area. Regional
artists line the finale area with art installations, and the
Ancestors Project projects a continuous stream of community
submitted images on the sides of buildings. The Grand Finale
features performance art with flying angels, spirit-walkers bearing
torches, celestial dancers and sacred drummers, followed by the
music of Molehill Orkestrah as this major, southern Arizona
community phenomena winds down for anothe
From the seeds of pain great beauty is born. From our deaths we find new life. In remembering what has gone before we celebrate.
The Annual All Soul’s Procession in Tucson AZ, has become a festival and event or epic proportions. Drawing travelers and participants from far and wide this unique melding of ceremony celebration and pageant has grow to be one of the largest and most unique celebrations of its kind in the United States. From diverse palate of cultural sources All souls procession celebrates more than Dia De Los Muertos, it celebrates the lives, memories traditions and memories of all beliefs, backgrounds and walks of life. This is an experience of a life time. Do not come to watch come to be part of it. Let the celebration touch you in personal ways. Remember those you have lost. Celebrate life.
For more information on participating, joining or coming out for this event visit
www.allsoulsprocession.org/index2.html
COMING OCTOBER 28-Fools Hollow at The Tucson Downtown Library Plaza
FREE-Flam Chen and Dambe Project present RADIANCE in the evening--
noon until about 10 pm
Puro Mexicano beginning Nov 3, Friday at 6 pm: Tucson Film Festival
is the first and only annual U.S. festival devoted to the best in
Mexican and Mexican-American films. Expect to see U.S. premieres of
award-winning films, participate in panel discussions with guest
filmmakers and celebrities, and enjoy a Tucson style star-studded
Fiesta and a Tribute to Mexico's Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Sit back and
watch a classic film from Mexico's Golden Age.
DANCE OF THE DEAD: MMOS Fundraiser
Friday, November 3rd, Doors open at 8PM, music starts at 9PM
Rialto Theatre – 318 E Congress Street
The costumed evening will feature a line up of musicians, performing
acts, dancers, bands, and a King and Queen of the Dead contest.
Artist-made altars will be placed around the theatre, and the
Ancestors Project, a continuous stream of community submitted images
of deceased family and friends, is projected up on one wall
throughout the entire evening.
PROCESSION OF THE LITTLE ANGELS & LITTLE ANGELS FINALE PERSONAL
ALTARS VIGIL Saturday, November 4th, 3pm kids activities, 6pm Parade
starts Downtown Public Library – 100 N Stone Ave Personal altars,
created by any individual community members, are erected on the
grounds of the Public Library in a format reminiscent of the Latin
American holiday. Family and friends can keep a vigil all night
long, paying homage to their loved ones, laughing, singing, and
eating together. Kids' activities and workshops start in the
afternoon and lead into the Parade of the Little Angels, snaking
through the personal altars, and culminating in the Little Angels
Finale. Kids will have their faces painted, make wings, play games,
create art, and participate in theatre and performance workshops
that choreograph their participation in the Little Angels Finale.
ALL SOULS PROCESSION & GRAND FLAMING FINALE Sunday, November 5th,
gather at 5pm, Procession starts at 6pm Starts at Epic Café, 4th Ave
and University, ends at the Franklin Street Finale Stage The All
Souls Procession, a human powered procession of costumed community
members and elaborate wheeled art installations, celebrating the
lives of deceased loved ones, snakes its way down Fourth Avenue,
through downtown and over to the Finale stage area. Regional
artists line the finale area with art installations, and the
Ancestors Project projects a continuous stream of community
submitted images on the sides of buildings. The Grand Finale
features performance art with flying angels, spirit-walkers bearing
torches, celestial dancers and sacred drummers, followed by the
music of Molehill Orkestrah as this major, southern Arizona
community phenomena winds down for anothe
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