Which U.S. city has held the All Souls Procession annually since 1990?

The U.S. city that has held the All Souls Procession annually since 1990 is Tucson, Arizona.

The procession began in 1990, when Tucson artist Susan Kay Johnson organized an event inspired partly by Día de los Muertos traditions and by personal grief. Its first procession included about 35 participants. The event later grew into a major community arts celebration, with masks, floats, memorials, music, and written prayers.

Tucson’s All Souls Procession is not the same as Mexico’s Día de los Muertos observance. It is a Tucson-created ritual that blends Mexican, Catholic, Indigenous, pagan, and contemporary performance-art influences. Participants traditionally gather downtown, and the event ends with a ceremonial burning of an urn containing prayers.

A common mix-up is San Diego, which also hosts prominent Día de los Muertos events. Tucson is the city specifically associated with the All Souls Procession’s 1990 origin.