Press Release: Cyclovia Sunday - Plan Your Day
Photo by Kathleen Dreier
Tucson, AZ (October 08, 2025) – Living Streets Alliance invites the public to enjoy a car-free, carefree day on the Fall 2025 Cyclovia Tucson route. Several miles of city streets will be open to one-and-all to walk, roll, bike, and play at this free event on Sunday, October 26 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Neighborhoods, community organizations, local businesses and event sponsors will host activities all along the route for a full and energizing day. Games, food trucks, music, performances, giveaways, and much more await you at Arizona’s biggest biannual block party.
The event’s exciting happenings are grouped into Activity Hubs: cruise the entire route and you’ll hit all five! Preview activities along the route and start planning your day via our interactive route map at https://app.cycloviatucson.org/map
Here are some highlights:
Dunbar Spring Hub
Dunbar Spring turns multi-block party with offerings from local businesses, all-day tunes, community resources, and much more! The Dunbar Pavilion will host a local market with Black business owners, food vendors, artists and more. Write a Love Letter, collect zines and play word games with local news beat mini-love letter to our city with Tucson Arizona Luminaria, and snag free books with Imago Dei Middle School! Pima County Environmental Quality are providing a breath of fresh air with tips and tricks on saving money and environmental costs. Roadrunner Bikes offers free bike repair, and El Grupo's all-ages bike rodeo will teach bike handling safety skills on a fun and interactive course.
Arizona Complete Health Hub at PCC
Find free health testing, performances, great food and live music under the shade of Pima Community College's covered parking lot. Local radio station KXCI will be spinning great tunes all day, which you can enjoy over Bolivian and Italian lunch, shaved ice, donuts, and a host of local beverages. Our title sponsor Arizona Complete Health will give free wellness checks such as mammograms, prostate screenings and diabetes testing, regardless of insurance. Celebrate local businesses and organizing by entering a world of fluttering dollar bills within ICCU's Green Machine and learn about supporting credit unions, tour a micro-home with The Homing Project, make yourself a bookmark and play games with Tucson Festival of Books. REI will be on site to tune up bikes for free, as well as giving away a kid’s co-op bike, and don’t forget to boogie over to Epic Bikes to score some free bike swag!
Esquer Park Hub
Tucked into the Barrio Blue Moon neighborhood, Esquer Park will be ground to a day of movement, local music, food tradition and family activity. Enjoy a global market of vendors and food provided by International Rescue Committee. Snap a photo and grab some free merch with Visit Tucson and tell your story through creating an ID with Homeless ID Project. Would you like to learn how to juggle, plate-spin and tightwire walk? The Circus and Aerial Academy will teach you how, along with providing aerial demonstrations throughout the day. This hub hasn't forgotten about your pet! PACC will be providing free vaccinations, wellness exams and microchips for your furry friend. Then give your pup a treat by crafting a homemade toy with Ability Dogs of Arizona. Need some bike inspiration? Project Bike Club will be holding a cycling skills course. Decorate your bike helmet and learn about brain health with Banner-University Medicine/Banner-University Family Care, and if your bike needs a tune-up, Campfire Cycling will provide free bike repair all day.
Old Pascua Hub
Culture, resources, and family fun abounds at the Old Pascua hub, hosted in partnership with the Pascua Yaqui tribe who will bring an artist market selling handcrafted goods. Neighbors will provide carnival games and resources. Grab a paint brush and be part of a neighborhood transformation project: Brandon Varela will lead the community in transforming a basketball court into a colorful mural that celebrates and exemplifies the beauty and strength of Yaqui culture. Free bike repair will be provided by Lo Ball. Don't have a bike? Tugo Bike Share will be renting city bikes for free all day. Hop inside an electric Sun Tran bus to cool off and test your bike mounting skills, free snacks and coupons for groceries will be provided by Natural Grocers, and Pima County Health Department will be sharing information on a community-driven impact project that will make Tucson's streets safer for all. Once you've worked up an appetite, pull up a chair and enjoy popovers, hot dogs and ice cream offered by local food vendors, listen to local accordion music and paint the day away to KPYT's DJ spins.
Bronx Park Hub
Nestled within the northeast corner of the route, an industrial intersection in Bronx Park will transform into a summit of leisure, connection and fun. Relax at the beer garden where Pueblo Vida and Dragoon Brewing will be slinging pints of local brew. Find Cyclovia shirts, bandanas, totes and bike gear at the Living Streets Alliance merch table, indulge in comfort food at Grandma's Recipes, Cuban cuisine at Patricia's Cuban Kitchen, and fulfill your sweet tooth with ice cream and handcrafted sodas and teas. Quench your thirst at Tucson Water's Hydration Station, grab free swag from our union print shop The Gloo Factory and get informed about Tucson's transit with Department of Transportation and Transit for all Coalition. Get your bike repaired as you enjoy the activities! While Transit Cycles gives complimentary tune-ups, you can have a go on one of the "mutant" bikes on a mini obstacle course from BICAS and grab some bike accessories at Mike's Bikes.
Cyclovia Tucson is still seeking volunteers. Sign up for a three-hour shift at https://app.cycloviatucson.org/volunteer to enjoy a day outdoors and do your part to support theOpen Streets movement in Tucson. There are lots of opportunities to earn service hours, enjoy some teambuilding with your group, and meet new people, plus all volunteers get a Cyclovia T-shirt!
Living Streets Alliance’s 23rd Cyclovia Tucson event is presented by Arizona Complete Health and made possible with support from numerous partners and sponsors, including City of Tucson, Tucson Ward 3 Council Member Kevin Dahl, Banner—University Medicine and Banner University Family Care, AARP Tucson, Tucson Water, Pima County Department of Environmental Quality’s Clean Air Program, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Visit Tucson and Pima County Department of Tourism and Economic Development. Sign up to volunteer, enroll your community group, or register as a food vendor at www.cycloviatucson.org.
Cyclovia Tucson is a program of Living Streets Alliance (LSA), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to transform our streets into vibrant public places that bring people together and provide safe, accessible, and attractive transportation options. LSA is increasing healthy, dignified, sustainable transportation in Tucson through outreach, education, and advocacy. For more information visit www.livingstreetsalliance.org
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