Before and After the shows enjoy Tucson and Southern Arizona !
 

Saguaro National Park (www.nps.gov/sagu/)
Experience the Sonoran Desert and see the giant Saguaro cactus. Drive the loops, bicycle or hike.
 
Tucson Botanical Garden (www.tucsonbotanical.org)
Tucked within the heart of the city, Tucson Botanical Gardens, is a five-acre collection of 15 specialty gardens.
 
Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum (www.desertmuseum.org)
The mission of the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum is to inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the Sonoran Desert.
Founded in 1952, the Desert Museum is the nation's leading outdoor living museum, featuring more than 300 species of native wildlife and 1,300 varieties of desert plants.
 
Columbia University’s Biosphere2 (www.bio2.edu)
Situated on 250 acres, amidst the beautiful Sonoran Desert, Biosphere 2 is one of the largest living laboratories of the world. A monumental feat of engineering, the glass and metal shell hosts several different land types, or biomes, where scientists use the latest technology to experiment on Earth systems on a relatively large scale.
 
Pima Air Museum (www.pimaair.org)
Located in Tucson, Arizona, the Pima Air & Space Museum is the world's largest privately-funded aerospace museum. The Pima Air & Space Museum opened to the public in May 1976 with 75 aircraft on display. Since then the museum collection has grown to over 250 aircraft occupying 80 acres of land. The entire museum property covers about 150 acres.
 
Titan Missile Museum (www.pimaair.org)
On May 8, 1986, the Air Force turned this site over to be used as a museum and it has served the public in that capacity ever since. Before the missile was placed in the launch duct, here at the museum, it was left on the ground for thirty days with holes cut in it for satellite viewing. Treaties deal in numbers, and it would not be wise to count a museum as part of our arsenal, so certain modifications were made that could be verified by satellite observation. These modifications include holes in the missile's propellant tanks, the fixing of the silo closure door in the half open position, and the installation of a skylight over the open half of the launch duct.
 
Mission San Xavier Del Bac (www.sanxaviermission.org)
The celebrated Jesuit missionary and explorer, Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, first visited Bac in 1692.  Eight years later in 1700, Father Kino laid the foundations of the first church, some two miles north of the present site of the Mission.  He named it San Xavier in honor of his chosen patron, St. Francis Xavier, the illustrious Jesuit "Apostle of the Indies.“
 
Tucson Old Town Artisans (www.oldtownartisans.com)
Located in the El Presidio Historic District is the little city block of Old Town Artisans. The 150 year old adobe building has 8 distinctive shops and galleries which feature traditional and contemporary art and fine craft from hundreds of local and regional artists. You will also find trendy jewelry, clothing and home décor.
 
Reid Park Zoo (www.tucsonzoo.org)
Meet the more than 400 animals—rhinos, elephants, anteaters, polar bears, lions, and many more! Adventure in our African, Asian, and South American regions. Explore the Flight Connection, our full-flight, walk through aviary.
 
Colossal Cave (www.colossalcave.com)
The cave is called "dry" or "dormant" which means that, due to a lack of water, the formations are not growing right now.  Colossal Cave, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, had been used for centuries by prehistoric peoples when it was "discovered" in 1879. Since then it has been the object of interest and attention by people ranging from train robbers to a President of the University of Arizona. The first tours were taken through the unimproved Cave in 1923, tours which involved ropes and lanterns.
 
Kitt Peak National Observatory (www.noao.edu)
Kitt Peak National Observatory part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, supports the most diverse collection of astronomical observatories on Earth for nighttime optical and infrared astronomy and daytime study of the Sun. KPNO operates three major nighttime telescopes, shares site responsibilities with the National Solar Observatory and hosts the facilities of consortia which operate 19 optical telescopes and two radio telescopes. A Visitor Center is open daily to the public.
 
Tubac (www.tubacaz.com)
Tubac was established in 1752 as a Spanish presidio. Working artists' studios now surround the grounds which once served as the home for a Spanish military garrison. Tubac remembers its origins at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park located in the village's Old Town.
 
Tumacacori National Monument (www.desertusa.com)
Tumacacori National Historical Park preserves the ruins of 3 early Spanish colonial missions on 47 acres of southern Arizona. The oldest and best preserved of the three, San Jose de Tumacacori, was built on the site of a Pima Indian village. Self guided walks take you through the garden and church.
 
Kartchner Caverns State Park (www.desertusa.com/azkartchner)
Kept secret since its discovery in 1974, Kartchner Caverns, 12 miles south of Benson, Arizona, was announced to the world in 1988. Still virtually pristine, this massive limestone cave has 13,000 feet of passages and two rooms as long as football fields. Finally opened as a state park November 12, 1999, this underground wilderness will remain protected while offering visitors a rare tour through multi-colored cave formations.
 
Other Inviting Towns of Southern Arizona
 
Bisbee (www.bisbeearizona.com)
Stroll its sidewalks and find delight in the many art galleries, gourmet restaurants, coffee houses, book stores and specialty shops. Visit the charmingly restored neighborhoods of Victorian and European-style homes perched miraculously on the hillsides. Unwind ... relax ... and find soothing respite from your everyday world.
 
Sierra Vista (www.ci.sierra-vista.az.us)
Welcome to Sierra Vista, Arizona! This thriving community of nearly 40,000 is the regional center of southeastern Arizona and the home of historic Fort Huachuca. Surrounded by the breathtaking natural beauty of majestic mountain ranges and the San Pedro River, Sierra Vista boasts a temperate year-round climate, abundant sunshine, and clean, fresh air.
 
Tombstone (www.cityoftombstone.com)
“The Town too Tough to Die” Walk the streets that Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the “Cowboys” walked, visit the OK Corral and enjoy the western atmosphere.