Photos: Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
The Fourth Avenue Winter Street Fair is in full swing with more than 400 booths, food, vendors and entertainers.
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
The street car, which is operating on a limited basis, skirts the southern portion of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair as it gets underway. More than 400 arts and crafts booths, food vendors, street musicians and sidewalk performers are there to offer gift ideas and entertain throughout the fair. The three day event is free and takes place along Fourth Avenue between Eighth Street and University Boulevard between 10am-6pm. (There is an additional row of tents on Seventh St.)
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
Karen Drawdy finds the perfect gift for her daughter who is serving in the US Air Force during the first day of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair. She found a copper wind sculpture with the Air Force logo, made by Brighten Your Life Creations, which is designed to spin in the wind. The three day event is free and takes place along Fourth Avenue between Eighth Street and University Boulevard between 10am-6pm.
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
Light smoke from mesquite rises around Tucsonan April Ott who owns Blue Banjo BBQ as she flips some tri-tip around the grill on Seventh Street during the first day of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair. The three day event is free and takes place along Fourth Avenue between Eighth Street and University Boulevard between 10am-6pm. (There is an additional row of tents on Seventh St.)
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
Thousands start making their way around during the first day of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair. More than 400 arts and crafts booths, food vendors, street musicians and sidewalk performers are there to offer gift ideas and entertain throughout the fair.
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
Nuria Gilabert walks around with a fresh drawing on her face she received during the first day of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair. The three day event is free and takes place along Fourth Avenue between Eighth Street and University Boulevard between 10am-6pm.
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
Busy shoppers walk past the Optimists drink station which offers vitamin water, regular water, cold coffee, soda and tea during the first day of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair.
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
Tim McHenry pauses in front of a pile of gourds that were harvested last year from the Avalon Organic Gardens & Eco Village during the first day of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair. It takes two years for gourds to dry out sufficiently to reach this stage. The three day event is free and takes place along Fourth Avenue between Eighth Street and University Boulevard between 10am-6pm.
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
Street musician Dustin Arellano, who plays both guitar and ukulele, entertains people in front of the Surly Wench Pub during the first day of the 2015 Fourth Ave. Winter Street Fair. More than 400 arts and crafts booths, food vendors, street musicians and sidewalk performers are there to offer gift ideas and entertain throughout the fair.
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
People are coming and going as they cross East Sixth Street during the first day of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair. The three day event is free and takes place along Fourth Avenue between Eighth Street and University Boulevard between 10am-6pm.
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
Tucsonan Joe Cardea, right, shows off the work of his brother-in-law, Frank Falk from Salt Lake City, who owns ihorns during the first day of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair. Falk searches the internet, antique stores and other sources in search of various horns then attaches items such things as old car radios, intercoms and crank telephones. He then rigs them so a person can play music from their cell phone as the horn amplifies the sound.
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
Fernanda Villarreal, with Olytata, starts hanging purses for display during the first day of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair. More than 400 arts and crafts booths, food vendors, street musicians and sidewalk performers are there to offer gift ideas and entertainment throughout the fair.
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
A silent sidewalk performer with Tucson Circus Arts does his thing during the first day of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair. The three day event is free and takes place along Fourth Avenue between Eighth Street and University Boulevard between 10am-6pm.
Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair
Performers with Tucson Circus Arts work in silence on the sidewalk during the first day of the Fourth Ave Winter Street Fair. More than 400 arts and crafts booths, food vendors, street musicians and sidewalk performers are there to offer gift ideas and entertain throughout the fair.
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