Tucson's All Souls Procession on the Move From Downtown to Barrio Hollywood

Tucson’s annual All Souls Procession, attended by more than 150,000 participants, is on the move, according to the Arizona Daily Star.

The event, which began in 1990 as a way for a local artist to express grief over his father’s death, has garnered national attention and visitors from all over the world. Every year, more marchers come to grieve and celebrate the dead — which requires more money to hire security, install road barricades, and close roads. The event now costs around $140,000 each year.

The nonprofit that has run the procession for 28 years, Many Mouths One Stomach, has chosen a shorter route in order to make things cost-effective while also taking advantage of historic Barrio Hollywood neighborhood. 

Katherine Medberry, president of the Barrio Hollywood Neighborhood Association, told the Daily Star, “we are all excited to share our neighborhood in a positive light doing something that’s so beautiful for the community."

No longer traveling the two-mile Downtown route from previous processions, this year’s route will make its way south along North Grande Avenue from West Speedway to West St. Mary’s Road, heading east to North Bonita Avenue, and then south to finish at public marketplace Mercado San Agustin in Menlo Park.

The All Souls Procession route runs for a little over a mile. The march starts at 4 p.m. on November 5.