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EMVIA Prickly Pear Festival
Saturday, Aug. 29 4 - 10 p.m.
Join us at a new signature event for Tucson - the EMVIA Prickly Pear Festival. An evening event, suitable for all ages, it celebrates the Prickly Pear harvest, the winding down of the monsoon, and Tucson’s birthday!
Held at the Rillito Downs Park (4502 N. 1st Ave, click here for a map) there will be music provided by La Caliente and Los Gallegos, prickly pear information, as well as arts and crafts booths with prickly pear memorabilia and other great trinkets available for purchase.
Attending the festival will be:
Arizona Cactus Ranch - prickly pear product
BBVA Compass Bank - banking information
Carolyn Niethammer - author of The Prickly Pear Cookbook Carolyn will demonstrate cleaning prickly pear pads and making nopalito salsa, as well as making prickly pear juice and prickly pear smoothies. She will have copies of her book available for sale
Champagne Sauces - prickly pear product
Cheri's Desert Harvest - prickly pear product
Chris Bubany - unique earthenware for all occasions
Desert Artisans Gallery - beautiful art
Desert Jumping Castles - fun for the kids!
Dos Gorditos, hot dogs, nachos, snow cones
eegees - wonderfully refreshing frozen fruit drinks
El Sahuarita, Mexican food and prickly pear margaritas
Everything Cake - birthday cake with prickly pear flavors!
Melaleuca The Wellness Company - developing, manufacturing and selling over 350 of the world's leading wellness products for home and family
SAAVI (Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired), enhances the quality of life for individuals with vision impairments
Scentsy, prickly pear (and other scents) of wickless candles
Soleil Charm, prickly pear designed mosaic stepping stones
Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society, information on harvesting and processing prickly pear fruit and selling their cookbook
Plenty of free parking and no worries for possible monsoon downpours as the event is covered.
Entrance is $5 for adults and includes one free drink (soda, beer or margarita), and is free for children 11 and under.
All proceeds benefit the programs of EMVIA - a nonprofit agency that mentors people who have permanently lost their sight and helps them, and their families, cope and move toward a productive lifestyle.
