Free events happening this weekend in in Tucson

Tucson Convention Center will host the Arizona Bilingual Newspaper’s Kidz Expo and back-to-school event at 260 S. Church Ave. The free event will offer school supplies, health resources, educational programs, live music, raffles and activities for children. Attendees are encouraged to dress as their favorite hero.

A back-to-school market will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, July 31, and Saturday, Aug. 1, then from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2. Admission is free, with local vendors selling school-year finds. Catalyst Creative Collective, at 4500 N. Oracle Road, will also host Julie Bonner’s residency celebration, Desert Dwellers en Español, featuring art inspired by Sonoran wildlife, storytelling and bilingual creativity.

The MSA Annex, 267 S. Avenida del Convento, will host its Summer Night Market, with more than 80 local makers. The event is free, and visitors can bring money for shopping. Borderlands Market, 6261 N. Oracle Road, will hold its Summerween Revenge from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, with local vendors, spooky merchandise, food, live music, a costume contest and watermelon carving contest.

Other free options include Almandel Vintage’s Thrift Night, a weekly run club that meets at Sixth Avenue and Seventh Street, and late-night programming at Snakes & Lattes, 988 E. University Blvd. Snakes & Lattes offers hosted games, prizes, music and craft cocktails at 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays in July. Food, drinks and shopping cost extra at these events.

Markets are also planned at Foothills Mall, 7325 N. La Cholla Blvd., and St. Philip’s Plaza, 4280 N. Campbell Ave. The Foothills Mall market will feature yard art, home decor, jewelry, baked goods and other items. St. Philip’s Plaza hosts local makers and live music from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays and Sundays, with several eateries nearby.