News & Updates

The ACA Award Keeps Us Rocking!

As most everyone knows, the Rialto Theatre and 191 Toole music venues, R Bar, and our gift shop El Regalo are all under the stewardship of the 501(c)(3) non-profit Rialto Theatre Foundation. That means that we rely on support from the community, donations, memberships, and grants to keep bringing the most incredible musical talent to Tucson. 

We are so grateful to the Arizona Commission on the Arts for awarding the Rialto Theatre Foundation a ACA Grant in 2025! The Arizona Commission on the Arts grant is a federal grant that awards 375 organizations state-wide a portion of $2.5 million in funding, and the RTF is thrilled to put our portion of the grant funding to great use. We’ve just begun with some upgrades at 191 Toole and the Rialto Theatre!

“Grants like the one awarded by the ACA are a huge source of funding for non-profit, independent music venues like ours,” Rialto Executive Director Cathy Rivers said. “These are the grants we wait for all year long to ensure that we can continue providing the Tucson community and all of our visitors with the highest-quality concert experience available.”

Whether that’s funding premium audio or lighting equipment, continuing renovations and improvements to our century-old venues, or funding our youth education programs, every dollar that the ACA grant awarded the Rialto Theatre Foundation goes right back into providing exceptional music and arts programming for all. The Rialto family of venues and spaces is here to serve you, and with the help of this grant award, we are able to rock that much harder.

If you are interested in becoming a Rialto Theatre member and joining the party as an insider, you can find more information here. All support, no matter the kind, makes a huge impact on our historic venues. Remember, every act of support from buying a drink or popcorn to volunteering to joining our email list helps us all grow together. It’s YOUR Rialto!