Sahuarita Pecan Festival

My friend suggested this as an activity during our weekend, since Sahuarita is a short drive from Tucson. Parking was surprisingly well directed and organized, $5. We crossed the street and began our visit around 10am and immediately got into a line to spin a wheel for a discount at the pecan store. We only got 5% off, but I used it to buy some cinnamon pecans and hot sauce. Obviously they sold all sorts of pecans shelled, in the shell, covered with chocolate and yogurt, pies, honey, jam, and other non-pecan items. Coffee samples were available too. They had a bunch of vendors from local businesses, artisans, and food trucks. We watched a pecan cracking demonstration which was cool, pecan samples, and they had a guessing contest for a huge container of pecans. SRP was giving out totes and LED lightbulbs, what a neat giveaway. After visiting all the booths, it was time for lunch so we weighed our choices and my friend went with Peruvian cuisine and I stuck with Mexican: a bean and cheese burrito and a pecan horchata. The burrito was huge and delicious, so filling. I love when the beans are puréed and not chunky. My friend's paella came with green salsa and she let me have some, ooh that was so tasty. The horchata was on the sweet side and I didn't really taste the pecans but I'm glad I tried it. The gelato lady offered us samples and was nice! Wish I would've had room after lunch to eat some. We missed out on the hay ride but that sounded like a fun experience. We drove through the pecan orchard instead, would've been nicer to walk through the trees. Live music was playing and there was a lot of tables but also a lot of people, so be prepared to wait to sit as well as order your food. I'm glad I came to their 10th annual festival and would recommend it as a unique experience in Southern Tucson.

Tough to review because I have no frame of reference. But any festival that benefits charity is good in my eyes. The hayride to the orchard was extra cool. For a canned food donation or $1 you can hop on. The ride was narrated by a UofA professor and was super informative. They had tractor pulls, hay rides, live music, several food and drink vendors, along with the pecan store. A plethora of everything pecan! The other really cute thing was the high school dance team busting a move on stage. They were fabulous!! I'll definitely do this next year if I'm in town. And next time I'll bring canned goods for donation!

Loved this festival! So many cool options and treats. I do feel their store items are very overpriced once you figure out how much money they are pulling in from all of those pecans. The festival itself had a ton of vendors who were also very overpriced but people still show up. We only spent a couple hours here as it started to get hot. The tour through the pecan grove was very informative and relaxing even while in a wagon! Cool that we have a place so close to home that sells products we can take to relatives.

Very cool. I think you should go there maybe not every year but often. It is very fun with friends family or not! The food is ok although I have eaten one food truck. The mini donut food truck is amazing. Lots of stands for ads whatever. Cut stuff at some of them. The pecan store has very expensive stuff but I guarantee you it is very good.

This was the first time we visited the Pecan Festival. We are new to the area. However we did enjoy our time spent there and will return next year

Beware just wasted a lot of time trying to attend this event. The traffic snarls down here are just not tenable. Hope you guys learn from my lessons. Thanks.