On August 20, 1775, a bouncing baby city was born. Its name? Tucson.
It’s been 236 years, and the Old Pueblo still has quite a bit of bounce. It was certainly in evidence at one of the biggest events in the month-long celebration of Tucson’s Birthday.
The big event? 2nd Saturdays Downtown, which brings tens of thousands of people into the heart of our city.
Since this is Tucson throwing a big party, you need to have plenty of local music. Here’s the band Widow’s Hill performing at the entrance to the Ronstadt Transit Center…
Of course, no party would be complete without people showing up in unusual costumes…
And there has to be dancing. In this case, break dancing by the members of Les Avenge, who set up shop outside the Rialto Theatre…