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This weekend is one of my favorites of the year, because it’s time for the Tucson Festival of Books.
After wanting to go for years, I finally made it down there for last year’s event, and I had an absolute blast.
This year I can’t wait to spend some time with bookish friends, eat some good Tucson food, take in as many poetry panels as I can, and hopefully come home with lots of creative inspiration.
If you’re going, too, be aware: There’s a new clear bag policy in place.
Here’s what else is happening this weekend:
- Road to 250: Arizona Traveling Museum in Sierra Vista on Thursday, Tombstone on Friday and Saturday, and Willcox on Sunday
- ALT Fest in Mesa, Friday
- FiTech Fuel Injection Spring Nationals in Scottsdale, Friday-Saturday
- Desert Bluegrass Festival in Marana, Friday-Sunday
- Tasty Nights Street Food Festival in Mesa, Friday-Sunday
- Arizona State Card Show Spring Training Spectacular in Phoenix, Friday-Sunday
- Tempe Spring Festival of the Arts, Friday-Sunday
- Chandler Chamber Ostrich Festival, Friday-Sunday and March 20-22
- Tubac Nature Center’s Hawk Watch Festival, Friday-Tuesday
- Cactus Reining Classic in Scottsdale, Friday-March 21
- AZDroneFest in Phoenix, Saturday
- Red Bull Showrun Phoenix, Saturday
- St. Patrick’s Day Festival in Tucson, Saturday
- Flo Fest in Florence, Saturday
- Superstition Blues Brews & Arts Fest in Apache Junction, Saturday
- Superstition Festival in Gilbert, Saturday
- Festival Colombiano Arizona in Phoenix, Saturday
- Wild West Day Festival in Wickenburg, Saturday-Sunday
- Wild West Days in Tombstone, Saturday-Sunday
- PixieBeast Music Festival in Payson, Saturday-Sunday
- Art at the Lake in Lake Havasu City, Saturday-Sunday
- Tucson Festival of Books, Saturday-Sunday
- Arizona Renaissance Festival in Gold Canyon, Saturday-Sunday (weekends through March 29)
- Cologuard Classic in Tucson, Sunday-March 22
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