The 35th Annual All Souls Procession Weekend

For Immediate Release:
The 35th Annual All Souls Procession Weekend
Friday November 1 - Sunday November 3, 2024
Downtown Tucson AZ

Schedule for the Weekend
11/1 Altar Dedication with Pastor Jose Duran 5:30 pm at The MSA Annex (Free)

11/1 Dance of The Dead Night 1- At The MSA ANNEX Flow for the Soul with In Rave Featuring Justin Martin

11/2 The Procession of Little Angels - Free Armory Park 3 pm till dusk
With Stories That Soar! Tucson Girl's Choir and more TBA

Dance of The Dead Night 2 5pm-11pm
Cacao Ceremony with Ricky Abud

11/3 Procession and Grand Finale-Free
Gather at 4 pm Speedway and Grande Ave
Depart at 6 pm and process to
Arrive at The Mercado District for The Grand Finale with Flam Chen, Odaiko Sonora and much, much more!

Dance of The Dead Night 3 -Official After Parties At The MSA ANNEX (Petunia and The Vipers 9 pm-11 pm)
Petunia and The Vipers-

and The Mercado San Agustin DJ Herm and Friends (tickets at the door for this one)
More information here: http://allsouslprocession.org/events

From its humble beginnings in 1990 with about 40 artists and friends in Tucson -thru to today- 35 years later-The
event has become synonymous with Tucson and the vibrant arts community that thrives in Northern Sonora. Now serving
upwards of 200,000 unduplicated participants- annually- in a massive, transparent and powerful public ceremony of
remembrance and compassion..
As the event has grown it has become an entire weekend of events preceded by 8 weeks of organized, free, community
workshops, events, concerts, performance art, altar building,
Many Mouths One Stomach-the non profit, organizing body - has gone to great lengths to preserve the community spirit of
the event- relying on public grants, local businesses, large and small private donations paired with the tenacity and
determination to produce an event whose intentions and actions transcend any financial exchange or monetary goals...
The event at its deepest core is free to participate in... MMOS also creates funding for individual artists and groups to
engage the theme, share their creations and further their craft and public production skills. It is -by simple means-Art for
the sake of Art in the very public and civic sphere.
More importantly the primary function of MMOS is to play the role of Responsible Party- where in all of the civic event
costs, permits, insurance, waste removal, barricading security, traffic control and a myriad of other administrative
responsibilities become the tasks necessary to set the stage for this magnanimous public ceremony to occur.
It is both intangible and visceral, sacred and profane, somber and celebratory, painful and loving...and your ticket to get in
-is your time...
The event spends very little on advertising and marketing and has relied on the quality of programming and word of mouth
to grow to the size it has..event today with a budget of between $150,000-$250,000 depending on the year-we spend a
mere $4000-5000 on advertising and promotion.. The event has a life of its own creating a pilgrimage that
migrates to Tucson every fall that draws participants, new and initiated - from all corners of the planet.
The event has also become an economic boon for the City of Tucson and Pima County...generating over $30M in
economic impacts from mere 6 figure spend from a group of dedicated and inspired artists- a testimony to the worth of
grass roots and the importance un-commodified of public participatory art...

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