Photos: Tucson Meet Yourself celebrates 50th anniversary
The 50th annual Tucson Meet Yourself festival occupies 3 city blocks and Jacomé Plaza, in front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Avenue.
Food vendors will be selling from 11am – 10pm Friday & Saturday, 11am – 6pm Sunday. The folks arts area will be open from 11am – 6pm Friday-Sunday and the memory tent 11am – 7pm Friday-Sunday.
Edgar Lanay, left, holds a tray for his daughter Luna Lanay while she enjoys corn on the cob at Tucson Meet Yourself, N. Stone Ave., Friday afternoon. Tucson Meet Yourself celebrates the 50th anniversary this year with live performances, local art, and culturally diverse food.
Yakup Kozoglu, left, hands a customer a Vanilla cup of Turkish ice cream while his brother Yavuz Kozoglu helps a customer at the Marash World Famous Turkish Ice Cream stand during Tucson Meet Yourself, October 13, 2023. Food vendors will be selling from 11am – 10pm Friday & Saturday, 11am – 6pm Sunday. The folks arts area will be open from 11am – 6pm Friday-Sunday and the memory tent 11am – 7pm Friday-Sunday.
The Polish Folk Ensemble and Wat Buddhametta food vendors get high traffic during lunchtime at the 50th annual Tucson Meet Yourself in Jácome Plaza, October 13, 2023.
Josie Sierra employee at Café Santa Rosa checks order tickets during a lunch rush at the 50th annual Tucson Meet Yourself, N. Stone. Ave., October 13, 2023.
The 50th annual Tucson Meet Yourself festival brings a large crowd to 3 downtown city blocks and Jacomé Plaza, in front of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Avenue, October 13, 2023.
Ichha Mudvhari hands out surveys for the Arizona Youth Climate Coalition during the 50th annual Tucson Meet Yourself festival, E. Pennington Street, October 13, 2023.
Darcy Chana sits on Carlos C. Jàcome statue while she enjoys Raspados from the Sonoran Snowcone stand in Jàcome Plaza during the 50th annual Tucson Meet Yourself festival, October 13, 2023.
Bruni Pizarro, left, and her husband Daniel Pizarro talk to Mary Bablo, right, about her handmade goods in the Tohono O’odham section of Tucson Meet yourself, Jàcome Plaza, October 13, 2023.
Nagoyaka- Traditional Music of Japan performs traditional Japanese koto and Shakuhachi music at the Jàcome Plaza Lawn Stage during the 50th annual Tucson Meet Yourself, October 13, 2023.
Pamphlets for the 50th annual Tucson Meet Yourself festivals return October 13-15 sit in the information booth at Jàcome Plaza, October 13, 2023.
Tom Feild with the Keltic Minstrels music group looks at the Tucson Meet Yourself festival map in the heart of the festival, W. Pennington Street, before the start of his performance, October 13, 2023.
Lydia Morales collects signatures with the One Fair Wage group, a national coalition and organization that works to end all sub-minimum wages, during the 50th annual Tucson Meet Yourself, W. Pennington Street, Oct. 13, 2023.
Tucson "Eat" Yourself bandanas are being sold during the festival's 50th anniversary in downtown's Jàcome Plaza. The bandanas are designed by artist Claudio Rodriguez, an illustrator and graphic artist from Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico.
A Tucson Meet Yourself guest browses the jewelry at the Desert Sky Community School booth inside of Jàcome Plaza during the 50th annual festival, Oct. 13, 2023.
A post it note that reads "Lela, We did it! Our girl found her person... I know you know. Love Carla" hangs on string at the End of Life Care Partnership booth inside of Jàcome Plaza during the 50th annual Tucson Meet Yourself festival, October 13, 2023.
Grace Trejo
Photojournalist