The Tucson Folk Festival attracts tens of thousands of fans to downtown over its three-day run, this year set for April 1-3.
But it’s not the only time of year you can see top-notch live acoustic music in Tucson.
All of these venues specialize in bringing in artists of all genres from folk to rock to bluegrass who play unplugged before intimate audiences. “Twelve songs in, the Beatles left the stage except for Paul McCartney and he sang ‘Yesterday’ for the second time he ever performed it and every single girl and guy shut up and listened to every note,” said Gest, a longtime Pima Community College geology teacher. “That one thing made me interested in acoustic music. ... Folk and acoustic are music forms you can actually hear and get a message from oftentimes, or just hear played well with the audience really listening.
“Acoustic music is just nice,” Holden said. “I’m seeing more women and more diversity. We had Ruthie Foster play a show with us — a gay Black woman doing acoustic music and doing it well.”Rhythm & RootsShows at Hotel Congress outdoor plaza stage, 311 E. Congress St. Tickets and details at rhythmandroots.orgHonky-tonk country singer Rosie Flores, April 22.Americana singer and two-time Grammy-winning songwriter Jim Lauderdale and his band, May 14.
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