Celebrate the holidays early at 2nd Saturdays Downtown on Dec. 10

http://www.2ndsaturdaysdowntown.com/

If you haven’t been downtown on E.Congress Street on the 2nd Saturdays Downtown, you have been missing a lot. Check out the link above for a complete listings of events.

On the Scott Avenue Stage (between Congress & Broadway):
5:15pm: My Town Music (student showcase)
6:15pm: Frisky Frolic Stilt Dance Party
6:30: Desert Melodies (holiday tunes)
8pm: Dance for A Cause (dance & Choir)
8:45pm: Fire Performance by Poi-Zen
9pm: Diane Van Deurzen & Lisa Otey (jazz, blues)

“A Christmas Story” the 1983 movie will be showing at 6 p.m., at Cinema La Placita’s venue at the large gravel lot on Congress between Scott and Stone Avenues. “Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940’s”. The movie stars are Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon. Just in time for the holidays.

Be there on December 10 for 2nd Saturdays Downtown, 5:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (or later….)

No horrible holiday sweater contest this year? I went to Rockin’ Queen Inc. boutique last December just to see some, but the Grinch must have stolen them as I didn’t see any. Last year’s blog (click here).

And the next 2nd Sat. is coming up on January 7, 2012, a year since that tragic mass shooting on January 8, 2011 which cancelled that scheduled 2nd Saturday Downtown event.

Happy Holidays!

Teenager Toby Chivers opening at the Fox for 2nd Saturdays Downtown

13 year old Toby Chivers (rock guitarist) will be the opening performer at the historic Fox Tucson Theatre, before Latin jazz musical group “Descarga”, on Saturday October 9 for the monthly 2nd Saturdays Downtown urban street fest. Concert is free, from 7 to 9 p.m., 17 W. Congress Street. Chivers plays with a teen band called “Deceptively Innocent.”

Toby Chivers

Event schedule to date from website, www.2ndsaturdaysdowntown.org.

Scott Avenue Stage (between Congress St. and Broadway Blvd.):

6:00pm-7:00pm: A Son y Sol (Latin American music with a twist)
7:15pm-8:30pm: Banana Gun (upbeat acoustic)
8:45pm-10:00pm: Jumper (power-pop)

Along Congress Street:

Art Car Exhibit: 10+ vehicles presented by Automorphosis
Odyssey Storytelling: Look for the StoryArts Cart on the topic – “Masks: Hidden Identities”
5:30 pm-6:15pm: 7 Pipers Band – bagpipers
7pm-9pm: Critical Stilts – Stilt walking & dancing
6pm-10pm: Living Statues, presented by Parasol Project (see photo below courtesy of Donovan Durband)

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Ronstadt Transit Center @ 6th Ave & Congress Street:
5:30pm-7pm: Les Avenge – beat boy acrobatics
7:00pm-8:00pm: Desert Melodies
8:00pm-9:00pm: The Technophobes – candy folk music
9:00pm-10:00pm: Honey Pistol – folk rock/indie/acoustic
7pm-9pm: Magician John Coppin
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Indian Village Lot – Kid’s Corner! Between Stone & Scott on Congress:
West wall: Cinema La Placita screens “Alice in Wonderland” & an encore presentation of a compilation of music videos from the Tucson Film & Music Festival.
East Wall: Ultimate Electronics hosts Rock Band video competitions.

Plus art activities for the kids, an anti-gravity jumping device and more!
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Old Pueblo Garage, 27 E. Congress Street:
6pm-8pm: Blanco Cliff & John White – blues

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NW Corner – Congress St./Stone Ave:
6pm-8pm: The Missing Parts – Folk music from an undiscovered country

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SW Corner – Congress St./Stone Ave:
7:30pm-10pm: Les Avenge – Beat boy acrobatics
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Chicago Store, 130 E. Congress Street:
6pm-10pm: One Phat DJ
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June’s Corner Store, 10 E. Broadway Blvd.
6:30pm-8pm: TBA
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Flanagan’s Celtic Corner, 222 E. Congress Street:
Annual Celtic Pumpkin and Gourd Carving Contest. Gift Certificates to Flanagan’s Celtic Corner will be awarded.

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And over at El Presidio Park and the Jacome Library Plaza of the Joel D. Valdez Main library is Tucson Meet Yourself, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., also on Saturday! Read my blog on that annual event (click here).

Upcoming 2nd Saturdays Downtown: Saturday, November 13, 2010 and Saturday, December 11, 2010.