The 13th annual Oro Valley Festival of the Arts & Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration is the year's shopping event, celebrating the kickoff to the Holidays in the Oro Valley, AZ community.  This highly attended annual juried marketplace draws up to 30,000 attendees and features one-of-a-kind seasonal items, high-quality handcrafted goods and holiday gifts, specialty foods, and the most beloved Holiday entertainment event of the year.

Arts Activities
- Free Facepainting and Arts Activities at Leman Academy Booth
- Holiday Ornament Making with Lucky Cat Social Art
- Comic Bookmobile
- Holiday Photobooth Experience with Studio Create

TubaChristmas

Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 2:00PM

TubaChristmas is a music concert held in cities worldwide that celebrates those who play, teach, and compose music for instruments in the tuba family, including the tuba, sousaphone, baritone, and euphonium. Join over 100 euphoniums at TubaChristmas at the Festival of the Arts.

Live Performances Schedule:

December 2, 2023

Mainstage:
11:00am - 11:25pm  Wilson Elementary & Middle School Choir
11:30pm - 12:15pm  Cross Middle School
12:30pm - 12:50pm  Maguire Academy of Irish Dance
1:00pm - 1:15pm  Saguaro City Theater
1:20pm - 1:30pm  Team Dance
2:00pm - 2:45pm  Tuba Christmas
3:00pm - 3:10pm  Santa Procession PARADE with IRHS Nighthawk Vanguard Marching Band
3:10pm - 3:30pm  WELCOME by Oro Valley Mayor, Santa and host Andrew Capasso (KOLD, FOX11)
3:30pm - 3:55pm  Ironwood High School Jazz Band
4:00pm - 4:20pm  Ironwood Ridge Chordeiles Minor Choir/Guitar
4:30pm - 4:50pm  Tucson Girls Chorus Ladybugs
5:00pm - 5:45pm  Kids Unlimited
6:00pm - Tree Lighting

Additional Saturday Performances:
12pm - 2pm  Strolling Carolers - Arizona Women's Chorus
?2pm - 4pm  Strolling Carolers - ?What the Dickens
3pm and 4pm  Holiday Puppet Show with Red Herring Puppets - Adventures in Folklore

December 3, 2023

Mainstage:

11:00am - 11:30am  Saguaro Stompers Clog Dance Company & Sonoran Sol Cloggers
12:00pm - 1:45pm  Sheryl Ann McKinley Holiday Jazz
2:00pm - 2:20pm  Leman Academy of Excellence Youth Choir
2:30pm - 2:45pm  Enharmonics

Additional Sunday Performances
11am - 2pm  Strolling Carolers - Tucson Desert Harmony Chorus
2pm - 4pm  Strolling Carolers - What the Dickens

Date: December 2 - 3, 2023

Time:

Saturday 10AM-5PM
Tree Lighting Saturday at 6pm
?Sunday 10AM-4PM

Location: Oro Valley Marketplace, 12155 N Oracle Rd, Oro Valley, AZ 85737

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