Tucson Film + Music Festival 2009

Now in its 5th year, the Tucson Film & Music Festival features 15-25 performers playing to over 1,000 festival goers on 3 different stages. To celebrate the artistic talent that has emerged from Tucson, Upstairs Film (an indie film collective) and PLUSH and Club Congress (two of Tucson's hippest nightclubs), have joined together to host a festival that celebrates the great independent film and music connected to the Southwest.



Tucson Film & Music Festival is guaranteeing to select 2 Sonicbids artists. Most genres are accepted, and bands/artists are compensated or given travel and lodging based on time slot, draw, and travel distance. All participating band members receive festival passes allowing entrance to all screenings, shows and parties.



TFMF has featured over 120 bands including Calexico, MC Lars, Gram Rabbit, Bang Camaro, John Doe, The Supersuckers, Tom Walbank, Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s, Giant Sand and more!



In the heart of the Southwest resides a dusty old pueblo full of musicians, filmmakers and bars. For the past 100 years, Tucson, Arizona has long been the backdrop and stage for the likes of John Dillinger, Lalo Guerrero, Pete Martinez, Linda Ronstadt, the Dusty Chaps, Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia, Green On Red, R. Carlos Nakai, Al Perry, Max Cannon, Howe Gelb, Calexico and more. The Tucson Film & Music festival launched in 2005, with a screening of the Tucson music documentary High and Dry, and the 20th anniversary of the Club Congress. 40+ local bands, many of whom were reuniting for the first time in years played the weekend festivities and a new festival was born.