Music Under the Stars Returns Sunday: Tucson Pops Opens Its 71st Free Spring Season at Reid Park This Mother's Day

On Sunday, May 10, 2026, at 7 p.m., the Tucson Pops Orchestra will play the opening concert of its 71st spring Music Under the Stars season — for free — under a Sonoran sky at the Georges DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center inside Gene C. Reid Park, 900 S. Randolph Way. Music Director Khris Dodge has built a Mother's Day-themed program around the Arizona Women's Chorus and his own composition The Tides of Life. Two more free Sunday evenings follow on May 17 (with guest conductor Toru Tagawa and a debut by 16-year-old Tucson violinist Carly Cook) and May 24 (a patriotic Memorial Day concert with narrator Greg Curtis Wakefield). Here is a sourced May 8, 2026 walk-through for Tucson residents, central-Tucson buyers and sellers, and anyone evaluating the city as a relocation or second-home target — including practical parking, picnic, and food-truck logistics for first-time attendees.